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What's new in doPDF 11.9 Build 451

Apr 24, 2024
  • Updated: Polish language for the user interface
  • Fixed: Some escape commands blocked printer queue

New in doPDF 11.9 Build 444 (Mar 22, 2024)

  • Fixed: Compatibility with latest Windows 11 Insider Preview build 26058

New in doPDF 11.9 Build 440 (Feb 21, 2024)

  • Fixed: Compatibility with latest Windows 11 Insider Preview build 26058

New in doPDF 11.9 Build 438 (Feb 21, 2024)

  • Fixed: Add-in for Word 2013 crashed when trying to set previous default printer back
  • Fixed: Corrections to the add-in for Office logs

New in doPDF 11.9 Build 437 (Feb 9, 2024)

  • Updated: Footnotes and Endnotes back links are now converted by the addin for Word
  • Fixed: Conversion detection fixes for the add-ins for Offce

New in doPDF 11.8 Build 404 (Jun 19, 2023)

  • Updated: Improved conversion for transparent patterns
  • Fixed: Object streams correction
  • Fixed: Paper forms management correction

New in doPDF 11.8 Build 384 (Apr 20, 2023)

  • Added: Macro for server computer name
  • Updated: Document printing management improved (reduced print queue timeouts)
  • Fixed: Windows driver restrictions check for setup
  • Fixed: Cancel jobs re-added by spooler after service restart

New in doPDF 11.7 Build 374 (Mar 23, 2023)

  • Fixed: More UI language translation improvements
  • Fixed: Conversion of large Excel documents
  • Fixed: Tray app text inconsistencies

New in doPDF 11.7 Build 371 (Mar 23, 2023)

  • Fixed: Several inconsistencies in UI translations
  • Fixed: Conversion improvements from LibreOffice

New in doPDF 11.7 Build 367 (Dec 7, 2022)

  • Fixed: Read license errors on some systems
  • Fixed: Check for updates issue on some restricted systems

New in doPDF 11.6 Build 345 (Jul 15, 2022)

  • Updated: Check for updates window UI adjustments for multiple languages
  • Updated: Romanian translation

New in doPDF 11.5 Build 334 (Jun 14, 2022)

  • Updated: Application windows are loading faster now
  • Updated: Spanish translation for the user interface
  • Updated: Restart app message after changing language
  • Updated: Getting started feature tab was redesigned

New in doPDF 11.4 Build 322 (May 29, 2022)

  • Added: Premium edition

New in doPDF 11.4 Build 287 (Apr 11, 2022)

  • Added: Turkish translation for the user interface
  • Added: Use Save dialog when the Browse button is pressed
  • Updated: Detect restrictions for PrintNightmare and show warning message
  • Fixed: Issues when printing a file created by Foxit PhantomPDF with non-Unicode fonts

New in doPDF 11.3 Build 248 (Dec 15, 2021)

  • Updated: Polish translations for the user interface
  • Fixed: Tray app translations in multiple languages
  • Fixed: Restart tray app after changing the language

New in doPDF 11.3 Build 239 (Nov 25, 2021)

  • Added: Indonesian language
  • Updated: Conversion improvements for specific image types
  • Updated: Improved error logging

New in doPDF 11.3 Build 224 (Oct 12, 2021)

  • Added: Fully compatible with Windows 11
  • Fixed: Error message when trying to overwrite an open PDF
  • Fixed: Empty Check for updates window when offline

New in doPDF 11.2 Build 187 (Sep 10, 2021)

  • Updated: UI and language update
  • Fixed: Error when printing to a paused printer
  • Fixed: Error message when trying to overwrite an open PDF

New in doPDF 11.1 Build 181 (Jul 30, 2021)

  • Updated: Several languages
  • Fixed: All users registry entry for update frequency option
  • Fixed: UI changes

New in doPDF 11.0 Build 170 (Jun 23, 2021)

  • Added: Progress window when printing via the Outlook addin
  • Updated: Danish language
  • Updated: Portuguese language
  • Updated: Spanish language
  • Updated: Finnish language
  • Updated: Activation process
  • Fixed: Window position was losing focus relative to taskbar position
  • Fixed: Corrections for some macros

