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doPDF is a free PDF converter for both personal and commercial use. Using doPDF you can create PDF files by selecting the "Print" command from virtually any application. With one click you can convert your Microsoft Excel, Word or PowerPoint documents or your emails and favorite web sites to PDF files. doPDF is a free PDF converter, it is not a PDF viewer. To view PDF files you will need the free Adobe Reader.

doPDF installs itself as a virtual PDF printer driver so after a successful installation will appear in your Printers and Faxes list. To convert to PDF, you just have to print the document to doPDF, the free pdf converter. Open a document (with Microsoft Word, WordPad, NotePad or any other software), choose Print and select doPDF. It will ask you where to save the PDF file and when finished, the PDF file will be automatically opened in your default PDF viewer.

Freemium

Changelog

    Fixed: Conversion error when converting particular PDF documents
    Fixed: Older versions did show occasional licensing error message

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http://www.dopdf.com/

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"Vovsoft PDF Reader" is a lightweight super-simple PDF viewer application. No complicated configuration is needed to view your PDF files from your desktop. The interface is minimalistic which provides all the essentials.

Freeware

Whats new:>>

    Implemented scrollbar for easy page change
    Added “Clear History” menu item to delete opened file records
    Supported /disableopen command line argument
    Improved /disablesave command line argument
    New application icon
    New PDF icon

https://vovsoft.com/software/pdf-reader/

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Kleines Scan-Tool, das die über das Programm eingescannten Dokumente direkt in PDF-Dateien umwandelt

Freeware

What's new: >>

• Verifizierung und Test der Scan-APP auf Windows 11 22H2
• Allgemeine Korrekturen und kleine Feineinstellungen in WinScan2PDF

http://www.softwareok.de/?seite=Microsoft/WinScan2PDF

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Die Freeware "PDF Split and Merge" fügt einzelne PDFs zusammen und umgekehrt. Sie haben mehrere Präsentationen als PDF vorliegen und müssen daraus eine einzelne erstellen - jedes PDF in die Ursprungsdatei zurückzuverwandeln, anschließend zusammenzufügen und danach erneut zu konvertieren gestaltet sich als mühselig und zeitintensiv.

Die Freeware "PDF Split and Merge" kürzt den Prozess ab, indem es bereits existierende PDFs über nur wenige Mausklicks trennt oder zusammenfügt.

Release Notes

    Migrated everything to the latest JDK 19.0.1
    Migrated all the dependencies to their latest version
    Refreshed the default light theme
    Added a couple of dark themes and an additional light theme
    Extract pages tool now has the ability to create a separate PDF file for each page range
    Added a new tool to insert a PDF document (every page or selected pages) into another one, multiple times every "n" pages.
    Upgraded Sejda (PDF engine) to the latest milestone release. Sejda and all it's dependencies have been lately migrated to JDK 17 and modularized (JPMS)
    Upgraded sejda-io to latest v4. Version 4 has been migrated to JDK 19 and got rid of the Unsafe Cleaner hack to clean memory mapped files in favor of the Foreign Function & Memory API preview feature
    No more FontAwesome (replaced by Unicons)
    Removed Logback (replaced by Tinylog)
    New tools icons
    Application now runs on the modulepath

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http://www.pdfsam.org/?page_id=42

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PDF Arranger is an Open Source app to manage and modify PDF files.

PDF Arranger features a clean, pleasant interface using gray and white colors. You can open a PDF file from the menu or drag-and-drop the PDF directly to the application.

License: Open Source

Changelog

    Fix "export all to individual files" overwrite (#764)
    Fix unexpected application close and quit (#762)
    Fix buggy export when CropBox is larger than MediaBox (#750)
    Fix equal page size test in generate booklet (#753)
    Fix NAME in man page (#740)
    Some translation fixes

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https://github.com/pdfarranger/pdfarranger/releases

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PDF-XChange Editor is a feature-rich PDF viewer and editor with a tabbed interface. The program includes edition of text-based PDFs, OCR of image based/scanned PDF's to fully text-searchable PDFs, full document spellchecking, rotate/crop documents, add comments/annotations to any PDF file, QR codes, and more. You can apply custom stamps from any image/PDF file/Windows clipboard, mark-up pages with text and objects, and add/edit hyperlinks.

The program supports export to text or image (BMP/JPEG/TIFF/PNG etc.).

