Help: What's New In PDFpen and PDFpenPro?
We've been hard at work since PDFpen 1.0 listening to your feedback and continually making PDFpen a better product. We hope you enjoy the results!
PDFpen / PDFpenPro 5.0 2010-09-09
- Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) only, 64-bit
- Faster operation, better capacity to handle larger documents
- Multi-core OCR processes multiple pages in parallel
- Redact or erase text, including OCR text
- Search and replace text
- Search and redact text
- Forms support list widgets and http submit button
- OCR enhanced to handle colored text on a colored or shaded background
- Deskew scanned document pages for improved OCR
- Change resolution and color depth of a single image or scanned document to reduce PDF file size
- Adjust contrast and apply other effects to a single image or scanned document
- Enhanced selection of objects or text by auto-select of needed tool
- URL auto-detection when clicking text
- Select text within any rectangular region for copying (via option select)
- Pinch to zoom via trackpad; zoom by chosen percentage
- Measurements shown for rectangular selection and crop
- Facing pages viewable with page one shown on the left or right
- Print to pre-printed forms via option only to print information added to a document
- Scale setting observed when printing
- Convert a website into multipage PDF document (PDFpenPro only)
- Create list widgets and pop-ups (PDFpenPro only)
- Create submit button to submit form data via web or email (PDFpenPro only)
- Backend integration enables gathering data from http-submitted forms (PDFpenPro only)
PDFpen / PDFpenPro 4.7 2010-07-06
PDFpen / PDFpenPro 4.6.2 2010-04-28
- Fixed occasional problem where Correct Text blanks more than it should
- Switched to FastSpring for in-product purchases
- Other minor improvements and fixes
PDFpen / PDFpenPro 4.6.1 2010-03-31
- Improved position accuracy for OCR'd text selection and highlight
- Fixed occasional problem with sheet-fed scanners repeatedly returning first page
- Fixed occasional failure to draw text annotations
- Fixed failure to select text when font has zero ascent and descent
- Other minor improvements and fixes
PDFpen / PDFpenPro 4.6 2010-02-23
- European language OCR; in addition to English, PDFpen supports:
- German
- French
- Spanish
- Italian
- Dutch
- Norwegian
- Swedish
- Finnish
- Danish
- Portuguese
- Catalan
- Miscellaneous improvements and bug fixes
PDFpen / PDFpenPro 4.5.3 2010-12-16
- Includes table content in OCR
- "Merge Every Other" script
- Various drawing fixes
PDFpen / PDFpenPro 4.5.2 2010-11-11
- Reduces memory requirements for OCR
- Improved loading of newer encrypted PDFs
- CMYK images and images in cropped PDF scans no longer hide when saved
- Make Transparent Image no longer adds unwanted borders
- Locked drawing tools no longer display selection when in use
- Miscellaneous improvements and bug fixes
PDFpen / PDFpenPro 4.5.1 2010-10-14
- Miscellaneous improvements and bug fixes
PDFpen / PDFpenPro 4.5 2010-09-29
- New OCR engine with improved accuracy
- New highlight text tool -- select and highlight text in a single action
- Scan directly into PDFpen from Image Capture or TWAIN scanners (Snow Leopard only)
- Numerous improvements and bug fixes
PDFpen / PDFpenPro 4.2.1 2010-09-11
- Fixed problems with opening some PDF documents on Snow Leopard
- Fixed Quartz filters on Snow Leopard
- Improved click selection behavior on Snow Leopard
- Fixed problems with filling some IRS forms
- Combine PDFs and Split PDF scripts no longer require Rosetta
- Other fixes and improvements
PDFpen / PDFpenPro 4.2 2010-08-12
- Added support for documents encrypted with 128-bit AES encryption
- Added support for the enhanced print event in AppleScript
- Other fixes and improvements
PDFpen / PDFpenPro 4.1.5 2010-07-07
- Fixes some geometry problems (primarily with rotation)
- Fixes potential crashing bug inadvertently introduced in 4.1.4
PDFpen / PDFpenPro 4.1.4 2010-07-01
- Improved display performance for large documents
- Added AppleScript document property: “performing OCR”
- Other minor fixes and improvements
PDFpen / PDFpenPro 4.1.3 2010-05-12
- Fixes problem with highlight being offset on certain documents
- Fixes problem where page disappears when using Correct Text
- Selecting entries in the annotations list no longer triggers crop
- Other minor fixes and improvements
PDFpen / PDFpenPro 4.1.2 2010-04-07
- Mail Document menu item (in the File menu)
- Performance improvements
- Bug fixes
PDFpen / PDFpenPro 4.1.1 2010-03-18
- Sparkle support for in-application updating
- Fixes to polygon and round-edged rectangle creation
- Fixes for grid snap with continuous view
PDFpen / PDFpenPro 4.1 2010-03-03
- Continuous scrolling in both single and facing page views
- Edit in facing page view
- Edit while continuous scrolling
- AppleScript support for OCR
- View form field tab order in PDFpenPro
- Miscellaneous improvements and bug fixes
PDFpen / PDFpenPro 4.0.4 2010-01-02
- Improvements for Axiotron Modbook pen input
- Minor fixes and updates
PDFpen / PDFpenPro 4.0.3 2008-12-18
- Bug fixes and stability improvement
PDFpen / PDFpenPro 4.0.2 2008-11-12
- Command-option to force OCR of whole document
- Added Bates numbering to script menu
- Changed object transparency to work with Preview
- Restored French and Italian localizations
- Fixed page size interpretation for high density images
- Other minor fixes and improvements
PDFpen / PDFpenPro 4.0.1 2008-10-01
- Added preferences for OCR prompting
- Fixed accuracy of search selection in columnar documents
- Fixed highlight over-drawing problem
- Fixed underline positioning
- Fixed table of contents editing on Mac OS X 10.4
- Other minor fixes and improvements
PDFpen / PDFpenPro 4.0 2008-09-17
- Optical Character Recognition (OCR) recognizes text in many scanned documents, allowing scanned text to be selected, copied, and modified.
