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PDF Studio Pro Changelog

What's new in PDF Studio Pro 2023.0.4

Feb 13, 2024
  • Bugs Fixed:
  • PS-6762: Regression – Multi-doc searches broken
  • PS-6904: Save as not enabled for monochrome
  • PS-6758: Extract pages feature is not able to extract every page on the document
  • PS-6920: unnecessary warning when importing into an existing layer
  • PS-6906: Copy and paste annotations on specific document is throwing “Cannot invoke “Object.getClass()”
  • PS-6870: Document specific: Exception displays when viewing form field properties
  • PS-6940: save all/save selected was always showing filename on tabs
  • PS-6957: Update settings with command line arguments during installation fix

New in PDF Studio Pro 2023.0.3 (Sep 27, 2023)

  • Bugs Fixed:
  • JPDF-2007 : Document specific: Content Edit, not able to select thin lines
  • JPDF-2003 : Document specific: Copy/paste text issue

New in PDF Studio Pro 2023.0.1 (Aug 15, 2023)

  • Regression: Batch Signature is placed outside the document
  • Issues with Fast Sign on PDF Studio 2023
  • Exception in jPDFViewer when application uses rhino
  • Updated version to 2023.0.1
  • jPDFPreflight – Memory Leak

New in PDF Studio Pro 2022.2.4 (Apr 8, 2023)

  • JavaScript not calculating fields – Event.value not being modified and re-setting the same value after calculation
  • Font Specific: Error rendering the attached PDF on Linux due to not using Unicode Mapping
  • “Copy text to note” preference broken for text markup
  • Remove vm warnings in the console on silent install
  • Cleanup replacement fonts
  • Clean up files related to install4j runtime

New in PDF Studio Pro 2022.2.3 (Apr 3, 2023)

  • PS-6677 – Regression: multiple JavaScript prompts
  • PS-6681 – Editing mode exited after entering non-Latin characters with Right ALT key
  • PS-6672 – Document Specific – Fix image positioning issue

New in PDF Studio Pro 2022.1.2 (Nov 4, 2022)

  • Enhancements:
  • Allow larger custom memory amount in user vmoptions file
  • Bugs:
  • Align points in overlay comparison was broken
  • PDF/A-1b preflight validation option in sub menu was broken
  • Document Specific: NPE converting to PDF/X-3 due to error when copying name of color space
  • Document specific: Error loading PDF Cannot invoke “Object.getClass()” because “<local8>” is null

New in PDF Studio Pro 2022.1.1 (Oct 31, 2022)

  • Enhancements:
  • Convert Word to PDF: Handle Theme Font Languages for Arabic, Asian, etc..
  • Bugs:
  • Pan & Zoom and Loupe Tool Broken
  • Action Wizard: Continue button label is broken
  • On macOS, some printers can throw an exception when getting the default DPI resolution
  • Convert Word to PDF: Handle Theme Font Languages for Arabic, Asian, etc..
  • Convert Word to PDF: Handle negative positioning of an Image within a Table Cell
  • Convert Word to PDF: Handle NullPointerException when converting a Word file to PDF
  • Convert Word to PDF: Anchored images not positioned correctly due to clipping
  • Document specific: Error loading PDF Cannot invoke “Object.getClass()” because “” is null
  • GUI display error on separator in Preflight Dialog

New in PDF Studio Pro 2022.0.2 (Jul 10, 2022)

  • Bugs:
  • Windows: Fixed bug where Save As SVG or RTF would append file extension twice
  • Windows: Thumbnail previews causing “Com Surrogate has stopped working” error
  • Zoom gets stuck on fractional digits when the language is set to another language other than English
  • Fix bug where extract “current page” always extract the first page
  • Limit the max number of sessions that can be saved

New in PDF Studio Pro 2022.0.1 (Jun 21, 2022)

  • Enhancements:
  • Add default stamp selection to Rubber Stamp action properties
  • Increase file name length in document tabs selection list
  • Improved Ctrl + Scroll Wheel zoom logic to include more steps
  • Improve error message when loading an invalid PDF file
  • Updated the default length for DigiCert TSA
  • Include default TOC profile for Create Table of Contents Tool
  • PDF to Word & PDF to RTF enhancements
  • Bugs:
  • Fixed issue with ribbon toolbar not staying collapsed when switching across documents
  • Fixed auto-save would reload only single document when restoring from online storage (Google Drive, Dropbox and OneDrive)
  • Fixed attach file as comment would not prompt for file in some rare cases
  • Document Specific: Fixed “Cannot invoke “java.awt.Container.addComponentListener” error when deleting annotations
  • OneDrive: Session token would not properly refresh causing frequent log outs
  • Studio Viewer: Removed redundant files to reduce installer size