Note: The free PDF-XChange Editor lacks some features present in the registered version (payware). Some "Pro" features noted with with a shopping cart icon can be used, but add a watermark upon saving.

Changelog

    Added the ability to remove pages that bookmarks point to in the 'Pages' and 'Sections' context menus of the Bookmarks pane. (T# 6261)
    Added the ability to OCR multiple selected images to their context menu. (T# 5979)
    38418)
    Added the ability to go to next or previous bookmark using the hotkeys Ctrl+[ and Ctrl+] as the default setting. (T# 6226)
    Added the ability to set named destinations as targets for new links by double clicking on the destination. (T# 6013)
    38557)
    Added the ability to update bookmark/named destination targets using selected text. (T# 5888)
    37840)
    Added the ability to manage application prompts that have the 'Do not show again' option. (T# 5916)
    37933)
    Added the ability to move selected page objects diagonally with the arrow keys. (T# 6111)
    38880)
    Added an option to resize pages to match a specified page of the current document. (T# 6250)
    OneDrive plugin improved to work with OneDrive for Business
    Added an option to save documents automatically, without displaying the Save As dialog box, when digitally signing documents. (T# 6122, 6176)
    Newly added featurePDF-CoreNEW
    Added the ability to export PDF to WebP images
    Added support of Metadata templates. (T# 5636)
    Added an option to export/import metadata. (T# 5628)
    Added an option to specify how links on a page can be activated (by click, Ctrl+click, or double click). (T# 6269)
    Added a special command with shortcut (Ctrl+Home) that puts the keyboard focus on the page view directly. (T# 878)
    Search Pane: added 'This Exact Phrase' option
    20541)
    Newly added featureEditor ActiveX SDKNEW
    Search Operation: added the option of specifying multiple files/folders for the input
    Improved/optimized 'Rename Document' feature
    Added new options (CaseSensitive, WholeWordOnly, RegExp, etc) for the Find feature's filtering ability in several panes, such as Recents, QuickLaunch, CompareDocs:Diffs and HistoryView (available via the icon on the right)
    Added a set of new commands to have the ability to directly activate any document tab from the first ten tabs using shortcuts from [Ctrl+Num1] to [Ctrl+Num0] (note that shortcuts are customizable)
    Added the ability to add Links to Layers. (T# 6238)
    Added the ability to copy base content using Ctrl+Drag. (T# 5527)
    Fixed a potential vulnerability when handling crafted/corrupted EMF files. Reported by: Mat Powell of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative; Tran Van Khang (VinCSS), Rocco Calvi (@TerR0C), and Anonymous working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative
    Fixed a potential vulnerability when handling crafted/corrupted PNG files. Reported by: Mat Powell of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative; Tran Van Khang (VinCSS), Rocco Calvi (@TerR0C), and Anonymous working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative
    Fixed a potential vulnerability when handling crafted/corrupted TIFF files. Reported by: Mat Powell of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative; Tran Van Khang (VinCSS), Rocco Calvi (@TerR0C), and Anonymous working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative
    Fixed a potential vulnerability when handling crafted/corrupted J2K files. Reported by: Mat Powell of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative; Tran Van Khang (VinCSS), Rocco Calvi (@TerR0C), and Anonymous working with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative
    Fixed spaces with zero width
    Fixed the issue with displaying search marks on the scrollbar in single page mode. (T# 6187)
    Fixed the issue when deleting pages from a document did not always decrease the file size. (T# 6248)
    Fixed the issue where digital signatures generated by DocuSign were reported as invalid
    Fixed the issue with context loss when pasting as metafile. (T# 6217)
    Fixed compatibility issues with redaction annotations
    Fixed the issue when document color override affected printing, even when the option was disabled. (T# 6231)
    Fixed the issue with editing the action lists of bookmarks/links when the original action list has been corrupted. (T# 6137)
    Fixed the issue with applying default styles for measurements with fractions
    Fixed the issue with incorrectly estimated progress duration for the Search feature in bookmarks
    Fixed the URL verification procedure for cases when the UNC url has more than three slashes after the scheme prefix, and added more known NoAuthority-schemas
    Fixed the issue with disabling commands inside the ribbon/format tab for selected objects inside the portfolio preview window, and fixed the logic with autoshowing the Portfolio tab in the ribbon
    Compare Documents: fixed the issue with hiding the format change differences when the 'Formatting' category is turned off
    39161)
    ActiveX SDK
    Search Pane: refactored the 'Where' combo to fix issues related to cases described on the following forum topics
    39139, 39140)
    Search Pane: fixed the issues with drawing highlighted text inside the results pane when some highlight ranges overlapped
    Search/Find+Redact: fixed the issue with case when, according to search criteria, text is partially overlapping.(T# 6253)
    39352)
    Search/Find+Redact: fixed the issue with consecutive words when a line break is present between them. (T# 2246, 6135)
    20541, 161068)
    Fixed an issue with thumbnail selections that contains images, paths and text items. (T#6195)
    39184)
    Fixed an issue with restoring sessions by using the 'Just open documents from the session' option in the 'Manage Sessions' dialog box. (T#6301, 6303)
    39326)
    Fixed an issue with using the 'Row Data by Column' macro in the 'Populate PDF Forms' feature.(T# 6063)
    Fixed handling some embedded CFF fonts. (T# 6241)
    Fixed incorrect embedding of some OTF(CFF) fonts. (T# 6294)
    Improved the correction of broken files. (T# 6252, 6273)
    Plugins
    Improved the usability of selecting fonts in the 'Generate Bookmarks From Page Text' and 'Create Links from Bookmarks' features
    Plugins
    Added options to customize the title of contents in the 'Build Table Of Contents' feature. (T# 6056)
    Added an option to display 'Logical Page Numbers' in the 'Advanced Search Result'. (T# 6178)
    Added an option to add a bookmark for each file in the RTF to PDF operation
    Added an option to add a bookmark for each file in TXT to PDF operation
    Improved space handling for CJK languages
    Improved text line positioning for editing PDF text
    Added a feature in navigation mode: when the "End" key is pressed on the last page, the view is scrolled to the end of the last page
    Added ability to paste multi-line text into single-line edit boxes
    Improved support for Touchscreens: added single finger-scroll everywhere, without any conflict with DnD, Multiselect or ContextMenu options (just tap-and-move to scroll, tap-hold-and-move to DnD/Multsel, tap-hold-untap to ContextMenu); and fixed several other issues. (T# 6204)
    Changed behavior for cases when the mouse pointer is over the scrollable control in the Ribbon and user spins the wheel-button. Now it scrolls during such control (whereas previously it was used to scroll through the ribbon tabs)
    Fixed/improved the 'Merge Pages' feature: the position of merged pages; the use of 'Select Sheets' options; retaining actions with objects. (T#6272, 6268)
    Improved the 'Summarize Comments' feature. (T# 5994, 6118)

