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What’s New in novaPDF 5.5 (28-August-2008)
  • Added Import/Export profiles option
  • Added external function exit code to cancel print job in novaPDF OEM
  • Added "/RegisterWin32COM" install parameter for silent installers
  • Added "/DoNotAskReason" command line parameter for silent uninstalling
  • Added new large printing forms (A0)
  • Added Norwegian and Turkish interface languages
  • Changed temporary PDF files and logs location from C:\Windows\Temp to application data folder
  • Added error message when PDF file wasn't created "Error creating PDF file: [reason]"
  • Fixed crash when "use regional setting" was set for default language
  • Fixed crash when printing from Ms Outlook on Windows Vista MSOutlook
  • Fixed bug when converting fonts with GlyphID (forced now to unicode subetting)
  • Fixed installation bug that changed WBEM regtype to Path
  • Fixed bug when using watermark images from another computer
  • Fixed bug index returned by AddWatermarkImage
  • Fixed bug when sending emails via SMTP to multiple addresses
  • Corrected clipping path bug (in Visio drawings)
  • Corrected symbols conversion from Visio
  • Corrected conversion error for documents with different page size combinations (occured in Calyx Point, MS Word, TextMarker)
  • Corrected conversion error for Unicode characters used in Text Watermarks
  • Corrected processing speed for registered version
  • Corrected printing error when converting Word documents with embedded Excel tables
  • Corrected TransparentBlt and StrecthDIBits
  • Corrected page layout bug for Excel
  • Cnstaller command line parameters are not case sensitive
  • Corrected Chinese punctuation conversion bug
  • Corrected error when printing to novaPDF from Adobe Reader 8
  • Corrected conversion error when original text had vertical font
  • Corrected conversion error for rotated images in Word- fixed bug with paper margins and origins when converting from Word

What’s New in novaPDF 5.4 (11-February-2008)
  • Added Copy Text/Image Watermarks dialog
  • Added "Lookup Address" option when sending emails
  • Corrected rotated and vertical texts conversion
  • Corrected conversion from WordArt, MS Word backgrounds and MS Visio drawings
  • Uninstaller deletes now the driver files
  • Other small bug fixes for SDK and printer driver

What’s New in novaPDF 5.3 (25-September-2007)
  • Added Text Watermarks option
  • Optimized text compression algorithm - the size of PDF files is now reduced by up to 80% (for documents consisting mainly of text)
  • Finnish and Arabic user interface localizations added
  • Minor bug fixes

What’s New in novaPDF 5.2 (20-July-2007)
  • Compatibility with 64-bit operating systems (Windows Vista 64-bit, Windows XP 64-bit and Windows 2003 Server 64-bit)
  • Korean user interface localization added
  • Minor bug fixes

What’s New in novaPDF 5.1 (22-May-2007)
  • Added OEM edition for developers
  • Added user interface localization (Greek, Hungarian and Vietnamese languages)
  • Added "Correct fill color" option
  • Bug fixes for Vista and Windows 2000

What’s New in novaPDF 5.0 (5-April-2007)
  • Windows Vista compatibility
  • Added Graphics feature
  • Added Watermarks feature
  • Added PDF version option
  • Propagate default profiles on client computers
  • Added option to disable private profiles on client computers
  • Added new settings in Save options
  • Added option for correcting line widths
  • Added event handling functions in SDK
  • Added public/private parameter to Set/Get functions in SDK
  • Server edition - see list of client computers even when not registered
  • Other bug fixes for user interface

What’s New in novaPDF 4.2 (10-October-2006)
  • Internal driver changes and bug fixes for MS Publisher 2003 and MS Word 2000
  • Added reset button for public profiles
  • Added magnification options for PDF viewer
  • Corrected embedding for some fonts
  • Corrected bookmarks for non-Latin languages
  • Added user interface localization (Slovenian and Chinese Simplified languages)
  • Other bug fixes for user interface

What’s New in novaPDF 4.1 (29-August-2006)
  • Added GUI localization support for German, Brazilian, Chinese Simplified and Portuguese languages
  • Allow changes to public profiles on client computers (server edition)
  • Features list on the About page
  • Added last generated PDF file name in SDK
  • Do not uninstall port and driver if there are more printers installed
  • Bug fixes for user interface, send mail from server, public profiles
  • Bug fixes for handling public profiles from SDK

