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File Viewer Plus Changelog

What's new in File Viewer Plus 5.2.0.20

May 8, 2024
  • Added support for .aai, .jxr, and .ora formats
  • Added support for additional camera models
  • Added the capability to batch convert spreadsheets
  • Added form controls to the spreadsheet editor
  • Added the ability to export interactive controls in DOCX files to PDF
  • Fixed: Blank window after pasting text in the source code editor
  • Fixed: Several other bugs

New in File Viewer Plus 5.1.0.10 (Feb 13, 2024)

  • Added a detail view to the file browser
  • Added Ctrl+Mouse Wheel zooming and Page Up/Page Down shortcuts to PDF viewing
  • Improved the ribbon behavior for documents and spreadsheets (collapse order, contextual tab selection)
  • Implemented several other minor user interface improvements
  • Improved encryption mechanism for license files (FIPS compliance)
  • Fixed: Opening AVIF images with non-ASCII filenames
  • Fixed: Several other minor bugs

New in File Viewer Plus 4.3.0.60 (Feb 6, 2023)

  • Added a track changes option to the document editor
  • Added a status bar and new chart types to the spreadsheet editor
  • Updated the document and spreadsheet editors to show contextual menu tabs when selecting tables, charts, and pictures
  • Updated the software's digital signature with a trusted certificate from Microsoft
  • Fixed: Several minor bugs

New in File Viewer Plus 4.2.1.50 (Oct 5, 2022)

  • Fixed: An error that may appear when closing audio or video files

New in File Viewer Plus 4.2.0.40 (Sep 29, 2022)

  • Added information for many more file types
  • Improved support for image, camera raw, audio, and video formats
  • Improved rendering for PDF documents
  • Fixed: Several minor bugs

New in File Viewer Plus 4.1.0.21 (Apr 26, 2022)

  • Added information for many more file types
  • Added support for opening new .docx and .xlsx documents created with the Windows 11 context menu
  • Fixed: Error popup caused by offline OneDrive files
  • Fixed: Several other bugs

New in File Viewer Plus 4.1.0.21 (Mar 17, 2022)

  • Improved file format support for several document types
  • Added several minor user interface improvements
  • Added a Norwegian translation
  • Fixed: Possible settings error on startup
  • Fixed: Spell-checking issue for some English document types
  • Fixed: Other minor bugs

New in File Viewer Plus 4.0.1.8 (Feb 5, 2021)

  • Improved file format support for several document types
  • Added several minor user interface improvements
  • Fixed: CSV and TSV cell value types are now auto-detected on load
  • Fixed: Other minor bugs

New in File Viewer Plus 4.0 (Nov 11, 2020)

  • Official release of File Viewer Plus 4
  • Added file browser with thumbnails and previews
  • Added support for 100+ additional file formats (over 400 total)
  • Added customizable user interface with new themes
  • Improved file format support
  • Many other minor bug fixes and improvements

New in File Viewer Plus 3.3 (Jan 3, 2020)

  • Added support for Canon .CR3 and new camera models
  • Added display of inline images in email files
  • Added setting that remembers ribbon minimized state
  • Fixed: Colors with Windows High Contrast settings
  • Fixed: Other minor bugs

New in File Viewer Plus 3.2.2 (Nov 12, 2019)

  • Added multipage image print dialog (TIFF, GIF, DICOM)
  • Added a setting that remembers the window maximized state
  • Fixed: TIFF images display correctly when X and Y DPIs differ
  • Fixed: Software updates now install to the previous location
  • Fixed: Other minor bugs

New in File Viewer Plus 3.2.1 (Aug 26, 2019)

  • Improved support for Word, PowerPoint, and Excel formats
  • Fixed: Attempting to overwrite read-only documents now displays an error
  • Fixed: Ribbon buttons are no longer disabled incorrectly in some cases
  • Fixed: Unchecked TIFF LZW compression option now works in batch mode
  • Fixed: Compressed archives with invalid filenames no longer stop an extraction
  • Fixed: Various other bugs

New in File Viewer Plus 3.2 (Jul 5, 2019)

  • Added Japanese language support
  • Added Recent Documents to the File menu
  • Added raw image support for many new camera models
  • Added video playback keyboard shortcuts
  • Improved support for PDF, Word, PowerPoint, Visio, and Excel formats
  • Improved support for .EMLX files
  • Improved file identification for multiple file formats
  • Improved high DPI display support via DirectX rendering
  • Fixed: Saving and loading settings no longer causes occasional crash
  • Fixed: Email files with read-only attribute can now be viewed
  • Fixed: Email file receipt dates are now localized in user's time zone
  • Fixed: Line breaks in file metadata are no longer truncated
  • Fixed: .PCD files can now be converted in batch mode
  • Fixed: .XBM and .XPM images now load correctly

New in File Viewer Plus 3.1.1 (Dec 10, 2018)

