PDFpenPro Changelog

What's new in PDFpenPro 13.1

Jul 8, 2021
  • Faster document scrolling and drawing
  • Adds additional Sidebar modes to Preferences
  • Updates OCR engine to CSDK 21 with Apple Silicon / M1 support
  • Offline PPTX & PDF/A export (PDFpenPro advanced feature)
  • Other fixes and improvements

New in PDFpenPro 13.0.1 (Jul 8, 2021)

  • Adds “Create Link From Selection” to Edit menu item with Cmd-K shortcut
  • Provides “Bordered” option for checkbox and radio buttons
  • Improves printing highlights and other markups
  • Adds direct sign up for v13 email tips via Welcome window
  • Other fixes and improvements

New in PDFpenPro 13.0 (Jul 8, 2021)

  • New intuitive UI design
  • Updated Toolbar adds essential markup tools
  • Eiting Bar adds font section and accessible color controls
  • Sidebar improvements
  • Modernized icons
  • Enhanced Highlighting experience
  • Easily select and edit custom colors
  • MRC compression customization
  • Table of Contents improvements
  • Ability to replace entries
  • Revamped online User Guide

New in PDFpenPro 12.2.3 (Jul 8, 2021)

  • Prevents crashes when drawing some imprints on Big Sur
  • Resolves issue with URL-based activation
  • Other fixes and improvements

New in PDFpenPro 12.2.2 (Jul 8, 2021)

  • Adds beta channel support in the Update preferences
  • Enables newly added pages to match current document page size
  • Resolves crash when copying pages with URL links
  • Improves copying link annotations across documents
  • Improves handling of certain text fields
  • Other fixes and improvements

New in PDFpenPro 12.2.1 (Jul 8, 2021)

  • Adds Apple Silicon / M1 support (universal binary)
  • Resolves problems saving page actions on Big Sur
  • Resolves crashes with imprints on Big Sur
  • Resolves OCR layer editing issues on Big Sur
  • Fixes sidebar and highlight button appearance on Big Sur
  • Update localization for JavaScript editor
  • Other fixes and improvements

New in PDFpenPro 12.2 (Oct 6, 2020)

  • Add items to the library from the context menu
  • Updates for Big Sur compatibility
  • Various fixes and improvements

New in PDFpenPro 12.1.2 (Jul 19, 2020)

  • Resolves crash upon clean install

New in PDFpenPro 12.1 (Jun 17, 2020)

  • Displays page labels
  • Edit page labels (PDFpenPro only)
  • Other fixes and improvements

New in PDFpenPro 12.0.2 (May 13, 2020)

  • Fixes OCR positioning for pages having 90 or 270 degree rotation
  • Fixes issue with dragging and redrawing callouts with wide strokes
  • Fixes memory leaks in Bezier Smoothing code
  • Fixes issue where dragging a thumb in-place after dragging to finder causes duplication
  • Fixes retain loops likely causing crashes on exit
  • Removes memory leaks when moving images or other objects on pages
  • Speeds up the document deskew process
  • Major memory and timing improvements when resampling whole documents
  • Other fixes and improvements

New in PDFpenPro 11.2.3 (Apr 30, 2020)

  • Add callouts to annotation sidebar
  • Fixes post OCR compression and saving issues
  • Other fixes and improvements

New in PDFpenPro 11.2.2 (Apr 1, 2020)

  • Minor fixes and improvements

New in PDFpenPro 11.2.1 (Jan 14, 2020)

  • Fixes issue where signatures turn black when made transparent
  • Removes text-only option in toolbar
  • Other fixes and improvements

New in PDFpenPro 11.2 (Nov 5, 2019)

  • Adds ability to edit content in table cells
  • Other fixes and improvements

New in PDFpenPro 11.1.2 (Oct 17, 2019)

  • Resolves Catalina crash related to cursor rectangles
  • Resolves Catalina crash related to notes

New in PDFpenPro 11.1 (Jul 9, 2019)

  • Improves ability to select and copy column and table data
  • Other fixes and improvements
  • Adds automatic page rotation option for scans:
  • Rotate and deskew scanned pages independently of OCR
  • Rotate and deskew scanned pages when performing OCR

New in PDFpenPro 11.0.3 (Jun 19, 2019)

  • Resolves crash when saving documents involving large numbers of objects
  • Other fixes and improvements

New in PDFpenPro 11.0.2 (May 30, 2019)