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https://www.tracker-software.com/product/pdf-xchange-editor

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PDF Shaper is a free PDF converter and extractor with easy-to-use user interface and many useful features such as multipage and batch PDF conversion, tab formatting, extraction of specified elements.

Features:

Convert PDF documents to MS Word format
Extract specified PDF elements (text, tables, images)
Format output documents
Batch conversion of PDF documents
Converts tables and tabbed columns
Detects numbered and bulleted lists
Recognizes several types of font encoding

Freemium

Changelog

• Updated translations.
• Improved DOC to PDF conversion:
- Improved accessibility support.
- Improved support for list formatting.
- Improved support for text input fields.
- Improved support for right-to-left text.
• Improved DOC/DOCX loading and processing.

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https://www.pdfshaper.com/index.html

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Der PDF24 Creator ist ein Programm zum Erstellen von PDF Dateien aus (fast) jeder Anwendung heraus.

Mit dem PDF Creator verwandeln Sie ganz einfach gängige Dokumentformate in PDF Dateien. Der PDF Creator agiert als PDF Drucker, um PDF Dokumente aus jedem beliebigen Dokument zu erstellen. Diese PDF Software ist vollkommen kostenfrei.

Changelog

    Toolbox: Tooltips now also support line breaks:

    In some places we use tooltips that also contain line breaks. However, these were not supported before and the tooltip was displayed in one line. Here we have improved so that line breaks are now also displayed. This makes it easier for the user to understand the tooltip information faster.

    Toolbox: PDF pages extract tool improved:

    The button to create the final PDF is now only active if some pages are marked. If no pages are marked, then nothing needs to be extracted. Furthermore there are new icons to mark all, even and odd pages and to unmark and toggle them. These help when working with the tool, especially when processing a PDF that contains many pages.

