PDF-XChange Editor Version History

Released Jan 22nd, 2024 . Requires maintenance through Jan 22nd, 2024

NEW Added new options to tune the appearance of the Comments pane.

Changes were made that make items more compact and to display comment text in a uniform style, and more.  We also added other minor improvements to the pane's content appearance.

NEW Added an option to make comment popups on pages more compact.

Look to Preferences > Commenting > Display compact comment popups.

Bugfixes and Improvements

  • Fixed an issue where IE or MS Edge in 'IE Mode' became unresponsive when opening PDF files.

  • Fixed an issue with restoring the last session when the application starts with a file argument (added an option to the Preferences/Documents). (41249, 41288)

  • Fixed an issue where it was possible to get an incorrect bookmark root name when using drag&drop of files in the thumbnail panel.

  • Fixed angle snapping for polyline/polygon tools. Holding the "Shift" key as a modifier limits the positioning of the line to pre-defined angles. 

  • Fixed "nudge object" moves with the Ctrl+Shift combination. Previously the Ctrl+Shift key combination was not responding, this has been corrected. (41259)

  • Fixed issue with the undo/redo when adding checkmarks for comments.

  • Fixed an issue with then Comments pane.

  • Fixed an issue when 'checkmarking' comments when the UI language is set to something other than English. (41250)

  • Fixed an issue with the comment popups on pages: in some cases they may become light grey, even for colored comments. (41290)

  • Fixed an issue with resetting/importing settings after performing commands through the Quick Launch feature. (41300)

  • Fixed an issue that was present only in some very rare cases that resulted invalid shading.

  • In the Comments pane the ability to add/remove checkmarks and change status for multiple selected comments, rather than just one selected comment was restored.

  • Improve the PRC model handling.

Released Jan 8th, 2024 . Requires maintenance through Jan 8th, 2024

2019

Released Jan 28th, 2019 . Requires maintenance through Dec 13th, 2019

NEW Added a "Select All" command for the Link tool.

NEW Added the ability to use Ctrl, Alt and Shift keys when adding/resing form fields.

Bugfixes and Improvements

  • Fixed issue that may cause a crash when rendering some rotated images. (T# 4604)

  • Fixed an issue with adding/removing control points on rotated polyline/polygon annotations.

  • Fixed an issue with disabling the "Save" button on the Save dialog for GoogleDrive/OneDrive/Box filesystems.

  • Fixed an issue with the SharePoint plugin prompting for credentials multiple times with certain server configurations.

  • Resolved an issue with exporting and importing rotated Free Text, Square, and Circle annotations. (31834)

  • Added a workaround for handling annotations which have incorrect border width information.

  • Fixed an issue with rendering line ending/line join styles, effecting only some rare cases.

  • Fixed an issue when handling some fields time formatting when the current localization uses the 24 hour clock.

  • Improved scroll bar behaviour when in Single Page mode.

  • Improved XPS to PDF conversion.(T# 2635)

  • For single page documents created with single page Continuous mode active, page layout mode is enabled now.

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