PDF-XChange Editor Version History

Released Nov 13th, 2024 . Requires maintenance through Nov 13th, 2024

Bugfixes and Improvements

  • Fixed a crash that was caused by removing pages that contained selected guidelines.

  • Fixed some security and stability issues. Click here for further information.

  • Improved the 'Snapping' feature - invisible guide lines are now ignored when this feature is used. (T# 7162)

  • Fixed issues with number formatting in XFA forms.

  • Fixed an issue that was mixing up the subject and keyword entries for PDF information.

  • Fixed an issue where search results remained visible on pages even when the 'Search' pane was closed. (44240)

  • Fixed an issue with the 'Find' bar disappearing when two tabs for the same document are open on monitors with different resolutions and then clicked alternately.

  • Fixed a problem with dragging and dropping bookmarks when the Ctrl key is pressed - it was not possible to create copies of bookmarks inside themselves. (44283)

  • Fixed an issue with the icon size in the 'Fields' pane when users change the zoom level in the system. (44294)

  • Fixed an issue with the "Trusted/Untrusted locations and names" settings, which were made case-sensitive mistakenly. (44328)

  • Fixed an issue with dragging and dropping items from the QuickLaunch dropdown onto toolbars/menus.

  • Fixed an issue with handling the nLaunch parameter in the `doc.exportDataObject` method. (44373)

  • Improved support for Microsoft Purview.

  • Improved signature validation.

  • Replaced some sets of raster icons with vector equivalents to better match the current UI theme and monitor resolution/zoom. These icons appear in the properties pane and some ribbon tabs.

  • Added the ability to draw straight lines by holding Shift when using the 'Pencil' and 'Free Highlight' annotation tools. (T# 6180)

Released Oct 15th, 2024 . Requires maintenance through Oct 15th, 2024

Released Oct 8th, 2024 . Requires maintenance through Oct 8th, 2024

Released Sep 16th, 2024 . Requires maintenance through Sep 16th, 2024

Released Sep 9th, 2024 . Requires maintenance through Sep 9th, 2024

Released Jun 18th, 2024 . Requires maintenance through Jun 18th, 2024

Released Apr 29th, 2024 . Requires maintenance through Apr 29th, 2024

Released Jan 22nd, 2024 . Requires maintenance through Jan 22nd, 2024

Released Jan 8th, 2024 . Requires maintenance through Jan 8th, 2024

2023

Released Jun 14th, 2023 . Requires maintenance through Jun 14th, 2023

NEW Added the ability to create custom stamps. (T# 5907)

NEW Added an 'Add from Bookmark' option to the 'Edit Action List' when setting link targets giving the ability to add a 'Go to Page' action using a 'link target' taken from a bookmark. (T# 5778)

NEW Added the ability to customize snapping from the 'Snap' command drop-down and to customize a snapshot from the 'Snapshot' command drop-down. (T# 6429) (40138)

NEW Added 'Group by Status' in the Comments View.

NEW Added the ability to uninstall OCR languages via the 'OCR Languages' (Resource Updater) dialogue.

NEW Added a new 'Web Page to PDF' convertor. Convert web pages without opening a browser.

NEW Added percentage units to the "Add New Guides" dialog box.

NEW Added 'Tab Stop' property for text.

NEW Added a new Calculator/Adding Tape tool. (T# 6300)

NEW Added the ability to simply drop files to the 'Compare Documents' dialog. (39823)

NEW Added an 'Identify Forms' feature to detect form fields within a PDF.

NEW Added the ability to get images directly from a webcam or from a connected phone in special webcam-mode (via DroidCam, EpocCam, iVCam, etc.) and to use them in 'Signs&Initials', 'Digital Signature Templates', 'New Document from Images' etc.

NEW Added the ability to Export Links to a CSV file. (T#6191)

NEW Added the ability to convert a rectangle to measurement. (T#5700)

NEW Added a collection of tools to Create, Edit, and Manipulate Paths (shapes) on page content.

NEW The 'Compare PDFs' feature now includes changes in annotations.

Bugfixes and Improvements

  • Fixed a potential vulnerability when handling crafted/corrupted JBIG2 files/streams. Reported by: Mat Powell of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative; Tran Van Khang (VinCSS), Rocco Calvi (@TerR0C), and Anonymous working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative.

  • Fixed a potential vulnerability when handling crafted/corrupted PDF files. Reported by: Mat Powell of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative; Tran Van Khang (VinCSS), Rocco Calvi (@TerR0C), and Anonymous working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative.

