PDF-XChange Editor Version History

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

Fixed an issue that caused an application crash in some cases when the 'Resize Pages' dialog box was opened. (43763)

Fixed a possible crash when using OCR on pages that contains fully clipped images. (43848)

Fixed an issue that caused the Editor to hang or slow down on some PRC models when reconstructing the 3D model tree. (T# 7101)

Fixed an issue with a single click not opening the list box in the Accounting Calculator settings dialog box. (43800)

Fixed a rendering delay issue with the 'Free Highlight' tool when using a stylus. (43758)

Fixed an issue with using Prefs > Save Docs > Destination Folder in the 'Save As' option when users save documents created using 'OCR Pages' (with the Create New Doc option enabled) OR when saving documents created by 'dragging and dropping' non-PDF documents into the application.

Fixed the issues with reordering ribbon tabs in the 'Customize Toolbars' dialog box.

Fixed an issue with exporting settings.

Fixed an issue with replacing fonts that caused "The parameter is incorrect" error in some sections of the document. (41501)

Fixed an issue with the 'Deskew Pages' tool.

Fixed an issue where canvas resizing in the 'Create Custom Stamp' feature resulted in demo watermarks being added to documents. (43868)

Fixed an issue with the "Create Links from Barcodes" feature where barcodes contained URLs without protocol prefixes. (43859)

Fixed an issue with selecting screen annotations when using the 'Select Comments' tool. (42946)

Fixed a bug in the Thumbnails pane where the thumbnail for the current page sometimes became invisible after rotating, adding or deleting pages. (42435)

Fixed some issues with the 'Find and Replace' feature that caused text fragments to disappear or text blocks to increase in width.

Fixed an issue with updating selections in the Contents pane when selecting objects with the Edit Objects tool. (43915)

Fixed an issue with the "Allow drawing with mouse" option: if it was disabled then the 'Select Text' tool would not work. (43808)

Improved the visibility of the 'Current Page' marker inside the Thumbnails pane. (43787)

Added the ability to reorder Places using drag and drop.

Improved Search pane functionality: the application now retains search results when the pane is closed and reopened.

Implemented some minor fixes for tooltips and descriptions related to features for barcodes recognition. (43859)

Added visibility improvements for selected text on pages that have dark backgrounds and light text. (43867)

Added the ability to zoom the Thumbnails pane using two fingers. (T 6893). (42366)

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

Made fixes to improve the IME (Input Method Editor) caret position.

Fixed an issue where link annotations remained editable when locked. (T# 7019) (43147)

Fixed an issue where the Crop Pages feature did not normalize the action's data. (T# 7050) (43428)

Fixed an issue where the 'OK' button must be pressed long enough for changes to be reflected in the 'Edit Named Destinations' feature. (T# 7017) (42843)

Fixed an issue where mouse preview units were incorrect with the "relative offset" in the Split Pages feature. (T# 7012) (43103)

Fixed an issue with settings import in the Generate Bookmarks from Page Text feature. (T# 7053) (43450)

Fixed several issues with rendering/handling XFA forms. (T# 6974)

Improved support for U3D files.

Fixed an issue with signing documents using Eurocert certificates.

Fixed an issue with setting refType and inReplyTo properties. (40739)

Fixed an issue with the link tooltip remaining when exclusive mode was enabled. (T# 7015) (43078)

Fixed some inconsistencies with the text indicator icon for comments. (T# 6999) (43038)

Fixed a bug with using the Highlight Text tool in Exclusive Mode, which resulted in a strange interaction with other objects. (T# 7009) (43066)

Fixed the issue with the size of the text indicator mark for comments on different scaling settings of the monitor. (T# 6996) (43022)

Fixed an issue with the cursor when using drag and drop to set guidelines and the mouse pointer is dropped inside the ruler. (43344)

Removed unnecessary blank space from the style dropdowns of the commenting tools. (43298)

Fixed an issue with dragging and dropping selected bookmarks inside a group-selection of bookmarks. (T# 7008) (43088)

Fixed a possible crash caused by launching "Reset Settings" from inside the Quick Launch dropdown menu. (42956)

Fixed issue with the cursor over screen annotations, especially when right-click is used. Also, fixed the behavior of the Hand Tool over non-interactive screen annotations.

Fixed an issue that could result in a loss of settings when the Editor process is terminated abnormally. (40416)

Fixed the issue with using the "Use Current Page" option for bookmark creation, which forced the use of the "Fit Page" zoom mode. (43685)

Fixed an issue with updating page numbers when the "split view" feature is enabled. (43472)

Fixed the issue with flickering pages in full screen mode during page transitions. (T# 7045) (43411)

Fixed the issue with unintentionally showing the context menu when editing with a stylus. (T# 7079) (43614)

Fixed an issue with invalid destinations. (41354)

Changed the algorithm used to convert line annotations to polyline/polygon annotations. (41035)

Added a reply icon for the summarize annotations feature.

Made fixes for issues with RTF (Rich Text Format) to PDF conversion.

Changed line metrics for text lists.

Added an option to search the Stamps Pallet. (T# 6862) (42077)

Added an option to maintain the aspect ratio on custom subtypes in the 'Resize Pages' feature. (T# 6568)

Added an option to increase/reduce the page size using static values for the 'Resize Pages' feature. (T# 5910) (37958)

Added a 'Convert Named Destination Data to Page Number Data' option in the 'Go To Page' action when exporting bookmarks. (T# 7011) (43121)

Enhanced the usability of the Page Size control.

Added a new alignment mode: "Align Selected Objects To Page As Group" which enables arranging group selections whilst retaining the relative positions of the selection. (T# 6910) (42501)

Added a spellcheck function that removes unnecessary hyphens in the 'Generate Bookmark from Page Text' feature. (T# 6769) (41338)

Added the ability to change the color of "snap marks". (T# 6836) (41673)

Added the ability to select an area in which the font will be changed in the 'Replace Fonts' feature. (T# 6793) (41501)

Added support for a thousands separator via Windows settings in the Accounting Calculator. (T# 6694)

Added the ability to modify Named Destinations while editing 'Go to Page' actions. (T# 6695) (41045)

Updated the PDF open parameters, which can now be specified when a file is opened via the 'pxce' URI scheme.

Updated the Edit Links tool, which now ignores links located on hidden layers.

Updated the Edit Form tool, which now ignores form fields located on hidden layers.

Page deletion no longer removes "Goto" actions from corresponding bookmarks. (43140)

Improved/extended the .addMenuItem(), .addSubMenu() and .addToolButton() options for JS. (See example) (37429, 40887, 42808) View screenshot

Improved/fixed text detection accuracy for content rotated while selecting text by region. View screenshot

Improved MSAL authentication for SharePoint.

Improved checkbox field recognition.

Added the ability to set the noise/artifact tolerance level in the 'Delete Empty Pages' tool.

Improved form field recognition for tables.

Improved the recognition of form fields in cases where there are characters in a comb separator.