PDF Annotator® - Version History Copyright © 2004-2012 by GRAHL software design + New Feature - Fixed Bug * Changed Behaviour > Version: 3.0.0.337 (2012-04-02) - Fixed bug from build 335: Transparent images lost their transparency when saved with PDF. > Version: 3.0.0.335 (2012-03-07) * Always uncheck "Print to Image" option on Print dialog to avoid having this less recommended option left on by mistake. - Reduced memory consumption when saving PDF documents. - Bug fixes > Version: 3.0.0.333 (2011-11-30) - Bug fixes and improvements in all modules. * PDF rendering improvements - SMART Board compatibility issue resolved > Version: 3.0.0.332 (2011-08-23) - Bug fixes and improvements in all modules. - Some PDF documents, mainly from HP scanners, could not be opened. - Problem with custom toolbars in full screen mode resolved. > Version: 3.0.0.331 (2011-05-05) - Setup did not restart automatically to reinstall PDF printer after reboot when run from Upgdate Wizard. - Full screen toolbars were losing configuration in some situations. > Version: 3.0.0.330 (2011-04-15) - Bug fixes and improvements in all modules. > Version: 3.0.0.324 (2010-09-23) + Automatically open on screen key- board when editing text annotations using pen or touch. * SMART Board(tm) interactive white- boards support improved. - After Fit Text Box command, there was a chance that part of the text did not display depending on current zoom. - Right-to-left text input relied on system setting rather than on user's current keyboard setting. - Removed options for inking perfor- mance, which did not have any effect any more. - Bug fixes > Version: 3.0.0.322 (2010-08-13) + Middle mouse button invokes Pan mode + Open documents listed in new Window menu * Hidden annotations will also not get printed * After Print to PDF Annotator, program will warn if file was not saved before exiting - Bug fixes > Version: 3.0.0.320 (2010-08-10) + New setting to merge Tools and Tool Properties toolbars into a single row, or to hide both + New setting to hide Status Bar + New setting to hide sidebar in portrait mode (recommended for slate Tablet PCs) + New tool property for Select/Lasso tool to maintain aspect ratio of selection when resizing objects. Same property is available for Stamp tool. + New tool property for Crop Page tool to select crop region with page's aspect ratio + Text annotations support right-to- left text depending on OS settings + New Fit Text Box to Content command for text annotations + Descriptions for Stamps + Two finger scrolling for multi touch devices * Installation and Update improvements - Print to PDF Annotator driver fixes - Minor fixes > Version: 3.0.0.315 (2010-04-08) + Press SHIFT while resizing objects to retain aspect ratio + Press CRTL while resizing to fix squared aspect ratio * No fading effects for toolbars while not connected to AC (to save battery) - Key presses were ignored when document name contained ampersands - White pen was transparent when saved to PDF - Minor fixes > Version: 3.0.0.314 (2010-03-23) + Multi document capabilities with configurable documents tab bar + "Print to PDF Annotator" virtual PDF printer + New graphical objects tools: + Line + Arrow + Rectangle/Square + Ellipse/Circle + Extract text from original PDF and copy extracted text to clipboard + Zoom in/out by selecting a region + Crop pages (whole document or selected pages) + Add page margins (whole document or selected pages) + New toolbar concept with all editing tools available inside document window and only related tool properties shown + Vertical Favorites quick toolbar now optional + Large icons option for toolbars now fully supported (recommended for touch input) + New Windows 7 style look and feel + Support for Windows 7 taskbar features + Rotate annotations in steps of 90° or by free angle + Flip annotations vertically or horizontally + Set Auto-smooth setting for custom tools + Option to disable pressure-sensitivity for pen and marker tools (requires supporting hardware) + Multi-touch support for Zoom and Rotate gestures + Special support for SMART Board(tm) interactive whiteboards + Improved file locking prevents third party applications writing to files opened in PDF Annotator * New internal data format enables more flexibility, better compatibility and opens space for more improvements to come with future versions. Note: PDF documents annotated with PDF Annotator will always be viewable in any PDF viewer, like Adobe Reader. But in order to edit annotations created with PDF Annotator 3 in previous versions of PDF Annotator (1 & 2), save those documents in PDF Annotator 2 compatibility format. * Many minor improvements not listed in detail > Version: 2.0.0.265 (2010-03-19) * Compatibility warning for documents in PDF Annotator 3 format - Minor bug fixes > Version: 2.0.0.264 (2010-01-11) - PDF renderer vulnerability fixed - Minor bug fixes > Version: 2.0.0.260 (2009-08-26) + Basic Windows 7 support + Support to open AES-128 encrypted PDFs * Text editor context menu * Improved Update Wizard - Minor bug fixes > Version: 2.0.0.258 (2009-03-05) + Save snapshot as stamp + Error logging option on Settings dialog * Text annotations improved for equal screen and print layout * Improved image quality