- Improved User Interface; including a document sidebar with thumbnails, and table of contents; streamlined properties window; clearer toolbar controls.
- Significant file compatibility upgrades.
- Import Microsoft Word documents.
- Print notes and comments.
- Additional mark-up capabilities including underline, strikethrough, and custom highlight color.
- Text imprints can be saved in the Library for reuse.
- Create and edit document Table of Contents (PDFpenPro only).
- Save as TIFF.
- Re-written and improved online help.
- Image compression in saved files via ColorSync.
- Multiple column text selection significantly improved.
- Text color choices separated from graphics.
- Custom highlight color Preference.
- Scribble tool recognizes and assembles multiple stroke tablet input.
- Arrow choices for line endings.
- Pattern selection for outlines.
- Multiple file selection in import dialog.
- New application icon.
PDFpen / PDFpenPro 3.5.2 2008-08-27
- Various fixes and improvements
PDFpen / PDFpenPro 3.5.1 2008-08-19
- Various fixes and improvements
PDFpen / PDFpenPro 3.5 2008-07-22
- Improved ability to open PDFs following newer specifications
- Improved ability to open non-standard PDF documents
- Resolved several cases of disappearing text when using Correct Text
- Resolved several cases of garbled text when using Correct Text
- Numerous stability improvements and minor bug fixes
PDFpen / PDFpenPro 3.4.2 2008-06-25
- Improved handling of font widths for fonts used frequently for OCR
- Fixed occasional crashing bug affecting some bank statements
- Other minor fixes and improvements
PDFpen / PDFpenPro 3.4.1 2008-03-20
- Minor improvements and fixes
PDFpen / PDFpenPro 3.4 2008-03-18
- Fixed problem where fonts or spacing could appear jumbled
- Fixed setting font, alignment and color for form fields in PDFpenPro
- Improved performance when adding imprints to large documents
- Various stability improvements
- Improved performance opening documents on 10.4.11 and 10.5.x
PDFpen / PDFpenPro 3.3.2 2008-01-09
- Improved support for protected documents
- Minor improvements and fixes
PDFpen / PDFpenPro 3.3.1 2007-11-06
- Fixed “Combine PDF” script under Leopard
- Fixed “Open with PDFpen” workflow item under Leopard
- Fixed positioning of markup when page is cropped
- Fixed positioning of comments when page is rotated
- Improved compatibility with off-spec documents
PDFpen / PDFpenPro 3.3 2007-08-14
- Display of highlight, strikethrough, underline, and squiggly text annotations
- Display of line, square, circle, ink, and stamp annotations
- Preference to lock large images automatically
- Printed pages are centered
- Various other fixes
PDFpen / PDFpenPro 3.2 2007-06-05
- Library of English Proofreading Marks for PDF mark-up
- Improved handling of scanned PDF documents
- Several other improvements and fixes
PDFpen / PDFpenPro 3.1.1 2007-04-03
- Remembers zoom level and page position of previously-opened documents
- Respects default font size preference when creating form fields
- Minor bug fixes and improvements
PDFpen / PDFpenPro 3.1 2006-11-28
- Add, edit, and remove URL and page links in PDFpen
- Access text formatting attributes via AppleScript
- Fixed "Merge Imprints into Page" function
- Fixed redraw performance problem introduced in 3.0.2
- Other minor fixes and improvements
PDFpen / PDFpenPro 3.0.2 2006-10-24
- Facing pages view displays properly
- Links now support Border attributes (editable in PDFpenPro)
- Correct Text works in encrypted documents which permit editing
- Open and Save AppleScript commands accept an optional password
- Various minor bug fixes
PDFpen / PDFpenPro 3.0.1
PDFpen / PDFpenPro 3.0.1 was not released for download.