New in PDF Studio Pro 2022.0.0 (Jun 3, 2022)

  • Action Wizard to Automate PDF tasks (Pro)
  • Document Session Manager (Reopen Previously Opened Docs)
  • Create Table of Contents from Bookmarks
  • Add Comment Summary when Printing
  • Auto-Save Document Recovery
  • Comments Pane Improvements
  • Thumbnail Preview on Windows
  • Gray/Monotone Icons Theme
  • PDF/X Conversion (Pro)
  • Easy Tools to “Add Content” (Pro)
  • Output Preview: Color Separation View (Pro)
  • (Beta) Convert PDF to Word without Office Installed (Pro)
  • PDF Stamps with Data Entry
  • And Much More…

New in PDF Studio Pro 2021.1.3 (Feb 21, 2022)

  • Issue with initialization of bundled font locations on Linux
  • Pro only features on the File panel are not showing in demo
  • Convert Word to PDF – Unable to layout document due to table width set to 0 + Improve support for multiple polygons in EMF images
  • Convert Word to PDF – Fix VML shapes / text boxes alignment and positioning issues
  • Error merging PDFs when merging tag structure when “document” node has no children
  • Linux: Signing with Token Error on Linux – Use SHA 256 when SHA 1 fails on PDFs with a version <= 1.5
  • Fix Byte range error for PDF signed with Docusign digital signature (invalid characters following end of file)
  • Checking for updates on older versions should inform users that a new major version has been released

New in PDF Studio Pro 2021.1.2 (Dec 22, 2021)

  • Remove unused log4j files to avoid false positive results in virus scanners (see CVE-2021-44228 – Apache Log4j Vulnerability)

New in PDF Studio Pro 2021.1.1 (Nov 8, 2021)

  • Enhancements:
  • Added support for protocols to allow launching PDF Studio from a web page
  • Added support for setting file associations on the new Apple M1 ARM installer
  • Performance enhancements to the new comments panel
  • Cleaned up old legacy (no longer used) files from the installer
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed issue with incorrect encoding of special tabs and newline chars when adding keywords into XMP Metadata
  • Fixed issue adding page numbers to large number of document pages
  • Fixed Null pointer exception when opening list and combo field drop-down in PDF forms
  • Fixed issue with improper handling of object streams when saving PDF files
  • Fixed issue handling rubber stamps created by NotesWriter Pro + enhance error handling when parsing annotations
  • Fixed issue with multiple permission warnings when creating highlight/etc on advanced search

New in PDF Studio Pro 2021.1.0 (Oct 22, 2021)

  • New Features:
  • PowerPoint to PDF Conversion
  • Enhancements:
  • OCR languages now included in installer (English, French, German, Italian, Spanish)
  • Added spell check to inline editing in comments panel
  • Document tagging UI improvements
  • Font embedding now includes the user-only font folder on Windows
  • Cloud drive UI improvements
  • Updated Dropbox library to latest v4.0.1 update
  • Added support for stencil patterns in images
  • Added support for reference table streams in PDF linearization to avoid file size increase
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Fit to width & fit to page did not work when using bottom toolbar
  • Fix to handle scanners reporting invalid contrast values that would cause an error
  • Fix to handle missing / null values in “TU” encryption entry
  • Regression: Fix performance issue when loading signed document with lots of annotations (50k+)
  • Clicking on ‘x’ to exit password dialog breaks dialog the next time it’s launched
  • Switching tools during inline content editing would not commit changes
  • (Linux): Text highlight cursor displayed white in some Linux distros (Ubuntu xfce, Manjaro)
  • (Linux): Ugly font selected for UI / Look and Feel on some Linux distros (Debian)
  • Deleting named JavaScript did not get removed
  • Fixed background color of combo fields when running in dark mode
  • (macOS) DocuSign not working on new Apple M1 installer on Big Sur
  • Favorite ribbon group in preferences scaled to big in Touch Mode
  • Toolbar gallery issue caused index issue preventing application exit
  • Expired ID is selected when signing with non-expired ID
  • Word to PDF: Incorrect numbering of sections – Add support for level override

New in PDF Studio Pro 2021.0.4 (Sep 6, 2021)

