Version History

Below you can read a detailed version history for novaPDF Professional Desktop (starting with version 6.0).

• New: New parameter (%2) for After Save actions
• Update: Increased text watermarks size to 256 chars
• Fix: Correction for PDF/A conversions (validation report errors for the OCProperties entry in Doc Catalog)
• Fix: Image conversion corrections (radio buttons were not converted correctly, in certain cases also image color was different)

• Fix: Corrections for hyperlink conversions when using the Excel/Word add-in
• Fix: Corrected overlay behavior when using the "Rotation" option
• Fix: Corrected conversion errors for documents with symbolic fonts (Roman symbol encoding)

• New: novaPDF is now fully compatible with Windows 8
• Update: Various optimizations for image conversions
• Fix: Corrections for Content field in email body configuration
• Fix: Fixed several memory leaks

• Fix: Printing from Internet Explorer crashed in certain situations
• Fix: Fixed the /InstallonlyNewerVer setup parameter

• Update: Changed the hash algorithm for image optimization
• Fix: Conversion corrections for text with ColtFont font
• Fix: Changed font names for subsetted fonts to have correct ANSI characters
• Fix: GUI crashed when adding text watermarks in certain scenarios
• Fix: Signature didn't work correctly in certain situations

• New: Added Macros for Text Watermarks (page number, date/time, doc/file/profile/user name, workstation, doc info)
• New: Multiple copies of the same page/document can now be converted to a single PDF file (with or without Collate)
• New: novaPDF can now be installed using parameters from a single setup configuration file (instead of using the parameters one by one)
• Update: After installation is successful, you have the option to open the website for tutorials, documentation and other resources
• Update: Optimized conversion when using Unicode fonts (i.e. documents in Tamil language are now accurately converted)
• Update: When using the Publisher Addin, the printing process is not cancelled even if the user does not have rights to set printer page size
• Fix: Corrected language selection depending on regional settings
• Fix: For silent installations, a novaPDF icon was briefly shown in taskbar, now it won't show up anymore

• Fix: Corrected overlay with rotated pages
• Fix: Corrections for converting Type1 fonts with custom embedding
• Fix: Added a parameter for command line installation called PROGRAMFILES (X86)
• Fix: The Save As dialog will always be on top of other windows

• Fix: Changed font names for subset fonts to have correct ANSI characters on documents containing Chinese fonts
• Fix: For fonts that didn't have italic characters, novaPDF calculated an angle for skewing that increased with every character, now is fixed
• Update: Modified text on About window and changed footer notice for unregistered versions

• Fix: Conversion of rotated text in CAD drawings
• Fix: Spooler crash when printing from IE9
• Fix: Overlay error in some situations
• Fix: Several memory leaks
• Fix: Problem with grayscale conversion

• New: Add-in for Microsoft Publisher
• New: Add-in for Microsoft Visio
• Fix: Corrected bookmarks for the Microsoft Word add-in
• Fix: Corrected behavior for Microsoft Word add-in when used from Outlook 2003
• Fix: Conversion correction for overlay images
• Fix: Corrected problem when converting files with long name
• Fix: Minor corrections for PDF/A (CIDSets)
• Fix: Corrected conversion from Visio when backgrounds were used
• Fix: Fixed delete watermark message
• Fix: Corrected behavior when appending using the add-in for Office
• Fix: Corrected Terminal Services message for Desktop editions

• Fix: Corrected a problem when printing from Internet Explorer 9
• Fix: Links in encrypted PDF files were sometimes damaged
• Fix: Tiff files printed from PageMaker were not converted correctly
• Fix: Corrected downsampling error for 8bpp images

• Fix: Corrected the installation process on Windows XP (32-bit) when the x64 folder does not exist
• Fix: Corrected the Append to PDF process on client computers
• Fix: Corrected an overlay error with pages that have TrimBox

• New: Added new predefined page sizes
• Fix: Fixed some Print Spooler hangs on client restart on 32 bit Windows 7 computers

• New: Added /InstallOnlyNewerVer parameter for command line installations
• New: Added an option to cancel the print job
• Fix: Corrected installation on Windows 2000
• Fix: Correction for Greek character conversions
• Fix: Corrections for watermarks with public profiles
• Fix: Correction for rendering patterns

• Fix: Correction in the add-in for Microsoft Word, when filename contained Greek characters
• Fix: Owner password is required now in the Security tab on Save As dialog too

• New: Added root bookmark option
• Update: Optimized the monochrome image conversion
• Fix: Lines created with Highlight in Windows Journal are not printed
• Fix: Small correction for PDF Overlay
• Fix: In some cases bookmarks were not created correctly using the Add-in for Microsoft Word