  • Fixes hiding sidebar in full-screen mode
  • Fixes page up/down keyboard navigation in split view
  • Resolves crash exporting to PDF/A and PowerPoint
  • Resolves crash when highlighting in full-screen mode
  • Other fixes and improvements

New in PDFpenPro 11.0.1 (May 17, 2019)

  • Fixes PayPal purchase

New in PDFpenPro 11.0 (May 16, 2019)

  • Split-view mode for editing
  • New Font Bar for expressive font control
  • Import scans from Continuity Camera
  • Customize page-number locations
  • Add multiple items to the Library at once
  • Adds option to turn off Guides
  • Adds Medical/Legal dictionaries for OCR (English language)
  • Various improvements and fixes

New in PDFpenPro 10.2.4 (Apr 7, 2019)

  • Resolves issue with page change upon save
  • Other fixes and improvements

New in PDFpenPro 10.2.3 (Mar 22, 2019)

  • Fixes Poloygon tool
  • Fixes allowed space for extra buttons on Editing Bar before they are collapsed
  • Correctly saves field values of Radio Button groups

New in PDFpenPro 10.2.2 (Feb 28, 2019)

  • Updates OCR engine
  • Other fixes and improvements

New in PDFpenPro 10.2.1 (Dec 4, 2018)

  • Adds notarization for increased security
  • Fixes crash at purchase completion
  • Fixes crash on File -> New -> From HTML…

New in PDFpenPro 10.2 (Oct 16, 2018)

  • Smooths scrolling
  • Draws thumbnails faster
  • Supports Mojave dark mode
  • Increases maximum zoom to 1600%
  • Other fixes and improvements

New in PDFpenPro 10.1.2 (Aug 29, 2018)

  • Resolves potential hang on launch with specific documents
  • Other fixes and improvements

New in PDFpenPro 10.1.1 (Jun 13, 2018)

  • Major performance improvements relating to thumbnails and display
  • Reduced memory requirements for opening large documents
  • Display progress dialog when adding headers and footers
  • Other fixes and improvements

New in PDFpenPro 10.1 (May 16, 2018)

  • Updates files based on last save from any app
  • Remembers Form Field & Link Highlighting per document
  • Includes check boxes in Form Field Highlighting
  • Displays link destination on hover
  • Adds image opacity controls
  • Supports AppleScript for:
  • Batch OCR
  • Headers & Footers
  • Page numbers

New in PDFpenPro 10.0.1 (Apr 17, 2018)

  • Restores custom color button functionality
  • Closes PayPal popup if purchase is cancelled
  • Ensures PayPal popup appears in front of welcome window
  • Adds localized help for French, Italian, and Japanese
  • Resolves some document-specific issues
  • Other minor fixes and improvements

New in PDFpenPro 10.0 (Apr 11, 2018)

  • New features:
  • Adds watermarks
  • Insert Headers & Footers
  • OCR multiple documents in batch (PDFpenPro only)
  • New Precision Edit tool selects, moves, resizes and deletes line art and text
  • Improves move & resize of images
  • Enhances page number styling
  • Adds larger Library item view
  • Prettier drawing colors
  • Adds context menu options
  • Various improvements and fixes

New in PDFpenPro 9.2.2 (Oct 24, 2017)

  • Resolves issue with export when using Asian languages
  • Other fixes and improvements

New in PDFpenPro 9.2.1 (Sep 13, 2017)

  • Restores OCR functionality.

New in PDFpenPro 9.2 Build 920.0 (Sep 7, 2017)

  • Improves OCR performance and accuracy.

New in PDFpenPro 9.1 Build 910.13 (Jul 26, 2017)

  • Opens previously-opened documents at same size and position
  • Add and remove Bookmarks, which appear at the top of the Table of Contents
  • Other minor fixes and improvements

New in PDFpenPro 9.0.2 Build 902.1 (May 18, 2017)

  • Ensures black & white scans are stored as 1-bit images
  • Minor fixes and improvements

New in PDFpenPro 9.0.1 Build 901.0 (Apr 14, 2017)

  • Minor fixes and improvements

New in PDFpenPro 9.0 Build 900.11 (Apr 12, 2017)