  • Allow Multiple File Selection in “Add Place” feature in file tab
  • Improved PDF/A preflight report generation performance
  • Added “Current Page” option in the new Flatten Dialog
  • Field Simplified Notation Calculations not handling escape characters correctly
  • Fixed overlapping buttons on measurement dialogs
  • Fixed issue with bookmark font when editing label
  • Fixed issue with named JavaScript not being recognized in Acrobat
  • LiveCycle forms no longer displaying the warning with the kb article link
  • Replace Pages prompts for the file before it shows the dialog
  • Linux: Welcome dialog font looked bad on Debian
  • Fixed performance issue when loading documents containing abnormally large number of annotations (50k+)
  • Fixed bug in Batch that would sometimes delete source file when error occurred
  • Document Specific: Improved error handling of invalid CCITTFFaxDecode images in document
  • Document Specific: JavaScript code would cause full screen mode to crash

New in PDF Studio Pro 2021.0.3 (Sep 6, 2021)

  • Split View broken : displays a white bottom pane
  • Loupe tool & Pan & Zoom broken
  • Drag to rearrange pages on Pages / Thumbnails pane does not always work correctly
  • Fix an issue with editing component not being stopped for typewriter annotations (null pointer exception when dragging and closing documents)
  • More issues with OCR Library not loaded error on Windows 10
  • MAC: The * after filename on tab title (indicating a modified document) is missing
  • Document Properties Metadata dialog not scaled in 4k

New in PDF Studio Pro 2021.0.2 (Sep 6, 2021)

  • OCR Library is not loaded error due to missing Microsoft Visual C++ package
  • Ctrl + Spacebar to temporarily enable the “Zoom Tool” – Use Alt to toggle zoom out
  • Metadata dialog not scaled in 4k
  • Updated look and feel version

New in PDF Studio Pro 2020.4.0.0 (Mar 17, 2021)

  • Regression: Brighten the color of the annotation comment bubble
  • Flatten option was missing from form field context menu
  • PDF to Word integration unable to locate MS Office 2016
  • Many Word to PDF conversion improvements
  • Type 3 font characters cutoff in HTML/SVG output
  • Resize handles and cursor for callout annotation not being placed correctly on rotated pages
  • Parentheses used in CJK vertical writing not rendered correctly
  • Fixed nullPointerException when importing an xfdf annotation with null intent
  • Opening document in multiple windows with modal dialog could lock PDF Studio
  • Path gradient with separation color space is not showing correct color (Added Support for Lab color space)
  • Not rendering thin content lines when gradient applied to them
  • Doc Specific: Missing font in DA String causes error when changing font

New in PDF Studio Pro 2020.3.1.0 (Jan 8, 2021)

  • Enhancements / Bug Fixes:
  • Fast Sign Improvement: Display a larger signing pane for drawing handwritten signatures
  • (Mac) Right click tab selection broken
  • Text selection box can be too wide due to invalid values in embedded font description
  • Find Tools moves to left side under some circumstances overlaying below the open button
  • Regression: Issue when opening a PDF Form with JavaScript from the SWT file dialog
  • Regression: 2 comment bubbles showing on perimeter and area annotations
  • Word to PDF: For Vertical Text in Table Cell Clipped Incorrectly (Add Support for Cell Max Width)
  • Word to PDF: Vertical header is missing on a table in vertically merged cells + table does not keep together

New in PDF Studio Pro 2020.3.0.0 (Dec 22, 2020)

  • Improvements in Word and Excel to PDF Conversion
  • Incorrect focus behavior on Message Dialog
  • Regression: Focus on password field when opening a protected PDF
  • Issues with setting custom zoom level with decimal point
  • Current bookmark: Change the highlight color from pink to earthy orange
  • Regression: “Signature timestamp is from a timestamp server but the message digest could not be validated” due to mismatch between timestamp and message digest algorithms
  • “Save as default” & Locked missing from Pencil Annotation properties dialog
  • Multi tab selection in dark theme doesn’t look good
  • Replace Pages from PDF option is not working when selecting from Pages Pane
  • JavaScript Validation Dialogs Sometimes Hidden Behind In Java 8+
  • Some PDF documents report being tagged for fast web wrongly.
  • Regression: Euro Symbol in Text Annotations Editor is displaying wrong character

New in PDF Studio Pro 2020.1.0 (Oct 3, 2020)