  • Fixed a crash when opening images on Windows 10 1803+ systems when Microsoft HEIF Image Extensions is installed
  • Other minor bug fixes

New in File Viewer Plus 3.1.0 (Nov 22, 2018)

  • Added support for High Efficiency Image Format (.heic, .heif) files
  • Added support for .emz, .exr, .rgb, .rgba, and .sgi files
  • Added support for DICOM Encapsulated PDF files
  • Added drop-down menu in file info panel with metadata options
  • Added file identification info when opening unknown files
  • Added metadata for Microsoft Word and Excel files
  • Added drop down menu in file information panel with metadata options
  • Added more file identification information when opening unknown files
  • Added more metadata for Microsoft Word and Excel documents
  • Improved rendering for PowerPoint and Visio files
  • Bug fix: Image resize and effects dialogs now scale well on high DPI screens
  • Bug fix: International characters in file paths caused some files not to load
  • Bug fix: Some password-protected archives were not being prompted for a password
  • Other minor bug fixes and improvements

New in File Viewer Plus 3.0.0 (Sep 10, 2018)

  • Version 3.0: We've completely rewritten the user interface for the latest generation of Windows computers:
  • New: Ribbon based user interface
  • New: Support for high-DPI screens
  • New: Tabbed interface allowing multiple files to be opened at the same time
  • New: Split view allowing multiple files to be viewed at the same time
  • New: Single window and multi-window app modes
  • New: Blue and dark UI themes
  • New: Batch converter integrated into the main window
  • New: File identification technology that intelligently recognizes files
  • New: Ribbon based spreadsheet editor with support for charts, graphics, and many more editing features
  • New: Ribbon based document editor and additional save format options (EPUB, MHT, ODT)
  • New: Save button (in addition to Save As) for documents, spreadsheets, and source code views
  • New: Play animated GIFs
  • New: File type support
  • New: Metadata added including MIME type and MD5 hash
  • New: Copy metadata to clipboard and view as plain text
  • New: Edit webpage HTML while refreshing the webpage view
  • Improved metadata for multimedia files and documents
  • Improved audio and video player with better codec support and playback performance
  • Improved email file type support, added message send date to email view
  • Improved file format support for Microsoft Office formats (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Project, and Visio)
  • Improved multi-language support

New in File Viewer Plus 2.2.2 (Jun 27, 2018)

  • Updated File Viewer Plus with a new code signing certificate

New in File Viewer Plus 2.2.1 (Nov 29, 2017)

  • Fixed loading of Word document templates
  • Fixed an email file viewing issue for HTML-formatted emails
  • Added email header to the print view (to, from, cc, and subject)
  • Fixed bugs with viewing, editing, and saving Word and Excel documents
  • Fixed user interface issues on high DPI screens
  • Fixed several other bugs

New in File Viewer Plus 2.2.0 (Oct 26, 2017)

  • Increased free trial period from 10 to 14 days
  • Added a new document editor with additional toolbars
  • Added spell check to the document editor (English only)
  • Fixed a document character encoding issue for non-English characters
  • Fixed PDF printing for landscape documents
  • Fixed an issue with archive extraction for some archive formats

New in File Viewer Plus 2.1.0 (Apr 28, 2017)

  • Added File menu options: "New Window" and "Close"
  • Improved rendering of Visio diagrams
  • Added viewing of Visio stencil libraries (.VSS, .VSSX)
  • Added support for RAR5 archives
  • Added support for more camera raw image formats
  • Added support for extracting .DESKTHEMEPACK files
  • Added proxy settings detection for software activation
  • Added Open option for email file attachments
  • Improved printing for PDF files
  • Minor bug fixes

New in File Viewer Plus 2.0.1 (Aug 8, 2016)

  • Added spreadsheet autofill, paste special, and multiple cell move functions
  • Added viewing for password-protected spreadsheets
  • Improved German translation for the spreadsheet and text editor views
  • Added a word wrap option to the source code view
  • Fixed a character encoding issue with the source code view
  • Fixed a possible access violation error on splash screen
  • Fixed an installer error for German and Czech installs

New in File Viewer Plus 2.0 (Jul 8, 2016)