  • Adds horizontal OCR for Chinese, Japanese, and Korean (PDFpenPro only)
  • Supports removing OCR layer
  • Create and open links to other files
  • Adds initial support for forms which perform calculations
  • Find & Highlight all instances of a search keyword
  • Adds line numbering
  • Adds two additional custom highlight colors
  • Adds keyboard shortcut for 'Zoom to Width' ⌥⌘9
  • Supports Print button in interactive forms
  • Adds visual indicator when navigating Table of Contents
  • Smoother navigation to Table of Contents entries
  • Shows full text / tooltips when hovering over related items
  • Shows resizing handles for items off page edge
  • Shows current page and count in document title
  • Print annotation list alone—great for highlights
  • Improves font smoothing for better readability
  • Over 100 other usability improvements
  • Adds hand tool for navigation:
  • Magnify using hand tool with Option / Command+Option
  • Enhances Annotations navigation:
  • Select multiple annotations
  • Copy text of selected annotations
  • Delete selected annotations
  • Includes highlights in list
  • Enhances Table of Contents editing (PDFpenPro only):
  • Adds contextual menu
  • Adds multiple selection support
  • Combines Table of Contents entries when combining files
  • Copy Table of Contents entries
  • Adds export options:
  • Export to JPEG, PNG, and 1-bit TIFF
  • Export to flattened PDF
  • Export in grayscale
  • Export one TIFF file per page
  • Export at 72, 200, 300, 600 dpi

New in PDFpenPro 8.3.4 Build 834.1 (Apr 4, 2017)

  • Fixes behavior when rotating certain PDFs twice in succession
  • Allows New From HTML… via HTTP on macOS 10.12 and later (PDFpenPro only)
  • Resolves potential hang

New in PDFpenPro 8.3.3 Build 833.3 (Mar 15, 2017)

  • Fixes potential crash when fonts are not processed properly
  • Resolves potential crash related to the font panel
  • Scribbling over a scribble creates a new scribble
  • Updates launch permission to remain valid for 18 years

New in PDFpenPro 8.3.2 Build 832.0 (Feb 17, 2017)

  • Resolves code signing issue which can prevent launch.

New in PDFpenPro 8.3.0 Build 830.1 (Dec 7, 2016)

  • Adds Touch Bar support for:
  • Editing bar tools
  • Table of Contents (PDFpenPro only)
  • Other fixes and improvements

New in PDFpenPro 8.2.1 Build 821.5 (Oct 21, 2016)

  • Displays first page correctly in print preview
  • Fixes "selected folder not writable" when scanning on Sierra
  • Resolves numerous issues on 5K Retina iMacs running Sierra

New in PDFpenPro 8.2 Build 820.3 (Oct 5, 2016)

  • Syncs your Library via iCloud for Smile store purchasers
  • Syncs Library with PDFpen for iPad & iPhone for Smile store purchasers
  • Supports tabs on macOS Sierra (10.12)
  • Other fixes and improvements

New in PDFpenPro 8.1 Build 810.2 (Sep 15, 2016)

  • Click and move existing objects while new object tool active
  • Improves display of self-signed certificates
  • Preserves tab order after save (PDFpenPro only)
  • Other fixes and improvements
  • Adds new “Snap to Guides” option:
  • Shows center and edge alignment guides when dragging objects
  • Snaps objects to guides
  • Snaps text box to baseline when creating, moving, and resizing

New in PDFpenPro 8.0.2 Build 802.4 (Jul 6, 2016)

  • Resolves occasional incorrect presentation of document colors
  • Other minor fixes & improvements

New in PDFpenPro 8.0 Build 800.18 (Apr 26, 2016)

  • DFpenPro 8 is a paid upgrade unless you purchased on or after January 1, 2016.
  • Validate digital signatures for authenticity and trust of digitally signed documents
  • Digitally sign documents using AATL or self-signed certificates
  • Create a digital certificate for self-signing
  • Preview and extract file attachments and annotations
  • Record and playback audio annotations
  • Measure distances with the measurement tool, including those within architectural documents
  • Export PDF to Microsoft® Word (.docx) offline
  • Create Portfolio documents, combining related files together (PDFpenPro only)
  • Add and delete file attachments and annotations (PDFpenPro only)
  • Choose widget styles for radio buttons and checkboxes (PDFpenPro only)
  • Rearrange tab order of form fields via sidebar drag and drop (PDFpenPro only)
  • Export PDF to Microsoft® Excel (.xlsx) offline (PDFpenPro only)

New in PDFpenPro 7.3.4 Build 734.0 (Dec 29, 2015)

  • Resolves issue with File -> Open command.

