PDF-XChange Editor Version History

Released Feb 12th, 2025 . Requires maintenance through Feb 12th, 2025

NEW Added an option to prompt users to save when closing new documents created by import from non-PDF formats. This option is available in Preferences > Documents > New.

Bugfixes and Improvements

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

  • Fixed the incorrect handling of uppercase words in the 'Spell Check' feature.

  • Fixed the issues when using the keyboard for the 'Items List' dropdown on selected form field objects in the Properties pane. (33098)

  • Fixed an issue with retaining user-specified custom text sizes in the Bookmarks pane. (45292)

  • Fixed issues with the 'Find and Replace' feature when the text contains ligatures.

  • Fixed the issue with updating information about UI commands in the 'Customize Toolbars' dialog box after setting the command properties via the Ribbon UI context menu. (45359)

  • Fixed the bug with starting auto-save for documents opened via 'Restore Last Session on Start', or via the command line (for example by double-clicking files in the file manager). (32656)

  • Fixed the issue with updating the state of commands recently dragged and dropped into toolbars when customizing toolbars. (45352)

  • Fixed the issue with displaying file date/time information in some dialog boxes. (44518)

  • Fixed the issue with saving some modified files that were previously protected by Azure Purview.

  • Fixed the issue with the snapshot tool and activated 3D annotations.

  • Fixed the issue with saving optimized files on redirected drives attached in RDP sessions.

  • Added functionality for the auto-selection of text when clicking in a page number edit field. (45285)

  • Improved how we sort portfolio items.

Released Jan 30th, 2025 . Requires maintenance through Jan 30th, 2025

Released Jan 14th, 2025 . Requires maintenance through Jan 14th, 2025

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 the "Page" macro parameter in the 'Bookmarks Plugin'. (T# 5914) (37934)

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

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

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

  • Fixed an issue when importing stamps from XFDF files.

  • 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)

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

  • 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)

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