Revision History

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2024-XX-XX - Major Release -- AcroPlot Suite 2025

AcroPlot Matrix 2025 (PDF Editor, Viewer, Comments, Document Assembly, Print)

• New - Added a feature that enables the placing of signatures on multiple pages.
• New - Added a search feature inside comment replies, using either the Search pane or the Find feature.
• New - Added the ability to convert a rectangle to measurement.
• New - Added a search feature inside Stamps Palette.
• New - Added 'Group by Status' in the Comments View.
• New - Added create custom stamps utility.
• New - Added an option to allow applying stamps with the previously used stamp size.
• New - Added an option to paste copied PDF content as stamp.
• New - Added a feature to merge selected layers.
• New - Added an 'Audit Space Usage' command in the DocumentInfo location and the File menu.
• New - Added a 'Move Pages' tool/action that enables the reordering of pages within PDF documents.
• New - Added new options to tune the appearance of the Comments pane.
• New - Added a feature to filter bookmarks in the Bookmarks pane.
• New - Added a default behavior that zooms documents to the 'Fit Page' view with a double click of the middle mouse button.
• New - Added the ability to move the location at which the active document is stored (Right-click on Document tab).
• New - Added a feature that enables editing of page labels in page properties.
• New - Added a 'Wrap Long Titles' option to the comments pane.
• New - Added rounded corner support for rectangle annotations.
• New - Added a 'Move Tab to New Window' command, which creates a new blank window and then moves the selected tab into it (Right-click on Document tab).
• Updated - Improved the detection of skew/rotation angles when OCR is being performed.
• Updated - Improved the 'Split Pages" feature.
• Updated - Improved 'More Colors' dialog box to the standard colors offered when changing an object's color.
• Updated - The UX for the 'Resize Page(s)' feature.
• Updated - The UX and UI for the 'Crop Page(s)' feature.
• Updated - Enhanced OCR: improved OCR quality by doing additional pre-processing of scanned images to remove clouds of black dots that are created by some scanners. These dots can affect the recognition process and cause inaccurate results.
• Updated - Added an option to "drag and drop" files into the Create Custom Stamp dialog box.
• Updated - Increased the maximum page size limit from 200 to 300 inches.
• Updated - Add navigation buttons to the Redaction Infobar.
• Updated - Added an option to specify page size and crop position for the Crop Pages tool.
• Updated - Improved copy and paste options for Rich Text.
• Updated - Added the option of using macros in the "Find & Replace Bookmark Text" feature.
• Updated - Improved space usage in the Thumbnails pane.
• Updated - Improved the handling of PDF files that contain junk data.
• Updated - Improved support of XFA documents.
• Updated - Improved Search pane functionality: the application now retains search results when the pane is closed and reopened.
• Updated - Improved the visibility of the 'Current Page' marker inside the Thumbnails pane.
• Fixed - Issue with filtering annotations with replies.
• Fixed - Corrected rendering of paths. Some CAD-generated files would show unwanted 'spikes' in some files.
• Fixed - Issue when overwriting a file with itself on remote storage.
• Fixed - Possible issues when pasting images from the Windows 10 Snipping Tool.
• Fixed - Some issues with resizing selected content items and comments on rotated pages.
• Fixed - Issue with highlighting search results inside the Search Pane.
• Fixed - Rare issue where the user interface froze when opening the Open/Save As dialog boxes.
• Fixed - Issue with the undo/redo when adding checkmarks for comments.
• Fixed - Angle snapping for polyline/polygon tools. Holding the "Shift" key as a modifier limits the positioning of the line to pre-defined angles. 
• Fixed - Issue with regular expressions in the 'Find and Redact' tool.
• Fixed - Character spacing issue with OCR.
• Fixed - Issues with OCR on very large images.
• Fixed - Issues handling Ctrl+F/Esc shortcuts in the 'Find' feature.
• Fixed - Issue with flickering pages in full-screen mode during page transitions.
• Fixed - Issue with the cursor over screen annotations, especially when right-click is used, and fixed the Hand Tool's behavior over non-interactive screen annotations.
• Fixed - Issue in the Thumbnails pane where the thumbnail for the current page sometimes became invisible after rotating, adding, or deleting pages.
• Fixed - Issue with selecting screen annotations when using the 'Select Comments' tool.
• Fixed - Issue with exporting settings.
• Resolved - Some security and stability issues.