  • Fixed a potential vulnerability when handling crafted/corrupted PRC files. Reported by: Mat Powell of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative; Tran Van Khang (VinCSS), Rocco Calvi (@TerR0C), and Anonymous working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative.

  • Fixed a potential vulnerability when handling crafted/corrupted U3D files. Reported by: Mat Powell of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative; Tran Van Khang (VinCSS), Rocco Calvi (@TerR0C), and Anonymous working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative.

  • Fixed a potential vulnerability when handling crafted/corrupted EMF files. Reported by: Mat Powell of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative; Tran Van Khang (VinCSS), Rocco Calvi (@TerR0C), and Anonymous working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative.

  • Fixed an issue that would arise when a regex pattern was recognized properly by the 'Generate Bookmarks from Text' feature. (T# 6415) (40040)

  • Fixed 'Drag and Drop' from 7-zip into the Editor. (T# 5677)

  • Fixed an issue with the state of the 'Replace Text' and 'Insert Text' buttons on toolbars. (39772)

  • Enhanced OCR: fixed an issue getting the deskew/rotation angle when an image's dpi was changed automatically during the analyzing process. This improves quality of recognition.

  • Fixed an issue with losing changes in open documents, or even in the Editor's settings, if a user shuts down the operating system while Editor is open.

  • Fixed an issue with keeping focus inside the search-results list when the Search page is floating and a user clicks on items inside that list.

  • Fixed an issue with localization the "sign here" prompt for the signature field. (T#6053)

  • Fixed an issue with a layer's list displaying when the 'Layer List for Visible Pages' option is checked in the Layers pane. (T#6468) (40295)

  • Fixed an issue with the 'Show on Zoom' option for layers in the Properties pane. (T#6467) (40295)

  • Fixed issues where in some circumstancesonly only part of the selected data was copied to the clipboard.

  • Fixed an issue when importing stamps from XFDF files.

  • Fixed rendering lines with zero dash length and square or butt line endings.

  • Corrected rendering of paths. Some CAD generated fileswould shown unwanted 'spikes' in some files. (T# 4982)

  • Fixed an issue with the "Page" macro parameter in the 'Bookmarks Plugin'. (T# 5914) (37934)

  • Improved/Fixed the 'Add/Edit Action: "Go to a Page in this Document" feature. (T# 6303) (39544)

  • Improved/Fixed the 'Add/Edit Action: "Go to a Page in Another Document" feature. (T# 6303) (39544)

  • Improved/Fixed the 'Add/Edit Action: "Go to a Page in an Embedded Document" feature. (T# 6303) (39544)

  • Improved the UX and UI for the 'Crop Page(s)' feature. (T# 6439)

  • Improved the UX for the 'Resize Page(s)' feature. (T# 6439)

  • Added the ability to save to WebDav resources. (T# 5812)

  • Added the ability to use the 'Content-Disposition' response header to derive file names for the 'Open from URL' feature. (T# 4848)

  • Improved/refactored the Read-Out-Loud features, and added support for new voices introduced in Windows 11. Added a Read Out Loud toolbar to the View tab in the ribbon.

  • Added a new 'More Colors' dialog box to the standard colors offered when changing an object's color. We now support RGB, HSV, HLS, Gray and Lab color spaces (CMYK will be added soon). The dialog box has an editable list of custom colors that is retained between sessions. It includes a color picker to get colors from anywhere on the desktop.

  • The 'Edit Content' tool has been split into two tools: an 'Edit Text' tool - to edit easily text blocks (like columns/paragraphs) on pages, and an 'Edit Objects' tool - to edit base content items directly.

  • Improved/fixed the 'Remove Background' option used in the 'Signs&Initials' and 'Digital Signature Templates' features. It now removes the background from the scan/photo of your signature or initials more accurately.

  • Improved the accuracy of connecting lines and updated comment icons in the 'Summarize Comments' feature.

  • Added a feature to recall the most recently used files (MRU-feature) for CSV-source-files in the 'Populate PDF Forms' feature. (T#6427) (40074)

  • Fixed/Improved the 'Split Pages" feature. (T# 6211, 5841, 5890, 5867, 5868, 6162)

  • Improvements made to the 'Sessions' feature. (T# 6244, 5984) (33660)

  • Changed to a new HTML-to-PDF converter in the Chrome and Edge browser extensions.

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