for stamps and image annotations * Improved image transparency handling * Improved Print As Image option to prevent problems on PostScript printers * Improved Windows Vista Restart Manager support * Performance improvements - Minor changes and bug fixes > Version: 2.0.0.250 (2008-08-28) + Snapshot tool + Hide Scrollbars and Automatically Hide Toolbars settings for full screen mode + Select all annotations on current page with CTRL-A * Password input dialog masks password - Minor changes and bug fixes > Version: 2.0.0.244 (2008-07-03) * Create bookmark dialog improved * Page layout improvements in full screen mode * Improved crash recovery - Slow down with documents with many annotations on many pages fixed - Highlighting of search results did not work in some situations - Text boxes could not be transparent when border was set - Expanding a parent bookmark does not immediately jump to the destination any more - Bookmark jumped to wrong page in some cases - Current page could change after resizing or minimizing/restoring application window - Renderer problems resolved > Version: 2.0.0.240 (2008-06-11) + Fresh new look and feel * Restructured menus and toolbars + Sizeable and collapsable Sidebar containing new Page Manager, Bookmark Manager and Toolbox * Status bar with page navigation and view modes + Page Manager: + Sizeable page thumbnails with multi-select support + Move page(s) + Clone page(s) + Rotate page(s) + Insert document (in addition to append) + New Select commands (e.g. All Pages with/without Annotations) + Bookmark Manager: + Create bookmarks + Rename bookmarks + Delete bookmarks + Toolbox: + Predefined tools (pen, marker, text box, stamps) + Fully customizable (create, delete, move tools) + Favorite tools (first 12 favorite tools also available through regular toolbar, previous Custom Pens) + Page Navigator + Deviant page numbers support (like i-iii) + Page history (Back/Forward) + Remembers last page when reloading document in a later session + Go to next/previous page with annotations + Pan (hand) tool + Stamp tool (replaces previous Macros) + Continuous view (no "double" scroll bar any more) + View options (Fit to page, fit to width, one page continuous, whole page, two pages continuous, two whole pages) * Improved zoom logics * Completely reworked Full Screen mode + Fly-in toolbars, dockable and floatable + Full screen toolbars fully customizable * Full screen mode does not any more overlay other application after ALT-TAB + Text Search: + Search toolbar + Automatic incremental search + Highlight and jump to next search result + Highlight all search results + New, fast renderer with better anti-aliasing + Auto-smooth setting, separately for pen and marker (flattens free hand lines) + Additional text box attributes: Background color and border style + Set custom pen width in inch/mm + Lock toolbars (avoids moving toolbars incidentially) * Vista UAC friendly Add to Context Menu option * Settings stored separately from version 1 settings * Many minor improvements not listed in detail > Version: 1.5.0.136 (2008-03-05) - Fixed problem with Insert Image and Paste operations on protected documents - Fixed problem with clickable links to files containing a relative path - Cursor keys did not work until next page change after display rotation > Version: 1.5.0.133 (2008-01-04) + Performance improvements - Registration as default application for .pdf in Windows did not work for some 3rd party applications. - Bookmarks in Unicode were not supported when saving the document - After entering an unlock key a second time, the application indicated not to be unlocked, although it was unlocked, and printing the license key did not work. > Version: 1.5.0.131 (2007-10-23) + Performance improvements * Rendering: Optimize for LCD screen is now default for new installations. - Performance problem under Power Savings Mode in Windows Vista on Dual Core hardware resolved - Text macros did not work after last update - Problem with wrong scaling of annotations resolved - Problem with some documents loading very slowly resolved - Pressing keys or buttons while inking could cause error message > Version: 1.5.0.120 (2007-08-02) + Support for extended character sets on keyboard input in text boxes (i.e. Eastern Asian languages) + Ability to enter document owner password for restricted documents > Version: 1.5.0.118 (2007-07-04) + Support for documents with Eastern Asian characters + Support for transparent images (insert image) + Support for additional image formats * Save last used font settings * Text boxes can be moved and resized while editing - Ink scaling problem under Windows Vista on DualCore machines fixed - After installation, pdf documents showed up with Windows default icon in Explorer. - Problem with external links in documents - Hidden form fields became visible after 'Remove Form Fields' - Rendering problems fixed - Some cosmetical issues fixed > Version: 1.5.0.108 (2007-05-02) + Text annotations with font selection (currently for whole text box only). + Paste text from clipboard creates text annotations. + Insert image command. + Paste image from clipboard creates inline image. + Custom Pens toolbar and option page. + Keyboard shortcuts for the first 