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

2018

Released Apr 16th, 2018 . Requires maintenance through Apr 16th, 2018

NEW Added the "Enhance Scanned Pages" operation.

NEW Implemented functionality to import and export presets. (T# 4125)

NEW Added an option to save search results to a CSV file. (29918)

NEW Updated the "Calculation Order" dialog box, which can now be resized. (T# 4265)

NEW Fixed the issue with the 'Use the same names' option in the 'Create Multiple Copies of Fields' feature. (T# 3494)

NEW Added a text preview for the Typewriter Tool, which enables the precise placement of new annotations.

NEW Resolved a rare issue with PDF-XChange Editor not immediately releasing files after closing. (30751)

NEW Added a workaround to handle badly-formed path objects in PDF content. (30750)

NEW Added the option of opening PDFs from SharePoint/GoogleDrive/DropBox in alternative PDF viewers.

NEW Added the zoom in/out and page layout features to the fullscreen toolbar. (T# 2651) (22171, 23769)

NEW Added a feature to move to the previous page in Presentation Mode by double-clicking/double-tapping. (27967)

NEW SharePoint: added SharePoint options to the Preferences dialog box.

NEW SharePoint: added multiple logging options to the SharePoint Preferences dialog box.

NEW SharePoint: added the option of disabling dialog boxes during document operations such as open/close/save, which simplifies the process of working with SharePoint files.

NEW SharePoint: added a SharePoint Info Bar that features SharePoint-specific actions and basic information about documents.

NEW SharePoint: added support of read-only mode for SharePoint files.

Bug fixes, and made many other improvements

  • Fixed several issues with the screen keyboard.

  • Fixed the issue when adding bookmarks from page text with wildcards. Regular expressions are now checked before this operation is executed.(T# 4232)

  • Fixed the issue that was preventing the cancellation of the Split Pages operation.(T# 4296, 4297)

  • Fixed the error message that displays when search results cannot be saved.

  • Fixed the issue with handling /URC that was causing crashes in some cases. (T# 4282)

  • Fixed issue with flipped distance measurements on rotated pages. (T# 4272)

  • Fixed the issues with handling precision in XFA fields. (30632)

  • Fixed the issue with stamps that have been rotated in third-party applications. (T# 3821)

  • Resolved the issue with the 'Insert Scanned Pages' and 'New Document from Scanner' features. The 'New Document from Scanner' feature was resetting the insertion location for pages in the 'Insert Scanned Pages' feature.

  • Fixed the issue with folder specification in the 'Export Bookmarks to Text file' feature.(T# 4273) (30581)

  • Fixed the issue with using Alt+Tab to switch windows in fullscreen mode when the 'Find' bar has keyboard focus. (T# 3722) (27294)

  • Fixed several issues with the 'Hide Licensed Features' option.

  • Fixed a minor issue with deleting custom ribbon tabs.

  • Fixed several issues with opening escaped URLs.

  • Fixed the issue with restoring keyboard focus in Editor when Alt+Tab is used to switch between applications. (T# 4303) (30661)

  • Fixed the issue that was removing spaces during the import of content created using a stylus and Windows Ink. (T# 4250)

  • Fixed the issue with restoring maximized windows that the "Close to SysTray" or "Minimize to SysTray" options have minimized. (T# 4153) (30155)

  • Fixed a couple of issues with opening document-to-document links.

  • Fixed the issue with the properties of selected bookmarks disappearing in cases where the Bookmarks pane is undocked.

  • Fixed some issues with window maximization in multi-monitor setups.

  • Fixed an issue with restoring the last session of PDF-XChange Editor. (29485)

  • SharePoint: fixed support for '#' characters in the names of files and folders.

  • SharePoint: several minor bug fixes.

  • Improved digitizer pen support.

  • Enhanced the macro functionality for Headers/Footers and Bates numbering. (T# 4315)

  • Resolved numerous issues with the handling of layouts in dynamic XFA.

  • Improved memory usage for images in dynamic XFA.

  • Improved keyboard navigation in List Boxes. (T# 4292)

  • Fixed a rare issue with printing annotations.

  • Improved the handling of line art colors when the 'Override Document Colors' setting is enabled. (30713)

  • Improved the speed of the 'Images to PDF' operation and optimized its memory usage.

  • Improved the default paper size settings, which are now determined by the regional settings of the user. Note that Group Policies can be used to override this setting.

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