PDF24 Creator

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PDF24 Creator 10.0.4

December 3, 2020

• Option to leave the Scanner App open:
• In the selection window to choose a scanner source, there is now also a checkbox to leave the scanner app open after the scan process. This way, you can scan several pages in a row more quickly.
• Option to use scanner data sources via twain_32.dll:
• The twain_32.dll is part of Windows and sometimes displays other data sources that are not currently displayed. Therefore we have now made these data sources selectable via the selection window.
• Scanner selection window shows sources grouped:
• The scanner selection window now shows the data sources grouped. Data sources are determined in different ways and assigned to a group. The UI displays these groups and the corresponding data sources.
• Included Java VM updated to version 15
• Language files updated

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PDF24 Creator 10.0.5

Version 10.0.5

(09.12.2020)

Automatic DPI reduction in the OCR tool
We have further improved the OCR engine in the OCR tool. Some users have reported that sometimes no text is recognized. We have investigated this and found a problem with the DPI value. The DPI value is now automatically lowered to ensure that text can be recognized. Since, depending on the way the

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is created, there may be a problem with the size and memory limit, and Tesseract will fail if the underlying image file becomes too large, this was a necessary step. The automatic DPI adjustment prevents this, because if the

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has an abnormal page size, the DPI value is automatically reduced so that internal processing does not fail.

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[Camel1965]

PDF24 Creator 10.0.6

Version 10.0.6
(10.12.2020)
PDF24 Toolbox shows hint page for an incompatible system
The PDF24 Toolbox requires Windows 10 to run without problems. With older systems, you may need to make some changes to make the UI display properly. If an environment is detected which is not sufficient for the PDF24 Toolbox, a hint page is displayed and some options are shown. This is a better way of picking up those users who are currently experiencing errors because they are using a too old system.

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PDF24 Creator 10.0.7

Version 10.0.7
(15.12.2020)
Fixed page mode from the merge tool in the toolbox
The page mode of the merge tool in the Toolbox was defective. The Toolbox crashed when you used the page mode. This version fixes this problem.
Problems with editing, blackening, signing, annotating PDF files in landscape mode solved
Editing, blackening, signing and annotating

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that are in landscape format could not be performed correctly. After saving the

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, the changes were not correctly combined with the actual document. This problem has been fixed.
Problems with installing additional PDF printers fixed
A problem with installing additional

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printers via the settings dialog was fixed. The settings interface showed the same name for installed PDF printers.
Removed use of the setpdfwrite operator
The setpdfwrite operator of Ghostscript is no longer used, because this operator is deprecated.
Language files updated

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PDF24 Creator 10.0.8

Version 10.0.8
(22.01.2021)
Toolbox saves last window placement
The toolbox now saves the last used window size and position on the screen. This way, the user can better adapt the application to the hardware he is using. Especially with large screens, some users do not want a maximized display.
Tray icon Open action improved
The tray icon can be used to open the PDF24 via the icon context menu or via a double-click. This behavior has been improved. If the toolbox is activated, then the toolbox is opened. If the Toolbox is not activated, then the older launcher is opened instead.
Some brush types disabled for tools in the toolbox
For the Edit, Blacken and Annotate tools in the Toolbox, we have disabled some brush types because they do not run correctly in the offline version. Here we need to see how to switch these brush types so that they also work in the offline version.
Importing signatures into the signing tool improved
Signatures that are available as images can be imported into the tool. With large images there were problems with the display, so it was difficult to import them. Here we have improved so that this is now easier.
More functions can be deactivated in the toolbox
More instructions have been added in the Toolbox to disable some tools there. This can be done via the Windows Registry. The registry entries have the following form: feature.toolbox.[blacken | ...] = [0 | 1] (DWORD). For example, if you want to disable the blacken tool, then set feature.toolbox.blacken = 0.
Language files updated
Problem with updater fixed
The updater did not evaluate an instruction correctly, which caused problems with the detection of updates. This problem has been fixed in this version.
Reader cannot overwrite currently opened file
In Reader we have built in a protection so that the currently opened file cannot be overwritten. If you wanted to do this in older versions, then there were problems with saving and the newly saved file was empty.
Filter options in the toolbox have made disabled tools visible
In the toolbox, there are several filters that the user can use to display tools. One of the filters is the one for recently used tools. Furthermore, there is the possibility to deactivate certain functions throughout the program, e.g. if they should not be available in a company. However, the use of the filters caused that these deactivated functions were made visible. This problem is now fixed.

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PDF24 Creator 10.0.9

Version 10.0.9
(08.02.2021)
Toolbox: Sign PDF tool now has separate options for stroke and fill color
The

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tool now has a line and fill color option in the toolbar. This is sometimes required for some signatures to completely change the color of the signature, as the automatic detection of the combined color tool sometimes does not work as expected.
Toolbox: Sign PDF tool scales large signatures better when inserting them
Inserting large signatures was ugly from the user's point of view, as it was tedious to scale them down to the desired size. It's better now. The signature is inserted a little smaller if it is very large, so that it is easier to move it to the right place and to change the size.
Toolbox: Blacken PDF tool renders edited pages for security
Previously, the information from the blackening was placed on the page as a layer. With

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editing tools it was too easy to get rid of this layer. In order to increase security, edited pages are now also rendered to an image and the actual content of the page is replaced with the image. In this way, you can no longer remove layers to make the content below visible. This makes the PDF a bit larger, but this is the only way to guarantee security.
Toolbox: Backspace button navigation disabled
Users have reported that the backspace key can be used to go back to the overview page. If you now e.g. edited a PDF and used the backspace key, then you leave the edit page, which is really ugly. This issue has now also been improved.