PDFpen / PDFpenPro 3.0 2006-10-10
- Edit images - move / resize / copy / delete existing images in PDFs
- Correct / modify text - replace text in PDFs with editable text blocks
- View table of contents
- Select text in multiple columns
- Copy rich text - retain fonts and formatting when copying from PDFs
- User interface enhancements
PDFpen / PDFpenPro 2.4.2 2006-08-29
- Improved selection behavior for PDF images
- Improved text location and selection
- Fixed problem interpreting Unicode character maps
- Single disk image for all languages
PDFpen / PDFpenPro 2.4.1 2006-08-01
- Improved UNICODE support
- Goto links on PDFpenPro are now followed
- Various reliability enhancements
PDFpen / PDFpenPro 2.4 2006-06-28
- Support for PDF comments
- Display and navigate from a list of comments, notes and imprints
- Various other fixes and improvements
PDFpen / PDFpenPro 2.3.4 2006-04-11
- Enhanced document compatibility
- Updates for password-protected documents on Intel Universal binary
PDFpen / PDFpenPro 2.3.3 2006-03-21
- Updates essential for Intel Universal binary
- Additional keyboard shortcuts for highlighting, inserting a blank page, and go to page
- Various improvements and performance enhancements
PDFpen / PDFpenPro 2.3.2 2006-01-31
- Universal Binary (runs native on Intel and PowerPC)
PDFpen / PDFpenPro 2.3.1 2005-10-04
- Improves quality of printed imprints
PDFpen / PDFpenPro 2.3 2005-09-20
- Improved performance for handling complex forms
- Improved interactivity for document display
- Improved display performance
- Fixes problem with disappearing imprints in affected documents
- Various other fixes and improvements
PDFpen / PDFpenPro 2.2.2 2005-07-06
- Fixes problem writing annotations to secure PDFs
PDFpen / PDFpenPro 2.2.1 2005-06-28
- Open with PDFpen directly from the Print dialog
- Improved compatibility with off-spec PDF files
- Minor bug fixes
PDFpen / PDFpenPro 2.2 2005-05-31
- Open secure and password-protected PDF documents *
- Save documents with password security
- Create multi-stroke freehand imprints
- Create multi-line polygon imprints
- Add links to URLs and pages in document (requires PDFpenPro)
- Follow remote file links
- Optimized drawing performance
- Improved memory management
- Better handling of off-spec PDFs
- Minor bug fixes and improvements
- PDFpen respects PDF document security permissions
PDFpen / PDFpenPro 2.1.1 2005-04-25
- Tiger (Mac OS X 10.4) compatible
- PDFpenPro now creates Preview-fillable text fields (re-save existing PDFpenPro forms to enable)
- Resolved Tiger-specific crash when adding imprints
- Resolved hang with Combine PDF / Split PDF scripts when called from script menu
PDFpen / PDFpenPro 2.1 2005-03-30
- View, add, and edit PDF notes
- Crop pages
- Select and copy rectangular areas
- Compress uncompressed images when saving (requires PDFpenPro)
- Imprinted images retain compression settings when saved
- Further non-spec PDF issues resolved
- Performance and stability enhancements
PDFpen / PDFpenPro 2.0.1 2005-02-15
- Multi-line text in forms is displayed properly
- Size to fit improved for small point sizes
- Precisely horizontal and vertical lines display properly
- Old-style link annotations function properly
- Performance improvements
- Stability improvements
PDFpen / PDFpenPro 2.0 2005-01-04
- Fill out and save filled-out PDF forms
- Create cross-platform fillable PDF forms (requires PDFpenPro)
- Search, select, and copy full text of PDF documents
- View and follow links in PDF documents
- Add highlighting markup to document text
- Align objects
- Show and snap to grid
- Set default font and size for text imprints
- Check for updates via Internet
- Numerous improvements and fixes
PDFpen 1.2.1 2004-06-08
- Enhanced speed and responsiveness of text operations
- Improved precision and responsiveness of freehand drawing tool
- Prints at 100% scale unless specified in Page Setup
- Split PDF script fixed
- Unexpected scroll-to-top fixed
- Numerous issues with non-spec PDFs resolved
PDFpen 1.2 2004-03-17
- Freehand drawing tool for making your own scribbles
- Library palette of built-in vector drawings, your images, and your scribbles
- View and edit PDF document info
- Rotate page(s)
- Open multi-page TIFF files (and other graphics files)
- Ruler support for text imprints
- Right-to-left multi-page view option
- Double-click to set default tool
PDFpen 1.1 2004-02-10
- Hand tool for scrolling
- Combine PDFs and Split PDF scripts (droplets)
- Improved drawing speed
- Outline border for text imprints
- Improved font and bounds size for default text imprint
- Slimmer text cursor
- Better handling of non-spec PDF files
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