PDF-XChange Editor Version History

Released Aug 26th, 2025 . Requires maintenance through Aug 26th, 2025

Bug fixes, and made many other improvements

  • Fixed the issue with incorrect filtering out of certificates for digital signatures.

  • Fixed the issue with the incorrect operation of the AzureRMS plugin when in systems without the latest VS Runtime modules.

  • Added AzureRMS plugin for ARM64 version of the Editor.

  • Additional improvement for DnD pages, which now uses the same options for handling comments, layers, bookmarks, fields, and named destinations as the 'Insert Pages' feature. (46808)

Released Aug 19th, 2025 . Requires maintenance through Aug 19th, 2025

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

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 Aug 24th, 2015 . Requires maintenance through Aug 24th, 2015

NEW Implemented document split by bookmarks. (T# 2711)

NEW Dragging pages to the tab bar or to the Explorer will create a new document. (T# 2193)

NEW Implemented attachments drag and drop between files and on to Explorer. (T# 2792)

NEW Implemented split pages feature.

NEW Added feature to display text properties selected via Select Text Tool.

NEW Added feature to display properties of images and XForms.

NEW Added feature to display and change opacity and stroke opacity properties of content items.

NEW Added Add barcode feature, that allows to place QR barcode on documents.

NEW Added Add image feature, that allows to add images to the document as stamp as a part of page content.

NEW PDF/A files are now opened in read-only mode. (T# 2014)

NEW For distance measures text size, font and formatting can be specified. (T# 2993, 2203)

NEW Added Signatures and Initials feature

NEW Editor can paste Rich Text from the Clipboard as annotation.

NEW Added possibility to change text format for labels of measurement annotations.

NEW Added Document Info Bar that may notify about: Digitally Signed document, viewing of Signed Version of document, contained Form (Acro, DynXFA, StatXFA), document's Broken state, PDF/A, etc.

NEW Added support of SharePoint.

NEW Added support of Portable Mode.

NEW Added feature to display permanently the size of current page and/or position of mouse cursor relatively to the page. (T# 3012)

NEW Added feature to turn on/off the Bottom-Up Y-axis (by right click on ruler).

Bug fixes, and made many other improvements

  • Fixed rarely possible crash on merge files with layers. (T# 2934)

  • Fixed handling of TTF/OTF fonts with zero-length table(s). (T# 3106)

  • Added workaround to display text using not embedded fonts with Identity encoding.

  • Fixed incorrect handling of some embedded CFF/Type1 fonts. (T# 2805)

  • Fixed issues while editing text with absent space characters. (T# 3098)

  • Fixed handling of incomplete annotation appearances during flatten operation. (T# 3103)

  • Fixed annotation rendering. (T# 3108)

  • Fixed rendering some type of shadings. (T# 3107)

  • Fixed possible issues with creation appearance on signing existing signature field.

  • Fixed issues with setting file associations by installer. (T# 3085)

  • Fixed issues with handling events from hidden form buttons. (T# 3154)

  • Fixed issues with positioning page content on zooming/panning on some documents. (T# 2930, 1852)

  • Fixed issue with printing on Custom paper size.

  • Fixed issue with calculation visibility state of annot-popups when pages are scrolled. (T# 2988)

  • Fixed issue with auto-resizing of text-box for Typewriter-annotations. (T# 3011)

  • Fixed issue with switching between documents using Ctrl+Tab when focus is inside Find box. (T# 3015)

  • Fixed several issues with using 'Copy as Rich Text' feature.

  • Fixed issue with changing UI-language by clicking 'Apply' button in Preferences dialog.

  • Fixed issue with losing between sessions of custom shortcuts for UI-commands that are from editor's plugins. (T# 3079)

  • Fixed issue with Split PagesView when 'Synchronize layout of document panes ...' option is enabled.

  • Optimized performance when rendering using very small patterns. (T# 3120)

  • Improved link detection mechanism. (T# 1577, 2841, 3036, 3082)

  • Improved invalid page content handling. (T# 2305)

  • Help and GUI changes in TrackerUpdater.

  • Improved speed in OCR Pages operation.

  • Improved dynamic stamps support. (T#2364, 3074)

  • Support document's printing defaults from document properties. (T#1062)

  • Improved speed and accuracy of shadings rendering. (T# 2615, 2045)

  • Improved JS support.

  • Improved serial and activation keys handling by installers.

  • Fixed issues with EMF to PDF conversion.

  • Improved XPS to PDF conversion. (T# 3111)

  • Fixed issue with setting the Editor as default for current user only. (T# 965)

  • Some improvements in dynamic and static XFA forms support. (T# 2525)

  • Fixed some rare issues with page content creation. (T# 2708)

  • Fixed issue with parsing XFA text that may cause some comments text missing. (T# 3130)

  • Added workaround to support incorrectly specified values in Encryption dictionary of some files. (T# 2471)

  • Edit Content Tool: improved/increased summary info of selected content

  • Edit Content Tool: improved text editing, now it is possible to change some text-format properties in one click from toolbar, without enabling full text-editor.

  • CmdLine: changed 'Close' command, added two new: 'CloseAll', 'Quit'.

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