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InPreflight Pro Changelog

What's new in InPreflight Pro 3.0

Dec 27, 2023
  • 10+ times faster
  • Revamped user interface
  • Link previews, icons, metadata
  • Rename individual links
  • Color swatches
  • Individual preflight errors highlighted
  • Built-in file copying
  • Collect nested links
  • ...and much, much more

New in InPreflight Pro 2.11.43 (Nov 12, 2020)

  • [updated] Fixed preflight errors that could happen in InDesign 2021.

New in InPreflight Pro 2.11.42 (Oct 30, 2020)

  • [fixed] Fixed an issue in which InPreflight could launch InDesign 2020 while working with InDesign 2021.

New in InPreflight Pro 2.11.41 (Oct 25, 2020)

  • [updated] Support for InDesign 2021.

New in InPreflight Pro 2.11.40 (Jul 23, 2020)

  • [fixed] Fixed an issue in which the text in preflight report file was corrupted by malicious invisible characters.

New in InPreflight Pro 2.11.39 (Apr 20, 2020)

  • [fixed] The Options tab is removed from the Preflight Presets window (due to the Options settings incompatibility with macOS MOjave and late).
  • [fixed] UI fixes.

New in InPreflight Pro 2.11.38 (Mar 16, 2020)

  • [fixed] UI fixes for macOS Catalina.

New in InPreflight Pro 2.11.37 (Mar 16, 2020)

  • [updated] Some minor license related changes. Users can ignore this update.

New in InPreflight Pro 2.11.36 (Feb 25, 2020)

  • [fixed] Fixed an issue in which InPreflight always launched InDesign 2020 even if an earlier version was already open.

New in InPreflight Pro 2.11.35 (Nov 11, 2019)

  • [updated] Support for InDesign 2020.
  • [updated] Support for macOS 10.15 Catalina.

New in InPreflight Pro 2.11.34 (Oct 14, 2019)

  • [updated] InPreflight is now fully 64-bit app.

New in InPreflight Pro 2.11.33 (Apr 22, 2019)

  • [updated] This version puts an end to the hassles and confusion caused by the "Apple Events sandboxing" measure introduced by Apple on macOS Mojave. InPreflight will now check for the necessary Apple Events authorizations on startup. If the authorization to control InDesign, System Events or Finder was previously revoked by accident, InPreflight will now reset permissions and relaunch itself automatically.

New in InPreflight Pro 2.11.32 (Apr 1, 2019)

  • [fixed] Fixed UI issues on macOS Mojave.

New in InPreflight Pro 2.11.31 (Mar 20, 2019)

  • [fixed] Fixed an issue in which an error occurred on attempt to preflight Illustrator links on macOS Mojave.
  • [improved] UI fixes.

New in InPreflight Pro 2.11.28 (Oct 28, 2017)

  • [Fixed] Fixed an issue in which an error occurred when adding InDesign CC 2018 documents for batch packaging.
  • [Fixed] Fixed a registration issue on High Sierra.

New in InPreflight Pro 2.11.27 (Oct 28, 2017)

  • [Updated] Support for InDesign CC 2018.

New in InPreflight Pro 2.11.25 (Aug 18, 2017)

  • [fixed] Eliminates unnecessary manual activation requests on some machines.

New in InPreflight Pro 2.11.24 (Aug 18, 2017)

  • [updated] Updated licensing frameworks.

New in InPreflight Pro 2.11.23 (Nov 10, 2016)

  • [fixed] Fixed an issue with InDesign CC 2017 in which an error could occur when adding files to the advanced packaging list.

New in InPreflight Pro 2.11.22 (Nov 6, 2016)

  • [Updated] Support for InDesign CC 2017.

New in InPreflight Pro 2.11.21 (Nov 6, 2016)

  • [Updated] Support for macOS Sierra.

New in InPreflight Pro 2.11.20 (Jun 21, 2016)

  • Fixed an issue in which certain type of GIF images could cause an error during preflight.
  • Minor UI fixes.

New in InPreflight Pro 2.11.19 (Jun 21, 2016)

  • [updated] El Capitan support.

