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2023

Version 9.4.2

February 17

New

  • Support to AI reading assistant, powerd by ChatGPT.

Improvement

  • Corrections and improvements in many small details；
  • Fix the crash issue that might happen in certain situations.
2022

Version 9.2.0

November 1

New

  • This update will force some versions to upgrade because it fixes the crash issue that might happen in certain situations. It also upgrades the membership benefits and the trial plan to give you a better product experience;
  • Support creating custom dynamic stamp;
  • Support previewing merge effect;
  • Support selecting file content for quick editing;
  • Support sorting file the list by name, last edited time, and size.

Improvement

  • Optimize document sharing experience;
  • Optimize the experience of adding stamp;
  • Optimize screenshot tool drawing experience;
  • Corrections and improvements in many small details.

Version 9.1.5

October 31

New

  • Support creating custom dynamic stamp;
  • Support previewing merge effect;
  • Support selecting file content for quick editing;
  • Support sorting file list by name, last edited time and size.

Improvement

  • Support for importing trusted certificates;
  • Optimize document sharing experience;
  • Optimize the experience of adding stamp;
  • Optimize screenshot tool drawing experience;
  • Corrections and improvements in many small details;
  • Fix the crash issue that might happen in certain situations.

Version 9.1.0

September 15

New

  • Support for searching Wikipedia within software;
  • Support screenshots, batch processing system widgets;
  • Support trial users to translate words by scratching.

Improvement

  • Optimize page thumbnail dragging effect;
  • Optimize the experience of adding watermark;
  • Optimize the default setting of comment style;
  • Optimize the effect of dragging and copying pages;
  • Optimize the experience of inserting pages;
  • Corrections and improvements in many small details;
  • Fix the crash issue that might happen in certain situations.

Version 9.0.11

August 26

Improvement

  • Support for importing trusted certificates;
  • Support for switching interface language;
  • Optimize conversion window settings;
  • Optimize the experience of merging PDFs;
  • Optimize the rights of registered users;
  • Optimize user center interface design;
  • Optimize the experience of adding text;
  • Optimize the experience of clearing digital signatures.

Version 9.0.8

August 12

Improvement

  • Support for clearing all recent files;
  • Support for customizing the image size;
  • Optimize the experience of clearing digital signatures;
  • Optimize split page, replace page and insert page window;
  • Optimize the experience of sharing files;
  • Corrections and improvements in many small details;
  • Fix the crash issue that may happen in certain situations.

Version 9.0.5

August 5

Improvement

  • Optimize default print settings;
  • Optimize the OCR recognition setting;
  • Optimize the digital signature;
  • Optimize the advanced search experience;
  • Corrections and improvements in many small details;
  • Fix the crash issue that might happen in certain situations.

Version 9.0.4

July 27

New

  • Support to rename files during merging PDF;
  • Support to go to the previous or next view;
  • Support to shrink the menu ribbon by double-click;
  • Optimize the experience of opening files from Document Cloud;
  • Optimize the quick tools in the Start Page.

Improvement

  • Corrections and improvements in many small details;
  • Fix the crash issue that might happen in certain situations.

Version 9.0.3

July 21

New

  • Support to set PDFelement as the default software;
  • Optimize the experience of buying PDFelement.

Improvement

  • Corrections and improvements in many small details;
  • Fix the crash issue that might happen in certain situations.

Version 9.0.0

July 14

New

  • Visual Upgrade: a new user interface helps you to enjoy a larger reading space, a more immersive reading experience, and more convenient view settings. Update user interface to improve usability and product experience.
  • Optimize the navigation bar to be more user-friendly.
  • Performance enhancement: a 45%+ faster-rendering speed while opening PDF compared to the old version.
  • More advanced features.

Version 8.4.13

July 4

Improvement

  • Corrections and improvements in many small details;
  • Fix the crash issue that might happen in certain situations.

Version 8.4.11

June 21

Improvement

  • Corrections and improvements in many small details;
  • Fix the crash issue that might happen in certain situations.

Version 8.4.7

June 1

New

  • Add shortcut entrances of OCR and Extract Data;

Improvement

  • Optimize the Save As strategy;
  • Optimize handwriting signature;
  • Corrections and improvements in many small details;
  • Fix the crash issue that might happen in certain situations.

Version 8.4.5

May 23

New

  • Support to set page background;

Improvement

  • Corrections and improvements in many small details;
  • Fix the crash issue that might happen in certain situations.

Version 8.4.4

May 19

Improvement

  • Optimize the upgrade strategy;
  • Optimize the search function;
  • Corrections and improvements in many small details;
  • Fix the crash issue that might happen in certain situations.

Version 8.4.2

May 10

New

  • Support to drag email attachments to combine;

Improvement

  • Corrections and improvements in many small details;
  • Fix the crash issue that might happen in certain situations.

Version 8.4.0

April 26

New

  • Support to add rich text comments;
  • Support to filter comments;
  • Support to draw in the snapshot;

Improvement

  • Corrections and improvements in many small details;
  • Fix the crash issue that might happen in certain situations.

Version 8.3.18

April 07

New

  • Support to open files in a separate window;

Improvement

  • Optimize handwriting signature;
  • Corrections and improvements in many small details;
  • Fix the crash issue that might happen in certain situations.