What’s New in novaPDF 4.0 (6-July-2006)
  • Added public profiles support (server edition)
  • Added "Save PDF to server" option (server edition)
  • Added PDF bookmarks support
  • Active profile displayed on each page
  • Bug-fixes in printer driver

What’s New in novaPDF 3.3 (5-June-2006)
  • Added GUI localization support for French language
  • Added GUI localization support for Czech language
  • Other bug-fixes in printer driver and SDK

What’s New in novaPDF 3.2 (25-May-2006)
  • Added GUI localization support for Serbian language
  • Added GUI localization support for Ukrainian language
  • Added GUI localization support for Swedish language
  • Other bug-fixes in printer driver and SDK

What’s New in novaPDF 3.1 (21-April-2006)
  • Added GUI localization support for Asian languages
  • User interface now translated in 4 more languages: Japanese, Dutch, Polish and Russian
  • Other bug-fixes in printer driver and SDK

What’s New in novaPDF 3.0 (28-March-2006)
  • Send generated PDF files by email, using SMTP or default email client
  • Added user interface localization
  • Extended NovaPdfOptions interface in novaPDF SDK with new options and functions
  • Added A3 form
  • Use smaller port names (NVP3)
  • CID Fonts corrections
  • Corrected Word image rectangles
  • Other bug-fixes in printer driver and SDK

What’s New in novaPDF 2.5 (9-January-2006)
  • Added optimization of image sequences in Printer driver
  • Added NoInstallIfExists parameter to silent installer (in novaPDF SDK)
  • Other bug-fixes in printer driver and SDK

What’s New in novaPDF 2.4 (7-December-2005)
  • Added NetBIOS and DNS machine names for network licensing
  • Added support for OLE applications to novaPDF SDK
  • Added silent print option for novaPDF SDK
  • Other bug-fixes in printer driver and SDK

What’s New in novaPDF 2.3 (24-October-2005)
  • Added Access and VB.Net samples to novaPDF SDK
  • Added page mode viewer option
  • Added methods to set encrypted strings in INovaPdfOptions
  • Corrected Foxit Reader problem (rotate pages)
  • Other minor bug-fixes in Printer driver

What’s New in novaPDF 2.2 (6-October-2005)
  • Added a Demo printer driver for novaPDF SDK
  • Added VB samples to novaPDF SDK
  • Minor bug fixes in Printer driver
  • Modified documentation

What’s New in novaPDF 2.1 (13-September-2005)
  • Added possibility to set-up left, right, top and bottom paper margins independently.
  • Enhanced zoom option. You can modify paper origin now, center the page horizontally/vertically and align right/bottom.
  • Enhanced save options. If pdf file with same name exists, it can "Auto Number Existing" files.
  • Corrected scale handling and added extended zoom factor.
  • Corrected detection of file links.
  • Other error corrections.

What’s New in novaPDF 2.0 (16-August-2005)
  • Shared network printing support (novaPDF can be installed on one computer and used by any computer in the network through the "Sharing" option)
  • PDF links support (automatically recognizes visible links in a document and includes them in the generated PDF as clickable links - hidden links and internal links are not converted)
  • Speed optimizations
  • Minor bug fixes
  • Help file updated

What’s New in novaPDF 1.2 (8-July-2005)
  • Speed optimization for big TrueType fonts, especially for asian characters
  • Extract correct PDF document name from the print job name
  • Other speed optimizations
  • Minor bug fixes
  • Help file updates

What’s New in novaPDF 1.1 (9-June-2005)
  • Create Standard PDF files from any Windows application that supports printing
  • Generate High-Quality PDF files, retaining the precise layout of the original file
  • PDF Security and Document Protection (40-bit/128-bit encryption)
  • Set Document information for the generated PDF file (title, subject, author, keywords)
  • Optimized File Sizes (support for JPEG and ZIP compression)
  • Create private profiles
  • Advanced Font Embedding, Graphics and Page Size Controls
  • International Character Support
  • Does not Require Adobe Acrobat to generate the PDF file
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novaPDF 5.5 released
August 28, 2008

What’s new (read more):
 » Added Import/Export profiles option
 » Added external function exit code to cancel print job in novaPDF OEM
 » Added "/RegisterWin32COM" install parameter for silent installers
 » Added "/DoNotAskReason" command line parameter for silent uninstalling
 » Added new large printing forms (A0)
 » Added Norwegian and Turkish interface languages

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