• New: Added full version info for startup application (novapdf.exe from the Program Files directory) to improve version detection for update managers
• Fix: Corrected Type1 font subsetting (Monospac821 BT Type 1 font was not correctly embedded)
• Fix: Corrected link detection behavior (links not containing dots were not detected, such as http://machinename:8000)
• Fix: Corrected emailing other attachment files having blank characters in filename
• Fix: If "Send email" option is selected with "Open email client", the email was not opened if no details were set for email receipient and body text

• New: Added an add-in for Microsoft PowerPoint
• Fix: Embed fonts lists correction

• Fix: Corrected a crash when printing from Excel in special conditions
• Fix: Corrected printing emails with long attachments from Lotus Notes
• Fix: Corrected embed Type1 fonts (Print Spooler was crashing)
• Fix: Corrected vertically written fonts conversion error

• New: Added PDF version 1.7 in the list of available versions (1.5 default one)
• Update: Change public profiles file name to not contain computer name
• Fix: Corrections for profiles used in SDK

• New: Added back port monitor due to access problems for local ports

• Fix: Corrected Print Spooler hang on client computer restart

• Update: Removed port monitor, now using a local port instead
• Fix: Corrected some conversion errors for symbol characters

• Fix: Corrected missing characters when printing from Publisher
• Fix: Corrected add-in for Microsoft Office Word 2010 when using brackets in document name
• Fix: Optimized PDF size when overlaying with an jpeg image PDF file

• Fix: Corrected newlines in email body
• Fix: Corrected A0, A1,... paper sizes on Vista and Windows 7
• Fix: Corrections for Excel images
• Fix: Corrected installer crash when importing profiles

• New: Extended Email functionality
• New: Added macros for folder name in Save settings
• New: Added Profile name macro for file and folder names
• Fix: Fixed images from Excel 2010

• Fix: The temporary files after an append operation for desktop editions were not cleaned up, now they will be deleted
• Fix: A default profile was created each time profiles were imported, now default profiles aren't created during import
• Fix: "Prompt Save As dialog" "When file exists" offered to save the PDF in a different folder by default, instead of the original folder
• Fix: Corrections for the Romanian translation

• Fix: When canceling the Select profile dialog, the print job would still run
• Fix: Appending to a PDF with bookmarks, while keeping the Enable Bookmark feature on, resulted in a spooler crash
• Fix: Signature generation error for large PDF files
• Fix: Crashes occured when creating PDF files with OpenType fonts and embedding those

• Update: Changed default high color compression to JPEG
• Fix: Add-in for Excel cancelling processing when errors
• Fix: The dll for sending emails was not loaded on Windows 2000

• Update: Optimized the size of resulting PDFs after appending (PDF with images)
• Fix: Do not hang when printing Word documents with embedded files
• Fix: Install even if EnumPorts fails
• Fix: Setup translations correction

• Update: The add-in for Microsoft Office is by default docked
• Update: Optimized the size of resulting PDFs after appending
• Fix: Various language corrections

• New: Add Hebrew language to user interface
• Update: Optimized PDF file size for documents with Asian characters
• Fix: Corrected selection on edit fields on Paper page (when pressing TAB the selection didn't switch correctly)
• Fix: Compatible with Windows 2000 now (didn't work before)
• Fix: Several corrections to the Add-in for Microsoft Office
• Fix: Corrected usage of Default profile on clients when private profiles are not allowed
• Fix: Watermark char "©" on Chinese systems is now printed correctly
• Fix: Append/insert/overlay PDF files with security now work correctly

• New: Added visibility layers for watermarks
• New: Added Document Creator option
• New: Added Page Scaling options
• New: Added option to remove PDF after emailing
• New: Added Lithuanian language
• Fix: Changed default compression for high color images to zip
• Fix: Rendering corrections (including outlined text)
• Fix: Add-in for Microsoft Word ignores links with error and processes rest of the document
• Fix: Do not hang printer queue if client is not available (log off)
• Fix: Fixed page orientation from Excel, Word, TextMaker and others on x64
• Fix: Corrected PDF/A namespace
• Fix: Fixed create new predefined form
• Fix: Changed About tab for SDK and OEM editions
• Fix: Fixed platform string on About page
• Fix: Corrected OEM parameters (OEMSaveLocal)
• Fix: COM events separate on TS sessions (SessionID)

• Fix: Corrected font left clipping
• Fix: Fixed /HidePrinterPages
• Fix: Fixed /NoInstallifExists - allow for all editions, not only for SDK
• Fix: Unicode Innosetup - Unicode command line params
• Fix: OfficeAddin - automatically attached to a novaPDF printer, if only one installed
• Fix: Use local time instead of system time for creation date and time

