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PLDA Changelog

What's new in PLDA 5.2

Jul 15, 2014
  • Sheet dialog (main PLDA dialog):
  • "CDA4" button is now hidden by default. It is possible to Show/Hide the button in Page / Settings dialog.
  • "Report" button is moved Page / Settings dialog.
  • Added "Old" button (next to "Show Trim Box" Button) - Shows / Hides the original Trim Boxes on imposed sheet.
  • Added "Preview" button.
  • Added "To Base" option for N-up imposition.
  • When Trim Box is shown, page number is displayed next to its size.
  • Added current imposition preset name next to "Borders and Sheet disposition".
  • Page / Settings dialog:
  • Removed "Variable Data Shuffle" button.
  • Added "Report" button.
  • Added "Show CDA4" option.
  • Miscellaneous:
  • Changed dialogs for saving and loading imposition presets.

New in PLDA 5.1 (Jul 15, 2014)

  • Added Hot Folders.

New in PLDA 5.0.0 (Nov 26, 2010)

  • Menu PLDA:
  • Added "Deactivate" option - used when moving the license to another computer.
  • Added "Backup" option - saves all PLDA settings to a PDF file.
  • Added "Restore" option - restores chosen PLDA setting from a PDF file.
  • Page / Settings dialog:
  • Added "UserUnit" button. Used to set UserUnit for whole document. PLDA can only impose documents with UserUnit set to 1. UserUnit specification can be found in PDF Reference, sixth edition, version 1.7, implementation note 177 in Appendix H.
  • Added "Summary" button. Creates an HTML summary of PDF files (names, number of pages, sizes etc.). Can also rename the files according to the page format.
  • Added "Imposed files" option. Imposed files can be shown and/or automatically saved. Automatic save will keep the original PDF version (compatibility.
  • Added "Impose Annotations and Form Data" option. Previous PLDA versions did not impose these components.
  • Sheet dialog (main PLDA dialog):
  • Information about new sheet now also contains new Trim Box size (in parentheses).
  • ALT + click the information about background file shows complete path to the file.
  • ALT + click the Mixer information shows the Mixer rule.
  • Added Duplexing options (switching sheet borders on even sheets) separately for Left-Right and Top-Bottom borders. Left-Right Duplexing is automatically set-up when imposition type "Booklet" or "Cut Stacks" (double-sided) is chosen.
  • Mixer:
  • Enters, Tabs and multiple Spaces can be used to format the rule string for better clarity.
  • Character "|" used to split imposed file.
  • Splitter enables automatic imposed file splitting according to parameters (e.g. after a number of pages).
  • Crop Marks dialog:
  • Added Calibration bars option. Default CMYK or custom bars can be used.
  • Miscellaneous:
  • The size of background is now taken from Crop Box, the number of pages is shown.
  • If background is chosen, it is not possible to change the Format of the new sheet.
  • Imposing large files is faster, memory consumption lower.
  • If during Extraction a used file is not present at an exact location, the folder of current file is searched for the same file name and if such file exists it is offered to be used.
  • Some changes were made in the appearance of the UI windows (mainly on MAC OS X) so that they better meet user expectations.

New in PLDA 4.0 (Feb 5, 2010)

  • Compatibility with MAC OS X 10.4 and newer.
  • WxWidgets is used for GUI.
  • Unicode support enhancements.
  • It is possible to change the Scale of X and Y independently.
  • New features of Adobe Acrobat 8 and 9 are used - better memory management during huge PDFs imposition.
  • Activation Codes are managed by 3-rd party companies.