    Toolbox: Page mode improved in PDF merge tool:

    The button for merging the selected pages now shows the number of pages that will be included in the final PDF. Furthermore, you can select a range of pages by clicking on one page and then a second page by holding down the SHIFT key. There are also new icons to toggle the selection and to select even or odd pages. This makes the use of this tool even more comfortable, especially for PDF files with many pages.

    Toolbox: PDF split tool further improved:

    In the backend, we now use the same code base for the split functions that we use for our online tools. This has several advantages, for us and for the user, because this code base is better. We have also changed and enhanced the user interface so that all 4 split modes (pages per PDF, even/odd pages, custom, halve pages) are now usable from the new code base. With the new split pages mode you can now also split pages into 2 halves and thus e.g. split pages in A3 format into 2 A4 pages each or pages in A4 format into two A5 pages each.

    Toolbox: Tool for deleting PDF pages improved:

    The delete PDF pages tool has also received an improvement. There are also some new icons here, which can be used to mark, toggle and unmark pages, or mark even and odd pages.

    Toolbox: Crop tool improved:

    In the crop tool, it is now possible to change the values of an existing cropbox that may be present. The tool now works relatively. If there is an existing crop box, the margin values are added to or subtracted from the current values. In this way, the visible part of the media box can be reduced or enlarged. If there is no cropbox, the mediabox is used as a base as in the previous version.

    Toolbox: Removed favorites filter next to search box:

    Since the favorites are displayed in a separate block above all other tools, this favorites filter is no longer necessary. This has been removed.

    Toolbox: PDF editing, signing, annotating, redaction tools enhancements:

    With the above tools there is an optimization with the active selection. If there is an active selection of multiple elements, then the tools "Stroke Color", "Fill Color", "Stroke Width" and "Opacity" are disabled, because they do not work with a group selection.
    Furthermore, there was still a problem when copying and pasting elements via CTRL+C and then CTRL+V. The handles with which you can enlarge and reduce an object were not copied with it, but this is necessary, because some elements have a certain configuration and this must also be preserved when copying.
    To make copying elements even easier, we have also added a clone icon to the toolbar. If an element is selected and you click on this icon, the element will be copied and the copy will be pasted into the document next to the selected element.

    Toolbox: New shape in PDF edit and annotate tool:

    These two tools have received a diagonal cross, which can be used well to mark or fill in control boxes. Before, you could also add a text box and then put an X in it, but with the new form it is a bit faster.

    Output Profiles: Fixed a problem with color selection for watermarks and page numbers:

    In the last version a new problem with the color selection for the watermark and page numbers appeared. Not all color values could be used. The RBG color components had to have values greater than 15 for the color set in the UI to appear in the document. The conversion of the color from the UI format to the internal format is now correct and all colors can be used again.

    Output Profiles: New checkbox in the security settings:

    A new checkbox has been added in the security settings to control the use of AES when encrypting. RC4 or AES can be used for 128-bit encryption, and only AES can be used for 256-bit encryption. If the check box is not selected, RC4 is used for 128-bit encryption. For 256-bit encryption, on the other hand, AES is always used. In general, AES should always be used because it is more secure.

    DocTool: "Use AES" checkbox also added to encryption dialog:

    We have also added the "Use AES" checkbox to the DocTool encryption dialog that opens when you click on the "Encrypt PDF" tile in the Shell File Tools user interface. Here you can now also specify whether AES should be used for 128-bit mode or not. In general you should always use AES because the older RC4 mode is insecure.

    DocTool: The "sendAsMail" handler had problems with the application of profiles:

    If you use the DocTool via command line and execute the sendAsMail handler, then you can also specify a profile which is applied before the file is passed to the mail system. But here there was a problem. The mail program did not open when a certain profile should be applied. There was an error when collecting the created files and transferring them to the mail app.

    DocTool: Improvements in converting Office documents to PDF format:

    We have changed the way the Doctool converts Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents to PDF files. The new version uses the export method of Word, Excel and PowerPoint to export a PDF directly instead of printing the file to the PDF printer. This gives better results because not all information can be sent through the printer interface. The fallback method is the way via the PDF printer. The fallback method can also be forced via the Windows registry if necessary. In addition, the fallback print method no longer temporarily changes the default printer. The active printer is set via COM and then the print method is called. This also reduces the risk of changing the default printer in Windows.

