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Changes in novaPDF 7.7 build 400 (13-June-2014)
- Fix: Fixed watermarks error on x64 systems
- 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
- Fix: Corrected the usage of star character in macros
- 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
- 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)
- 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)
- 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
- Fix: Printing from Internet Explorer crashed in certain situations
- Fix: Fixed the /InstallonlyNewerVer setup parameter
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- New: Added new predefined page sizes
- Fix: Fixed some Print Spooler hangs on client restart on 32 bit Windows 7 computers
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- New: Added an add-in for Microsoft PowerPoint
- Fix: Embed fonts lists correction
- 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
- 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
- New: Added back port monitor due to access problems for local ports
- Fix: Corrected Print Spooler hang on client computer restart
- Update: Removed port monitor, now using a local port instead
- Fix: Corrected some conversion errors for symbol characters
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Update: The add-in for Microsoft Office is by default docked
- Update: Optimized the size of resulting PDFs after appending
- Fix: Various language corrections
- 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
- 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)
- 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
- 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)
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Fix: Bug in signature operation (zero width and height)
- 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)
- 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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