[Changelog] novaPDF 7

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[Changelog] novaPDF 7

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Below is the changelog for the public builds of novaPDF 7.0 - novaPDF 7.7. This version was first released in November 2009 and development ended in June 2014. It is currently NOT SUPPORTED, support ended in April 2019.

If you are looking for the latest version of novaPDF, you can download it here: https://www.novapdf.com/download.html

Changes in novaPDF 7.7 build 400 (13-June-2014)
  • Fix: Fixed watermarks error on x64 systems
Changes in novaPDF 7.7 build 394 (24-Oct-2013)
  • Fix: Added version information in Programs list
  • Fix: Font subsetting didn't work correctly for some Type 1 fonts
  • Fix: Added numbering to PDF bookmarks when converting headings from Microsoft Word
  • Fix: Display issues for the About window on Windows 8
Changes in novaPDF 7.7 build 393 (20-Aug-2013)
  • Fix: Corrected the usage of star character in macros
Changes in novaPDF 7.7 build 392 (24-May-2013)
  • New: Added a new command line parameter for the setup, when this parameter is used the add-in for Microsoft Office is not installed
  • Update: Added the possibility to use apostrophe characters in the command line
Changes in novaPDF 7.7 build 391 (9-May-2013)
  • New: New parameter (%2) for After Save actions
  • Update: Increased text watermarks size to 256 chars
  • Fix: Correction for PDF/A conversions (validation report errors for the OCProperties entry in Doc Catalog)
  • Fix: Image conversion corrections (radio buttons were not converted correctly, in certain cases also image color was different)
Changes in novaPDF 7.7 build 388 (14-Feb-2013)
  • Fix: Corrections for hyperlink conversions when using the Excel/Word add-in
  • Fix: Corrected overlay behavior when using the "Rotation" option
  • Fix: Corrected conversion errors for documents with symbolic fonts (Roman symbol encoding)
Changes in novaPDF 7.7 build 387 (9-Oct-2012)
  • New: novaPDF is now fully compatible with Windows 8
  • Update: Various optimizations for image conversions
  • Fix: Corrections for Content field in email body configuration
  • Fix: Fixed several memory leaks
Changes in novaPDF 7.6 build 382 (16-May-2012)
  • Fix: Printing from Internet Explorer crashed in certain situations
  • Fix: Fixed the /InstallonlyNewerVer setup parameter
Changes in novaPDF 7.6 build 381 (10-May-2012)
  • Update: Changed the hash algorithm for image optimization
  • Fix: Conversion corrections for text with ColtFont font
  • Fix: Changed font names for subsetted fonts to have correct ANSI characters
  • Fix: GUI crashed when adding text watermarks in certain scenarios
  • Fix: Signature didn't work correctly in certain situations
Changes in novaPDF 7.6 build 379 (16-March-2012)
  • New: Added Macros for Text Watermarks (page number, date/time, doc/file/profile/user name, workstation, doc info)
  • New: Multiple copies of the same page/document can now be converted to a single PDF file (with or without Collate)
  • New: novaPDF can now be installed using parameters from a single setup configuration file (instead of using the parameters one by one)
  • Update: After installation is successful, you have the option to open the website for tutorials, documentation and other resources
  • Update: Optimized conversion when using Unicode fonts (i.e. documents in Tamil language are now accurately converted)
  • Update: When using the Publisher Addin, the printing process is not canceled even if the user does not have rights to set printer page size
  • Fix: Corrected language selection depending on regional settings
  • Fix: For silent installations, a novaPDF icon was briefly shown in taskbar, now it won't show up anymore
Changes in novaPDF 7.5 build 378 (1-March-2012)
  • Fix: Corrected overlay with rotated pages
  • Fix: Corrections for converting Type1 fonts with custom embedding
  • Fix: Added a parameter for command line installation called PROGRAMFILES (X86)
  • Fix: The Save As dialog will always be on top of other windows
Changes in novaPDF 7.5 build 377 (18-January-2012)
  • Fix: Changed font names for subset fonts to have correct ANSI characters on documents containing Chinese fonts
  • Fix: For fonts that didn't have italic characters, novaPDF calculated an angle for skewing that increased with every character, now is fixed
  • Update: Modified text on About window and changed footer notice for unregistered versions
Changes in novaPDF 7.5 build 376 (22-November-2011)
  • Fix: Conversion of rotated text in CAD drawings
  • Fix: Spooler crash when printing from IE9
  • Fix: Overlay error in some situations
  • Fix: Several memory leaks
  • Fix: Problem with grayscale conversion
Changes in novaPDF 7.5 build 373 (3-October-2011)
  • New: Add-in for Microsoft Publisher
  • New: Add-in for Microsoft Visio
  • Fix: Corrected bookmarks for the Microsoft Word add-in
  • Fix: Corrected behavior for Microsoft Word add-in when used from Outlook 2003
  • Fix: Conversion correction for overlay images
  • Fix: Corrected problem when converting files with long name
  • Fix: Minor corrections for PDF/A (CIDSets)