    DocTool: New flags at the command line:

    The -includeFileExtensions and -excludeFileExtensions command line options have been added. This can be used to filter input files by extensions, which is extremely useful in combination with the -expandDirs and -expandDirsRecursive command line options when only certain files are to be processed.

    Creator: Adjustable resolution for preview images:

    You can now use the creator.thumbResolution (DWORD) value in the registry to control the resolution of the thumbnail images of a page. The default value is 72 and the value is scaled depending on the DPI scaling factor. If the resolution of the thumbnails is not sufficient, then you now have the possibility to set a better resolution here.
    Also there is another new configuration value creator.thumbRenderScaleFactor (DWORD) to render internally with a higher resolution and then to output the resulting image with the resolution creator.thumbResolution (DWORD). Default value is 1 to not render with higher resolution. This often improves the preview images, but also takes a little more time to create.

    Creator: Size problem with preview images fixed:

    In the view with the largest preview images, the page area was no longer completely filled as before. We have improved this and the thumbnails in the large view also fill the entire available area again.

    Creator: Memory leak detected and fixed:

    Preview image memory was not being fully freed when a document was removed from view. In fixing the issue, we also made changes to the internal data structures so that less data needs to be held in RAM.

    Common: Resolution of the images in the PDF preview adjustable:

    The new configuration value pdfPreview.resolution (DWORD) can be used to control the resolution of the generated images. The default value here is 150. The value is scaled depending on the DPI scaling factor. If the previews do not have sufficient resolution, then you can use this option to improve the preview.
    Also here you have the possibility to render internally with higher resolution using the new option pdfPreview.renderScaleFactor (DWORD) and to output the result images then with the resolution pdfPreview.resolution (DWORD). Default value is 1 to not render with higher resolution.
    Common: Webview2 updated to version 107.0.1418.56 and WebView2Loader updated to version 1.0.1418.22:
    Whenever there are new versions of Webview2, we switch to them in order to be up-to-date here. Microsoft is constantly releasing new improvements that we would like to have on PDF24 for various reasons.

    Common: Email functions have been improved:

    There have been some enhancements to the email functions to make them more flexible. The MAPI and Outlook OLE handlers can now handle the Subject, Text, From, To, CC and BCC properties of an email. The trigger for these enhancements are the new implementations in PDF24 Reader, described below.

    Common: Some core elements improved:

    PDF24 is written in C++. By using current compilers we can now also use some things to improve our core elements. Two core elements got an improvement which bring more speed and need less RAM.
    Reader: Behavior in the zoom option "Fit Window" optimized:
    In zoom mode "Fit Window", you can now use the mouse wheel to jump to the next or previous page. Mouse wheel events in this mode now navigate between pages. This behavior is built into many PDF readers and some users have requested such an option.

    Reader: Support of the forward-backward mouse buttons:

    You can now also use the additional mouse buttons, which are usually used for navigating forward and backward, to navigate between pages. This way you can quickly move to the next or previous page.

    Reader: PDFium component update:

    PDFium has been updated to the latest version, which gives us new possibilities for improvements. Many of the new features are already used by PDF24 Reader in this version. The new features in PDF24 Reader are described below.

    Reader: JavaScript support now available:

    We now compile PDFium with JavaScript support. So we could enable and extend JavaScript support in PDF24 Reader. JavaScript is needed for various forms and PDF24 Reader should also be able to display these forms. But there is also a new option in the Windows registry to disable JavaScript support if needed.

    Reader: Support for XFA forms:

    We now also compile PDFium with XFA support. This allowed us to enable and extend XFA support in PDF24 Reader. We had to make many enhancements to PDF24 Reader to make XFA forms usable. PDF files containing XFA forms can now be opened with PDF24 Reader. But there is also a new option in the Windows registry to disable XFA support if needed.

    Reader: Keyboard input for forms improved:

    This version fixes problems with form fields and key events. Some keys such as Enter were not processed correctly. This was a problem for some forms. We have analyzed the problems and incorporated improvements.

    Reader: Snapshots with better quality:

    Snapshots are no longer scaled down by the DPI scaling values, as this is unexpected for the user. The Snapshot tool now copies what the user sees on the screen without scaling down. The images produced are now better as a result of this change.