New in doPDF 11.0 Build 134 (Apr 27, 2021)

  • Fixed: Crash in Getting Started window
  • Fixed: Link corrections

New in doPDF 11.0 Build 133 (Apr 27, 2021)

  • Updated: Several language corrections
  • Fixed: Several fixes for the conversion process

New in doPDF 11.0 Build 132 (Apr 27, 2021)

  • Added: Do not ask again option in Getting Started for continuing printing
  • Fixed: Error creating the PDF file, the specified module cannot be found

New in doPDF 11.0 Build 130 (Apr 27, 2021)

  • Updated: Optimized behavior when doing batch printing from multiple users
  • Fixed: Double hyphen error in the path set for save folder
  • Fixed: Partially visible buttons in Greek

New in doPDF 11.0 Build 128 (Apr 27, 2021)

  • Added: Greek language
  • Added: Slovak language
  • Fixed: Save dialog error with long PDF file paths

New in doPDF 11.0 Build 127 (Apr 27, 2021)

  • Added: Malay language
  • Updated: Set Active profile option
  • Fixed: Errors for the conversion service

New in doPDF 11.0 Build 126 (Apr 13, 2021)

  • Fixed: Issue when creating PDFs via the add-in for Microsoft Outlook

New in doPDF 11.0 Build 125 (Apr 7, 2021)

  • Added: PDF add-in for Microsoft Outlook
  • Added: Quick Access Tray application
  • Added: Detect and convert telephone links

New in doPDF 10.9 Build 132 (Dec 7, 2020)

  • Added: Do not ask again option in Getting Started for continuing printing
  • Fixed: Error creating the PDF file, the specified module cannot be found

New in doPDF 10.9 Build 130 (Oct 6, 2020)

  • Updated: Optimized behavior when doing batch printing from multiple users
  • Fixed: Double hyphen error in the path set for save folder
  • Fixed: Partially visible buttons in Greek

New in doPDF 10.8 Build 127 (Aug 5, 2020)

  • Added: Malay language
  • Updated: Set Active profile option
  • Fixed: Errors for the conversion service

New in doPDF 10.6 Build 123 (Feb 18, 2020)

  • Fix: Multiple corrections for the Getting Started window
  • Fix: Spooler crash for simultaneous printed documents
  • Fix: Installation corrections

New in doPDF 10.6 Build 121 (Dec 12, 2019)

  • New: Added Polish language for the user interface
  • Update: Italian translation updated
  • Update: Romanian translation updated
  • Update: Improved system language detection
  • Fix: PowerPoint gradient conversion error

New in doPDF 10.4 Build 119 (Oct 24, 2019)

  • Update: Translation improvements
  • Fix: Minor conversion fixes

New in doPDF 10.4 Build 118 (Oct 17, 2019)

  • New: Added Burmese language
  • New: Added Polish language
  • New: Added Romanian language
  • Update: "Use regional settings" option now uses the Windows display language
  • Update: Existing PDF files are parsed to detect Unicode strings before merging
  • Fix: Vertical position of Word bookmarks was wrongfully displayed at the top of the page
  • Fix: Error creating PDF file (The specific module could not be found)

New in doPDF 10.4 Build 117 (Oct 14, 2019)

  • New: Added Burmese language
  • New: Added Polish language
  • New: Added Romanian language
  • Update: "Use regional settings" option now uses the Windows display language
  • Update: Existing PDF files are parsed to detect Unicode strings before merging
  • Fix: Vertical position of Word bookmarks was wrongfully displayed at the top of the page
  • Fix: Error creating PDF file (The specific module could not be found)

New in doPDF 10.3 Build 116 (Oct 14, 2019)

  • Fix: Check for updates was running even if option was disabled

New in doPDF 10.3 Build 115 (Oct 14, 2019)

  • New: Added hyperlink detection support for "tel:" phone number links
  • Fix: Printing Preferences stopped when broadcasting active profile change
  • Fix: Corrected the PDF/A format when non-latin characters are used

New in doPDF 10.2 Build 114 (Jul 2, 2019)

  • New: Collect Headings from Outline Levels when using the addin
  • Update: Korean and Portuguese-Brazilian translations
  • Update: Corrections for the German translation
  • Update: Added the possibility to show the hidden News page
  • Fix: Errors when using special characters in user name