New in PDFpenPro 7.3.3 Build 733.0 (Dec 15, 2015)

  • Adds Services menu support for selected text and single images
  • Supports OCR of business card size documents
  • Uses Measurement Units preference when showing page size in Document Info
  • Resolves case where Correct Text could increase file size
  • Other fixes and improvements

New in PDFpenPro 7.3.2 Build 732.0 (Oct 9, 2015)

  • Fixes crash when opening specific documents

New in PDFpenPro 7.3.1 Build 731.0 (Sep 29, 2015)

  • Compatible with El Capitan (OS X 10.11)
  • Minor fixes and improvements

New in PDFpenPro 7.3.0 Build 730.4 (Aug 12, 2015)

  • Improves scanning performance and reliability
  • Resolves numerous scanning issues
  • Fixes to prepare for upcoming releases of OS X
  • Other minor fixes and improvements

New in PDFpenPro 7.2.1 Build 721.1 (Jul 14, 2015)

  • Restores double-click to keep a tool selected
  • Fixes appearance of Overview button in Scan window
  • Removes save prompt for unedited graphics files

New in PDFpenPro 7.2 Build 720.3 (Jul 7, 2015)

  • Adds new Cloud annotation tool
  • Adds case-sensitive search option
  • Adds Editing preference for automatic selection tool switching
  • Improves popup notes for highlights and stamps:
  • Adds Edit Note and Delete Note menu commands
  • Adds Delete Note button
  • Enhances annotation list:
  • Shows annotation icons
  • Wraps text for improved readability
  • Shows date, author, and location when available
  • Adds read-only Document Permissions window to PDFpen
  • Exports new unsaved documents
  • Other fixes and improvements

New in PDFpenPro 7.1.1 Build 711.1 (Apr 28, 2015)

  • Minor fixes and improvements

New in PDFpenPro 7.1 Build 710.1 (Mar 24, 2015)

  • Create custom stamps
  • Adds additional stamps: Copied, Faxed, Paid, Scanned
  • Auto-deskew when performing OCR
  • Improves German localization
  • Improves VoiceOver support in PDF forms
  • Other fixes and improvements
  • Adds formatting options for page numbering:
  • Font Family
  • Font Size
  • Color
  • Format
  • Page Range

New in PDFpenPro 7.0.1 Build 701.1 (Jan 28, 2015)

  • Adds pure color options to color picker
  • Uses default email reader for File > Mail Document command
  • Resolves issues with color selection for text and comment boxes
  • Dismisses file dialog when a document is opened
  • Resolves issue with Combine PDFs script
  • Other minor fixes and improvements

New in PDFpenPro 7.0 (Jan 13, 2015)

  • Modern user interface updated for Yosemite
  • Viewable OCR layer for proofing OCR text from scanned pages
  • Context-sensitive popup-menus enable quick edits
  • Performance enhancements for load and save
  • Compatible with iCloud Drive
  • Tools remember last chosen colors and properties
  • Freeform highlighting
  • Sign PDF forms via interactive signature fields (not digital signatures)
  • Text fields support combed/segmented display
  • Correct typos in OCR text layer
  • Export to Microsoft Excel (.xlsx, .xls), Microsoft PowerPoint (.pptx), and PDF Archive (PDF/A) formats (requires Internet connection and must be a licensed user)
  • Add interactive signature fields to forms
  • Fixes to prepare for upcoming releases of OS X
  • Other fixes and improvements
  • Improves performance on Mavericks
  • Fixes crash when scanner is unplugged while PDFpen is running
  • Fixes potential crashes with the scanning window
  • Improves editing bar appearance on Yosemite developer preview
  • Resolves issue with access to tools when search results are displayed
  • Adds Text-to-Speech support
  • Improves save performance, especially with large or complex PDFs
  • Improves search performance
  • Restores ⌘5 as keyboard equivalent for Tools -> Text
  • Improves VoiceOver support for fillable text fields
  • Improves Accessibility of several user interface elements
  • Improves performance of Split PDF script
  • Adds preference to restore all disabled alerts
  • Adds AppleScript support for owner password, permissions, and selected page
  • Other fixes and improvements

New in PDFpenPro 6.3.2 (Aug 19, 2014)

  • Fixes to prepare for upcoming releases of OS X
  • Other fixes and improvements

New in PDFpenPro 6.3.1 (Jul 16, 2014)

  • Improves performance on Mavericks
  • Fixes crash when scanner is unplugged while PDFpen is running
  • Fixes potential crashes with the scanning window
  • Improves editing bar appearance on Yosemite developer preview
  • Resolves issue with access to tools when search results are displayed

New in PDFpenPro 6.3 (Jun 10, 2014)

