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PDF to X Changelog

What's new in PDF to X 19.1 Build 078

Oct 26, 2021
  • Features / Improvements:
  • Important (I): fully supports native Swedish.
  • Changed the trial limitation from "16 days" to "800 characters" (PDF to Text).
  • Bug Fixes:
  • I: if you have never opened and saved PDF to JPG settings, PDF to JPG module does not work properly.

New in PDF to X 19.0 Build 075 (Sep 30, 2021)

  • Features / Improvements:
  • Supports to customize the format of file number for the output images, includes "Natural number" and "With leading zeros" (PDF to JPG).
  • Changed the format of all screenshots from GIF to PNG on the website, in order to let you see the original and most clear appearance of the product.
  • Optimized the English texts of interfaces, web pages and message boxes, especially, standardized the initial capital.
  • Optimized the definition of "Lock" and "Unlock" icons for the listing (PDF to JPG).
  • Optimized the source code of command line interface.
  • Changed the trial limitation from "6 pages trial" to "watermarks the outputs" (PDF to JPG).
  • Optimized internal efficiency.
  • Bug Fixes:
  • If the horizontal scroll bar appears and it has been dragged to the right, the position of the "Open PDF/Result" buttons and page number selector will be misaligned when a row is selected.
  • You will be asked for a password when sorting data if there is an unlocked PDF. Besides, the "Open PDF/Result" buttons and page number selector should be hidden when sorting data.
  • If the computer uses a non-Gregorian calendar (such as Buddhist calendar, Islamic calendar, etc.), the valid license may be judged as expired.

New in PDF to X 18.0 Build 074 (Jul 23, 2021)

  • Features / Improvements:
  • Important (I): greatly optimized the source code to improve converting efficiency.
  • I: greatly optimized software text for Portuguese (Brazil).
  • Lets the <Add PDF files...> button get focus after started program (friendlier).
  • Automatically switches to the "Customize" mode after selected an output folder, in previous versions, you need to manually switch.
  • Now can show the update history directly if the new version is available and you chose to view the updates (in previous versions, just only jump to the 'Update History' segment, but have not expanded it, you need to expand it manually to see the update history).
  • Bug Fixes:
  • I: if the extension of a PDF file is uppercase and it only has one page or you selected to only convert one page, then cannot complete the conversion, and will cause the source PDF cannot be opened (PDF to JPG).

New in PDF to X 17.1 Build 073 (May 9, 2021)

  • Features / Improvements:
  • Optimized software text for German.
  • Optimized internal efficiency.
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Important (I): when scrolling the vertical/horizontal scroll bar, the position of the "Open PDF/Result" buttons and page number selector that associated to the selected row will be seriously confused.
  • I: piracy will be falsely reported on a very small number of computers.

New in PDF to X 17.0 Build 072 (Apr 26, 2021)

  • Features / Improvements:
  • Important (I): greatly improved the converting speed.
  • I: greatly improved the opening speed for each interface.
  • Keeps the values of "Resolution", "Rotate", "Margin", "Spacing" and "Combine per ? images to ONE" options always to be displayed even you deleted them.
  • Improved UI friendliness: closes the Options interface after saved settings successfully.
  • Greatly optimized Slovenian texts.
  • Optimized internal efficiency.
  • Bug Fixes:
  • I: in Command Line Interface: the PDF to JPG and PDF to DOC modules almost cannot work.
  • I: the associated controls of selected row may be misplaced when resizing the main window.
  • I: the list no longer flickers when adding PDF files in batch.
  • There is an unnecessary question mark displayed on the title of Options interface.

New in PDF to X 16.0 Build 071 (Dec 27, 2020)

  • Features / Improvements:
  • Important (I): can display the converting progress, previous versions only show you a prompt - "Converting now, please wait...".
  • I: supports to combine all output images into one, even can set how many images will be combined into one (PDF to JPG).
  • I: can reset the output settings (PDF to JPG).
  • Can open the PDF location(s) by context menu.
  • Can open the output location(s) by context menu.
  • Center-align all picture buttons.
  • Optimized Romanian texts.
  • Bug Fixes:
  • I: the UI may be unresponsive during converting (PDF to DOC).
  • I: when changing the column width (manually and automatically), it will prompt you input the password for the locked PDF (PDF to JPG/DOC).
  • Has not updated the sort of main listing after added / converted PDFs and changed language.