12 macros (CTRL-F1 - CTRL-F12) * Current pen size scales with document zoom. * Create PDF Annotator layer only if required. - Find Text did not find text just entered on the current page. - Problem with PDF Annotator crashing if DEP was enabled (especially under Windows 2003 SP2 and Vista) resolved. - Save As was always asking for a file name. - Annotating became slow in very large documents. - Images were missing in specific documents. - Application was executed after installing silently using /silent parameter. - Annotations were missing until document reload after "Append Document". > Version: 1.3.0.82 (2007-02-08) - Find text dialog was ignoring some characters. - Find text did not find text in some situations. > Version: 1.3.0.81 (2007-02-07) * Renderer improvements. > Version: 1.3.0.80 (2007-01-31) + Support for Windows Vista "Default Applications". + Support for Windows Vista Restart Manager. + Hotkeys for Pen, Marker, Eraser, Selection Tool. * Installer is now Windows Vista compliant. Setup will now always require Administrator priviledges. * More kinds of clickable links supported. - Fixed a problem with "Set as default for .pdf files" setting. - An error message was raised when trying to navigate or zoom while still inking. - Problem with some Office 2007 generated documents resolved. - Application was locking up when attempting to open specific invalid PDF documents. - Fixed display issue with documents with negative page rotation. - Fixed some rendering issues. - Error handler was appearing when trying to print and no default printer was configured. - Fixed AV on determining OS locale in order wizard. > Version: 1.3.0.71 (2006-10-02) + Option to set PDF Annotator as default program for .PDF files. + Option to include '-> PDF Annotator' item into Explorer context menu for .PDF files (previously only available on installation) + Render buffer size limit now based on memory consumption, instead of page number. - Problem with shifted annotations for some specific PDF documents solved. - Some specific printing and rendering problems fixed. - Error message when clicking help button in toolbar customization dialog. - NTFS file properties (title, keywords...) got lost when saving with PDF Annotator. - Printing was slow for some documents. - Some clickable links did not work properly. - Annotations did not get saved in encrypted PDF documents under certain circumstances. > Version: 1.3.0.65 (2006-08-23) - Some images in PDFs got rendered upside down. - Update wizard asked for license update even if not required. > Version: 1.3.0.64 (2006-08-22) + Bookmark tree to jump to pages, available from the new View, Go to submenu, and from a toolbar button. + Follow clickable links to navigate through the document. + Support for scratchout gesture (on Tablet PCs only). + Modeless Select: Select annotations while the barrel button (right mouse button) is pressed, without having to change to select mode before. + Text search (Find) does now also search the handwritten annotations. + View, Rotate clockwise and counterclockwise commands to rotate all pages. + Enhanced printing: Direct printing which is much quicker and consumes much less memory than printing as image (which is now optionally available on the print settings dialog). + Completely rewritten undo manager for faster and less resource consuming undo. + New option to enable or disable warning to confirm attempt to overwrite original document. + New option to create .ORG backup file when overwriting orginal documents the first time. + New option to create .BAK backup files each time a document is saved. + New option to optimize rendering for LCD screens. + Adjusting bookmarks when inserting, appending or deleting files. + Appending bookmarks when appending a document. + Added Save button to full screen toolbar. + New keyboard shortcuts for zoom commands that also work in full screen mode. + Scrolling while pressing CTRL now zooms in/out. * Improved internal memory management to reduce memory consumption. * Zoom In and Zoom Out now increases/decreases zoom in non-linear steps, including Whole Page and Fit to Width view. * Optimized preset zoom steps in dropdown list. * Create inserted or appended pages with same size like currently selected page. * Online help revised. * Online help moved to HTML Help (CHM) format. * No additional download required when installing on desktop (non-tablet) OS. - Problem with shifted annotations for some specific PDF documents solved. - Many rendering problems fixed. - Pages containing annotations could not be displayed any more after saving and reopening in PDF Annotator specific PDF documents. - Annotations were shifted page by page in the saved PDF after inserting/appending new pages in PDF Annotator. - Window position and size did not restore properly. - Text search (Find) did not find text in some documents. - Open With did not open with manually defined application, but always with default application. - Undo did not work properly in some conditions. - Top-of-pen eraser did not work properly. - Print progress did show wrong page numbers. - Show Toolbar was visible in context menu at any time, not just in full screen mode. - No error message was displayed for files with