PDF-XChange Editor versions

Edits, converts and manages PDF documents
Mar 11, 2024
Editorial review
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Sep 9, 2023
Review
9.5
Nov 30, 2022
Review
9.4
Aug 9, 2022
Review
9.3
Apr 7, 2022
Review
9.2
Oct 20, 2021
Review
9.0
Jan 16, 2021
Review
Apr 5, 2019
Review
Dec 2, 2017
Editorial review
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Mar 26, 2016
Editorial review
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May 28, 2014
Review
Nov 23, 2012
Review

What's new

v10.2 [Jan 9, 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).
- 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.
- Fixed an issue with the comment popups on pages: in some cases they may become light grey, even for colored comments.
- Fixed an issue with resetting/importing settings after performing commands through the Quick Launch feature.
- 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.

v6.0.322.7 [Mar 26, 2016]
- Added support for multiple page-backgrounds.
- The 'Add Watermarks' and 'Set Background' features now support password protected files.
- Added some additional options to the 'Combine Files' dialog.
- Added a feature to delete empty pages. (Menu/Document/Delete Pages).
- Added a feature allowing selection of content items by type from the context menu when the EditContent tool is active, or from the menu in the 'Content' pane).
- Added a feature to convert links from PDF when converting to Microsoft Word documents and PowerPoint Presentations.
- Added a feature to convert 'Underline' and 'StrikeOut' text from PDF when converting to Microsoft Word documents and PowerPoint Presentations.
- Added the ability to recognize and edit/copy the underline/strikeout text on pages.
- Added an option to auto-select newly created annotations.
- Added a feature to easily show/hide UI-panes.
- Added a feature to create new document tab/window. (Menu/Window/New Document Window).
- Added features to get/set RichText programmatically and to convert from RTF to XFA and back.
- Added an option to turn off comments semi-transparency when creating or editing.
- Added the ability to choose the type of documents navigation history: common - through all opened documents, or individual - per document (Menu/Edit/Preferences/Documents/OpenDocuments section).
- Fixed an issue with 'Select Multiple Annotations' holding the Ctrl key. (mouse cursor blinking).
- Added a 'Yes to All' save-option on message-dialogs when more than one documents have been changed and the user tries to close all of them at the same time.
- Sharepoint: added the ability to sign out for MS live login.
- Added a feature to remove a signatures' background.
- Improved the Contents Pane: context menu, Copy/Cut/Paste, Select/Deselect, Change Order of content items via Contents Pane
- Change Contents Order: multiple pages processing, minor improvements
- Added a feature to easily re-open recently closed documents (Menu/Window/Reopen Recently Closed Doc).
- GoogleDrive: the root folder now contains the "Shared with me" and "My Drive" folders.
- Added the ability to sort files in the Images-To-PDF, RTF-To-PDF and Text-To-PDF dialogs.

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