AcroPlot Pro 2025 (File Converter, CAD Add-in, PDF Creation & Printer)

• New - AutoCAD 2000 - 2025 support for all versions.
• New - AutoCAD 2000 - 2025 Add-in Menu & Toolbar CUI Integration.
• New - BricsCAD support v21- v25 support for all versions. (Initial Release)
• New - BricsCAD support v21- v25 Add-in Menu & Toolbar CUI Integration.
• New - ZWCAD support v24 - v25 support for all versions. (Initial Release)
• New - ZWCAD support v24 - v25 Add-in Menu & Toolbar CUI Integration.
• New - Automated "Page Label" creation added to Bookmarks tab.
• Updated - CAD PDF Output Options > Advanced Routines setting revised to improve quality of embedded images. 
• Updated - CAD PDF Output Options > Advanced Routines setting revised to improve quality of object fills and reduce PDF file sizes from Land F/X software.
• Updated - DWF Output conversion routines.
• Updated - DWF to PDF conversion routines.
• Fixed - AcroPlot PDF Add-in Toolbar not loading into AutoCAD Electrical 2022
• Fixed - AcroPlot PDF Add-in listing ModelSpace layout when only PaperSpace option is selected in some CAD applications.
• Fixed - Automated filename generation from some CAD applications omitting block field values.
• Fixed - Automated bookmark generation from some CAD applications omitting block field values.

2023-09-18 - Minor Release -- AcroPlot Suite 2024

2023-06-08 - Major Release -- AcroPlot Suite 2024

AcroPlot Pro 2024 (Batch Converter, AutoCAD Add-in, PDF Printer)

• New - AutoCAD 2000-2025 support for all versions.
• New - AutoCAD 2000-2025 Add-in Menu & Toolbar CUI Integration.

2022-12-30 - Major Release -- AcroPlot Suite 2023

AcroPlot Matrix 2023 (PDF Edit, View, Document Assembly, Comment, Print)