  • Adds Text-to-Speech support
  • Improves save performance, especially with large or complex PDFs
  • Improves search performance
  • Restores ⌘5 as keyboard equivalent for Tools -> Text
  • Improves VoiceOver support for fillable text fields
  • Improves Accessibility of several user interface elements
  • Improves performance of Split PDF script
  • Adds option to skip Create Form Fields alert (PDFpenPro only)
  • Adds preference to restore all disabled alerts
  • Adds AppleScript support for owner password, permissions, and selected page
  • Other fixes and improvements

New in PDFpenPro 6.2.1 (May 6, 2014)

  • Adds support for AES-256 encryption from Adobe Acrobat X and later
  • Adds Open Scripts Folder menu item
  • Adds support for Zoom In using ⌘+ and Zoom Out using ⌘-
  • Fixes Combine PDFs script
  • Fixes Quartz filters
  • Other fixes and improvements

New in PDFpenPro 6.2 (Apr 18, 2014)

  • Exports plain text and rich text
  • Select language(s) for Word export to improve accuracy
  • Drag from the Thumbnail view to the Finder and other apps
  • Drop multiple pages from Preview's Thumbnails into PDFpen's Thumbnails
  • Drop Word documents directly into the Thumbnail view
  • Adds page count field to the document inspector
  • Adds support for removing the owner password
  • Supports Automator workflows in the scripts menu (OS X 10.8 and later)
  • Numerous fixes and improvements

New in PDFpenPro 6.1.5 (Feb 19, 2014)

  • Important fixes and improvements

New in PDFpenPro 6.1.4 (Feb 12, 2014)

  • Increases PDF page limit to 999 when creating from HTML (PDFpenPro only)
  • Improves responsiveness when using a tablet with the scribble tool
  • Resolves possible crash when printing
  • Other fixes and improvements

New in PDFpenPro 6.1.3 (Jan 22, 2014)

  • Adds new Redaction toolbar buttons (Block Selection, Erase Selection), which can be installed using View -> Customize Toolbar
  • Adds support for clickable links from telephone numbers
  • Changes the file save command so that it does not allow saving changes to a locked document
  • Fixes an issue which causes the Page Up / Page Down key to behave incorrectly when Continuous scrolling is enabled
  • Fixes an issue which causes some document pages to appear blank
  • Fixes an issue which prevents changing the stroke style or stroke width values when multiple objects are selected
  • Other fixes and improvements

New in PDFpenPro 6.1.2 (Dec 17, 2013)

  • Improves performance with several classes of PDF document
  • Reduces memory usage
  • Minor fixes and improvements

New in PDFpenPro 6.1.1 (Nov 8, 2013)

  • Minor fixes and improvements (recommended)

New in PDFpenPro 6.1 (Nov 4, 2013)

  • Adds support for PDF stamps
  • Adds a library of standard business stamps (e.g. Approved, Confidential, Sign Here)
  • Add and view popup notes associated with annotations, such as highlighting and drawing objects
  • Adds support for saving PDFs to Evernote Business notebooks
  • Adds support for creating form fields for an entire document, in addition to per page (PDFpenPro only)
  • Adds Create Links from URLs command to detect and create links (PDFpenPro only)
  • Adds option to display source URL on pages when creating PDFs from websites (PDFpenPro only)
  • Checkboxes automatically created in forms are now borderless (PDFpenPro only)
  • Opens PDF files with missing or incorrect extensions
  • Adds QuickLook preview of Library items
  • Adds menu item and keyboard shortcut to insert selected Library item
  • Resolves a number of issues related to rotated pages and objects
  • Other fixes and improvements

New in PDFpenPro 6.0.5 (Aug 20, 2013)

  • Adds option to print "Selected Pages in Sidebar" in Print dialog
  • Adds dictionary lookup on three finger tap (OS X 10.8+)
  • Supports printing multiple, non-contiguous selections of pages
  • Supports 'make new page at ...' in AppleScript
  • Supports enhanced AppleScript printing
  • Improves performance with encrypted PDFs
  • Improves performance with PDFs containing inline images
  • Improves ability to open malformed PDFs
  • Fixes OCR functionality on Mavericks
  • Fixes scribble tool on Mavericks
  • Fixes Populate Script Menu on Mavericks
  • Other fixes and improvements

New in PDFpenPro 6.0.4 (Jul 9, 2013)

  • Treats PDFs from Print to PDFpen as new, untitled documents
  • Improves highlighting in documents with irregular word spacing
  • Resolves cases where pages appeared blank due to unusual coordinates
  • Resolves a number of issues which prevented opening of specific classes of PDF
  • Fixes selection on last line of multi-line text fields from Correct Text
  • Fixes issue with redacting PDFs printed from Chrome
  • Other minor fixes and improvements