Version 8.3.16

March 16

New

  • Support to create ruler guides;

Improvement

  • Corrections and improvements in many small details；
  • Fix the crash issue that might happen in certain situations.

Version 8.3.14

March 03

New

  • Support to grid view preference setting;
  • Support to merging odd and even pages in the scan;

Improvement

  • Corrections and improvements in many small details；
  • Fix the crash issue that might happen in certain situations.

Version 8.3.12

February 17

New

  • Add color absorber function;
  • Support paragraph spacing setting;
  • Support form time field;
  • Support combine PDF from open files;

Improvement

  • Corrections and improvements in many small details；
  • Fix the crash issue that might happen in certain situations.

Version 8.3.10

January 20

New

  • Add grid view function;
  • Support to locking comment;
  • Support to setting bookmark's font to bold and italic;

Improvement

  • Corrections and improvements in many small details；
  • Fix the crash issue that might happen in certain situations.

Version 8.3.8

January 11

Improvement

  • Corrections and improvements in many small details；
  • Fix the crash issue that might happen in certain situations.
2021

Version 8.3.6

December 28

New

  • Added option that the file save path is the source folder;

Improvement

  • Optimized the function of thumbnail preview in Explorer；
  • Corrections and improvements in many small details；
  • Fix the crash issue that might happen in certain situations.

Version 8.3.5

December 14

Improvement

  • Corrections and improvements in many small details；
  • Fix the crash issue that might happen in certain situations.

Version 8.3.3

December 8

New

  • Added the function of deleting signature appearance and signature certificate；

Improvement

  • Optimized the issue that there is no reminder after the multi-tab document is closed；
  • Fix the the issue that OCR cannot remember the last setting
  • Corrections and improvements in many small details；
  • Fix the crash issue that might happen in certain situations.

Version 8.3.2

December 3

Improvement

  • Corrections and improvements in many small details；
  • Fix the crash issue that might happen in certain situations.

Version 8.3.0

November 23

New

  • Added the function of measure tools.

Improvement

  • Corrections and improvements in many small details；
  • Fix the crash issue that might happen in certain situations.

Version 8.2.25

November 11

New

  • Support to thumbnail preview in Explorer.
  • Added the double-sided printing feature.

Improvement

  • Corrections and improvements in many small details；
  • Fix the crash issue that might happen in certain situations.

Version 8.2.23

October 28

Improvement

  • Corrections and improvements in many small details；
  • Fix the crash issue that might happen in certain situations.

Version 8.2.21

October 25

New

  • Added the function of deleting all blank pages from a single document with one click.
  • Added the intelligent customer service.

Improvement

  • Corrections and improvements in many small details；
  • Fix the crash issue that might happen in certain situations.

Version 8.2.19

October 15

Improvement

  • Corrections and improvements in many small details；
  • Fix the crash issue that might happen in certain situations.

Version 8.2.17

October 12

New

  • Added the function of deleting pages after extracting.

Improvement

  • Optimized the function of selecting all text;
  • Optimized the function search;
  • Corrections and improvements in many small details；
  • Fix the crash issue that might happen in certain situations.

Version 8.2.15

September 17

New

  • Added function search.
  • Added template mall.

Improvement

  • Optimized the printing function;
  • Optimized the screenshot function;
  • Corrections and improvements in many small details；
  • Fix the crash issue that might happen in certain situations.

Version 8.2.13

August 31

New

  • Support to print current view.

Improvement

  • Optimize the handwritten signature;
  • Optimize the shortcut keys of some functions;
  • Corrections and improvements in many small details；
  • Fix the crash issue that might happen in certain situations.

Version 8.2.11

August 19

New

  • Support to insert multiple PDF documents in one PDF;
  • Support to convert PDF documents to JPEG format;

Improvement

  • Corrections and improvements in many small details;
  • Fix the crash issue that might happen in certain situations.

Version 8.2.9

August 5

New

  • Support Dark Mode;

Improvement

  • Corrections and improvements in many small details;
  • Fix the crash issue that might happen in certain situations.

Version 8.2.8

July 29

New

  • Add the Layer feature.

Improvement

  • Corrections and improvements in many small details;
  • Fix the crash issue that might happen in certain situations.

Version 8.2.7

July 16

Improvement

  • Fix the crash issue that might happen in certain situations;
  • Corrections and improvements in many small details.

Version 8.2.5

July 13

New

  • Added the function of creating a PDF document from clipboard;
  • Added the function of saving documents as recent folders;
  • Added the function of searching multiple documents at once;

Improvement

  • Solved the problem that the initial view position of the created document was incorrect;
  • Solved the problem that the document bookmarks did not jump correctly;
  • Solved the problem that saving did not take effect after recognizing the selected area of the scanned image;
  • Solved the problem that PDF Portfolio did not remember the last preview status;
  • Fix the crash issue that might happen in certain situations;

Version 8.2.3

July 5

Improvement

  • Fix the crash issue that might happen in certain situations;
  • Corrections and improvements in many small details.

Version 8.2.2

June 29

Improvement

  • Fix the crash issue that might happen in certain situations;
  • Corrections and improvements in many small details.

Version 8.2.0

June 17

New

  • Add the file comparison feature；
  • Support to turning page by shortcut key in full-screen mode;
  • Support to adding jpeg and jpe format images in editing mode;

Improvement

  • Fixed the issue that modifying some settings of printer would not work;
  • Fixed the issue that pencil object disappeared caused by saving document while using eraser;
  • Solved the problem that changing comment font sometimes does not work;
  • Fix the crash issue that might happen in certain situations;
  • Corrections and improvements in many small details.