New in PDF to X 15.0 Build 069 (Dec 1, 2020)

  • Features / Improvements:
  • Important (I): with the redesigned UI, now you can complete various conversions in ONE interface. In previous versions, you need to open a window for each converter.
  • I: made the resizable main interface.
  • I: added a very important setting - "Save each output to a separate subfolder". In previous versions, it always saves the output of each PDF to separate subfolder, you can't control this. Now, just uncheck this option, it will save all outputs to a same folder (PDF to JPG).
  • I: greatly optimized the source code (now it uses an integrated interface, so removed a lot of redundant / duplicate code).
  • I: optimized the software texts for all the 19 languages.
  • Unified the header text of the first column for all lists.
  • Uses the exact Golden Ratio for the size of main interface.
  • Moved all actions which need to run the default eMail client to the online webpages, in order to avoid the confusion if who has not a default eMail client.
  • Optimized the image resources to reduce the sizes of installer and executable file.
  • Optimized the text format of license agreement for installer, let it to be easier to read.

New in PDF to X 14.0 Build 068 (Nov 12, 2020)

  • I: in batch conversion mode, if use the custom output path, it can only retain one output for the PDFs with same name. E.g. converts F:test.pdf, F:abctest.pdf at once, the output folder only contains the images/document of F:abctest.pdf (PDF to JPG/DOC).
  • I: the licensed copy may be judged as trial version in CLI if you call the CLI before verifying process is finished.
  • The prompt is not proper when view a non-existing output folder, it should be "This path no longer exists", not "This file no longer exists" (PDF to JPG).

New in PDF to X 13.1 Build 067 (Nov 3, 2020)

  • Features / Improvements:
  • Important: can quickly start on Windows 10, previous versions will take about 10 seconds to display the main interface.
  • Optimized the license verifying module.
  • Optimized software text for German.
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Important: PDF to DOC & JPG: if you do the conversion by clicking related system context menu, the interface will freeze for a while.

New in PDF to X 13.0 Build 066 (Nov 1, 2020)

  • PDF to JPG: puts the output images into different sub directories for each PDF file (the directory name is the same as the PDF file without extension), otherwise, if you converted multiple PDFs, the result directory will be chaotic. Fully supports native Bahasa Indonesia. And more.

New in PDF to X 12.0 Build 062 (May 5, 2020)

  • Important (I): plays a sound when finished, and you can set your favorite sound.
  • I: can automatically create the custom output path if it is not existing.
  • I: PDF to JPG: if the PDF has only ONE page or you only want to convert ONE page, then does NOT add the page No. to the end of the output filename. If most of your PDFs have only one page, this feature will be very helpful.
  • I: can sort the [Size] column accurately.
  • I: fully supports native Hungarian.
  • PDF to DOC: moved the WordPad (.rtf) output type before the Word (.doc) type.
  • PDF to DOC: changed the trial limitation to "only converting the first 1 page".
  • Optimized the installer, simplified the installed steps.
  • Optimized official website.
  • I: PDF to DOC: press <Del> key in the page selector will delete current row.

New in PDF to X 11.0 Build 054 (Feb 28, 2019)

  • Features / Improvements:
  • Important (I): fully supports native Română.
  • I: PDF to JPG: now, supports to rotate the output images: CW or CCW, 90°/180°/270° or any other angles (degree).
  • Important (I): supports system level context menu.
  • I: can display the up/down arrows on the sorted column header.
  • I: can sort the [Size] column accurately.
  • I: unified PTD icon with other three icons.
  • Optimized "Request support..." related features.
  • Optimized the color of license type and "license to..." labels for about interface.
  • Added a splitter above "Get free license by translation" menu item.
  • Optimized internal efficiency.
  • Bug Fixes:
  • PDF to DOC: the hot keys of "Output type" are not working in Russian.
  • Cannot fully display the text of "Add PDF files..." button in Korean.