  • Enhancements:
  • Darken background of page view area
  • Option to set color of non-page area in Reading Mode
  • New options added to right click menu on tabs (Overlay, Side by Side, Close All, Close all to right, Close others)
  • Ability to open files by dragging to new tab area
  • “Keep Alive” option is now enabled by default for faster launch times
  • Improved Despeckle and Reduce Noise tool tip descriptions
  • Demo mode enhancements
  • Resolved file association being reset on updates
  • OCR & Print dialogs no longer block the application and can now be used in separate frames
  • Bug Fixes:
  • ESC key not working in reading mode when starting with Ctrl + H
  • Status bar showing when entering full screen thru document initial view
  • Center aligned date fields would throw error
  • Export text & XML options broken in comments pane
  • Inconsistent panel/toolbar state when closing a document while in Reading Mode
  • Classic toolbar: Status bar and page number broken
  • Classic toolbar: tools would not work on second document open in tabbed document view
  • Touch mode did not enlarge resize handles for annotations
  • “PDF to Microsoft Word” preferences in should not be in standard version
  • (macOS) Blue border showing around frame
  • (Linux) saving scanning profiles did not save properties
  • Specific document: Checkboxes disappear after using sequential renaming

New in PDF Studio Pro 2019.2.3 (Aug 6, 2020)

  • Fast Search – Options to search in comments and fields broken
  • Switching from single page to continuous page would go to page 1
  • Switching from overlay to side by side would not maintain current page location
  • Issues connecting to Canon P21511 WIA scanners
  • Mac app store: error “operation not permitted” when saving without file extension
  • Issue when rendering pages with negative font size leading to displaying some pages with reversed text
  • IRT annotations not imported correctly from FDF & XFDF
  • PDF to HTML – Convert lines with 0 width in PDF to 0.1 width in SVG so Browsers render them
  • PDF to HTML – Detect and handle BIDI and RTL to avoid Arabic text or parenthesis being flipped
  • Document Specific: ClassCastException when creating a field due to invalid field format
  • Optimizing a PDF with JPEG images with Decode Array sometimes results in black pages
  • Fixed issue where opening new document would restore (un-minimize) all other frames
  • Word to PDF – Table header somehow duplicated at bottom of table
  • Word to PDF – Auto resized columns conversion enhancments
  • PDF/A validation did not catch fonts embedded as TTC (True Type Collection)

New in PDF Studio Pro 2019.2.2 (May 8, 2020)

  • Scanning broken in Mac OS 10.15.4 due to Apple code signing changes
  • Export pages to single page tiff was broken
  • Form field font improvements
  • Measurements not shown on annotation when measurement dialog is hidden
  • Setting annotations to the same size (width/height/both) was broken
  • Excel to PDF: Support for Formula String type in cells
  • Excel to PDF: Basic Header & Footer support
  • Excel to PDF: Support for scale property, page setup properties & page break on rows
  • Word to PDF: Add basic support for footnotes
  • Word to PDF: Add support for repeating table header row on every page
  • Preflight report results now maintain order across runs
  • Calibration tool did not work when trying to measure ft and inches
  • Composite was ignored when printing images
  • Inline images with LZW compression turn black when page is resized or optimized
  • Improved memory handling for deflated byte streams
  • (Document Specific) Stackoverflow error when merging 2 documents (due to recursive resource reference)
  • (Document Specific) PDF/A 2b – incorrectly reported missing blending color space validation error
  • (Document Specific) ClassCastException when reading form field entries
  • (Document Specific) NullPointerException when opening a PDF form due to an invalid widget
  • (Document Specific) Split by page gives a NullPointerException due to copying fields with invalid formatting
  • Document security enhancements
  • Other internal bugs & fixes

New in PDF Studio Pro 2019.2.0 (Nov 13, 2019)

  • Scanning broken in macOS 10.15 Catalina due to Apple Image Capture API changes
  • Dropbox update: security changes now require using system browser for authentication
  • Save button not enabled when applying Fast Sign signature
  • Fixed issue with some special characters (þÿ) showing in form fields
  • Added support for dash array in border style for link annotations
  • Word to PDF: Handling for transform & clipping on EMF images
  • Word to PDF: Improved PNG image resolution issue due to “Indirect” color models

New in PDF Studio Pro 2019.1.4 (Oct 8, 2019)