New in InPreflight Pro 2.11.18 (Jul 23, 2015)

  • [fixed] Fixed an issue in which some EPS files originated created on PC weren't copied properly.
  • [improved] Improved memory management.

New in InPreflight Pro 2.11.17 (Jun 23, 2015)

  • Fixed an error which could occur when dragging InDesign CC 2015 files into the “Advanced Packaging” window.

New in InPreflight Pro 2.11.16 (Jun 19, 2015)

  • Updated: InDesign CC 2015 support.

New in InPreflight Pro 2.11.15 (Mar 25, 2015)

  • [Improved] Expanded info added to an error message which could occur when when another version of InPreflight was in the Trash.

New in InPreflight Pro 2.11.14 (Nov 5, 2014)

  • Fixed an issue in which an error could occur when checking files created with Illustrator 8.
  • Fixed some appearance issues on Yosemite.

New in InPreflight Pro 2.11.13 (Oct 28, 2014)

  • [updated] Support for Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite.

New in InPreflight Pro 2.11.12 Build 164 (Sep 10, 2014)

  • Fixed an issue in which an error could occur during preflighting on some systems.

New in InPreflight Pro 2.11.10 Build 164 (Jul 17, 2014)

  • [fixed] Fixed an issue in which document fonts weren't collected in InDesign CC 2014.
  • [fixed] Fixed an issue in which the resolution of raster EPS wasn't reported in InDesign CC 2014.

New in InPreflight Pro 2.11.9 Build 164 (Jul 2, 2014)

  • Updated: Support for InDesign CC 2014.
  • Fixed: Fixed an installation error in InDesign CS3-CS4.

New in InPreflight Pro 2.11.8 Build 164 (May 26, 2014)

  • Fixed: InPreflight Pro now reports the resolution and spot colors of raster EPS images with TIFF preview.

New in InPreflight Pro 2.11.7 Build 164 (Apr 25, 2014)

  • Fixed an issue where the InPreflight Pro menu in InDesign could not be created during InDesign's startup when multiple InDesign versions were open.

New in InPreflight Pro 2.11.6 Build 164 (Dec 16, 2013)

  • Fixed an issue in which a warning that a dialog is open in InDesign could erroneously appear in InDesign CS3-CS5.5 on Mac OS X 10.9 preventing further preflighting.
  • Fixed an issue in which an error could occur when saving preflight report as PDF for a document without links.
  • Improved memory management.

New in InPreflight Pro 2.11.5 Build 164 (Dec 4, 2013)

  • Fixed an issue in which a warning that a dialog is open in InDesign could erroneously appear in InDesign CS6 preventing further preflighting.

New in InPreflight Pro 2.11.4 Build 164 (Nov 25, 2013)

  • [fixed] Fixed an activation issue on Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks.

New in InPreflight Pro 2.11.3 Build 164 (Oct 24, 2013)

  • [updated] Support for Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks.
  • [improved] InPreflight now reports image formats even if they're not listed in InDesign.
  • [improved] Improved behavior of the packaging progress bar.

New in InPreflight Pro 2.11.2 Build 163 (Sep 20, 2013)

  • Fixed an issue in which fonts weren't packaged when collecting jobs to separate folders from InDesign CS5 and later under certain conditions.
  • Improved event logging for certain tasks.

New in InPreflight Pro 2.11.1 Build 160 (Jul 11, 2013)

  • Fixed an issue in which the resolution of raster EPS files was not reported in InDesign CS6-CC.

New in InPreflight Pro 2.11 Build 157 (Jun 25, 2013)

  • [updated] InDesign CC compatibility.
  • [new] Preferences: Specify text size in tables (small/regular).

New in InPreflight Pro 2.10.8 Build 150 (May 14, 2013)

  • [fixed] Fixed an issue in which adding extra files to advanced packaging via drag-and-drop could freeze the application.
  • [fixed] Fixed an issue in which the size of extra folders in advanced packaging was displayed incorrectly causing an error when preflighting multiple documents.
  • [fixed] Fixed an issue in which the field for the subfolder name for extra files was disabled.