unsupported encryption. - Needed to click into the document first, before mouse wheel or key scrolling was working if file was opened through command line. - Context menu integration on installation did not work. - Pasting copied ink did paste into invisible region of the page if page was zoomed in and scrolled down. Now pastes at the current cursor position. - Temporary files were not deleted on shutdown. - Files of deleted macros were not erased, so deleted macros reappeared after restart. - Rendering problems with some documents resolved. - After entering the password on password protected documents, a bogus error message was shown. - Saved document was loosing security settings of original document. - Did not properly block features when permissions for printing, assembling, commenting are not granted. - Context menu was not available when clicking somewhere around a page. - Context menu was not available when annotations where hidden. - An exception occurred when setting Zoom to a value to large for memory. Now putting a proper error message on the page instead. > Version: 1.2.0.52 (2005-10-04) + Completely new Internal Renderer: + Ability to render about any PDF + About 10 times faster + Less memory usage * Old renderer still available as Legacy Renderer + Full Screen Mode + Improved scroll wheel usage + Command "Edit, Melt All Annotations" + Commands "Edit, Find" and "Edit, Find Next" + Command "Edit, Append Document" + Additional predefined thick markers + CD-ROM order option + Enter key scrolls one page down * Improved support for installation from CD-ROM * Increased annotation positioning precision * Improved picture quality of annotations in the PDF * Display of current file name in taskbar changed * Display current file name in taskbar button * Don't try to install Ink Components on Windows Tablet PC Edition (which resulted in problems with systems running old SP2 beta versions) - Files with annotations became very large (beta issue) - Key navigation did not work in full screen mode - White (and other bright colored) annotations became transparent in the PDF - Full Screen problems resolved - Duplicated annotations after reopening a file (beta issue) - Fixed memory leak with print command - Fixed problem with remaining JPG files > Version: 1.1.0.41 (2005-08-11) * Windows 2000/XP installation support improved * Help file updated > Version: 1.1.0.40 (2005-08-02) + Windows 2000/XP Support (Tablet Edition not required any more) + Extras, Open With... opens the current file with the default PDF associated application + View, Hide Annotations hides annotations while viewing the current document + File, Properties displays Windows' file properties dialog + Printing option: Fit to Printable Region + Macro functionality completed (Settings, Documentation) + Stores annotations in a layer (optional content group) (enables showing/hiding annotations in Adobe Reader 6 and higher) + Now modifying the PDF Producer information field by adding PDF Annotator application name and version * Print dialog with Current Page option * Macro files are now saved under the Application Data path * Drag'n'drop: Bring window to foreground after dropping file(s) * Context aware input fields - Resolved positioning problems with rotated PDFs with different crop box - Printing problems resolved - Help window size problems fixed - File size does not increase anymore on each saving - Problem with some PDFs always displaying the first page only resolved - Problem with some PDFs displaying all pages overlayed at once resolved - Removed form fields were not displayed any more on reloading file - Minor problems fixed > Version: 1.1.0.35 (2005-06-17) + Zoom in/out buttons + Ability to remove form fields to enable writing onto PDF forms * More rendering quality and performance improvements - Did not reset toolbars on update > Version: 1.1.0.31 (2005-06-15) * Documentation updates - Window focus error message on first run > Version: 1.1.0.30 (2005-06-13) + Settings dialog (Extras, Settings) + Optional PDF rendering with GhostScript + More pen widths + Remember last used pen and zoom settings + Display x*y pages at once with free input into zoom input box * Improved scrolling with keyboard/mouse wheel * Improved scrolling on page up/down * Eraser does not erase whole strokes anymore, but part of the strokes (optional) * Erasing with top of the pen like set in control panel - Zoom: 100% has not really been the original size - No more flickering after pen strokes - Did not reset to pen mode properly after erasing with the top of the pen - Various document rendering problems fixed - Rendering problem with LaTeX-generated PDFs fixed - Ink scaling problems fixed > Version: 1.0.0.23 (2005-01-26) + Zoom + Context menu on right-click + Erase with pen top + Display rotated documents + Optional association with PDF files on Explorer context menu * Improved scrollbar behaviour * Changed transparency behaviour of text marker * Less CPU usage during inking, re-rendering ink after each stroke * UI improvements - Unspecific error message if not installed on a Tablet PC - Problem with invisible strokes fixed - Ink scaling problems fixed - Minor bug fixes > Version: 1.0.0.20 (2005-01-14) + Initial Release