  • Fix: Corrected conversion from Visio when backgrounds were used
  • Fix: Fixed delete watermark message
  • Fix: Corrected behavior when appending using the add-in for Office
  • Fix: Corrected Terminal Services message for Desktop editions
Changes in novaPDF 7.4 build 369 (28-July-2011)
  • Fix: Corrected a problem when printing from Internet Explorer 9
  • Fix: Links in encrypted PDF files were sometimes damaged
  • Fix: Tiff files printed from PageMaker were not converted correctly
  • Fix: Corrected downsampling error for 8bpp images
Changes in novaPDF 7.4 build 367 (9-June-2011)
  • Fix: Corrected the installation process on Windows XP (32-bit) when the x64 folder does not exist
  • Fix: Corrected the Append to PDF process on client computers
  • Fix: Corrected an overlay error with pages that have TrimBox
Changes in novaPDF 7.4 build 365 (1-June-2011)
  • New: Added new predefined page sizes
  • Fix: Fixed some Print Spooler hangs on client restart on 32 bit Windows 7 computers
Changes in novaPDF 7.4 build 363 (2-May-2011)
  • New: Added /InstallOnlyNewerVer parameter for command line installations
  • New: Added an option to cancel the print job
  • Fix: Corrected installation on Windows 2000
  • Fix: Correction for Greek character conversions
  • Fix: Corrections for watermarks with public profiles
  • Fix: Correction for rendering patterns
Changes in novaPDF 7.4 build 361 (1-April-2011)
  • Fix: Correction in the add-in for Microsoft Word, when filename contained Greek characters
  • Fix: Owner password is required now in the Security tab on Save As dialog too
Changes in novaPDF 7.4 build 358 (14-February-2011)
  • New: Added root bookmark option
  • Update: Optimized the monochrome image conversion
  • Fix: Lines created with Highlight in Windows Journal are not printed
  • Fix: Small correction for PDF Overlay
  • Fix: In some cases bookmarks were not created correctly using the Add-in for Microsoft Word
Changes in novaPDF 7.3 build 355 (15-December-2010)
  • New: Added full version info for startup application (novapdf.exe from the Program Files directory) to improve version detection for update managers
  • Fix: Corrected Type1 font subsetting (Monospac821 BT Type 1 font was not correctly embedded)
  • Fix: Corrected link detection behavior (links not containing dots were not detected, such as machinename:8000)
  • Fix: Corrected emailing other attachment files having blank characters in filename
  • Fix: If "Send email" option is selected with "Open email client", the email was not opened if no details were set for email receipient and body text
Changes in novaPDF 7.3 build 353 (1-December-2010)
  • New: Added an add-in for Microsoft PowerPoint
  • Fix: Embed fonts lists correction
Changes in novaPDF 7.2 build 351 (18-November-2010)
  • Fix: Corrected a crash when printing from Excel in special conditions
  • Fix: Corrected printing emails with long attachments from Lotus Notes
  • Fix: Corrected embed Type1 fonts (Print Spooler was crashing)
  • Fix: Corrected vertically written fonts conversion error
Changes in novaPDF 7.2 build 350 (26-October-2010)
  • New: Added PDF version 1.7 in the list of available versions (1.5 default one)
  • Update: Change public profiles file name to not contain computer name
  • Fix: Corrections for profiles used in SDK
Changes in novaPDF 7.2 build 349 (22-October-2010)
  • New: Added back port monitor due to access problems for local ports
Changes in novaPDF 7.2 build 348 (19-October-2010)
  • Fix: Corrected Print Spooler hang on client computer restart
Changes in novaPDF 7.2 build 347 (14-October-2010)
  • Update: Removed port monitor, now using a local port instead
  • Fix: Corrected some conversion errors for symbol characters
Changes in novaPDF 7.2 build 346 (7-October-2010)
  • Fix: Corrected missing characters when printing from Publisher
  • Fix: Corrected add-in for Microsoft Office Word 2010 when using brackets in document name
  • Fix: Optimized PDF size when overlaying with an jpeg image PDF file
Changes in novaPDF 7.2 build 345 (20-September-2010)
  • Fix: Corrected newlines in email body
  • Fix: Corrected A0, A1,... paper sizes on Vista and Windows 7
  • Fix: Corrections for Excel images
  • Fix: Corrected installer crash when importing profiles
Changes in novaPDF 7.2 build 344 (7-September-2010)
  • New: Extended Email functionality
  • New: Added macros for folder name in Save settings
  • New: Added Profile name macro for file and folder names
  • Fix: Fixed images from Excel 2010
Changes in novaPDF 7.1 build 343 (26-August-2010)
  • Fix: The temporary files after an append operation for desktop editions were not cleaned up, now they will be deleted
  • Fix: A default profile was created each time profiles were imported, now default profiles aren't created during import
  • Fix: "Prompt Save As dialog" "When file exists" offered to save the PDF in a different folder by default, instead of the original folder
  • Fix: Corrections for the Romanian translation
Changes in novaPDF 7.1 build 342 (28-July-2010)
  • Fix: When canceling the Select profile dialog, the print job would still run