Version 8.1.11

May 27

New

  • Support to OneDrive and Box cloud storage;
  • Support inserting images into PDF document thumbnail as new pages;
  • Support to HWPX format files;

Improvement

  • Fix the crash issue that might happen in certain situations;
  • Corrections and improvements in many small details.

Version 8.1.9

May 13

New

  • Add the preview window plug-in for file explorer;
  • Solved the issue of incorrect undo after moving note annotations;

Improvement

  • Fixed the issue of interface lag caused by slowly reading properties of some printers;
  • Fix the crash issue that might happen in certain situations;
  • Corrections and improvements in many small details.

Version 8.1.7

April 28

New

  • Support to PDF Portfolio;

Improvement

  • Optimized the settings of pencil feature;
  • Improved the properties settings of stamp;
  • Fixed the issue that turning page is not accurate;
  • Fix the crash issue that might happen in certain situations;
  • Corrections and improvements in many small details.

Version 8.1.6

April 21

Improvement

  • Fix the crash issue that might happen in certain situations;
  • Corrections and improvements in many small details.

Version 8.1.4

April 14

New

  • Support to handwritten signature;

Improvement

  • Fixed the issue that the added stamp cannot zoom;
  • Fixed the issue that turning page is not accurate;
  • Fixed the abnormal problem of opening the product in the high-resolution screen;
  • Fix the crash issue that might happen in certain situations;
  • Corrections and improvements in many small details.

Version 8.1.2

March 31

New

  • Support to open documents in multiple windows;
  • Add the function of text callout;

Improvement

  • Fix the issue that images, comments, and form controls do not scale equally;
  • Fix the issue that multiple monitors don't display titles when windows are maximized on secondary screen;
  • Fix the crash issue that might happen in certain situations;
  • Corrections and improvements in many small details.

Version 8.1.0

March 18

New

  • Support to the XFA forms;
  • Add the function of default settings for custom signatures;
  • Support to synchronize the comment/attachment list with the body object selection state；
  • Add the function of printing in batch;

Improvement

  • Fixed the issue of splitting failure caused by the overlong filename when splitting a document;
  • Fixed the issue of character limits when adding bookmarks;
  • Optimized the order of the Tab key jump in the page box window.

Version 8.0.23

February 25

Improvement

  • Fixed the issue of the incorrect print number of copies;
  • Fixed the problem with long text ToolTip displaying flashing；
  • Repaired the issue that selected text could not be unchecked;
  • Fixed the problem that dragging across-text blocks does not show the insert cursor;
  • Fixed the issue that pages ending in "/" "\" did not have a filename when printing pages;
  • Fix the crash issue that might happen in certain situations;
  • Optimized the calculation of the width and height size of the image rotation when creating a PDF;
  • Optimized the issue that mouse wheel scrolls too many lines when viewing pages;

Version 8.0.18

January 28

Improvement

  • Fix the crash issue that might happen in certain situations;
  • Corrections and improvements in many small details.

Version 8.0.16

January 21

Improvement

  • Fix the crash issue that might happen in certain situations;
  • Corrections and improvements in many small details.

Version 8.0.13

January 7

Improvement

  • Fix the crash issue that might happen in certain situations;
  • Corrections and improvements in many small details.

Version 8.0.12

December 30

Improvement

  • Fix the crash issue that might happen in certain situations;
  • Corrections and improvements in many small details.

Version 8.0.8

December 24

Improvement

  • Fix the crash issue that might happen in certain situations;
  • Corrections and improvements in many small details.

Version 8.0.7

December 22

Improvement

  • Fix the crash issue that might happen in certain situations;
  • Corrections and improvements in many small details.

Version 8.0.5

December 17

Improvement

  • Fix the crash issue that might happen in certain situations;
  • Corrections and improvements in many small details.

Version 8.0.2

December 9

Improvement

  • Fix the crash issue that might happen in certain situations;
  • Corrections and improvements in many small details.

Version 8.0.1

December 2

Improvement

  • Fix the crash issue that might happen in certain situations;
  • Corrections and improvements in many small details.

Version 8.0.0

November 28

New

  • Adopt new information framework, interaction design and UI vision;
  • Added cloud storage function and electronic signature access.

Improvement

  • Improve software startup speed and document opening speed.

Version 7.6.10

October 30

New

  • Add the document title attribute for the Print function.

Improvement

  • Fix the crash issue that might happen in certain situations;
  • Corrections and improvements in many small details.

Version 7.6.4

August 19

Improvement

  • Improved the Print module;
  • Fix the issue of inaccurate position in some certain documents areas after OCR;
  • Fix the crash issue that might happen in certain situations;
  • Corrections and improvements in many small details.

Version 7.6.1

July 1

Improvement

  • Improved the title bar to expose the Wondershare brand;
  • Improved the "Search and Replace" interface;
  • Fixed the crash issue that might happen in certain situations;
  • Corrections and improvements in many small details.

Version 7.6.0

June 16

New

  • Support recognizing selected area using OCR.

Improvement

  • Fixed the crash issue that might happen in certain situations.
  • Corrections and improvements in many small details.