New in InPreflight Pro 2.10.7 Build 141 (Mar 28, 2013)

  • [fixed] Fixed an issue in which the color mode of .ai files could be incorrectly reported as RGB on certain systems under some rare conditions.

New in InPreflight Pro 2.10.6 Build 139 (Mar 25, 2013)

  • [improved] InPreflight Pro now checks for certain special characters in InDesign file name before packaging and stops processing if such characters are found to prevent errors during packaging.

New in InPreflight Pro 2.10.5 Build 138 (Feb 20, 2013)

  • [fixed] Fixed an issue in which an end-of-file error could happen when scanning certain .ai files.
  • [fixed] Fixed an issue in which irrelevant info could appear in spot color list for .ai files that contain RGB spot colors.
  • [fixed] Fixed an issue in which wrong font info could be displayed for some .ai files.
  • [fixed] Fixed an error which could happen when checking for embedded fonts in EPS files on Mac OS X 10.6.

New in InPreflight Pro 2.10.4 (Dec 13, 2012)

  • [fixed] The color mode of Illustrator EPS files crested with Illustrator CS4 and later is now reported correctly.
  • [improved] Improved accuracy of color mode reporting for Illustrator EPS files saved with the option to include document thumbnails.

New in InPreflight Pro 2.10.3 (Sep 5, 2012)

  • [updated] Some registration options have been adjusted to comply with Adobe Exchange distribution requirements. Users can skip this update.

New in InPreflight Pro 2.10.2 (Aug 13, 2012)

  • [updated] Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion compatibility.
  • [updated] InPreflight Pro is now prepared for distribution on Adobe Exchange.

New in InPreflight Pro 2.10.1 (Jun 29, 2012)

  • [fixed] Fixed an issue in which fonts weren't collected for InDesign CS6 documents.
  • [fixed] The fonts folder in collected jobs from InDesign CS5 and later is now correctly named "Document fonts".

New in InPreflight Pro 2.10 (Jun 29, 2012)

  • [new] InDesign CS6 compatibility.
  • [fixed] Fixed an issue in which all links were reported to be located on document pasteboard (affected InDesign CS5 and later).
  • [fixed] Fixed an error that could occur while applying preflight presets during preflighting.

New in InPreflight Pro 2.9.7 (Mar 14, 2012)

  • [fixed] Fixed an issue in which InPreflight could stop with an end-of-file related error while checking certain kind of .ai files.
  • [improved] Link path is now displayed in its UNIX representation (instead of old style Mac).
  • [improved] Improved memory management.

New in InPreflight Pro 2.9.6 (Dec 22, 2011)

  • [fixed] Fixed an issue in which InPreflight could crash if update check fails.
  • [fixed] Fixed an issue that could cause an error during activation.

New in InPreflight Pro 2.9.5 (Sep 29, 2011)

  • [fixed] Fixed an issue in which GIF images weren't flagged as expected when required by preflight preset settings.
  • [fixed] Fixed an issue in which certain values in textual preflight reports didn't align properly with tabular columns.

New in InPreflight Pro 2.9.4 (Jul 13, 2011)

  • [fixed] The color mode of Illustrator CS5.1 EPS files saved with the Thumbnail option enabled is now reported correctly.
  • [fixed] Fixed an error which could happen when checking InDesign file properties on certain servers.
  • [NOTE] InPreflight Pro 2.9.4 doesn't support the "Registration color in text" preflight check in InDesign CS2. anymore.

New in InPreflight Pro 2.9.3 (Jun 30, 2011)

  • [fixed] Fixed an issue in which an error could occur when packaging files using the "Ask before packaging > Daily" option for specifying package folder location.
  • This update is strongly recommended to all users.

New in InPreflight Pro 2.9.2 (May 24, 2011)

  • [fixed] Fixed an issue in which an error could occur when exporting preflight results as text.
  • [updated] InDesign CS5.5 compatibility.

New in InPreflight Pro 2.9.1 (Apr 18, 2011)

  • [fixed] Fixed an error that could occur while setting Finder window view at the end of packaging.
  • [fixed] Fixed an error in which package folder could not be created under certain conditions.