  • Type 3 fonts now supported in SVG conversion
  • Handle saving & opening file attachments with invalid characters in filename
  • Regression: Caret no longer displays when starting to type in text annotations (first character)
  • Rendering improvements for PDFs created by MacOSX Quartz PDF Context
  • (Document Specific) Vector overlay colors not blending
  • (Document Specific) Text not showing behind the image (Color Key Mask + Indexed)
  • Word to PDF conversion enhancements

New in PDF Studio Pro 2019.1.3 (Sep 10, 2019)

  • (Mac) Scanning broken by notarization process for upcoming macOS 10.15 Catalina
  • (Mac) Recent file list on menu bar did not work
  • PDF to HTML5 now converts in-document links, supported by Chrome and Firefox

New in PDF Studio Pro 2019.1.2 (Aug 30, 2019)

  • Enhancements:
  • (Mac) Notarized installer to support upcoming macOS 10.15 Catalina security changes
  • Minimized ribbon now persists when opening a new frame/restarting Studio
  • Typewriter cursor placement enhancements
  • Text Selection Lasso Tool now ads line breaks for multiple rows
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Corrupted cloud drive credentials file crashed PDF Studio
  • Word to PDF – Document Specific: Some external links are not converting correctly
  • Word to PDF – Some hyperlinks inside table cells weren’t created with correct position
  • Word to PDF – Bookmarks and Internal Links didn’t work in Word97 (.doc) files
  • Word to PDF – TOC/internal links don’t always go to exactly the correct/ideal location
  • Document Specific: Array Out of Bound Exception when converting PDF to HTML

New in PDF Studio Pro 2019.1.1 (Jul 27, 2019)

  • Enhancements:
  • Wrap text in bookmarks pane
  • Word conversion fallback font logic improvements
  • Form fields now passed through when sending to DocuSign
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Incorrect scaling when editing text boxes on rotated pages
  • Manual offline registration would suddenly revert to demo mode
  • Fast sign signatures lost on restart
  • Studio Viewer – Cloud drive recent documents failed to open
  • Other internal bug fixes & enhancements

New in PDF Studio Pro 2019.1.0 (Jun 25, 2019)

  • New Features:
  • Ability to rotate text and shape annotations
  • Option to search text using regular expression – Advanced Search Dialog
  • New HTML/SVG convert options including: page range, individual pages & image quality
  • New option Preference->Comments -“Copy stamp name to note” for counting tool
  • Enhancements:
  • Memory improvements for the Fix Scan tool
  • Options to override binding preference in page display
  • Split by blank page now always analyzes pages
  • Better error handling for invalid page label formatting
  • Document properties now carried over when converting from Word & Excel to PDF
  • New “Copy Link” and “View Online” right click options for cloud drives
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Tag should show the user-given title of the tag
  • Linearized PDFs give a preflight validation error “EOL not found after endobj token”
  • PDF/A Conversion did not work on PDF 2.0 documents
  • Batch preflight did not work without directory set
  • PDF 2.0 DocuSign signatures will now validate properly
  • Missing certificate in hierarchy for Docusign Signature
  • PDF 2.0 Specification validate DSS (Document Security Store) Dictionary
  • Better error handling for invalid page label formatting
  • Duplicate image masks caused error during optimization
  • Bottom Toolbar missing when scanning using “Insert At: End of Document” option
  • Creating custom color value created invalid XML setting
  • Read-only property in annotations not importing in XFDF
  • OCR’d text would copy without space characters
  • Key not found error when selecting add user/add computer option in Linux/MAC
  • (Document Specific) Line heights incorrect when editing text
  • (Document Specific) Word – Incorrect table conversion caused overlapping rows
  • (Mac & Linux) Non-Latin characters not displayed correctly in editing mode
  • (Ubuntu 18) Installer throws a GTK failure message
  • (Ubuntu 18) Shortcut created on the desktop does not show up as the Q icon
  • (Ubuntu 18) When running the application the “PDF Studio” label did not in title

New in PDF Studio Pro 2019.0.0 (May 15, 2019)

  • DocuSign© Integration
  • PDF/UA Verification (Pro)
  • Split Document View (Pro)
  • Fix Scan Tool with Deskew, Optimize & OCR (Pro)
  • Improved Overlay Comparison (now Vector Based) (Pro)
  • New Sanitize document tool to remove sensitive data (Pro)
  • Cloud Storage Integrations:
  • Dropbox
  • Google Drive
  • One Drive
  • PDF/UA Editing (Pro):
  • Tag Explorer (Pro)
  • Document reading options including binding direction and language

New in PDF Studio Pro 2018.3.1 (Feb 28, 2019)