  • Batch conversion support for PDF, Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Visio, Microsoft Project, audio, video, images, camera raws, and email files
  • Full metadata viewing for PDFs, Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Visio, Microsoft Project, OpenDocument, and other formats
  • Improved support for editing, printing, and saving Microsoft Excel spreadsheets
  • Convert Microsoft PowerPoint presentations to PDF, JPEG, and PNG
  • Convert Microsoft Visio diagrams to PDF, JPEG, and PNG
  • Support for viewing and converting Adobe Illustrator documents (PDF-formatted documents only)
  • Improved support for email files (Winmail.dat, .EML, .EMLX, .MSG, .OFT)
  • Support for viewing and converting over 50 new file formats, including:
  • Microsoft Project (.MPP, .MPX, .MPP)
  • Microsoft PowerPoint (.PPT, .PPTX, .PPS, .PPSX, .POT, .POTX, .PPTM, .POTM)
  • Microsoft Visio (.VSDX, .VSD, .VSDM, .VSTX, .VSTM, .VST, .VDW, .VDX, .VTX, .VSX, .VSS)
  • OpenDocument Text (.ODT, .OTT)
  • OpenDocument Presentations (.ODP)
  • Adobe Illustrator (.AI) (PDF-formatted documents only)
  • Over 25 additional image, audio, and video formats
  • Improved PDF support:
  • Better PDF rendering
  • Convert PDF selectively by page range
  • Convert PDF to JPEG or PNG with DPI support
  • Convert Microsoft Project files to JPEG and PNG with the following data:
  • Gantt Chart
  • Resource Sheet
  • Resource Usage
  • Task Sheet
  • Task Usage
  • New file formats supported:
  • OpenDocument Text Document (.ODT)
  • OpenDocument Document Template (.OTT)
  • PowerPoint Presentation (.PPT)
  • PowerPoint Template (.POT)
  • PowerPoint Slide Show (.PPS)
  • PowerPoint Open XML Presentation (.PPTX)
  • PowerPoint Open XML Template (.POTX)
  • PowerPoint Open XML Slide Show (.PPSX)
  • OpenDocument Presentation (.ODP)
  • PowerPoint Open XML Macro-Enabled Presentation (.PPTM)
  • PowerPoint Open XML Macro-Enabled Presentation Template (.POTM)
  • Microsoft Project Exchange File (.MPX)
  • Microsoft Project File (.MPP)
  • Microsoft Project Template (.MPT)
  • Apple Mail Message (.EMLX)
  • Outlook Email Template (.OFT)
  • Visio Drawing (.VSD)
  • Visio Drawing (.VSDX)
  • Visio Macro-Enabled Drawing (.VSDM)
  • Visio Stencils File (.VSS)
  • Visio Drawing Template (.VST)
  • Visio Drawing Template (.VSTX)
  • Visio Macro-Enabled Drawing Template (.VSTM)
  • Visio Stencil XML File (.VSX)
  • Visio Template XML File (.VTX)
  • Visio Web Drawing (.VDW)
  • Visio Drawing XML File (.VDX)
  • Material Exchange Format File (.MXF)
  • AVCHD Video File (.MTS)
  • Anime Music Video File (.AMV)
  • Bink Video File (.BIK)
  • DivX Video File (.DIVX)
  • Digital Video File (.DV)
  • Flash MP4 Video File (.F4V)
  • General Exchange Format Video File (.GXF)
  • Blu-ray BDAV Video File (.M2T)
  • Blu-ray BDAV Video File (.M2TS)
  • NuppelVideo File (.NUV)
  • JVC Everio Video Recording (.MOD)
  • Wii/GameCube Video File (.THP)
  • Microsoft Expression Screen Capture Video File (.XESC)
  • 3GP Audio File (.3GA)
  • 3GP Audio File (.3GPA)
  • Ogg Vorbis Audio File (.OGA)
  • Opus Audio File (.OPUS)
  • Ogg Vorbis Speex File (.SPX)
  • True Audio File (.TTA)
  • Creative Labs Audio File (.VOC)
  • TwinVQ Audio File (.VQF)
  • PlayStation Audio File (.XA)
  • ARRIRAW Image (.ARI)
  • Adobe Illustrator File (.AI)

New in File Viewer Plus 1.3.3 (Jul 8, 2016)

  • Windows 10 compatibility update
  • Fixed an issue with displaying .PCD images

New in File Viewer Plus 1.3.2 (Jul 8, 2016)

  • Fixed a display issue with email files containing international characters
  • Added additional string translations for German
  • Fixed a print dialog bug for image printing
  • Other minor user interface bug fixes

New in File Viewer Plus 1.3.1 (Jul 8, 2016)

  • Added a language option to the Preferences window
  • Fixed a menu bar issue with Chinese localization

New in File Viewer Plus 1.3 (Jul 8, 2016)

  • Added 13 new file formats (.dds, .dfont, .dib, .jbig/.jbg, .jng, .miff, .mvg, .pes, .psb, .sfw, .svgz, .ttf, .webp)
  • Added localizations for German, Spanish, French, Chinese Traditional, Chinese Simplified, Polish, and Czech
  • Improved support for DICOM images
  • Added support for DICOM metadata and Photoshop IPTC metadata
  • Improved camera raw support, including more camera models
  • Improved source code view

New in File Viewer Plus 1.2 (Jul 8, 2016)

  • Added a user manual (Help -> User Manual...)
  • Added more robust text search features
  • Added support for .eba and .iwb source code files
  • Minor bug fixes and UI improvements