Q: I’ve been using PDF Studio for a few years, and really like it, could you tell me what new features have been released since my version?
New versions are released annually and contain hundreds of changes including new features, enhancements and bug fixes. Below is a list of all the major features released for each specific version since PDF Studio 10 (released in 2015). For a full least of the features released in each version, see the linked release notes.
Additionally, we offer up to a 60% discount to existing users upgrading to the latest version. See our page here for more details: https://www.qoppa.com/pdfstudio/buy/upgrade/
- Spell check for content editing
- New option to Print All Open Documents
- New annotation “Highlighter” tool
- Add ability to unembed individual fonts in Document Properties – Fonts Dialog
- New “System Default” preference for Comment Author
- Ability to “Print Selected Graphics” for an area selected with snapshot
- Dropbox: Added support for the new “Team Spaces”
- Path properties now editable in ribbon properties tab on toolbar
- File Attachment Annotation Description to Show in Bubble & Note
- Improve Signature Field Position (with units) in Batch Sign Dialog
- Show more files in file list for document storage by reducing row height
- Optimizer: New option to “Remove document tags”
- Optimizer: New option to “Remove invalid bookmarks / links”
- Optimizer: New “Unembed fonts” option
- New enterprise volume deployment features
- Action Wizard to Automate PDF tasks (Pro) — See Video
- Document Session Manager (Reopen Previously Opened Docs) — See Video
- Create Table of Contents from PDF Bookmarks — See Video
- Add Comment Summary when Printing — See Video
- Auto-Save Document Recovery — See Video
- Comments Pane Improvements — See Video
- Thumbnail Preview on Windows
- Gray/Monotone Icons Theme — See Video
- PDF/X Conversion (Pro)
- Easy Tools to “Add Content” (Pro) — See Video
- Output Preview: Color Separation View (Pro)
- (Beta) Convert PDF to Word without Office Installed (Pro) — See Video
- PDF Stamps with Data Entry — See Video
- Multithreaded Tile Factory for up to 6x performance boost in rendering documents
- Accessibility Color Options (Background & Text Color)
- Text To Speech (TTS) Reading Tools
- “Unflatten” Annotations
- Improved Content Editing
- New Content Explorer Pane
- Filter Annotations by Type, Author, etc…
- DocTimestamp Signatures Support
- Search Recent File List
- Additional Preflight Functions
- Real Full Screen Mode
- Auto Detect Links
- Upgraded OCR Engine Version
- New Font Substitution Rules
- Allow Opening Docs in Tabs instead of Frames
- Redesigned Vertical Comments Pane on the Right Side
- New Find Tools search box helps locate tools on toolbar
- Many User Interface, Annotations and Fields Enhancements
- Cloud Storage Integrations: Dropbox, Google Drive, One Drive
- DocuSign© Integration
- Create Accessible Tagged PDFs (Pro)
- Verify Accessibility with PDF/UA Verification
- Examine Tagged PDFs with the Tag Explorer
- Set Document Reading Options
- Split Document View
- Fix Scan Tool with Deskew, Optimize & OCR (Pro)
- Improved Overlay Comparison (now Vector Based) (Pro)
- Sanitize Tool to Remove Sensitive Data (Pro)
- Redesigned user interface with Ribbon toolbar (Classic still available)
- Inline text content editing with reflow (Pro)
- Support full Unicode (non-Latin) characters in Form Fields
- (Linux) New scanning interface, including Scanning Profiles (Pro)
- New “Fast Sign” Signature Stamps
- Create/Edit Page Templates (Pro)
- Create/Edit PDF Destinations (Pro)
- Support for the new PDF 2.0 standards
- New! PDF Studio Viewer Edition (Free / Viewer Only)
- Search Text across Multiple PDFs
- Scanning Configurations (Windows & Mac)
- Microsoft Excel to PDF Conversion
- Send to Word (Windows Only Integration with MS Office) (Pro)
- Page Labels (Pro)
- Advanced Imposition (Pro)
- Resize Pages (Pro)
- 4K High Resolution Display Support
- Annotations Rich Text & Multi-Language Support
- Improved PDF Optimizer with Audit & Results (Pro)
- Welcome Screen with Recent Files & Useful Shortcuts
- Annotations and Form Fields Spell Checker
- Major Rubber Stamps Redo (Dynamic, Preview, Predefined and PDF Stamps)
- Enhanced Print Dialog
- Quick Text Search (in addition to Advanced Search)
- Major Memory & Performance Enhancements
- Many New Batch Functions (Pro)
- Output Preview and Overprint Simulation (Pro)
- Non-Latin OCR Languages (Pro)
- Image Improvements (Unlimited size, Faster)
- Font Improvements
- Optimizer to Reduce PDF File Size (Pro)
- UI Redesign & Enhancement
- Touch Mode for Tablets
- Convert from PDF to HTML5 (Pro)
- New Visual Comparison Tool (Overlay) (Pro)
- New Printing and Scanning Dialogs
- Improved Recent File List
- Many Annotations, Links and Form Fields Improvements
- Enhancements in Layers and Bookmarks Handling