New in doPDF 10.1 Build 112 (May 9, 2019)

  • Fix: Modifying bookmark styles in the Office addin was not always saved
  • Fix: Show Installation ID field in the interface
  • Fix: Client crash on Windows 7 32-bit when printing via Outlook
  • Fix: Crash when converting documents with links in comments via the Office addin

New in doPDF 10.1 Build 111 (Apr 12, 2019)

  • New: Interface is now translated into Korean
  • Update: Russian translation of the user interface
  • Fix: Problem with gradient fill when converting Word documents

New in doPDF 10.0 Build 108 (Apr 1, 2019)

  • New: Port scanning compatible with the latest Windows update
  • Update: Bulgarian interface translation
  • Update: Spanish interface translation

New in doPDF 10.0 Build 107 (Mar 5, 2019)

  • Update: Turkish translation for the user interface
  • Fix: Logs from installer with custom actions

New in doPDF 10.0 Build 105 (Feb 28, 2019)

  • Update: German translation for the user interface
  • Update: Danish translation for the user interface
  • Update: Simplified Chinese translation for the user interface

New in doPDF 10.0 Build 103 (Feb 28, 2019)

  • New: The add-ins for Microsoft Office were re-designed & re-structured
  • New: Added shortcuts to add-in options in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher and Visio

New in doPDF 9.6 Build 244 (Nov 6, 2018)

  • Update: Updated several interface translations

New in doPDF 9.5 Build 242 (Oct 8, 2018)

  • New: News tab in the Getting Started, Printer Manager and Printer Monitor applications
  • Fix: Hyperlink conversion via the Add-in for Word was not taking into account line spacing

New in doPDF 9.3 Build 237 (May 3, 2018)

  • New: Interface is now translated into Polish
  • New: Interface is now translated into Russian
  • New: Interface is now translated into Burmese
  • New: Macro for DEFAULTFILES
  • Fix: Printer monitor tool corrections
  • Fix: Page visibility problem when merging
  • Fix: Preferences dialog error
  • Fix: Simultaneous prints returned error 4351

New in doPDF 9.1 Build 232 (Feb 20, 2018)

  • New: Option to send telemetry data
  • Fix: Error when saving the PDF using a network path with limited rights
  • Fix: Document pages reversed when merging via OpenOffice

New in doPDF 9.0 Build 226 (Jan 15, 2018)

  • Fix:Minor update to the Check for Updates section
  • Fix: Minor interface changes
  • Fix: Corrected an error during MSI installation

New in doPDF 9.0 Build 223 (Jan 12, 2018)

  • Fix: Minor changes to Check for Updates
  • Fix: Installation folder correctly set in all cases now
  • Fix: File name is now correctly suggested during save

New in doPDF 9.0 Build 222 (Jan 3, 2018)

  • Fix: Minor changes to Check for Updates
  • Fix: Installation folder correctly set in all cases now
  • Fix: File name is now correctly suggested during save

New in doPDF 8.9 Build 950 (Aug 18, 2017)

  • New: Added Ukrainian language
  • New: Interface translated into Burmese
  • New: Added Thai language for UI
  • New: Added Russian translation
  • Fix: Corrected signature date & time format in PDF
  • Fix: Correction for conversion of Korean fonts
  • Fix: Corrected installer on Windows Server 2012 R2
  • Fix: Various UI fixes for Getting started

New in doPDF 8.8 Build 947 (Feb 22, 2017)

  • Fix: Added Italian translation for the user interface
  • Fix: Added Spanish translation for the UI
  • Fix: Added Serbian translation for the UI
  • Fix: Added Bulgarian translation for the UI

New in doPDF 8.8 Build 946 (Dec 19, 2016)

  • Added new languages and Windows 10 compatibility

New in doPDF 8.8 Build 945 (Nov 28, 2016)

  • Fix: Bug when using specific special characters in the PDF save file name
  • Fix: Restoring the default active printer when using the add-in for Microsoft Word
  • Fix: Error when the printer name was longer then 30 chars

New in doPDF 8.7 Build 943 (Nov 28, 2016)