    Reader: Using a text cursor with text input fields:

    When hovering the mouse over a text input field, a text cursor is now displayed, as the user would expect. So the user also sees that he can set the cursor in the text field when he clicks into a text field.

    Reader: CTRL+F behavior optimized:

    If you highlight a word in the document and then press CTRL+F, the highlighted word is copied to the search field and the search field is focused. If no word is highlighted, then only the focus is set.

    Reader: Form fields with drop-downs work now:

    Form fields that contain a drop-down menu can now be displayed by PDF24 Reader and the user can use these drop-downs. In previous versions, the drop-down menu was not displayed when the drop-down button was clicked.

    Reader: "/printFlags XXX" command line option added:

    The value of the /printFlags option is a comma-separated list of flags that control the printing process. Currently the following flags are supported: forceImagePrint, forceEmfPrint, grayscalePrint.

    Reader: Initialization of the printing process changed:

    The way printing is initialized has been changed to fix a problem when printing to network printers. Some users have reported that printing to network printers causes problems when the print function is started via command line. We have investigated the problem, recreated it, and were able to make changes so that printing to a network printer was now possible in our test environment.

    Reader: wxWidgets component updated:

    We have updated the wxWidgets component to the latest version. wxWidgets is used as GUI framework for PDF24 Reader. We had to change some things to support the high DPI changes in wxWidgets. At the same time we added some small improvements in providing icons in the app.

    Reader: Save icon in the toolbar extended:

    The save button in the toolbar now has a drop-down menu where you can find the new save flattened function. This new function removes form fields and writes the values of fields to the page's data stream. This makes it much harder to change the form field data afterwards. When you fill out a form and submit it, you should always send a flattened version of the PDF so that you can't easily change the data of the fields afterwards. So far, this function only works for standard forms in PDFs. For XFA forms this function cannot be used so far. Therefore the function is disabled in the menu if the PDF document uses an XFA form. As soon as PDFium can also flatten XFA forms, we will improve this and make the function available for XFA forms as well.

    Reader: Icons with thinner lines are now slightly darker:

    The display mode icons are now slightly darker because they use thinner lines. The darker color now makes these icons fit better with the other icons.

    Reader: Removed flickering of the cursor when moving over some form fields:

    Certain form fields can use a different cursor. With some fields, however, a temporary resetting to a different cursor could be observed. This effect was annoying and here we have improved.

    Reader: Added right-click menu to text fields:

    If you right-click on a text field in a form, a context menu opens. This menu can be used to copy the selected text or to paste text from the clipboard into the text field. CTRL+C and CTRL+V as well as CTRL+A can still be used.
    Reader: Context menu for selected text opens only when right-clicking on this text:
    The "Copy selected text" menu now only opens when the selected text is right-clicked. This is the behavior that is usually implemented. Previously, it was possible to open the menu even if the right-click was not on the selected text, but this is unusual.
    Reader: Fixed problems with filling form fields in "Two pages side by side" display mode.
    Fixed the problem with filling form fields on the second page in the "Two pages side by side" display mode. Keystrokes were going to the first page and not to the page that has the focus. Internally, we improved the control so that input always goes to the page that has focus.

    Reader: Using the pointer cursor for buttons in forms:

    Previously, the arrow cursor was used, but now the pointer cursor is used to make it easier for the user to see that the button can be clicked.

    Reader: Submit function for forms supports "mailto" URLs:

    If an mailto URL is used with a form, then an email dialog opens so that the user can send the email with the form data.

    Reader: Significant performance improvements when rendering PDFs:

    Noticeable performance improvements have been incorporated when rendering pages of a PDF. The result of these improvements is that pages can be displayed much faster in Reader. The new implementation is often twice as fast, and it's noticeable. Reader is now much more responsive to user input, as the time it takes Reader to display pages has been significantly reduced. This is especially noticeable when zooming pages with CTRL+mouse wheel. This also reduces power consumption, which is good for a notebook battery.

    Reader: PDF preview handler for 32-bit applications:

    PDF preview handler from PDF24 Reader should now work in 32-bit applications installed on 64-bit Windows. Users have reported that this was not possible. We have analyzed the problem and made enhancements to the preview handler registry that 32-bit applications should now be able to use the PDF24 Reader preview handler.

    Reader: Improvements in starting the reader:

    There were three UI elements that caused the toolbar to recreate itself when the Reader was launched. We have improved this point so that the start of the Reader is not unnecessarily delayed.