New in InPreflight Pro 2.9 (Mar 30, 2011)

  • [NEW] Packaged jobs can now be automatically delivered to remote and local destinations through seamless integration with Deliver and Deliver Express.
  • Note: This feature requires Deliver or Deliver Express application, which all InPreflight Pro users can get at a discount. Please contact Zevrix for more info.
  • [fixed] Fixed an error that could occur during preflighting.
  • [fixed] Fixed an error that could occur while setting Finder windows attributes at the end of packaging.

New in InPreflight Pro 2.8.14 (Mar 8, 2011)

  • [fixed] Fixed an issue in which an error could occur while creating preflight reports during batch packaging.
  • This update is strongly recommended to all InPreflight Pro users.

New in InPreflight Pro 2.8.13 (Mar 3, 2011)

  • [fixed] Fixed an issue in which packaging more than 5 documents at once could lead to some images to be missing from final package.
  • This update is strongly recommended to all InPreflight Pro users.

New in InPreflight Pro 2.8.12 (Oct 1, 2010)

  • [fixed] Fixed an issue introduced in version 2.8.11 which could make preflighting stop with an error.

New in InPreflight Pro 2.8.11 (Sep 30, 2010)

  • [improved] InPreflight now warns about paragraph styles which use the Registration color in ruler above or below.
  • [fixed] Fixed an issue in which InPreflight couldn't locate original links on Mac OS X 10.6 under certain conditions.
  • [fixed] Main window is now properly resized.

New in InPreflight Pro 2.8.10 (Sep 27, 2010)

  • Fixed an issue in which InPreflight could not check for Registration color used in text in InDesign CS2.
  • Some other minor fixes.

New in InPreflight Pro 2.8.6 (Jul 1, 2010)

  • Fixed an issue in which a System Events error could occur in the beginning of preflighting.

New in InPreflight Pro 2.8.5 (Jun 24, 2010)

  • InPreflight now reports attributes of vector EPS files whose default application is Preview.
  • Fixed an issue in which InPreflight window could not be resized properly under certain conditions.
  • Improved update info appearance.

New in InPreflight Pro 2.8.4 (Jun 23, 2010)

  • Color space of Illustrator CS5 EPS files saved with "Include Thumbnails" option is now reported properly.
  • InPreflight now properly reports attributes of raster EPS files whose default application is Preview.

New in InPreflight Pro 2.7.2 (Apr 19, 2010)

  • Fixed an issue in which the current preflight preset was not remembered and had to be reselected every time user preflighted a document.
  • This update is essential for users of v2.7-2.7.1. -Major user interface restructuring (v2.7).

New in InPreflight Pro 2.7.1 (Apr 15, 2010)

  • Major user interface restructuring.
  • Fixed an issue in which the package location folder was not remembered in the Advanced Packaging window.
  • Fixed an issue in which the Preflight Presets window didn't open when clicking the toolbar button.
  • Fixed an issue in which renaming an existing preflight preset could cause an error after relaunching InPreflight.

New in InPreflight Pro 2.7 (Apr 15, 2010)

  • Major user interface restructuring.
  • Fixed an issue in which the package location folder was not remembered in the Advanced Packaging window.

New in InPreflight Pro 2.6.15 (Mar 2, 2010)

  • Fixed an issue in which attempts to save preflight report as text resulted in error (it was caused by paragraphs styles with tab stops).

New in InPreflight Pro 2.6.14 (Feb 16, 2010)

  • When packaging, the modification date of original documents now doesn't change if the document has not been modified.

New in InPreflight Pro 2.6.12 (Sep 25, 2009)

  • Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard compatibility.
  • Some interface improvements.

New in InPreflight Pro 2.6.11 (Aug 3, 2009)

  • Fixed: Some interface improvements.

New in InPreflight Pro 2.6.10 (Apr 10, 2009)

  • InPreflight is now InPreflight Pro. The upgrade is free for the licensed users of InPreflight. Your InPreflight serial number will be transferred to InPreflight Pro automatically when you install InPreflight Pro.

New in InPreflight Pro 2.6.9 (Apr 2, 2009)

  • Fixed: Fixed an issue which occurred only when the system decimal numbers format was different from InDesign CS4. Under such condition, some properties of Photoshop EPS links in InDesign CS4 were not reported.