  • Fix: Error when trying to open Getting Started in other languages
  • Fix: Error in particular situations when creating PDF from Crystal Reports
  • Fix: Printer driver crashed when converting documents with large bookmarks using add-in for Word

New in doPDF 8.6 Build 942 (Jun 27, 2016)

  • Fix: Windows Event log info is now added when the printing service fails to start
  • Fix: Fixed some issues with the add-in for Excel when converting hyperlinks
  • Fix: Minor design corrections for some dialogs

New in doPDF 8.5 Build 940 (Mar 7, 2016)

  • Fix: Correction for creating PDFs with Multiple Copies option enabled
  • Fix: Show message with options when the active profile is not found
  • Fix: Show message when printing service stops
  • Fix: About printer driver minor design changes

New in doPDF 8.4 Build 935 (Oct 16, 2015)

  • Update: Added Romanian translation for the interface
  • Update: Added Turkish translation for the interface
  • Update: Added Danish translation for the interface
  • Update: Fully compatible with Windows 10
  • Fix: Settings in the Collate and Copies fields are now remembered
  • Fix: Added an update task in older version of Windows

New in doPDF 8.3 Build 933 (Jul 16, 2015)

  • Fix: Setup add/remove port monitor corrections
  • Fix: Setup correction for set default printer

New in doPDF 8.3 Build 931 (Jun 10, 2015)

  • Update: Improved conversion speed
  • Fix: Corrected conversion for Excel documents with no text when using the addin
  • Fix: Corrected conversion for Word documents with incomplete links when using the addin
  • Fix: Web installer corrections

New in doPDF 8.2 Build 929 (Jun 10, 2015)

  • Fix: First print from Internet Explorer had errors in certain situations
  • Fix: Various other minor fixes

New in doPDF 8.2 Build 927 (Jun 10, 2015)

  • Various fixes for errors occurring during installation
  • 1bit images are now correctly converted
  • Distributing and using forms on client computers was not working correctly

New in doPDF 8.1 Build 923 (Jan 27, 2015)

  • Several fixes for installation errors were included in the past two builds

New in doPDF 8.1 Build 921 (Jan 13, 2015)

  • When installation fails users can send log files to support
  • Corrections for client computers when converting via the addin for Microsoft Office
  • "The language not corresponds to the loaded files" error corrected

New in doPDF 8.1 Build 920 (Dec 18, 2014)

  • Added custom paper size option
  • Smaller PDF files due to compression algorithm updates
  • Page Zoom in the resulting PDF now is set to system default
  • Added firewall exception for service port during setup
  • Fixed minor PDF conversion issues

New in doPDF 8.0 Build 915 (Aug 6, 2014)

  • Spooler dependent services are stopped during installation to prevent errors
  • Removed several unnecessary start/stop actions for the print spooler
  • Support option is offered when installation fails
  • Small fixes for conversions from Excel and Visio

New in doPDF 8.0 Build 911 (Aug 6, 2014)

  • Fix: Check for updates window now shows up only when a new update is actually available
  • Fix: Minor fixes for conversion

New in doPDF 8.0 Build 910 (Jun 25, 2014)

  • Fix: Offline installer is now digitally signed
  • Fix: Offline installer doesn't require an internet connection
  • Fix: Other fixes for setup and conversion engine

New in doPDF 8.0 Build 908 (Jun 19, 2014)

  • Fix: Resulting PDF will have the same page size as the original document sent for printing
  • Fix: Updated information displayed on the About window
  • Fix: Various fixes for the installer
  • Fix: Update uninstall version message
  • Fix: Updated help file and manual
  • Fix: Added details regarding the novaPDF add-in for Microsoft Office during installation

New in doPDF 8.0 Build 906 (Apr 30, 2014)

  • New: Add-ins for Microsoft Office that allow one-click PDF conversion from Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio and Publisher
  • New: Bookmarks from Microsoft Word are recognized and converted to PDF bookmarks (only when using the add-in)
  • New: Hidden links in Microsoft Office documents are recognized and converted to active links in the PDF file (only when using the add-in)
  • New: Modified installer to show add-in installation as an optional step
  • Fix: Installer failed if Windows username had two names
  • Fix: Check for updates was verifying daily even if it was set to weekly
  • Fix: Version history was showing changes for previous build numbers (older than current build)
  • Fix: Corrected requirement information and added help sections for the add-in conversion in the help file