  • Fix: Appending to a PDF with bookmarks, while keeping the Enable Bookmark feature on, resulted in a spooler crash
  • Fix: Signature generation error for large PDF files
  • Fix: Crashes occurred when creating PDF files with OpenType fonts and embedding those
What’s New in novaPDF 7.1.341 (6-July-2010)
  • Update: Changed default high color compression to JPEG
  • Fix: Add-in for Excel canceling processing when errors
  • Fix: The dll for sending emails was not loaded on Windows 2000
What’s New in novaPDF 7.1.340 (17-June-2010)
  • Update: Optimized the size of resulting PDFs after appending (PDF with images)
  • Fix: Do not hang when printing Word documents with embedded files
  • Fix: Install even if EnumPorts fails
  • Fix: Setup translations correction
What’s New in novaPDF 7.1.337 (3-June-2010)
  • Update: The add-in for Microsoft Office is by default docked
  • Update: Optimized the size of resulting PDFs after appending
  • Fix: Various language corrections
What’s New in novaPDF 7.1.336 (14-May-2010)
  • New: Add Hebrew language to user interface
  • Update: Optimized PDF file size for documents with Asian characters
  • Fix: Corrected selection on edit fields on Paper page (when pressing TAB the selection didn't switch correctly)
  • Fix: Compatible with Windows 2000 now (didn't work before)
  • Fix: Several corrections to the Add-in for Microsoft Office
  • Fix: Corrected usage of Default profile on clients when private profiles are not allowed
  • Fix: Watermark char "©" on Chinese systems is now printed correctly
  • Fix: Append/insert/overlay PDF files with security now work correctly
What’s New in novaPDF 7.1.332 (12-April-2010)
  • New: Added visibility layers for watermarks
  • New: Added Document Creator option
  • New: Added Page Scaling options
  • New: Added option to remove PDF after emailing
  • New: Added Lithuanian language
  • Fix: Changed default compression for high color images to zip
  • Fix: Rendering corrections (including outlined text)
  • Fix: Add-in for Microsoft Word ignores links with error and processes rest of the document
  • Fix: Do not hang printer queue if client is not available (log off)
  • Fix: Fixed page orientation from Excel, Word, TextMaker and others on x64
  • Fix: Corrected PDF/A namespace
  • Fix: Fixed create new predefined form
  • Fix: Changed About tab for SDK and OEM editions
  • Fix: Fixed platform string on About page
  • Fix: Corrected OEM parameters (OEMSaveLocal)
  • Fix: COM events separate on TS sessions (SessionID)
What’s New in novaPDF 7.0.330 (2-March-2010)
  • Fix: Corrected font left clipping
  • Fix: Fixed /HidePrinterPages
  • Fix: Fixed /NoInstallifExists - allow for all editions, not only for SDK
  • Fix: Unicode Innosetup - Unicode command line params
  • Fix: OfficeAddin - automatically attached to a novaPDF printer, if only one installed
  • Fix: Use local time instead of system time for creation date and time
What’s New in novaPDF 7.0.329 (18-February-2010)
  • Fix: Corrected Danish language
  • Fix: Updated Korean language
  • Fix: If a printer exists with the same name and different driver, gets deleted before install
  • Fix: Removed register dialog from Advanced save (SDK only)
What’s New in novaPDF 7.0.327 (4-February-2010)
  • New: User interface translated in Malay
  • New: User interface translated in Thai
  • New: Add Registration-Free COM in C++ "Hello World (network)" sample (SDK)
  • Fix: Conversion problem with page orientations in Word documents
  • Fix: 0 byte PDF files created when checking rights, now gets deleted and recreated
  • Fix: Licensing error message
What’s New in novaPDF 7.0.326 (27-January-2010)
  • Fix: Save dialog didn't show on top of other windows on Windows7 x64
  • Fix: Crash on Win7 x64 computers in some situations
  • New: Added "single computer" restriction to OEM licenses
  • New: Added the Signature page for HidePrinterPages parameter
What’s New in novaPDF 7.0.325 (19-January-2010)
  • Fix: Registered successfully message box showing even if wrong key was entered (x64 computers)
  • Fix: Corrected duplicated fonts problem (virtual memory)
  • Fix: Solved a problem when printing images from Adobe Viewer
  • Fix: Registry handle leak
What’s New in novaPDF 7.0.323 (11-January-2010)
  • Fix: Minor fixes regarding the add-in for Word (filename and some links positioning)
  • Fix: Fixed problem appending PDFs from FireFox when logged in with standard user
  • Fix: Fixed truetype fonts with SO_GLYPHINDEX_TEXTOUT
What’s New in novaPDF 7.0.322 (17-December-2009)
  • Fix: Bug in signature operation (zero width and height)
What’s New in novaPDF 7.0.321 (4-December-2009)
  • Fix: Minor fixes regarding the add-in for Excel
  • Fix: Fixes for printing on some BitBlt raster operations
  • Fix: Unicode problem for symbol fonts (Windings)
What’s New in novaPDF 7.0 (12-November-2009)
  • New: Added option to digitally sign PDF files
  • New: Type1 fonts are now supported
  • New: novaPDF now includes add-ins for Microsoft Office (Word and Excel)
  • New: Added a start page to allow quick access to create PDFs
  • New: Fully compatible with Windows 7
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