Version 7.5.7

May 29

New

  • Support to save PDF as PDF/A-1a, PDF/A-1b, PDF/A-2a, PDF/A-2u, PDF/A-3a, PDF/A-3b, and PDF/A-3u;
  • Support to generate new catalog page from bookmarks when combining files.

Improvement

  • Fix the crash issue that might happen in certain situations;
  • Corrections and improvements in many small details.

Version 7.5.5

May 15

New

  • Support to batch create PDF files at once;

Improvement

  • Fix the crash issue that might happen in certain situations;
  • Corrections and improvements in many small details.

Version 7.5.4

April 30

New

  • Support to remove watermarks from PDF in batch.

Improvement

  • Fix the crash issue that might happen in certain situations;
  • Corrections and improvements in many small details.

Version 7.5.3

April 15

New

  • Support to add a Callout on PDF Document.

Improvement

  • Fix the crash issue that might happen in certain situations;
  • Corrections and improvements in many small details.

Version 7.5.1

March 31

New

  • Support to create, combine, and convert PDF files by right-clicking.

Improvement

  • Fix the crash issue that might happen in certain situations.
  • Corrections and improvements in many small details.

Version 7.5.0

March 18

New

  • Added the Flatten File feature.

Improvement

  • Improving the properties of Appearance that makes it graphically visualized;
  • Fix the crash issue that might happen in certain situations;
  • Corrections and improvements in many small details.

Version 7.4.6

February 25

Improvement

  • In this new version, PDFelement introduces the world-leading PDF conversion technology, which improves the conversion quality greatly by more than 50%.

Version 7.4.4

January 15

New

  • Support to display fonts in the document properties.

Improvement

  • Improve the display effect result when converted from Office to PDF;
  • Fix the problem that the file size gets bigger after splitting;
  • Fix the problem that the file name is too long and cannot be created;
  • Fix the crash issue that might happen in certain situations;
  • Corrections and improvements in many small details.

Version 7.3.0

November 14

Improvement

  • Improved the display effects of the product on an HD screen;
  • Improved the interactions for activating the product;
  • Fixed the crash issue that might happen in certain situations;
  • Corrections and improvements on many small details.

Version 7.1.6

October 22

New

  • Add "User Feedback" entry to the Help menu for users to report product issues at any time.

Improvement

  • Fixed the crash issue that might happen in certain situations.
  • Corrections and improvements on many small details.

Version 7.1.4

October 16

Improvement

  • Fixed the issue that custom stamps unable to save;
  • Fix an issue where the inline fonts cannot be displayed in some documents;
  • Fix an issue where the current file name is displayed incorrectly on the title bar;
  • Remove the transparency color option of the Text Box;
  • Corrections and improvements on many small details.

Version 7.0.4

August 14

Improvement

  • Revised the pop-up copy that registered device limit has been reached;
  • Fixed the software not-responding issue caused by password protection;
  • Fixed an issue where the watermark appears in the source document when saving.

Version 7.0.3

July 8

Improvement

  • Fixed an issue where WSID automatically logout in some cases;
  • Fixed the crash issue that might happen in certain situation;
  • Corrections and improvements on many small details.

Version 7.0.2

June 25

Improvement

  • Improved the performance of PDF conversion to other file formats;
  • Added support for new keyboard shortcuts to perform common actions quickly;
  • Optimized the display efficiency when zooming PDF files, and user experience in reading PDF files;
  • Addressed some of the localization issues in German, French, Italian, Spanish and other multi-language versions;
  • Fixed the crash issue that might happen in certain situation;
  • Corrections and improvements on many small details.

Version 7.0.1

June 18

New

  • New UI - Redesigned UI and icons to reflect the simple and powerful experiences of PDFelement.

Improvement

  • Optimized the display efficiency when zooming PDF files, and user experience in reading PDF files.
  • Shortcut Keys - Added support for new keyboard shortcuts to perform common actions quickly;
  • Fixed the crash issue that might happen in certain situation;
  • Corrections and improvements on many small details;
  • Powerful Conversion - Convert PDFs to a wide range of office formats without losing font and formatting.

Version 7.0.0

May 28

New

  • New UI - Redesigned UI and icons to reflect the simple and powerful experiences of PDFelement;
  • Wondershare ID - Get the flexibility to provision, track, and manage to license across groups and teams;
  • AutoSave - Save your file automatically, every few seconds, as you work;
  • Cloud Connection - Open PDF document from cloud storage directly;
  • Import and Export Comments - Import comments from existing PDFs or export them to share with others;
  • Tab Rename - Added option to assign a user-friendly name to any selected tab.

Improvement

  • Optimized Reading Mode - Maximize your screen for the optimal reading of PDF files with the new UI;
  • Improved Speed - Open large documents faster with an improved rendering and processing technology;
  • Shortcut Keys - Added support for new keyboard shortcuts to perform common actions quickly;
  • Quick Add - Drag and drop PDF document into an open document;
  • Other feature enhancements, improved stability, and bug fixes included.

Version 6.8.10

April 24

Improvement

  • Solved the problem of displaying black and white effects after performing color printing that might happen in some printers;
  • Support to set PDFelement as the Default PDF Opener on Windows 10;
  • Corrections and improvements on many small details.

Version 6.8.9

March 21

New

  • Support to add or update multi-line header & footer;
  • Compatible with Config file of Adobe Custom Stamps;
  • Adapted to the new digital signature rules of PDF 2.0.