• New - Edit Content Tool - modifying all PDF content (Not Comments).
• New - Select multiple comments [CTRL + LMB] (Left-Mouse-Button).
• New - Rotate comments freely or at 15 deg. increments with [SHFT + LMB].
• New - 3D PDF viewing support that contains U3D. We are working to add PRC.
• New - Calibration / Scale for Distance, Perimeter, and Area comment tools
• New - Calibration list creation and management (Save your scales).
• New - Typewriter Tool new has precise placement before typing text.
• New - Added auto scrolling when creating or editing annotations and mouse cursor goes out of the page view.
• New - Double-click to select a word, Triple-click to select a paragraph,  Quadruple-click to select the entire page.
• New - FILE > Save as … MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• New - FILE > Save as Optimized ...with compression & settings management.
• New - EDIT > Change User Interface Colors added nine settings.
• New - DOCUMENT > Watermarks & Stamping ...creation and settings mgt. for precision placement on multiple pages.
• New - DOCUMENT > Header Footer ...creation and settings mgt.
• New - DOCUMENT > Number Pages ...creation and settings mgt.
• New - DOCUMENT > Redaction ...permanently remove/hide content. More secure than flattening a comment object.
• New - DOCUMENT > OCR Pages ...convert image text to searchable text.
• New - TOOLS > EDIT CONTENT > Edit Content ...select non-comment objects to move, copy, rotate, delete, or resize.  
• New - TOOLS > EDIT CONTENT > Add Text ...create new text on the document layer -- not comment text.
• New - TOOLS > EDIT CONTENT > Edit Form ...create/edit PDF forms that include text fields, checkbox, list box, radio button, dropdown, signature field, barcode, date calendar, image capture, set tab order, buttons with commands, fields that calculate, and field input validations.
• New - 'Autosave' function to automatically recover documents after crash or closing without saving.
• New - Implemented the function to add, remove and reorder layers and text labels in Comments.
• New -  Option to show/hide all of the modifiable layers in the Layers Pane.
• New - Added new vector-based cursors for high DPI displays.
• Updated - Revised the algorithm for recovering broken PDF files.
• Updated - The process for printing images. Images are now printed much faster with better quality.
• Updated - Improvements in Digital Signatures.
• Updated - Improvements in the Export and Import of images.
• Updated - Added a “percentage” as a value option in the Resize Pages dialog box.
• Updated - Improvements to the Certificate Selection combo box in the "Sign Document" dialog box. The list now displays additional information about digital certificates.
• Updated - Changed the appearance of line annotations with arrows (including distance annotation) - now arrows are not drawn beyond leader lines.
• Updated - Improvements for rendering for problematic shading items.
• Updated - DOCUMENT > Insert Multiple Files ...revised to work in new release.
• Fixed - XMP’s are now not affected by the "Billion laughs attack".
• Fixed - Addressed the issue that was causing sticky notes to rotate on printing.
• Fixed - Addressed issues with rotating line, arrows, and distance annotations.
• Fixed - Addressed issue with stamps that have been rotated in third-party applications.
• Fixed - Addressed issue with toggling rulers.
• Fixed - Addressed issue with printing PDFs where sometimes the job size was too large and the resulting quality was compromised.
• Fixed - Addressed an issue when filling text form fields where special characters were not shown properly.
• Fixed - Addressed issue with flipped distance measurements on rotated pages.
• Fixed - Addressed the issue with the 'Resize Pages' feature in cases when set to the size of the current Page Box.
• Fixed - Addressed issue with handling ALT key in Full Screen mode.
• Fixed - Addressed issue when parts of content is not printed in some documents.
• Fixed - Addressed a rare issue when printing annotations.
• Fixed - Addressed some issues with window maximization in multi-monitor configurations.
• Fixed - Addressed a critical issue with rendering UI elements that was causing occasional crashes.
• Fixed - Flatten Comments Save as ...was not working in some versions.
   

AcroPlot Pro 2023 (Batch Converter, AutoCAD Add-in, PDF Printer)

• New - AutoCAD 2000-2023 support for all versions.
• New - AutoCAD 2000-2023 Add-in Menu & Toolbar CUI Integration.
• New - Four new conversion methods for AutoCAD conversions found at the bottom of the “CAD Options” tab.
• New - DWF to PDF option to utilize Autodesk Design Review instead of our direct conversion.  Useful for password protected DWF files.
• New - Output file types added: PDF/A-1a, PDF/A-1b, PDF/A-2a, PDF/A-2b, PDF/A-2u.
• New - SETUP > Change User Interface Colors added.
• New - Hide PDF Files checkbox on the files tab will prevent them from showing in the files list window to make it easier when selecting files for conversion.
• Fixed - Custom file name output using AutoCAD block attributes.
• Fixed - Custom bookmarks using AutoCAD block attributes.
• Fixed - PLT to PDF not selecting correct sheet size for some files.
• Fixed - PLT to PDF reversing angled text.
• Fixed - DWF to PDF slight line shifting for some conversions.
• Fixed - DXF to PDF scaling issue resolved for some conversions

2020-07-09 - AutoCAD 2021 Support and Support for Windows 7, Server 2008 R2, and Newer Operating Systems

• Support for AutoCAD 2021

2019-07-23 - AutoCAD 2020 Support and Support for Windows 7, Server 2008 R2, and Newer Operating Systems

• First version of AcroPlot that will NOT run on Windows XP and Vista.  Trying to continue to support these legacy operating systems is limiting our future improvements so with Windows XP now unsupported for 5 years and Windows Vista for 2 years it's time for AcroPlot to move on also.
• Support for AutoCAD 2020
• Bug fix for AutoCAD wipeouts not working when lines merge is enabled in AutoCAD 2018 and newer.
• Fixes for converting without AutoCAD to better support ctb and stb files.
• Fixed a bug that might make Thumbnail Names appears identical in Adobe Acrobat due to a bug in Adobe Acrobat itself.