PDF-Tools Version History

Released Apr 29th, 2024 . Requires maintenance through Apr 29th, 2024

NEW Added an 'Add Barcode' tool/action that adds barcodes with user-specified data to documents.

NEW Added a 'Run JavaScript' tool/action that runs user-defined JavaScript code snippets for input documents.

NEW Added a 'Normalize Pages' tool/action that adjusts the position and rotation of pages/content in documents.

NEW Added an 'Identify Forms' tool/action that identifies form fields in document content.

NEW Added the option of navigating through list items using the keyboard in the 'Manual Split/Merge' dialog box.

Bugfixes and Improvements

  • Fixed an issue that could result in the 'The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process' error when 'multi-threaded processing mode' is enabled. (41679)

  • Fixed an issue that could lead to the 'The specified file cannot be found' error when 'multi-threaded processing mode' is enabled. (42096)

  • Fixed an issue that resulted in applying the 'Successfully processed files' action (Tool Info/Tool Edit View -> Tool settings -> All Options -> Input Files group) to input files that were not processed. (40506)

  • Fixed an issue where only a font subset was embedded when using 'Convert to PDF/A' in conjunction with Microsoft Word documents.

  • Fixed an issue with missing 'Allow Copy Serial Keys' and 'Allow Auto-Upgrade Serial Keys' administrative templates.

  • Fixed an issue that could result in the application freezing when 'multi-threaded processing mode' is disabled.

  • Fixed an issue with document names when using the 'Keep doc as is' method in the 'Split/Merge Documents' action.

  • Fixed an issue that caused an inability to define a page ranges for the 'Delete Pages', 'PDF to Audio', 'Delete All Comments', and 'Delete Markup Annotations' actions.

Released Jan 22nd, 2024 . Requires maintenance through Jan 22nd, 2024

Released Jan 8th, 2024 . Requires maintenance through Jan 8th, 2024

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