Improvement

  • Corrections and improvements on many small details.

Version 6.8.6

November 29

New

  • Support to sign digitally with stamp;
  • Support to add images in forms;
  • Support to copy/paste forms and comments among different documents;

Improvement

  • Corrections and improvements on many small details.

Version 6.8.4

October 25

New

  • New Office plugin, which supports to create PDF documents from Word, Excel, and PowerPoint directly.

Improvement

  • Optimized the program update process to improve the user experience and success rate;
  • Corrections and improvements on many small details;
  • Fixed the crash issue that might happen in certain situation.

Version 6.8.0

June 28

New

  • Support subtract and divide for form calculation;
  • Support to print with different units of page size.

Improvement

  • Change the default open file path and save file path as the same as last time;
  • Fixed the crash issue that might happen in certain situation.

Version

August 5

Improvement

  • Improved user experience with touchpad;
  • Updated OCR engine with more languages supported, virtual server adapted, and recognition accuracy enhanced;
  • Fixed the crash issue that might happen in certain situation.

Version 6.6.2

May 9

Improvement

  • Fixed an issue which might cause the program to crash when closing some documents;
  • Fixed the crash issue that might happen during opening XFA documents;
  • Corrections and improvements on many small details.

Version 6.6.0

April 26

Improvement

  • Optimized the display efficiency when zooming PDF files, and user experience in reading PDF files.

Version 6.5.0

March 23

New

  • Added Message Center feature;
  • Added the shortcut key to delete images using Backspace key.

Improvement

  • Corrections and improvements on many small details.
2022

Version 9.2.0

November 23

New

  • Support password protection for sharing documents;
  • Support custom the show or hidden of messages;
  • Support User Guide Book for better editing experience;
  • Added member benefits and free trial mechanism.

Improvement

  • Optimized the UI of Document Cloud;
  • Optimized the upload conflict of the same files;
  • Fixed some issues that may cause crashes;
  • Fixed some known bugs.

Version 9.1.5

October 26

Improvement

  • Support sharing the documents by QR code;
  • Optimized prompt of the link-sharing;
  • Optimized the interactive experience of purchase;
  • Fixed some issues that may cause crashes;
  • Fixed some known bugs.

Version 9.0.8

August 12

Improvement

  • Support for clearing all recent files;
  • Support for customizing the image size;
  • Optimize the experience of clearing digital signatures;
  • Optimize split page, replace page and insert page window;
  • Optimize the experience of sharing files;
  • Corrections and improvements in many small details;
  • Fix the crash issue that may happen in certain situations.

Version 9.0.0

July 14

New

  • Visual upgrade: The whole new interface is clearer and more user-friendly, allowing users to customize the display including the dark and light mode, sidebar, and icon text.
  • More advanced features.

Version 8.6.8

May 26

Improvement

  • Corrections and improvements in many small details.

Version 8.6.7

May 13

Improvement

  • Bug fixes and performance improvements.

Version 8.6.6

May 07

Improvement

  • Corrections and improvements in many small details.

Version 8.6.5

April 15

New

  • Add the new shape of Markup;
  • Support to show or hide comments;

Improvement

  • Corrections and improvements in many small details.

Version 8.6.4

March 25

Improvement

  • Corrections and improvements in many small details.

Version 8.6.2

February 23

New

  • Supports exporting all pages as a single image;

Improvement

  • Corrections and improvements in many small details.

Version 8.5.11

January 13

Improvement

  • Corrections and improvements in many small details.

Version 8.5.10

January 10

Improvement

  • Corrections and improvements in many small details.

Version 8.5.8

December 16

New

  • Add the file comparison feature.

Version 8.5.7

November 24

New

  • Add the attachment feature;
  • Add the cloud storage function so as to transfer files;

Improvement

  • Corrections and improvements in many small details.

Version 8.5.5

November 4

Improvement

  • Corrections and improvements in many small details.

Version 8.5.4

October 26

New

  • The welcome page has been redesigned and added some functional entrances.

Version 8.5.3

October 14

New

  • Support two document display modes: High Performance Mode and Compatibility Mode.
  • Added the Online Support function.

Version 8.5.2

September 17

New

  • Add the slide show feature.

Improvement

  • Fix the adaptation issue of forms after rotating the page.

Version 8.5.1

September 10

Improvement

  • Optimize the font editing feature;
  • Improve the product stability.

Version 8.5.0

August 24

New

  • Add new shape of Markup.

Improvement

  • Fix the issue with custom signature;
  • Fix the issue of page rotation;
  • Corrections and improvements in many small details.

Version 8.0.4

August 17

Improvement

  • Fixed the crash issue that might happen in certain situations;
  • Corrections and improvements in many small details.

Version 8.0.0

June 21

New

  • Support right click menu;
  • Added multi-label feature;
  • Added the touchpad signature feature and support creating multiple signatures;
  • Added more batch processing options to the page-organize module, and page editing is more accurate;
  • Support Dark Mode;

Improvement

  • Brand-new UI, more concise style;
  • Optimize user process and office efficiency;
  • Optimize the list of recent files, add more views and document sorting methods to efficiently manage documents;
  • Optimize the comment and bookmark list with more information;
  • Fix known issues.