New in doPDF 8.0 Build 905 (Apr 24, 2014)

  • New: New predefined forms, 50 different formats are now available (A0, A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, B4/5, Letter, Legal, Executive, Envelope DL/C5/B5/Monarch/#10, ANSI, ARCH, ...)
  • New: Driver certification for Windows 8
  • New: Automatic updates with changelog notifications
  • Update: Fully redesigned installer (more simple)
  • Fix: Several bug fixes

New in doPDF 7.3 Build 388 (Feb 16, 2013)

  • Fix: New corrections for Excel and Word conversion
  • Fix: Corrected conversion errors for documents with symbolic fonts

New in doPDF 7.3 Build 387 (Oct 10, 2012)

  • New: doPDF is now fully compatible with Windows 8
  • Update: Various optimizations for image conversions
  • Fix: Fixed several memory leaks

New in doPDF 7.3 Build 381 (May 11, 2012)

  • New: Conversion corrections for text with ColtFont font
  • New: Changed font names for subsetted fonts to have correct ANSI characters
  • Update: Changed the hash algorithm for image optimization

New in doPDF 7.3 Build 379 (May 11, 2012)

  • New: Multiple copies of the same page/document can now be converted to a single PDF file (with or without Collate)
  • New: doPDF can now be installed using parameters from a single setup configuration file (instead of using the parameters one by one)
  • Update: After installation is successful, you have the option to open the website for tutorials, documentation and other resources
  • Update: Optimized conversion when using Unicode fonts (i.e. documents in Tamil language are now accurately converted)
  • Fix: Corrected language selection depending on regional settings

New in doPDF 7.2 Build 365 (Jul 19, 2011)

  • New: Added new predefined page sizes (for AutoCAD)
  • Fix: Some customers reported that the Print Spooler hangs on client restart on 32 bit Windows 7 computers, that's fixed now

New in doPDF 7.2 Build 363 (Jul 19, 2011)

  • New: Added /InstallOnlyNewerVer parameter for command line installations
  • Fix: Corrected installation on Windows 2000
  • Fix: Correction for Greek character conversions
  • Fix: Correction for rendering patterns

New in doPDF 7.2 Build 361 (May 2, 2011)

  • Correction in the add-in for Microsoft Word, when filename contained Greek characters

New in doPDF 7.2 Build 355 (May 2, 2011)

  • The uninstaller for doPDF (unins000.exe) is now signed too
  • Optimized the monochrome image conversion
  • Lines created with Highlight in Windows Journal were not printed (fixed now)

New in doPDF 7.2 Build 353 (Dec 16, 2010)

  • New: Added full version info for startup application (dopdf.exe from the Program Files directory) to improve version detection for update managers
  • Fix: Corrected Type1 font subsetting (Monospac821 BT Type 1 font was not correctly embedded)

New in doPDF 7.1 Build 332 (May 5, 2010)

  • New: Added Lithuanian language
  • Fix: Changed default compression for high color images to zip
  • Fix: Rendering corrections (including outlined text, see http://www.dopdf.com/forum/topic/outline-font-not-being-rendered-in-pdf-output-correctly)
  • Fix: Fixed page orientation from Excel, Word, TextMaker and others on x64 (i.e. http://www.dopdf.com/forum/topic/textmakerdifferent-page-orientation-issue-evasion-method#post-840)
  • Fix: Fixed platform string display on About page

New in doPDF 7.1 Build 330 (Mar 2, 2010)

  • Fix: Corrected font left clipping
  • Fix: Unicode Innosetup - Unicode command line params
  • Fix: Use local time instead of system time for creation date and time

New in doPDF 7.1 Build 329 (Feb 19, 2010)

  • Fix: Corrections for the Danish language file
  • Fix: Korean language corrections
  • Fix: During install, if a printer exists with the same name and different driver, it deletes the printer before install

New in doPDF 7.1 Build 327 (Feb 19, 2010)

  • New: User interface translated in Malay
  • New: User interface translated in Thai
  • Fix: Conversion problem with page orientations in Word documents
  • Fix: 0 byte PDF files created when checking rights, now gets deleted and recreated