New in PDFpenPro 6.0.3 (May 16, 2013)

  • Adds Polish language OCR
  • Draws annotations when exporting in TIFF format
  • Pasted plain text now obeys the default font preference
  • Opens and repairs an additional class of damaged PDF
  • Fixes Zoom to Width on smaller screens
  • Fixes internal linking when creating PDF from HTML (PDFpenPro only)
  • Other minor fixes and improvements

New in PDFpenPro 6.0.2 (Apr 25, 2013)

  • Adds General preference to toggle autosave and versions
  • Dramatically reduces memory usage
  • Fixes issues when saving PDF forms
  • Resolves issues with applying foreground, background, and stroke colors
  • Respects document permissions for Insert Page Numbers…
  • Uses default font when automatically creating form fields
  • Sets multi-line property when automatically creating tall form fields
  • Improves tab ordering upon automatic form creation
  • Other minor fixes and improvements

New in PDFpenPro 6.0.1 (Mar 28, 2013)

  • Allows Word export on OS X 10.7 Lion
  • Preview and QuickLook now respect password-protected PDFs saved by PDFpen
  • Fixes issues with importing and using Library items
  • Resolves potential hang when right-clicking in Sidebar
  • Fixes opening of LaTeX-generated PDFs
  • Fixes opening of PDF portfolios
  • Allows populating scripts menu on Lion
  • Other minor fixes and improvements

New in PDFpenPro 6.0 (Mar 19, 2013)

  • Adds editing bar for faster, easier access to tools and properties
  • Export in Microsoft® Word (.doc, .docx) format (requires Internet connection, must be licensed user)
  • Optimized for full resolution viewing on Retina displays
  • Updates and improves document window appearance
  • Supports autosaving and document versions
  • Supports printing lists of annotations
  • Adds filtering by type of displayed annotations
  • Adds option to highlight form fields with transparent background
  • Adds support for re-ordering items in the Library
  • Adds Russian language OCR
  • Edit document permissions to control saving, printing, copying, etc.
  • Create form fields automatically

New in PDFpenPro 5.9.5 (Feb 16, 2013)

  • Minor fixes and improvements

New in PDFpenPro 5.9.4 (Jan 16, 2013)

  • Reduces memory usage
  • Improves ability to open documents not following the PDF specification correctly
  • Improves OCR error handling
  • Resolves sandboxing issue with File -> New -> From HTML… on local files (PDFpenPro only)
  • Other minor fixes

New in PDFpenPro 5.9.3 (Dec 5, 2012)

  • Resolves issue with occasional incorrect page display
  • Other minor fixes

New in PDFpenPro 5.9.2 (Nov 14, 2012)

  • Fixes a case where PDFpenPro cannot save
  • Fixes other less common save issues
  • Minor fixes and improvements

New in PDFpenPro 5.9.1 (Oct 31, 2012)

  • Improves performance by significantly reducing memory usage
  • Adopts new method to log in to Evernote
  • Adopts Apple's sandboxing for improved security
  • Other minor fixes
  • Fixes potential hang in 5.9

New in PDFpenPro 5.8.6 (Sep 28, 2012)

  • Fixes scanning on OS X 10.8.2

New in PDFpenPro 5.8.5 (Jul 30, 2012)

  • Mountain Lion (OS X 10.8) compatible
  • Fixes scanning on Lion (OS X 10.7)
  • Fixes File -> New -> From HTML… on Mountain Lion
  • Fixes case where resampling at lower resolution can result in larger saved file
  • Other minor fixes and improvements

New in PDFpenPro 5.8.4 (Jul 27, 2012)

  • Mountain Lion (OS X 10.8) compatible
  • Other minor fixes and improvements

New in PDFpenPro 5.8.3 (Jun 18, 2012)

  • Fixes potential crash when highlighting a document with 5.8.2
  • Fixes silent failure of Check for Update in 5.8.2

New in PDFpenPro 5.8.2 (Jun 18, 2012)

  • Fixes an issue which caused PDFpenPro to crash when opening documents under some circumstances
  • Fixes an issue which affected saving under some circumstances
  • Fixes an issue which caused PDFpenPro to hang when the sidebar was expanded to cover the entire page area
  • Fixes an issue which caused PDFpenPro to crash when attempting to cancel PDF from HTML document creation (PDFpenPro only)
  • Other minor fixes and improvements