Version 7.6.8

March 10

Improvement

  • Fix the garbled problem of rendering embedded text font and the issue of print losing;
  • Repair an issue that the module of document optimization compression would generate incorrect bold text effects;
  • Fix a mismatch between the input character and the actual input character in the special file;
  • Solve the problem of random crash when clipping the pages;
  • Fix the crash issue when adding headers and footers;
  • Solve the inaccurate problem of form calculation when the European standard decimal point and thousandth place style character displayed;
  • Optimize the problem that the effect of compressing documents is not obvious;
  • Improved the product performance and fixed some certain crashes.

Version 6.8.2

December 3

New

  • Support the latest macOS Big Sur.

Version 7.6.7

September 28

Improvement

  • Enhanced the compatibility of the macOS Big Sur Beta.

Version 7.6.6

July 29

New

  • Support to use the delete key on the Magic Keyboard with Numeric Keypad to delete when editing text.

Improvement

  • Fix the issue of abnormal conversion of some documents to ePub format;
  • Enhanced the management of the product memory and improved the stability of the product.

Version 7.6.5

June 23

New

  • The right sidebar will be hidden when reading view mode is enabled.

Improvement

  • Fix the display issue of PDF documents on non-Retina screens;
  • Improve user experience when editing Korean content.

Version 7.6.2

August 5

New

  • Support to create PDF from scanner;
  • Support to create PDF from .heic and .heif formats.
  • Added Korean to the display language of the product.

Version 7.6.0

April 7

New

  • Support to tile the watermark;
  • Support to manage form fields in the Field List;
  • Support data extraction for form fields in the Batch Process.

Improvement

  • Improved the performance of loading, zooming, and scrolling pages, which gives you a better reading experience;
  • Improved and enriched the options for Preferences.

Version 7.5.9

February 19

Improvement

  • Fixed the issue that the editing area becomes black when editing a document;
  • Fixed the issue that there is a space cannot be deleted after entering apostrophe using Calibri;
  • Fixed an issue where pencil comments could not be erased after double-clicking the page when using the eraser;
  • Fixed the issue that highlighting annotations did not show in real time when adding.

Version 7.5.7

January 10

New

  • Support to convert PDF to Pages;
  • Support to set appearance for links;

Improvement

  • Improved the output effects of printing.

Version 7.5.5

December 27

New

  • Support to set the comment toolbar on the top or on the left side in the Preferences;
  • Support to drag new documents to the opened window.

Improvement

  • Fixed the problem that text is not clear on non-Retina screens;
  • Improved the text search process;
  • Fixed the crash issue that might happen in certain situations.

Version 7.5.4

November 21

New

  • Support to split PDF pages;
  • Support to select words by double-clicking.

Version 6.8.1

November 11

New

  • Support the latest macOS 10.15.

Version 7.5.1

October 24

Improvement

  • Improved document display effects and fix the blurry issue of the content displayed in some documents;
  • Fixed the issue that some Chinese and Japanese fonts are not displayed;
  • Fixed the issue that some users failed to download OCR plugin under macOS 10.13;
  • Fixed an issue where the image cannot be displayed in some specific documents.

Version 7.3.3

October 15

Improvement

  • Fixed an issue where the content is display incorrectly after performing OCR on macOS 10.15;
  • Fixed the blurry image issue on macOS 10.15;
  • Fixed an issue where the current input could not be displayed under the Japanese Input Method Editor;
  • Support to search texts and apply redaction;
  • Support advanced search function.

Version 7.3.1

August 5

Improvement

  • Fixed the crash issue when using the shortcut key to exit the application on macOS 10.12;
  • Fixed the flashback problem caused by using page operations in the search function;
  • Fixed an issue where page content does not display after reopening documents under the Single Page View and Two Page View.

Version 7.2.0

September 3

New

  • Support to create PDF from Word, PowerPoint, and Excel formats;
  • Support to create PDF from Pages, Keynote, and Numbers formats;
  • Support to crop pages;
  • Support to redact sensitive text and images.

Version 7.0.9

August 13

Improvement

  • Support to set language and page range directly when performing OCR;
  • Fixed an issue where Photoshop could not open the exported JPEG format images;
  • Fixed an issue where some rectangular annotations could not be displayed;
  • Improved the form rendering effects.

Version 7.0.5

August 5

New

  • Support to lock the left toolbar of the batch process list.

Improvement

  • Improved the stability of the OCR function;
  • Improved the effect of adding strikethrough and underline, automatically drawing the strikethrough and underline according to the font height;
  • Improved the print preview effect.

Version 7.0.4

June 25

Improvement

  • Fixed the crash issue that might happen when performing undo after paragraph editing;
  • Fixed the problem that some .PDF documents failed to open;
  • Fix the display issue of the document list in batch process;
  • Improved the form feature for smoother form adding.

Version 7.0.2

June 18

Improvement

  • Fixed the crash issue that might happen when converting document with charts to Word;
  • Fixed the problem that there is no response when clicking some links;
  • Fixed the crash issue after performing OCR that might happen in some documents.

Version 7.0.1

June 12

New

  • Add “Log In” entry to the Home and Help menu for quick access.

Improvement

  • Advanced image cropping operation, allowing users to select cropping range with more flexibility;
  • Solved the flashback issue during the launch that might happen when accessing the product page;
  • Improved the form feature with enhanced product compatibility;
  • Fixed the crash issue that might happen in certain situation to improve the product stability greatly.