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PDF24 Creator 10.0.10

February 17, 2021

• Mediabox rotation improved:
• The Mediabox rotation is used for overlaying content. Improvements had to be made here because problems occurred with certain PDF files. The function now also supports Mediabox definitions where the lower left coordinate is not in the origin. This is quite rare, but some PDFs use this possibility.
• Use of metadata when converting images to PDF:
• Metadata is now also evaluated when converting images to PDF. The orientation that can be stored in the metadata is used here. Based on the determined orientation, the rotation of the page in the PDF is adjusted accordingly. In this way, the user no longer has to correct the orientation afterwards. Especially with photos that come from smartphones, the orientation is often incorrect. This improvement now simplifies the conversion of images into PDF files.
• Direct embedding of JPG images in a PDF:
• JPEG images are now embedded in the PDF without re-encoding. This often makes the PDF file size much smaller and the quality remains the same. This behavior can be controlled via the registry setting Img2PDFPassThroughJPEGImages (DWORD [0|1]).
• Online converter block removed from the settings area:
• The online converter block has been removed from the Settings UI, as this option is also available from the features area in the settings. The duplication is not necessary here.
• Problem with transformation matrices fixed:
• When calculating transformation matrices used in PDF files, two errors have been fixed which caused problems with certain PDF files. The new calculations are now correct.
• Fixed script error in the toolbox:
• We fixed some script errors in the toolbox that occurred when using certain languages such as Dutch. We had to make some changes and add extensions so that the translated text does not cause problems with the scripts.
• Fixed a script error when displaying grouped results in the toolbox:
• The toolbox shows the results of an operation grouped if this is necessary. When viewing these groups, a script error occurred with certain input files. The reason for the problem was the file name. Filenames with certain characters caused this problem. We have investigated and fixed this issue.
• Three untranslated text translated in the toolbox:
• In the toolbox there were still 3 untranslated texts. The texts were displayed in German. Here we have improved so that these texts now also use the translated version.

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PDF24 Creator 10.0.11

Version 10.0.11
(19.02.2021)
Fixed problems with UTF8 character encoding on some systems
Some systems had problems with the UTF8 character encoding. In the toolbox for instance some umlauts were not displayed correctly. This did not affect all systems. We investigated and fixed the problem.
Fixed problem converting images to PDF
A problem with the "Images to PDF" function and the newly introduced embedding of JPG files without recoding has been fixed. If an image file has a .jpg extension and the image is not actually a JPG image, then direct embedding failed with a blank page. We are now using a different technique to identify JPG images so that images with incorrect file extensions will work correctly again.
In the settings area you can now configure the "Images to PDF" function
The "Images to PDF" block has been added to the settings area, where you can make some settings that the "Image to PDF" function uses. Before you could only do this directly via the Windows registry. It's more comfortable that way.
JRE updated to version 15.0.2
The new version is not a direct benefit, but it is important for some companies to have an up-to-date version.

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PDF24 Creator 10.0.12

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PDF24 Creator 10.1.0

Version 10.1.0

(16.08.2021)

General
Cloud print function removed
This service has been discontinued by Google and can no longer be used. Therefore this function has been removed from

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.
Update buttons can be removed
Update buttons can be removed in the user interface. This can be done via the configuration. The new option NoUpdateCheckBtns (DWORD32=[0,1]) is available for this purpose. Some companies have requested this feature.
Tray icon open tool can be set
A new option has been added in the configuration to set the tray icon open tool. This is the option trayIcon.openTool [REG_SZ]. Values can currently be [toolbox, launcher, creator]. If you double click on the icon or select the open option from the context menu, the corresponding program will be opened.
NoKeepDocInfo option introduced
The NoKeepDocInfo (DWORD=[0,1]) option can be used to set whether the metadata of a

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should be kept from the source document or not. The default value is 0, so the data will be preserved. Note about custom output profiles: With the save profiles you can store your own metadata which should be used when a PDF is saved.

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PDF24 Creator 10.1.1

August 20, 2021

• OCR App Code Improved:
• There were two more code improvements in the OCR app, but they don't affect the function or user interface, but log issues.
• Script debug option added to the tolbox:
• In the toolbox, we have added an option to display script errors when they occur. We can use this option when we need to analyze problems with users.
• Maximum script execution time adjusted:
• Adjusting this option prevents the Toolbox from displaying a message that a script slows down the UI in certain situations, which is usually not a problem because synchronous statements are usually used here and the message is unnecessary.
• Dependent components updated:
• QPDF has been updated to version 10.3.2. Ghostscript to version 9.54. The JRE to version 16.0.2.