New in PDFpenPro 5.8.1 (May 14, 2012)

  • Adds screen width as an initial window size preference
  • Adds menu and toolbar "Zoom to Width" commands which sets the zoom to fill all available display width
  • Improves OCR accuracy by suppressing the use of ligatures
  • Improves text selection accuracy in a number of cases
  • Adds a confirmation prompt before allowing the Edit > Reset Form command to proceed
  • Adds an error recovery prompt when attempting to save a document to iCloud with a duplicate name
  • Adds ability to insert text imprints from the library via a double-click
  • Fixes an issue which caused a gradual shift in color when using text fields
  • Other minor fixes and improvements

New in PDFpenPro 5.8 (Apr 26, 2012)

  • iCloud folders support:
  • (Requires Mac OS X 10.7.2 or later, an Apple ID with an iCloud account, and PDFpen Cloud Access v1.1+.)
  • Move documents to iCloud via drag and drop
  • Remove documents from iCloud to local management via drag and drop
  • View contents of folders on iCloud
  • Create new folders on iCloud via drag and drop
  • Move documents to different folders on iCloud via drag and drop
  • Rename folders on iCloud
  • Fixes some OCR issues
  • Drops support for 32 bit Intel processors due to adoption of Apple's new ARC memory management
  • Other minor fixes and improvements

New in PDFpenPro 5.7.2 (Feb 25, 2012)

  • Fix potential issue with saving primarily on Snow Leopard
  • Fix localization of page numbering

New in PDFpenPro 5.7.1 (Feb 25, 2012)

  • Signed with Gatekeeper-friendly Developer ID from Apple
  • Fixes gradual shift in color when using comments
  • Fixes issue with text tool when object stroke is set to none
  • Fixes for various documents that did not open successfully
  • Other minor fixes and improvements

New in PDFpenPro 5.7 (Jan 25, 2012)

  • iCloud support:
  • (Requires Mac OS X 10.7.2 or later, an Apple ID with an iCloud account, and PDFpen Cloud Access.)
  • View PDFpen documents on iCloud
  • Open PDFpen documents on iCloud
  • Move documents to iCloud
  • Remove PDFpen documents from iCloud to local management
  • Delete PDFpen documents on iCloud
  • Rename PDFpen documents on iCloud
  • Preview PDFpen document content on iCloud
  • Integrates with PDFpen for iPad
  • Other fixes and improvements

New in PDFpenPro 5.6.2 (Dec 21, 2011)

  • Adds preference for alert sound on OCR completion
  • Adds preference for default sidebar view
  • Adds file size and document size to document info panel
  • Shows OCR languages in localized form
  • Improves full screen handling on Lion
  • Adds menu titles for highlight colors
  • Fixes handling for some types of interactive forms
  • Other fixes and improvements

New in PDFpenPro 5.6.1 (Nov 7, 2011)

  • Fixes issue with saving of Table of Contents data introduced in 5.6

New in PDFpenPro 5.6 (Oct 25, 2011)

  • Allows setting the name used with notes and comments
  • Supports anonymous notes and comments
  • Adds preference to view document on screen at its physical size
  • AppleScript access to text of page and document
  • Separates general and editing preferences
  • Fixes a number of rotation-related issues
  • Improves selection accuracy in a number of cases
  • Eliminates several crashing bugs
  • Other minor fixes and improvements

New in PDFpenPro 5.5.1 (Sep 16, 2011)

  • Added Bates numbering without leading zeros when digits is 0
  • Fixed a number of text selection issues
  • Fixed font setting for text fields (PDFpenPro only)
  • Added Japanese localization of page numbering
  • Fixed drawing and positioning issues on first generation (32-bit) Intel machines
  • Fixed crash when saving forms with text fields on Snow Leopard
  • Other minor fixes and improvements

New in PDFpenPro 5.5 (Aug 30, 2011)

  • Added robust page numbering via Edit > Insert Page Numbers…
  • Position page numbers in header or footer and set alignment
  • Alignment options include “inside, outside” for facing page printing
  • Improved Bates Numbering with user-specified prefix, digit count, and starting number
  • Options for number formatting, including letters and Roman numerals
  • Added initial support for Lion full screen mode
  • Other minor fixes and improvements

New in PDFpenPro 5.4.1 (Jul 11, 2011)

  • Fix Insert toolbar button

New in PDFpenPro 5.4 (Jun 22, 2011)