  • Enhancements:
  • Basic License Key Management in License Key Dialog
  • Pictures (JPG, PNG) now supported in Excel Conversion
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Don’t convert hidden worksheets in Excel
  • Slightly increased threshold for 4K scaling issues on Linux
  • Word to PDF: Exception when converting document with content control
  • Digital signatures created by Acrobat marked as having “Invalid byte range”

New in PDF Studio Pro 2018.3.0 (Feb 5, 2019)

  • Enhancements:
  • HiDPI scaling improvements for Linux and ChromeOS Crostini users
  • Now support transparency group FormXObjects in PDF to SVG conversion
  • New in-app mini announcement banner on welcome dialog
  • Bug Fixes:
  • When importing FDF and rich text value is missing, default to standard value in rich text enabled fields
  • Multi-line text fields: Long existing field value should not be cut when starting to edit
  • The ‘has more text’ icon was showing for RTF fields that don’t have ‘more text’
  • Editing text in a page that was just moved to a new PDF gives an exception
  • Regression: Unable to enter data in auto-size font multi-line fields
  • Duplicate fonts not found in some special cases
  • PDF/A 2b validation fails with error “Font is symbolic but specifies an Encoding entry.”, validates in other tools
  • Validation of signatures is not validating byte range
  • Document Specific: Second text paragraph disappears when editing no scroll multi-line text field
  • Document Specific: Text location in very narrow text field shifts after editing stops
  • Document Specific: Import FDF from PDF Studio 12 does not work for a rich text field value
  • Document specific: Text is overlapping when creating typewriter annotation
  • Document Specific: Content Control Property displaying a string twice

New in PDF Studio Pro 2018.2.2 (Dec 14, 2018)

  • Profile lists on Split Buttons (i.e. Imposition) now scroll when to large
  • PDF/A Conversion: Handle invalid XMP metadata and recreate metadata from document properties entries
  • Rubber stamp drop down did not work correctly for multiple stamps in classic toolbar
  • Digital signature validation improvements when byte range is incorrect
  • Fixed bug links being selected when clicked with hand tool
  • Fixed bug merging multiple files from File Tab sometimes freezes application
  • Other internal fixes

New in PDF Studio Pro 2018.2.1 (Nov 19, 2018)

  • Updated application installer to prevent MacOS Mojave permission warnings
  • Optimizer: Improved duplicate image removal logic to look in FormXObjects
  • Opened up additional “Look & Feels” on Linux for better 4k support
  • Fixed error when merging document containing flattened “Reply to” annotations
  • Fixed issue where Encrypting + Signing at the same time could corrupt some PDFs
  • Other internal fixes

New in PDF Studio Pro 2018.2.0 (Nov 5, 2018)

  • Japanese language option now available
  • Mini Toolbar display tweaks & enhancements
  • Updating comment on replace text annotation would fail to refresh in comments pane
  • Properties dialog broken when multi-selecting Typewriter and Highlight annotations
  • Unable to view digital signature certificate details
  • Other internal fixes
  • PDF Studio:
  • Increased max tolerance level for analyze blank pages
  • Removed “Set default scanner” from preferences, now set in scan dialog
  • (Classic Toolbar) Rubber stamp drop down not working correctly for multiple stamps
  • Batch merge .PNG files would cause document error
  • Word to PDF – support simple EMF (Enhanced MetaFile) images
  • Word to PDF – support for styled text artwork defined as VML Objects
  • Word to PDF – improvements to floating nested table located within bullet points
  • Improved demo watermark warning message
  • PDF Studio Viewer:
  • Email PDF option is now available
  • User not prompted to save on modified document
  • Image import button would crop image
  • Unable to set application memory settings

New in PDF Studio Pro 2018.1.0 (Aug 3, 2018)