New in PDF to X 10.0 (Feb 28, 2019)

  • Features / Improvements:
  • Important (I): fully supports native Română.
  • I: PDF to JPG: now, supports to rotate the output images: CW or CCW, 90°/180°/270° or any other angles (degree).
  • I: PDF to JPG: Important: optimized the output filenames and path. For example: in previous versions, it will convert test.pdf into "output foldertest.pdf-JPGP0001.jpg, P0002.jpg, ... P0235.jpg...", now, stored as "output foldertest1.jpg, test2.jpg, ... test235.jpg...". This feature will greatly reduce the workload of renaming the output image files, and you can see the outputs at a glance even conveniently compare the PDF file with the converted results.
  • Optimized the "retrieve your license" feature - use the self-service to retrieve it instantly, no longer need to wait for us to verify it and send back to you manually.
  • Changed the splitter color from black to gray for all interfaces to make them friendlier.
  • PDF to HTML: optimized the trial limitation.
  • Added the proper icon to all message boxes, and all of these message boxes support pressing <Esc> to close.
  • Changed "Microsoft Internet Explorer" string to "Microsoft Web Browser", because Windows 10 uses Microsoft Edge, for consistency, now calls them as "Microsoft Web Browser".
  • Bug Fixes:
  • I: PDF to JPG: pressing <Del> in the pages selector or resolution inputter will remove the selected item from list.
  • A download link points to PDF to JPG on the official webpage.

New in PDF to X 9.0 (Feb 28, 2019)

  • Features / Improvements:
  • Important (I): fully supports native Slovenian.
  • I: PDF to JPG: supports to set the Resolution (Pixels / Inch) and Colors (True / White & Black) for the output images.
  • I: the lists support sorting data.
  • I: can remember the output settings automatically.
  • I: you can add PDF files by double-click blank area of the listboxes, it's a new friendlier design.
  • No longer uses the bold texts on all interfaces, replaced them as colorful texts, more readable.
  • Optimized the appearance of the lists - no longer displays the surplus blank.
  • Optimized the progress prompt during converting - change the mouse cursor to busy status.
  • Optimized official webpages.
  • Optimized internal efficiency.

New in PDF to X 8.0 Build 048 (Oct 20, 2017)

  • New features and improvements:
  • Important (I): supports adding the header & footer to the output images for protecting your copyright (PDF to JPG).
  • I: no longer ask you to view the result(s) if there is no any successful conversion.
  • I: fully supports native Slovenčina.
  • I: fully supports native Polski.
  • I: the lists no longer flashes when removing items.
  • Optimized the tooltip of <Add PDF files...> button for Dutch, Korean and Japanese languages.
  • Changed "Get/retrieve your license (free)" menu item to "Lost license key?" to eliminate ambiguity.
  • Optimized internal efficiency.
  • Optimized online documentation.
  • Bug fixes:
  • I: the page No. inputter and viewing file icons are not displayed properly when adjust the corresponding column size.

New in PDF to X 6.0 Build 042 (Apr 5, 2017)

  • Perfected UI effect for any system DPI setting, in any supported Operating Systems.
  • Supports Windows 10.
  • All main operations support shortcut keys now. Adjusted the modules order according to the use of frequency.
  • Allows you to run multiple instances.

New in PDF to X 5.0 Build 041 (Mar 3, 2017)

  • Supports Command Line Interface
  • Supports multi-language
  • Added the icon for the context menuitem of the main list
  • The [Size] and [Total pages] columns support comma style
  • Added company logo to the about interface and links to company homepage
  • Added "Video tutorial" menuitem to "Help" button

New in PDF to X 4.0 Build 040 (Aug 21, 2013)

  • PDF to DOC/JPG/HTML/Text: Supports adding PDF files via drag-and-drop operation.
  • PDF to DOC: Changed the default output format from DOC to RTF due to a few users have not installed Microsoft Word.
  • PDF to Text: Supports Unicode filename and path.

New in PDF to X 3.2 Build 039 (Aug 25, 2012)

  • Supports converting the PDF files that have some restrictions, such as "Content Copying", "Saving as Text", "Page Extraction", "Printing" are not allowed (for HTML and Text files).