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

2019

Released Nov 4th, 2019 . Requires maintenance through Nov 4th, 2019

NEW Added the ability to save/open session files with relative paths. (T# 4886) (32996)

NEW Added a 'Select Pages With' feature to the Thumbnails View that allows advanced page selection by given criteria. (T# 4781) (32571)

NEW Implemented an 'Annotation.attachment' property.

NEW Added a new 'Continuous Zoom' tool.

NEW Added the ability to show/hide groups on the history panel.

NEW Implemented the ability to simultaneously convert from PowerPoint to PDF in the Editor as well as multiple PDFX-Tools instances

NEW Added a feature to show actual page number(s) right of 'Current Page' label on all dialogs that contain such a label.

NEW Added a 'Find and Redact' feature that finds text with matching criteria and marks results for redaction or redacts them.

NEW Added the ability to open files from SharePoint sharing links in browsers and the 'Open from URL' feature of the Editor.

Bug fixes, and made many other improvements

  • Fixed an issue with printing via Print2RDP.

  • Fixed a potential vulnerability reported in CVE-2019-17497.

  • Fixed an issue with the 'Allow multi-line bookmark titles' behavior in the 'Generate Bookmarks from Text' feature. (T# 3457) (25225)

  • Fixed an issue with 'Title Case' in the 'Generate Bookmarks from Text' feature. (T# 3456) (25260)

  • Fixed an issue related to changing the visibility of form fields.

  • Fixed an issue when importing certain XFDF files. (T# 4907) (32585)

  • Fixed an issue when exporting form data to XFDF.

  • Fixed our handling of incorrect ICC color profiles. (T# 4057)

  • Fixed issues with printing documents that contain isolated and/or knockout XForms.

  • Fixed issues with printing documents that contain invalid clipping. (T# 4947)

  • Fixed issues when creating links with "Open File" actions. (T# 4948)

  • Fixed an issue with showing 'signer certificate' instead of 'Time Stamp Authority certificate' on the signature properties dialog.

  • Fixed issues encountered when forcing 'Read Out Loud' to use English.

  • Fixed a possible memory corruption that could occur after performing a settings import.

  • Implemented a fix a crash that was caused by a changed GDI DC (Device Context).

  • Implemented a fix to better fit font size(s) in form fields.

  • Fixed some crashes related to Enhanced OCR.

  • Fixed an issue with the 'CloseActiveTab' option. (33012)

  • Fixed issues with the use of the 'NoTabBarGripperBtn' and 'ShowSortedTabsBtn' styles. (33110)

  • Fixed issues when using Enhanced OCR in the 'Images2PDF' and 'Scan2PDF' features (related to a problem with handling 1bpp images). (T# 4937) (33260)

  • Fixed an issue with the position of the Sytem Tray context menu. (T# 4925) (33224)

  • Fixed an issue with Active Directory (AD) Template settings for JavaScript (i.e. the JavaScript.Enabled property wasn't handled properly). (T# 4906)

  • Fixed possible slow starts in rare cases that were caused by using the Preferences/Identity/GetUserInfoFromActiveDirectory option.

  • Multiple items can now be moved up and down in the 'New Document from Images/RTF dialogs' lists.

  • Line spacing can now be controlled when generating a Table of Content via the Bookmarks Plugin. (T# 3827)

  • The 'Generate Bookmarks from Text' feature can now replace existing (duplicate) bookmarks. (T# 3458) (25260)

  • Fixed an issue when setting the 'Sort' property to 'True', it now correctly sorts the defined combo/list box items. (T# 4902)

  • Measurements created via the 'Calibrate Tool' now use regional settings for decimal and thousands separators. (T# 4940)

  • Improved XFA support. (T# 4904)

  • Fixed an issue with the MS PowerPoint process hanging after converting PowerPoint files to PDF

  • Improved MS Office to PDF conversion in the Editor and PDF-Tools: bug fixes, performance optimizations, and a smoother user experience.

  • Shift+Del is now a default shortcut to "cut" a selection when editing all content types.

  • Refactored text caret in the edit function(s) such that the caret will now be placed at the edges of a selection.

  • No more gradient selection in text edit.

  • Improved both performance and quality when scrolling pages. Removed an annoying flickering effect in the space between pages.

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