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PDF24 Creator 10.2.0

September 15, 2021

• Windows file preview for PDF files:
• This version brings a new component for Windows that provides a file preview for PDF files. Many users have requested this feature because they do not want to install additional software for it. We have implemented the file preview based on PDF24 Reader, which we already like very much in the current first version. The preview is fast and requires relatively few resources. It works in Windows Explorer and also in Outlook.
• Reader: Optimized UI startup:
• We have also optimized PDF24 Reader to load only the UI elements that are visible and needed in the current view. This saves resources and leads to a faster start of the UI.
• Reader: Bookmarks area improved:
• The bookmark tree is now loaded on demand and also only the elements that are needed, which speeds up loading PDFs with large bookmark trees and reduces memory consumption. We have quite a large test file which now loads much faster with the new PDF24 Reader than before and it uses much less memory.
• Also a slightly larger indentation is used for child elements in the page tree, so that the structure is better visible.
• The root element or the first entry in the root element is now also only opened if there is only one child element. If the root element has multiple children, then they remain closed. In the end, this has to do with how the page tree was created.
• Reader: Fixed a bug with double-click word selection:
• By double-clicking on a word in the page, it can be selected. In a certain constellation there was a problem in the old Reader, which has now been fixed.
• Updated some language files

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PDF24 Creator 10.3.0

Version 10.3.0
27.09.2021
Problem with password input fields in Windows preview fixed
In the

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preview in Windows Explorer, password input fields were opened behind the Explorer window, so you didn't see this input field. We have improved this and the problem should be solved.
Focus problem in PDF24 Reader fixed
When opening a

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normally in PDF24 Reader, the focus was no longer set to the newly opened PDF file, so you had to click in the viewport to make hotkeys work. This problem has been fixed.
Improved console mode of pdf24-Ocr.exe and pdf24-DocTool.exe
When using pdf24-Ocr.exe and pdf24-DocTool.exe on the console, there were still problems with the prompt not being displayed correctly in the console after the execution was finished. Here we have also improved. We now send a VK_RETURN to the parent console to display the prompt after the process has ended.
Placeholder $fileDir available on auto-save
The function for automatic saving at the

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has now received the placeholder $fileDir. This placeholder stores the directory of the printed file. The name was already present before, but the directory was not. The directory stored in $fileDir is only present or not empty if this directory is also present in the print job name. If the print job name is the full path to a file, then the directory is available and stored in $fileDir.
Open PDF files in the same Reader instance
In this version, PDF24 Reader has been extended and the function that multiple

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can be opened in the same instance has been added. This function has been requested by some users. Whenever multiple files are open in a reader, a tab bar is displayed, which can be used to switch between the files. Using the context menu of a tab, you can then open this file again in another instance if you want.

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PDF24 Creator 10.4.0

October 1, 2021

• Reader: PDF attachments can be managed:
• In the sidebar of PDF24 Reader there is now a panel where PDF attachments can be managed. Attachments can be added, removed, opened and saved. Attachments can also be added via drag & drop.
• Reader: Copy and save page as image:
• By right-clicking in the page of a PDF, you can open a context menu that allows you to copy and save the page as an image. This function is sometimes very useful. It is copied in the current quality or zoom level.
• Reader: Many other minor improvements:
• We have made some improvements in the source code, adjusted colors, improved icons, colored input fields in the info panel and updated texts. These changes make the reader even more beautiful and better.
• Reader: Window position was no longer saved correctly:
• The window position from PDF24 Reader is saved so that this position can be restored when reopening. This no longer worked so reliably and this problem has been fixed.

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PDF24 Creator 10.5.0

October 7, 2021

• Toolbox: Page mode integrated in PDF split tool:
• In the online tools, the page mode has been around for a while now and is often used. This mode is now also integrated in the Split PDF tool in the toolbox. With this mode, the user can split a PDF at certain points by simply clicking on the corresponding scissors in the UI. This makes it quite easy and convenient to split a PDF.
• Reader: Transfer the currently opened PDF to the Toolbox and process it further there:
• In PDF24 Reader there is an entry at the top of the toolbar to transfer the currently opened file to another program to further process the PDF there. Another element has been added here. It is now possible to open the current PDF in the toolbox to process it further there. This is quite interesting and leads to a better productivity, because you can e.g. open the PDF in the Toolbox for signing, editing, compressing and so forth.
• Toolbox: Open Toolbox with files:
• The toolbox can now also be opened with a file, which is then displayed in the UI for further processing. The file is displayed in the UI and all the tools that are relevant for further processing of the file are displayed in the toolbox. All other elements and tools are hidden. This mode is used by PDF24 Reader to open a PDF in the toolbox for further processing.
• Settings: Images in PDF menu entry not translated:
• The Images in PDF menu entry in the settings has not yet used the translations. This entry is now also translated.
• Many language files updated:
• More than 10 language files have been updated and are up to date again.
• Toolbox: Check for updates link in footer has used a wrong flag:
• When calling the updater via the link in the footer, a certain flag was not used, so the latest updates were not found. This problem has been fixed.

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