  • Enhancements:
  • Text search now finds text that spans across 2 lines, starting at the end of one line and continuing on the next
  • New Optimizer setting to preserve original image if re-compressed image is bigger than original
  • Internal file attachments are now included when converting from Word to PDF
  • Improvement to Preflight results dialog and appended report
  • Support converting documents to PDF/A, which previously gave the error “Device specific color space used in shading (DeviceCMYK)”
  • Remove unused resources when extracting pages from a PDF (creating resulting documents of smaller size)
  • Digital signatures applied to a PDF/A compliant document will not break the PDF/A compliance
  • New “Color” or “B&W” labels next to Tiff compression options
  • Read-only support for “Reply To” comments on annotations
  • Gradient rendering improvements
  • Ribbon toolbar tweaks & enhancements
  • Added scan button to top mini toolbar
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Flattening Fields caused barcodes & comb formatting to disappear
  • Excel conversion error creates invalid PDF document
  • Error when exporting annotations while still in editing mode
  • Duplicate images not always removed correctly during optimization
  • Images counted incorrectly in the optimizer audit report
  • Optimizer duplicate fonts logic produces inconsistent results
  • Optimizer audit does not count unused objects
  • Imposition not respecting bleed and trim boxes
  • Exception when search keyword is in the form fields using Directory Search
  • Duplex print with multiple copies print the pages on the same sheet
  • Rubber stamps date variable – only set first date
  • “$Counter” variable did not work in Custom stamp
  • Tool chest annotation doesn’t work after relaunching Studio
  • Print preview displayed the printed order instead of the document order
  • Page location didn’t update on scroll with page labels
  • Modified date not updated when saving a PDF document
  • Document Specific: Infinite loop when converting Word document containing rotated wrapped cells
  • Document Specific: Converted PDF/A document would immediately fail verification

New in PDF Studio Pro 2018.0.1 (Aug 3, 2018)

  • Bug Fixes:
  • NullPointer exception when exporting form fields with empty rich text values
  • (Document Specific) ArrayIndexOutOfBounds & NullPointer exceptions when editing content
  • (Document Specific) Some text would disappear during editing
  • (Document Specific) PDFs that points to a CID CMap in the ToUnicode entry would not display correctly
  • Missing language translations added

New in PDF Studio Pro 2018 (Aug 3, 2018)

  • New Major Features:
  • Redesigned user interface with Ribbon toolbar (Classic still available)
  • Inline text content editing with reflow (Pro)
  • Support full Unicode (non-Latin) characters in Form Fields
  • New “Fast Sign” Signature Stamps
  • Create/Edit Page Templates (Pro)
  • Support for the new PDF 2.0 standards

New in PDF Studio Pro 12.0.7 (May 12, 2018)

  • Enhancements:
  • PDF/A conversion improvements to support the following validation items:
  • “cmap table contains 2 encodings but should only contain 1″
  • “shading is DeviceCMYK”
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Word convert: document specific conversion errors fixed
  • Optimizer enhancements: Duplicate image removal logic improved, Unused object removal logic improved, Improve handling of stencil images and indexed images
  • Duplicated shortcut key “Ctrl + Shift + I” (removed shortcut for Imposition)
  • Batch print would only print limited number of pages of each document
  • Issue with extra space when editing multi line fields
  • (Document Specific) Fixed ‘ArrayOutOfBoundsException” when applying text redaction
  • (Image Specific) Reduced horizontal lines artifacts when printing rotated images
  • Better handling of color spaces and bits per pixel for JPEG 2000 images
  • Deleted content would reappear after running PDF/A validation

New in PDF Studio Pro 12.0.2 (Aug 31, 2017)