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An application that creates a virtual printer device and can print PDF files from any other application, including pictures and documents.

Freemium

Whats new:>>

    URL download corrections.
    PrintToPrinter functionallity restored.
    License terms updated.

http://www.7-pdf.de/produkte/7-pdf-printer

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Whats new:>>

    Fixed: Read license errors on some systems
    Fixed: Check for updates issue on some restricted systems

http://www.dopdf.com/

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Erzeugt mehrseitige PDF-Dokumente direkt beim Scannen; unterstützt handelsübliche TWAIN oder WIA kompatible Einzugs- oder Flachbettscanner; bietet Farbmarker, Bilddrehung und nachträgliches Umsortieren.

Whats new:>>

    Update dark style color scheme
    Fix- DPI size - When saving a new image from the image editor, the new image was always saved with 300 DPI.
    Update blank page detection.
    Update- Visual file name.
    Update- Twain Scanning

https://www.horland.de/scan2pdf.html

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Changelog

Added a GroupPolicy-permission to add/delete/renew license keys by the user Prefs > Registration page.
Fixed an issue with the position of newly created sessions.
(39602)
Fixed compatibility issues when redacting annotations.
Fixed an issue with potentially wrong colors in the user interface icons with some color profiles associated with specific monitors.
Fixed an issue with Merge Pages on some specific documents.
Fixed an issue with pages autoscroll when the SelectText tool is used.
Fixed an issue with the Find-feature: it didn't clear itself when the Find-popup was closed (via Esc key or X-button).
(39609)
Fixed a broken Advanced section in the Search pane.
(39607)
Fixed an issue with Copying multiline text on pages when the 'Add line breaks after each text line' option is turned off (Prefs > PageText).
(39624)
Fixed an issue with showing context menus when using a stylus on toolbars and other windows.
Fixed an issue with showing special context menu for items on toolbars when customization mode is enabled.
(39623)
A minor fix for better support of custom colors for selections on pages.
(39633)
Improved scaling annotation when doing a page resize.

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Foxit PDF Reader is a reader for PDF (eBook) documents. You can view and print PDF documents with it.

Freeware

Changelog

New Features and Improvements in Foxit PDF Editor 12.1.0.15250

    Integrate Foxit Smart Redact (requires a separate purchase) as an optional plug-in

        AI-based document redaction gives users a simple, easy, and efficient way to redact sensitive information in PDF. 

        Expand the number of automatic sensitive data pattern searches, including those without static patterns - like person names, organization names, and personal roles. 

    Improved compatibility with Windows 11 UI style 

        Show the Snap layouts when you hover the mouse over the application window’s maximize button. 

        Round the window corners of the application’s main window, dialog boxes, and drop-down menus. 

    Commenting enhancements 

        Change the appearance styles for markup comments easily with more customizable default colors from the redesigned intuitive styles in the Format tab in the right panel. Configure shortcut keys to add or modify comments.   

        Redesign the handy Mini toolbar (When you select a text markup comment, the Mini toolbar floats right above the comment.), and provide an option to disable/hide the Mini toolbar after the comment creation. 

        Upon adding a text markup comment, you can quickly enter text for its popup note via the Comment panel (only if the panel is already open) in the navigation pane. And adjust the text markup area after you add the markup in the document. 

    Add an option to the right-click context menu of text, allowing you to quickly look up its definition (provided by Dictionary.com, the world’s leading online dictionary) in your default web browser. 

    Add an option to automatically switch to the Classic or Dark skin according to the default app mode (Light or Dark) set in your Windows system. (Only available for Windows 10 and 11) 

    Define the width of a text block when adding new text so that text can reflow automatically within the specified width range. 

    Set text styles (Bold, Italic, Superscript, etc.) when filling out text form fields with the Allow Rich Text Formatting option enabled in the field properties. 

    Combine and save documents to a predefined output folder. 

    Add options to batch print PDFs simply from the PDFs’ right-click menu and print the current page for each opened PDF file. 

    Quickly find the “Previous”/ “Next” result with shortcut keys when performing the “Search & Replace” feature, and change the highlight color in your search results. 

    Other enhancements to the user experience. 

Issues Addressed in Foxit PDF Editor 12.1.0.15250

    Fixed some stability issues. Click here for details.

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Der PDF24 Creator ist ein Programm zum Erstellen von PDF Dateien aus (fast) jeder Anwendung heraus.