New in doPDF 7.1 Build 326 (Feb 19, 2010)

  • Fix: Save dialog didn't show on top of other windows on Windows7 x64
  • Fix: Crash on Win7 x64 computers in some situations

New in doPDF 7.1 Build 325 (Jan 21, 2010)

  • New: doPDF can now be installed silently (list of parameters supported is in the help file)
  • Fix: Corrected duplicated fonts problem (virtual memory)
  • Fix: Solved a problem when printing images from Adobe Viewer
  • Fix: Registry handle leak

New in doPDF 7.0 Build 322 (Jan 5, 2010)

  • Build 322 was just released, it includes a minor conversion fix for bulletpoints, as reported here http://www.dopdf.com/forum/topic/another-wrong-character

New in doPDF 7.0 Build 321 (Dec 8, 2009)

  • We've released build 321, it includes only a minor fix, Wingdings characters were not converted correctly (bug reported here - http://www.dopdf.com/forum/topic/wrong-character).

New in doPDF 7.0 Build 320 (Dec 2, 2009)

  • Until now doPDF converted TrueType and OpenType fonts, but starting with version 7 doPDF supports Type1 fonts too
  • The "Embed fonts" option now only embeds the font subsets (reduces pdf file size)
  • We've added a "Getting Started" splash page that can be accessed from Start-Programs-dopdf (lots of people asked where is the exe file). Still the recommended way for creating PDF files is to print to doPDF
  • Added a new option to keep "Save PDF" window on top of others when printing (sometimes it got behind them and was difficult to save the PDF)
  • Minor GUI changes (Languages tab is now part of About, section adjustments)
  • doPDF 7 is fully compatible with Windows 7

New in doPDF 6.3 Build 307 (Sep 14, 2009)

  • New: doPDF now allows you to choose if the PDF reader will open after the PDF is created
  • New: Uses local time instead of system time for PDF creation date and time
  • New: Added Danish language for the interface
  • New: Creates folders (multiple levels) when saving pdf file, if folders do not exist
  • Fix: Corrected bug numeric values when no decimals allowed in regional settings - numbers
  • Fix: Corrected mirrored images in printer driver
  • Fix: Corrected bug to keep the resolution set in preferences

New in doPDF 6.2 Build 299 (May 7, 2009)

  • Update: doPDF is now compatible with Windows 7 RC
  • Fix: When printing from Adobe Reader some characters were not converted correctly (music notes)
  • Fix: Corrected crash occurring when showing error message box on PDF save
  • Fix: Corrected some client hangs when printing particular Excel files
  • Fix: Fixed crash occurring when printing from ttf16.ocx

New in doPDF 6.2 Build 293 (Mar 12, 2009)

  • Fix: corrected the cross reference table when generating the PDF. In some situations, the pdf opened in a pdf reader other than Adobe Reader would return errors. This fix should correct the problem.
  • Update: Website is now translated in Chinese Traditional

New in doPDF 6.1 Build 287 (Jan 30, 2009)

  • Update: Added option to embed fonts in the resulting PDF file (shown in the Save PDF dialog window).
  • Update: Added informational page in the start menu group (describes how to create PDF files)
  • Minor fixes

New in doPDF 6.1 Build 274 (Sep 22, 2008)

  • In some particular cases doPDF would not convert headers/footers with colored tables from Word documents correctly

New in doPDF 6.1 Build 265 (Jun 26, 2008)

  • New: doPDF now has an "Always use this folder" option. When checked, doPDF will save the PDF to the specified location each time a PDF is created.
  • Update: When PDF creation fails, doPDF now returns an "Error creating PDF file: " message
  • Fix: Corrected a crash with Microsoft Outlook 2007 printing under Vista (does not create ActivateContext anymore, uses existing)
  • Fix: Corrected interaction with TransparentBlt and StrecthDIBits

New in doPDF 5.2 Build 225 (Jul 21, 2007)

  • Compatibility with 64-bit operating systems (Windows Vista 64-bit, Windows XP 64-bit and Windows 2003 Server 64-bit),
  • Korean language added,
  • .pdf extension added automatically on save.