PDF-XChange Editor Version History

Released Jul 22nd, 2025 . Requires maintenance through Jul 22nd, 2025

NEW Added offline support for MIP-protected documents.

Bug fixes, and made many other improvements

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

  • Fixed an issue with DocuSign and long document names.

  • Fixed a very rare issue with opening password protected files. (46285)

  • Fixed an issue with moving content items in some cases, where arrow keys became deselected under certain conditions. (T# 7476) (40279)

  • Fixed an issue with disabling the Zoom In/Out tool after using the Snapshot tool. (46330)

  • Fixed an issue with unintentional button presses when the Autoscroll command was executed under certain conditions. (46289)

  • Fixed an issue with resetting object selections when panning with the middle mouse button. (46358)

  • Fixed an issue with adding highlights directly above comments that are above base content text. (46410)

  • Fixed an issue with dragging from rulers to add guidelines while text comments or base content is being edited. (45858)

  • Fix the call to app.clearTimeOut after the timeout handler was executed and the associated timer was unregistered.

  • Improved static XFA support.

  • Fixed an issue when adding Insert/Replace text markup comments to the first word in text lines.  (47120)

Released May 6th, 2025 . Requires maintenance through May 6th, 2025

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

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

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

2015

Released Feb 2nd, 2015 . Requires maintenance through Feb 2nd, 2015

NEW Added "Make/Apply Default Text Style" for pop-up notes.

NEW Added an option to change diameter of the eraser tool.

NEW Added an option to switch to eraser with digitizer.

NEW New option "Switch to pencil tool with digitizer" (can be found in Preferences menu -> Commenting).

NEW Added an option to disable 'inertial' scroll for the hand tool (can be found in hand tool properties).

NEW Added visual order of comments for summarize comments displayed.

NEW Added the ability to open links in a new tab (When loaded from within a browser).

NEW Added the ability to save multiple attachments at one time.

NEW Added handling of links within XFA forms. (T# 2245, 2631)

NEW JPEG2000 images format support.

NEW Improved Bookmarks Plugin and added new features.

NEW Optimization Plugin: Added feature for Discarded Objects and Discarded User Data.

NEW Added feature allowing the addition of custom external applications to launch a pdf outside of Editor.

NEW Added ability to compress JPG2K images losslessly in Images to PDF importation/conversion operations.

NEW Added default presets for Scan-to-PDF functions.

NEW Reset Settings: added ability to reset trusted/untrusted locations and names.

NEW Improved support of JavaScript in PDF files.

NEW Added "Exclusive mode" for most tools. When tool is in "Exclusive mode", it will ignore all objects under a mouse cursor, when creating new objects.

NEW Added "Keep Selected" options for most tools.

NEW Added temporary switch to hand tool by pressing Space key.

NEW Added "Interactive Area" feature on pages thumbnails pane for easy navigation.

NEW Added support for digital signatures with subtype "adbe.x509.rsa_sha1".

NEW Added the ability to open EMF/WMF files in the PDF-XChange Editor.

NEW Now Editor 'respects' a document's embedded print settings if defined (File/Document Properties/Advanced). (19382)

NEW Added fix-up during flattening comments created in Adobe Acrobat 6. (T# 2532)

NEW Added options for new PDF document creation via the Windows Explorer context menu: "New -> PDF document" (T# 2004)

NEW Added import of comments/forms data from FDF and XFDF files.

NEW Added opening of FDF/XFDF files directly by the PDF-XChange Editor. (T# 433)

NEW Comment Style (and corresponding commenting tool) may now have a 'Subject' field specified.

NEW Moving annotation(s) with the Ctrl key selected makes a copy of repositioned annotation(s).

NEW Implemented Group Policies support. Currently only some options can be controlled by GPO.

NEW Added new security features to allow control when opening files/URL inside a pdf (see the 'Security' Tab under the Preferences menu).

NEW Added support of App-Commands from system and for system's WM_VSCROLL/WM_HSCROLL(from touch-pads).

NEW Added 'Apply' button for Preferences Dialog.

NEW Improved context menu for many tools: added features for fast addition of bookmarks/sticky_notes/links.

NEW Added features to allow the creation of new toolbars, rename/reset existing toolbars.

NEW Added feature to customize UI: now you may specify your own fonts/colors for toolbars/menus/dialogs/views, choose background from list of predefined backgrounds (look to 'Customize UI' tab in under the Preferences menu).

Bug fixes, and made many other improvements

  • Improved tolerances when reading broken PDF files.

  • Resolved issue - CJK text will not display when using non-embedded fonts. (T# 2770)

  • Resolved issue for "Flip Line" command for Line annotations.

  • Resolved issue removing points from polyline/polygon annotations.

  • Resolved issues with printing form fields when "Form Fields Data Only" mode is selected. (21132)

  • Resolved issue when annotations are copied from multiple pages and pasted to a single page. (T# 2860)

  • Resolved issue completing polygon annotations with a high zoom level. (T# 2840)

  • Resolved issues with link annotations border. (T# 1831)

  • Resolved issues when 'Resetting' XFA forms.

  • Resolved issues with setting document security options if the "Always use incremental save" option is enabled.

  • Fixed issue with Cancel been pressed during the opening of large files. (T# 2754)

  • Fixed 'rare' issue with page content corruption after editing. (T# 2797, 2802)

  • Resolved issues with handling Accessibility option "Change the colour of black text or line art only". (T# 2879)

  • Fixed potential issue when pasting fully transparent images from the clipboard.

  • Resolved issue with UI for high performance displays with greater than 96 dpi.

  • Resolved issue with handling 'Show Focus Rect' for form-fields.

  • Resolved issue with left-handed mouse clicks (T# 2566).

  • Resolved issue with handling mouse-wheel events in pages view (T# 2821).

  • Improved panes view for in-place editing (for bookmarks, named destinations, attachment description).

  • Added different modes for the Link Tool.

  • Type column added to the Combine Files dialog. (T# 2847)

  • Further improvements to Optimized memory usage.

  • Close TrackerUpdater automatically after prolonged inactivity.

  • When scanning documents using presets where no scanner is selected, default scanner will be used.

  • Export/Import Settings: UI slightly changed. Now an options dialog is a required step.

  • Improved JBIG2 Image decoder. (T# 2852)

  • Improved algorithm for detecting dynamic XFA forms. (T# 2777)

  • Improved support of dynamic and static XFA forms.

  • Common handling special keystrokes for all annotation tools: Shift resizes annotation proportionally, Ctrl resizes preserving center of the annotation and Alt makes annotation squared. During annotation rotation pressing Shift key adjust rotation angle by 15 degrees step.

  • Macros %[Page], %[Pages], %[AutoNumber] may now optionally specify a minimum number of digits, like %[Page:3].

  • Added -: Editor reports if a document uses restricted Adobe features. (T# 2616)

  • Changed priority of handling different data types presented on the clipboard during paste as comment. Vector data (EMF/WMF) are now handled first.

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