Mit dem PDF Creator verwandeln Sie ganz einfach gängige Dokumentformate in PDF Dateien. Der PDF Creator agiert als PDF Drucker, um PDF Dokumente aus jedem beliebigen Dokument zu erstellen. Diese PDF Software ist vollkommen kostenfrei.

Changelog

Reader: Startup time significantly improved

The startup performance has been improved significantly. This is especially noticeable when opening PDF files with many pages. In older versions, it can take a while before the first page is visible on the screen. In this version, the number of pages has little effect on the time it takes to display the first page. This makes it much more fun to work with PDF24 Reader. Compared to other PDF Readers, PDF24 Reader now does not have to hide when it comes to the startup time of larger files.

Reader: PDF preview now also possible with 32-bit apps

We have created a new special PdfPreviewHandler.x86.dll which provides PDF preview for 32-bit applications. This special version of the dll is required for 32-bit applications to load the PDF preview. If you have installed e.g. Outlook x86 on your x64 system, then the preview in Outlook is now possible with the new DLL. During the installation this special DLL is registered in the WOW6432Node section of the Windows registry.

Reader: Zoom tool "Adjust width and height" optimized

The "Adjust width and height" zoom tool has been optimized. When the horizontal scrollbar is visible, the height of the scrollbar must be taken into account, because in the "Adjust width and height" mode the scrollbars are not visible. Previously, the entire available area was not included in the calculation, so a margin remained at the bottom if the scrollbar was visible before.

Reader: Too large info icon in the info bar is now smaller

DPI scaling was applied twice, so the icon in the info bar was too large. This problem is fixed.

Creator: File name was partially not taken over

In the previous version there was a problem with the file name, which was not taken over when loading certain files. For example, if you loaded a Word file, it was given a generic name. The problem is fixed.

Creator: UI rendering artifact issues fixed

In some cases, artifacts could appear in the UI during certain actions, which are unattractive from the user's point of view. We have investigated these cases and fixed problems. Furthermore, we have made further optimizations to provide a more responsive UI without artifacts.

Creator: No more error message after canceling the password input dialog

When a password protected PDF is loaded, a dialog is displayed where the user can enter a password. This dialog can also be cancelled or closed. If this dialog is closed or canceled, then no further error message is displayed, because the user has already decided to cancel.

DocTool: Office files are opened read-only for conversion

For the conversion of Office files we use the COM interface. Here the files are loaded and then exported as PDF. Here it is enough to open the Office files read-only, which we do now and which is also more secure.

Toolbox: User fonts now visible in the toolbox

The fonts installed per user are now also visible in the Toolbox. These fonts are located in the folder %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Fonts.

Toolbox: Fixed bug with fonts without name

Sometimes it can happen that fonts do not have a name. This has led to problems in the PDF24 Toolbox because this name is assumed. We have improved this. If the name is not available, then family name is now used as a fallback. This means that such fonts can now also be used.

Allgemein: Signature problem with the mail function fixed

In version 11.8.0 the mail functions were optimized. However, this had led to the problem that the automatic signature in Outlook was no longer present in the mail. We have investigated this problem and changed the new functions so that the signature is now preserved.

Common: Ghostscript now also sees the user font directory

The user font directory has been added to ghostscript's sFONTPATH argument, so Ghostscript is now able to find user fonts.

Common: Fixed problem with shell command in PDF printer

A PDF printer can be configured to save automatically. Here you can also configure a shell command. We have fixed a bug here that prevented the command from being executed correctly if the command string contained quotes, but they are usually necessary due to spaces.

Common: PDF printer backend optimized

Added a solution to the problem that the PDF printer did not work when either the backend user server or the print job has elevated permissions and the other does not. In this case the print job got stuck in the queue. We have now provided a solution for this problem so that this constellation no longer leads to a problem.

Common: Core components further optimized

Some core components have been improved again to further increase speed and make some things faster.
Common: Webview2 updated to version 108.0.1462.46
Common: QPDF updated to version 11.2.0
Common: Language files updated

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Whats new:>>

    New - Signature Page Print.
    New - color scheme
    New - Ready gradation profiles
    New - Blank Page Removal Sensitivity
    Update - blank page check
    New - Update page size on an input
    Update - Sharpness of the display with reduced images
    Update language
    General Updates

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