• Fix: Corrected Danish language
• Fix: Updated Korean language
• Fix: If a printer exists with the same name and different driver, gets deleted before install
• Fix: Removed register dialog from Advanced save (SDK only)

• New: User interface translated in Malay
• New: User interface translated in Thai
• New: Add Registration-Free COM in C++ "Hello World (network)" sample (SDK)
• Fix: Conversion problem with page orientations in Word documents
• Fix: 0 byte PDF files created when checking rights, now gets deleted and recreated
• Fix: Licensing error mesage

• Fix: Save dialog didn't show on top of other windows on Windows7 x64
• Fix: Crash on Win7 x64 computers in some situations
• New: Added "single computer" restriction to OEM licenses
• New: Added the Signature page for HidePrinterPages parameter

• Fix: Registered succesfully message box showing even if wrong key was entered (x64 computers)
• Fix: Corrected duplicated fonts problem (virtual memory)
• Fix: Solved a problem when printing images from Adobe Viewer
• Fix: Registry handle leak

• Fix: Minor fixes regarding the add-in for Word (filename and some links positioning)
• Fix: Fixed problem appending PDFs from FireFox when logged in with standard user
• Fix: Fixed truetype fonts with SO_GLYPHINDEX_TEXTOUT

• Fix: Bug in signature operation (zero width and height)

• Fix: Minor fixes regarding the add-in for Excel
• Fix: Fixes for printing on some BitBlt raster operations
• Fix: Unicode problem for symbol fonts (Windings)

• New: Added option to digitally sign PDF files
• New: Type1 fonts are now supported
• New: novaPDF now includes add-ins for Microsoft Office (Word and Excel)
• New: Added a start page to allow quick access to create PDFs
• New: Fully compatible with Windows 7

• New: Added "Allow change folder" option when saving the PDF file
• New: Added options to forcefully embed licensed fonts
• New: Uses local time instead of system time for PDF creation date and time
• New: Added scrollbars for email body message
• New: Added Danish language for the interface
• New: Creates folders (multiple levels) when saving pdf file, if folders do not exist
• Update: Moved the Advanced save options on the Profiles edit page
• Fix: Corrected bug numeric values when no decimals allowed in regional settings - numbers
• Fix: Corrected mirrored images in printer driver
• Fix: Corrected bug to keep the resolution set in preferences
• Fix: Crash in spooler (when copying LastBitBlt info in ResetPDEV).
• Fix: Corrected an error when editing email body text (Email page)
• Fix: When printing from Adobe Reader some characters were not converted correctly (music notes)
• Fix: Corrected crash occuring when showing error message box on PDF save
• Fix: Fixed crash occuring when printing from ttf16.ocx (DrvEnablePDEV)

• New: novaPDF can create now PDF/A-1b (RGB) compliant PDF files
• Update: Optimized speed for PDF overlay process
• Fix: Correction for 8-bit bitmaps conversion (when printing emf files)
• Fix: removed the Register button and register text from the novaPDF SDK printer
• Fix: Corrected a problem with temporary licensing for site licenses
• Fix: Crashes occurred when using some specific images as watermarks
• Fix: corrected bug in PDF overlay (when page mediabox was set in Pages dictionary)
• Fix: corrected an error when printing files with big path or file name)
• Fix: Corrected cross-ref- table format (20 bytes)
• Fix: fixed a bug in extended save dialog
• Fix: corrected "Show Save As dialog" option on x64 systems when printing from Win32 applications

• New: Added "Stay on Top" option for the "Extended Save" and "Select profile" dialog windows
• New: Added "Security" options in the "Change Options" window (shown when using Extended Save)
• Fix: Corrected behavior when printing specific images from Google Chrome (32-bit bitmaps with alpha channel)
• Fix: When printing from Crystal Reports the name of the PDF will not include "Crystal Reports - " anymore
• Update: Optimized the PDF merging process (append/insert) for multiple print jobs
• Update: Network sources are now accepted when selecting PDF files to overlay with

• New: Added a Change Options button on the Advanced Save window that offers shortcuts to setting Document information, Graphics options and Email information
• New: Added informational page in the start menu group (describes how to create pdf, register novaPDF, and contact options)
• New: Added silent cancel printing (when pressing cancel from a Save As dialog printing stops immediately without other notices)
• New: New character allowed in PDF filename (&)
• Fix: Fixed image conversion (monochrome, grayscale, downsample) when printing from Internet Explorer
• Fix: Corrected append PDF files error on x64 systems
• Fix: Fixed crash on Vista x64 when closing Printing Preferences

• New: Added option to append content to an existing PDF file
• New: Added option to insert content in an existing PDF file
• New: PDF Overlay option added
• New: New option to "Create temporary profile for each printing job"
• Update:It's now possible to Show Select Profile dialog when printing
• New: New Extended Save dialog added