  • Faster operation, 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 background
  • Deskew scanned document pages
  • Change resolution and color depth of any image or scan
  • Adjust contrast and apply other effects to a images or scans
  • Enhanced selection of objects or text by auto-detect of needed tool
  • Auto-detection of URLs in text so that they can be clicked
  • Option-select text within any rectangular region for copying
  • 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 imprints only option for pre-printed forms
  • Scale setting observed when printing
  • Convert HTML to PDF document (PDFpenPro only)
  • Create list widgets and pop-ups (PDFpenPro only)
  • Create submit button to submit via web or email (PDFpenPro only)
  • Backend integration enables gathering data from http-submitted forms (PDFpenPro only)

New in PDFpenPro 5.3 (May 17, 2011)

  • Supports saving with 128-bit AES-128 encryption
  • Supports saving with 256-bit AES-256 encryption
  • Supports Unicode passwords (AES-256 only)
  • Allows setting encryption method when saving via AppleScript
  • Improves performance when opening large documents
  • Improves handling of off-spec PDFs
  • Other fixes and improvements

New in PDFpenPro 5.0 (Sep 9, 2010)

  • 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
  • Auto-detection of URLs in text so that they can be clicked
  • 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 with option to print only the information added to a document
  • Scale setting observed when printing
  • Convert a website into multi-page 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)

New in PDFpenPro 4.5.2 (Nov 11, 2009)

  • 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.

New in PDFpenPro 4.5.1 (Oct 14, 2009)

  • Miscellaneous bug fixes.

New in PDFpenPro 4.5 (Sep 29, 2009)

  • Version 15.5 of the OmniPage OCR engine with improved accuracy.
  • Scan directly into PDFpen from Image Capture or TWAIN scanners (Snow Leopard only).
  • New highlight text tool -- select and highlight text in a single action.
  • Numerous improvements and bug fixes.

New in PDFpenPro 4.2.1 (Sep 12, 2009)

  • Added support for documents encrypted with 128-bit AES encryption.
  • Added support for the enhanced print event in AppleScript.
  • Other fixes and improvements.

New in PDFpenPro 4.2 (Aug 12, 2009)

  • Adds support for documents encrypted with 128-bit AES encryption.
  • Added support for the enhanced print event in AppleScript, as well as other minor fixes and improvements.

New in PDFpenPro 4.1.5 (Jul 12, 2009)

  • Fixes some geometry problems (primarily with rotation).
  • Fixes potential crashing bug inadvertently introduced in 4.1.4

New in PDFpenPro 4.1.4 (Jul 1, 2009)

  • Improved display performance for large documents.
  • Added AppleScript document property:performing OCR.
  • Other minor fixes and improvements.

New in PDFpenPro 4.1.3 (May 12, 2009)

  • 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.

New in PDFpenPro 4.1.2 (Apr 7, 2009)

  • Adds a "Mail Document" option to the File menu.
  • The new option saves the user the step of using the Print dialog to send a document via email by automatically opening a new email and attaching a copy of the current PDF.

New in PDFpenPro 4.1.1 (Mar 18, 2009)

  • Adds support for Sparkle, the utility that makes it simple for users to install software updates.
  • The update also fixes grid snap in continuous scrolling view and corrects an issue with the creation of polygons and rounded rectangles.

New in PDFpenPro 4.1 (Mar 3, 2009)

  • Adds continuous scrolling in both single and facing page views, editing in facing page view, AppleScript support for optical character recognition and other changes.

New in PDFpenPro 4.0.4 (Jan 5, 2009)

  • The update features enhancements for compatibility with the Axiotron Modbook tablet Mac.

New in PDFpenPro 4.0.3 (Dec 18, 2008)

  • Bug fixes and stability improvement.

New in PDFpenPro 4.0.2 (Nov 12, 2008)

  • 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.

New in PDFpenPro 4.0 (Sep 18, 2008)

  • 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.
  • 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.

New in PDFpenPro 3.5.2 (Aug 27, 2008)

  • Fixed two occasional crashing bugs.

New in PDFpenPro 3.5 (Jul 22, 2008)

  • Improves opening of PDFs with new or non-standard formats, resolves some issues in Correct Text, and includes "numerous stability improvements and minor bug fixes.

New in PDFpenPro 3.4.2 (Jun 27, 2008)

  • Improved handling of font widths for fonts used frequently for OCR
  • Fixed occasional crashing bug affecting some bank statements
  • Other minor fixes and improvements

New in PDFpenPro 3.4.1 (Mar 21, 2008)

  • Minor improvements and fixes