New in InPreflight Pro 2.6.8 (Mar 24, 2009)

  • New: InPreflight now reports the actual and effective resolution of raster EPS links in InDesign CS4 documents.
  • Without InPreflight, users don't have access to this info because of InDesign CS4 bug.

New in InPreflight Pro 2.6.7 (Mar 16, 2009)

  • Fixed: Color mode of Illustrator CS4 EPS files is now reported properly.

New in InPreflight Pro 2.6.6 (Feb 24, 2009)

  • Fixed: Fixed an issue in which InPreflight could hang while checking for embedded fonts in some EPS files.

New in InPreflight Pro 2.6.5 (Jan 30, 2009)

  • Fixed: The Advanced Packaging menu is now working as expected.

New in InPreflight Pro 2.6.4 (Jan 22, 2009)

  • Fixed: Fixed an issue in which external files and folders added for packaging in the Advanced Packaging window were copied one level above the destination folder.

New in InPreflight Pro 2.6.3 (Jan 19, 2009)

  • Fixed: Fixed an issue in which adding/removing extra files and folders in the Advanced Packaging window could result in error.

New in InPreflight Pro 2.6.2 (Dec 5, 2008)

  • Fixed an issue in which resolution of Duotone images could be reported incorrectly on some international systems.

New in InPreflight Pro 2.6.1 (Nov 20, 2008)

  • Fixed an issue in which an error occurred when packaging from InDesign CS4.

New in InPreflight Pro 2.6 (Oct 27, 2008)

  • New: InDesign CS4 compatibility.
  • New: New icon.
  • Fixed: Minor bug fixes.

New in InPreflight Pro 2.5.7 (Sep 25, 2008)

  • New: The Preflight Results indicator which turns green if no errors found, or red otherwise, and lists the number of errors if any.

New in InPreflight Pro 2.5.6 (Sep 16, 2008)

  • Fixed an issue in which some generic vector EPS files could cause InPreflight to crash during preflighting.

New in InPreflight Pro 2.5.5 (Aug 1, 2008)

  • Fixed an issue in which horizontal or vertical scale of flipped links was displayed as a negative number.

New in InPreflight Pro 2.5.4 (Jun 20, 2008)

  • new: InPreflight now shows the list of inks in Duotone PSD files.
  • fixed: InPreflight doesn't stop with an error anymore when the system and InDesign number formats don't match.

New in InPreflight Pro 2.5.3 (May 23, 2008)

  • Fixed an issue in which InDesign could quit when preflighting links to images in certain locations on certain network servers under some conditions.

New in InPreflight Pro 2.5.2 (May 14, 2008)

  • Fixed an issue in which Support button and Registration menu didn't respond after registering the software.

New in InPreflight Pro 2.5.1 (May 8, 2008)

  • Fixed an issue in which using Save as PDF menu resulted in error message.

New in InPreflight Pro 2.5 (May 7, 2008)

  • NEW: Graphic Preflight Reports. Preflight results can now be printed and saved to PDF - and they look just the way you see them in InPreflight.
  • When you save report as PDF on Leopard, the detailed link info is saved as interactive PDF comments: EPS colors/fonts, application, preflight warnings and file path.
  • The report is fully customizable in the interactive Preflight Report Setup window.
  • PDF reports can be automatically created during packaging.
  • Fixed an issue in which some colors/fonts info was missing in Illustrator CS3 EPS files saved with Include Thumbnail option.
  • Various bug fixes related to advanced packaging feature.
  • Some interface improvements.

New in InPreflight Pro 2.2.6 (Apr 8, 2008)

  • Fixed an issue in which color mode of non-Illustrator vector EPS files was reported as RGB.
  • Some interface improvements.

New in InPreflight Pro 2.2.5 (Mar 5, 2008)

  • InPreflight now correctly reports the color mode of Illustrator CS3 EPS files saved with the "Include Thumbnail" option.
  • Faster scanning of vector EPS files.
  • Fixed an issue in which the EPS font/color menus were active font vector EPS files without fonts/colors (only affected version 2.2.4).