Version 7.0.0

May 28

New

  • New UI - Redesigned UI and icons to reflect the simple and powerful experiences of PDFelement.

Version 6.7.11

December 7

Improvement

  • Fixed the crash issue that might happen when add images or watermarks;
  • Fixed the preview issue when extract data.

Version 6.7.5

September 20

New

  • Support the latest macOS 10.14 Mojave.

Version 6.7.3

September 20

New

  • Support the latest OCR 12 plugin.

Improvement

  • Fixed size increase issue when combine PDF files;
  • Fixed size increase issue when combine PDF files;
  • Fixed the coding error when add bates numbering.

Version 6.7.1

July 17

Improvement

  • Fixed the display issue when open a PDF file with password;
  • Fixed the crash issue that might happen when redact a PDF file.

Version 6.7.0

June 28

Improvement

  • Support to edit Form XObjects in PDF documents;
  • Fixed the crash issue that might happen when closing some PDF files with comments.

Version 6.6.3

June 13

Improvement

  • Fixed the crash issue that might happen when extracting images;
  • Fixed the crash issue that might happen when deleting background.

Version 6.5.0

April 24

Improvement

  • Optimized the display efficiency when zooming PDF files, and user experience in reading PDF files;
  • Fixed the crash issue that may occur when open some special documents, the stability has been greatly improved.

Version 6.4.4

March 2

Improvement

  • Fixed the issue with the increased document size after adding a watermark and saving;
  • Fixed the menu gray out issue when losing focus on document;
  • Fixed the crash issue caused by font when converting PDF to another format.

Version 6.4.2

Jaunary 31

Improvement

  • Fixed the issue where big PDF documents are slow to open, greatly improved the document opening speed;
  • Fixed the issue where some PDF documents are freezing to zoom, greatly improved the document display efficiency;
  • Greatly improved the user efficiency and program performance;
  • Corrections and improvements on many small details.
2022

Version 3.0.0

October 26

New

  • Comment and Edit PDF: Support a variety of annotation tools；optimized the experience of text and image editing；support for Hyperlinks；Support for Shapes Detection.
  • Fill & Sign: Support for customizing and importing signatures；support for inserting picture signatures and clearing the background.
  • Recognition: Support for OCR PDF, you can now edit the scanned created PDF; support Text-only Recognition, you can extract the text content of scanned created documents.
  • Support for Wondershare Document Cloud, register to get 1G cloud space.

Improvement

  • Optimized the experience of login and registration, scanning, reading and other features.
  • Bug fixes and performance improvements.

Version 2.0.9

May 27

New

  • Support Wondershare Cloud, register Wondershare ID and get 1G cloud storage for free;

Improvement

  • Bug fixes and performance improvements.

Version 2.0.6

April 8

New

  • Support auto-save;

Improvement

  • Fix multiple defects and improve application stability.

Version 2.0.4

March 15

New

  • Support Form;

Improvement

  • Fix multiple defects and improve application stability.

Version 2.0.3

March 9

New

  • Support Color Picker and Color Wells;
  • Support Marker;

Improvement

  • Fix multiple defects and improve application stability.

Version 2.0.2

February 27

Improvement

  • Fix multiple defects and improve application stability.

Version 2.0.1

January 18

Improvement

  • Fix multiple defects and improve application stability.

Version 2.0.0

January 4

New

  • Tools, including Convert, Watermark, PDF Optimizer, Merge, Compress and other features.
  • More convenient document management.
  • Optimized interface views for Edit, Annotate and Page organize.
2021

Version 1.2.10

December 16

Improvement

  • Fix multiple defects and improve application stability.

Version 1.2.8

November 16

New

  • New feature - Convert, help you convert PDF to other formats!
  • New feature - Crop, you can crop PDF document pages individually or in batches!

Improvement

  • Fix multiple defects and improve application stability.

Version 1.2.6

November 1

New

  • Provide Watermark, you can add or remove watermark to the PDF files now!

Improvement

  • Fix multiple defects and improve application stability.

Version 1.2.5

October 14

Improvement

  • Fix multiple defects and improve application stability.

Version 1.2.4

September 30

Improvement

  • Fix multiple defects and improve application stability.

Version 1.2.3

September 23

Improvement

  • Fix multiple defects and improve application stability.

Version 1.2.2

September 16

Improvement

  • Optimized process of creating PDF by scanning.
  • Optimized swipe browsing.
  • Fix multiple defects and improve application stability.

Version 1.2.1

September 9

Improvement

  • Fix multiple defects and improve application stability.

Version 1.2.1

August 26

New

  • You can insert pictures through the camera now.

Improvement

  • Fix multiple defects and improve application stability.

Version 1.2.0

August 19

New

  • Supports shortcuts on iPad;
  • Show PDFelement in the share list.

Improvement

  • Fix multiple defects and improve application stability.

Version 1.1.12

August 9

New

  • Show the PDFelement-iCloud folder on the application homepage.

Improvement

  • Fix multiple defects and improve application stability.

Version 1.1.10

August 2

New

  • Support insert pages by swiping.

Improvement

  • Fix multiple defects and improve application stability.

Version 1.1.6

March 16

Improvement

  • Improve the performance of file management;
  • Fix multiple defects and improve application stability.