  • New Major Features in Version 12:
  • New! PDF Studio Viewer Edition (Free / Viewer Only)
  • Search Text across Multiple PDFs
  • Scanning Configurations
  • Microsoft Excel to PDF Conversion
  • Send to Word (Windows Only Integration with MS Office) (Pro)
  • Page Labels (Pro)
  • Advanced Imposition (Pro)
  • Resize Pages (Pro)
  • 4K High Resolution Display Support
  • Annotations Rich Text & Multi-Language Support
  • Improved PDF Optimizer with Audit & Results (Pro)
  • window_dialog User Interface:
  • Support for high resolution displays including 4K
  • Create / Edit / View document page labels (Pro)
  • Optimizer audit & result reports (Pro)
  • Ability to minimize comparison overlay dialog (Pro)
  • Ability to resize pages including batch processing (Pro)
  • New option to Shrink Pages in Header & Footer dialog so that the header or footer does not cover-up existing page content.
  • New options to set output document size when merging PDFs (Pro)
  • New option to remove existing invisible text during OCR (Pro)
  • New option to remove blank pages from document
  • New option to flatten annotations when emailing
  • Support for full screen in initial view properties
  • callout Annotations:
  • Per character rich text editing in text box, callout, & typewriter annotations (bold, italic, underline, crossout)
  • Annotations will support characters from any language
  • Ability to use system fonts in text box, callout, & typewriter annotations
  • New Transparency Property for textbox / free text annotations
  • Copy annotations using Ctrl + Drag
  • Annotation icons in comments pane now match color of corresponding annotation
  • Option to change icon size in comments tree
  • New line endings for polylines
  • New sticky note icon options
  • New file attachment icons
  • New border style options for links
  • Office Logo Microsoft Office:
  • PDF to Word (Windows Only – Microsoft integration with Office 2013 or higher) (Pro)
  • Excel to PDF (Pro)
  • font Font Improvements:
  • Subset embedding of fonts
  • Prepress Print Mark Prepress / Print Production:
  • Advanced Imposition module for pre-press production (Pro)
  • Printer marks including trim, bleed, registration, & page info (Pro)
  • New preflight verification profiles – PDF/A-1a, PDF/A-2b, PDF/A-2u, PDF/A-3b (Pro)
  • New PDF/A conversion profiles: PDF/A-2b & PDF/A-3b (Pro)
  • Now able to embed system fonts for PDF/A conversion, previously only standard PDF fonts were supported (Pro)
  • magnifying_glass Search Tools:
  • Search text in multiple PDF documents at once using directory or recent files list
  • New option to search into attached PDF files
  • print Printing:
  • Ability to print overlay view (Pro)
  • Custom scale print option
  • scanner Scanning:
  • Straighten/Deskew scanned images (Pro)
  • Scanning configurations
  • Manual color conversions for unsupported scanners
  • clipboard_checks Other Enhancements:
  • New variables for bookmarks and page labels to be used in for watermarks, headers/footers, as well as rubber stamp annotations
  • Ability to compress object streams in optimizer (Pro)
  • Dynamic field renaming feature (Pro)
  • Many internal bugs & fixes

New in PDF Studio Pro 11.0.6 (Mar 27, 2017)

  • Some High DPI (4K) enhancements to make most application functions usable (Full
  • support coming in version 12)
  • Fixed an issue where Digital ID fields not properly escaping special characters
  • (i.e. commas in title)
  • Fixed issue preventing access to view annotation properties when annotation has
  • locked property set
  • (caused by recent MacOS Sierra update)
  • Fixed issue displaying checkbox values with incorrectly formatted font or values
  • Fixed JavaScript issues with CA gov. tax forms
  • Fixed issue with invalid installer certificate

New in PDF Studio Pro 11.0.3 (Sep 18, 2016)

  • NEW option to turn rubber stamp previews on/off under Preferences > Comments > Display stamp previews
  • Fixed issue preventing second signature from being added on rotated pages
  • Better handling of loading fonts missing from form resources
  • Fixed issue pasting annotations containing Bold/Italic text across documents
  • Restored logic to read and use ToUnicode stream as a CID CMap
  • Fixed issue with file attachment icon getting larger on save
  • Updated some new error dialogs with better messages
  • Fixed issue preventing all optimizer profiles from being removed
  • Fixed PDF/A conversion failing when PDF/A XMP metadata was already specified
  • (Document Specific) “Auto” font size not resized when first opened
  • Welcome screen not updating after registering Pro license key
  • Fixed issue where “Set Visually” would not work on Page Properties action
  • Fixed issue where the “pagemode=thumbs” command line argument would not work
  • Removed “Print to File” option on Mac since it is not supported by Java
  • Fixed issue causing stamps to resize when being rotated
  • Other internal bugs and fixes

New in PDF Studio Pro 11.0.2 (Sep 18, 2016)

  • Text box issue when a border is set to 0 the fill color did not work
  • Fixed ability to add a second (or more) additional signature to a document
  • Fixed typewriter cursor position when editing Japanese text
  • Fixed typewriter annotation not sized correctly during CJK language entry
  • Image rubber stamp would disappear when flattened on document created from TIFF image
  • Handle missing spell check languages more gracefully when not available
  • Unable to optimize specific documents when running in demo mode
  • Unable to save a blank new document
  • Currently active form field would not save data using File>Save or File>Save As from the menu unless focus was lost
  • Optimizer: black sections when compressing JPEG images with ICC color spaces or CMYK color spaces at a specific DPI
  • Page size units in print dialog now match settings set in preferences
  • Better handling of saved measurement calibration values when changing languages

New in PDF Studio Pro 11.0.1 (May 31, 2016)

  • Unable to edit properties of multiple form fields at once
  • Welcome screen fixes on the Mac
  • Document Specific: CJK fonts not displayed when glyph has no contours
  • Minor fix to French labels