Version 1.1.5

March 16

New

  • Support inserting new pages through camera scanning;
  • Support long-press the "Add Text" button to set the default attributes of the text;

Improvement

  • Optimize search performance and display effect;
  • Enhanced text selection function;
  • Repair multiple defects and improve application stability.

Version 1.1.4

March 1

New

  • Support to edit metadata of the document.

Improvement

  • Improved product stability.

Version 1.1.3

February 23

Improvement

  • Optimized the support for Apple Pencil;
  • Enhanced the support for documents with forms;
  • Improved product stability.

Version 1.1.2

February 5

New

  • Support to merge multiple pictures into PDF documents.

Improvement

  • Greatly improve product stability.

Version 1.1.1

January 29

New

  • Support to merge multiple PDF documents into one PDF document;
  • Support to flatten the annotations and form content in the PDF document. After the flattening operation, the integrity of the PDF document's content in the distribution process is guaranteed to the greatest extent.

Version 1.1.0

January 21

New

  • Added the function of document compression optimization.

Improvement

  • Optimized the support for Apple Pencil.

Version 1.0.10

December 14

New

  • Support iCloud access;
  • Support multiple selection operations for text and pictures;
  • Support to full-screen reading mode;
  • Detection and update operations have been added to the settings so that every user can quickly update to the latest version.

Improvement

  • Optimize the fluency of scanning and creating documents.

Version 1.0.9

December 14

Improvement

  • Optimize the process of obtaining authorization after purchase to solve the problem of authorization failure.

Version 1.0.7

December 4

New

  • Support long pressing the blank area to add notes.

Improvement

  • Optimize OneDrive access;
  • Fix multiple problems that can cause product crashes, and further improve product stability.

Version 1.0.6

December 1

New

  • Support scrolling scroll bar to display Page thumbnail operation;
  • Support adding note content to annotation elements;
  • Support long press to select text content operation in reading mode.

Improvement

  • Fix multiple problems that can cause product crashes, and further improve product stability.

Version 1.0.5

November 20

New

  • Support to add a handwritten signature.

Improvement

  • Optimize Scan to PDF function;
  • Improved product stability.

Version 1.0.3

November 6

New

  • Support the copy and paste of annotation elements;
  • Support highlighting link elements to facilitate viewing them in the document;
  • Support double-clicking the page to zoom the page size.

Improvement

  • Improve the stability of the product and fix some defects in the use process;
  • Product quality continues to improve, and functions continue to increase.
2021

Version 3.0.0

October 26

New

  • UI new upgrade, simple and comfortable.
  • Support printing, password, organization page, reading view settings and other new features.
  • Support Wondershare Cloud, register Wondershare ID and get 1G cloud storage space for free.

Improvement

  • Bug fixes and performance improvements

Version 2.0.3

October 18

Improvement

  • Increase the stability of the app.
2020

Version 2.0.1

March 5

Improvement

  • Fix the program crash caused by user password verification.

Version 2.0.0

March 4

Improvement

  • Adapt to Android 10;
  • Modify the file manager;
  • Fix the bug.

Version 1.3.4

October 7

New

  • Increase the stability of the app.
  • Support opening PDF in new window and in spilt window mode.

Improvement

  • Optimize the Pencil functionality；
  • Optimize the handwriting signatures；
  • Fix the crash bug while combining documents.

Version 1.3.2

June 28

New

  • Support opening another document while you've already opened one;
  • Support automatic saving changes.

Improvement

  • Optimize the experience of saving files;
  • Optimize the copy and paste feature in editing mode;
  • Optimize the text body editing experience;
  • Fix other bugs.

Version 1.3.1

August 5

Improvement

  • Fix the issue where PDF document is failed to open from apps；
  • Fix other bugs.

Version 1.3.0

May 31

Improvement

  • Fix the issue where PDF document saved in external storage cannot be opened；
  • Improve the experience in editing and exporting pages；
  • Fix other bugs.

Version 1.2.3

March 28

Improvement

  • Improved experience in manageing Wondershare ID account；
  • Improved experience in copring and pasting text in PDFs；
  • Fixed some bugs.

Version 1.2.2

February 27

Improvement

  • Fixed the configuration problem in Google Drive and One Drive account;
  • Fixed some other bugs;
  • Change a new App icon.

Version 1.2.0

November 23

New

  • Support move text field in a vertical and horizontal direction；
  • Support changing text and color；
  • Suopport log in on multiple devices with one Wondershare ID account.

Improvement

  • Optimize the kernel and greatly reduce the crash rate；
  • Fixed some bugs.

Version 1.1.1

August 1

New

  • Add modification function of Multi-Comment;
  • Add new feature to support cloud stroke comment.

Improvement

  • Reconstruct document page list;

Version 1.1.0

June 15

New

  • Add Privacy Policy in the App.

Improvement

  • Enrich Pop-Up comment menu feature;
  • Fix chromatism issues on color scheme;
  • Fix some bugs on current version.

Version 1.0.6

May 24

New

  • Add Bubble Comment feature.

Improvement

  • Fix some bugs on current version.
  • Re-construct bridge layer function by C++.

Version 1.0.5

March 16

New

  • Support multi-languages including German, French, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish;
  • Add new annotating tool eraser.

Improvement

  • Fix some bugs.

Version 1.0.4

February 8

New

  • Add WiFi Connection to transfer files between mobile and desktop;
  • Add new annotating tool stamp;
  • Add signature feature;
  • Support moving file thumbnails.