Fabreasy heeft versie 1.0.3 uitgebracht van PDFixer, een Windows-programma van Nederlandse bodem waarmee pdf-documenten bewerkt, ondertekend en beveiligd kunnen worden. Documenten worden lokaal en niet in de cloud opgeslagen, en een licentie kost 49 euro exclusief BTW voor drie jaar waarbij er tijdelijk een korting van 20 euro wordt gegeven.
Eerder deze maand is met versienummer 1.0 de eerste stabiele uitgave uitgebracht en inmiddels zijn er enkele update verschenen. Hierin wordt onder meer gecontroleerd of na het opslaan een document nog aan PDF/A voldoet. Ook worden TrueType lettertypen kleiner ingebed, doordat alleen gebruikte tekens worden opgenomen. Verder zijn problemen opgelost rond PDF/A 2u en 2b, tekstextractie bij ligaturen, beveiligd opslaan zonder openingswachtwoord en het beheer van briefpapiersets.
Fabreasy PDFixer 1.0.3
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- A PDF/A file stays PDF/A only if it still is after saving. Saving with a password turns it into a regular PDF, because PDF/A does not allow passwords. After an edit, PDFixer makes the document conform again; if that fails, it becomes a regular PDF. In both cases PDFixer tells you. Signing after “Save as PDF/A” keeps it PDF/A.
- “Save with password” is now called “Secure save”, and with a certificate “Secure save, with my certificate”. The dialog also sets what the recipient may do, and the open password is optional.
- Smaller files: text you add in a TrueType font now embeds only the characters you used instead of the whole font, typically about 20 kB instead of over 1 MB. Symbol fonts such as Wingdings are still embedded in full.
- The demo letterhead now uses embedded Arial, so it looks the same in every pdf reader.
- Save as PDF/A: ligatures such as “ti”, “ft” and “ff” now carry the right Unicode text, so they can be copied and searched.
- After a secure save without an open password, the message said the file could not be opened without a password. It now says that anyone can open it and only the restrictions are protected.
- “Save as PDF/A” could produce PDF/A-2u the first time and PDF/A-2b after saving again for some forms.
- A font that was selected in a document but never used to draw any text was still embedded in full in PDF/A, making an invoice grow from 48 to 267 kB. It is now 55 kB.
- Letterhead set management: choosing another set while the list was scrolled down left a large grey area under the name.
Fabreasy PDFixer 1.0.2
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- Save as PDF/A. Save a copy as an archival PDF/A file (PDF/A-2u, or PDF/A-2b when a font carries no Unicode information). The copy is only written if the conversion fully succeeds. Fonts that are not embedded are taken from your PC, or replaced by a metrically identical font for Arial, Times and Courier. If a font cannot be resolved, PDFixer tells you which one and saves nothing. Colours are anchored to an sRGB profile, and content that PDF/A forbids (scripts, actions, XFA forms) is removed. Results are checked with veraPDF.
- If a document has attachments, such as the XML of an e-invoice, PDFixer asks whether to keep them (PDF/A-3, recommended) or remove them (PDF/A-2).
- Very long pages, such as a web page printed as one continuous page, can also become PDF/A. The size on paper stays the same.
- If a document cannot become PDF/A, the message explains why in your own language.
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- An expired licence no longer closes PDFixer. You can still open and view documents; saving requires a licence.
- Removing a white background now starts at half a page instead of 85%, so letterhead also shows through documents from report generators. The explanation next to the option now says exactly what it does.
- Every saved file now carries a unique document ID, as the PDF standard recommends.
- In documents that draw each letter separately, copying or searching text could put the “@” of an e-mail address at the start of the line.
Fabreasy PDFixer 1.0.1
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- Keyboard navigation works like Acrobat. Page Down and Space scroll one screen and continue onto the next page at the edge; Page Up and Shift+Space go back. Left and right arrows move a whole page, up and down scroll a few lines. Home and End go to the first and last page. When an object is selected, the arrow keys still move that object.
- New shortcuts: Ctrl+1 for actual size, Ctrl+2 for fit width (next to Ctrl+0 for fit page), and Ctrl+G or Ctrl+Shift+N to go to a page number.
- Calmer mouse wheel. Free-spinning wheels and touchpads no longer fly through the document. At the bottom of a page, only a new scroll movement turns the page, so you land at the top of the next page.
- If the licence server refuses a request, the message now shows the server’s reason instead of “no connection”.
- The licence window no longer claims that the trial is shorter on a virtual machine.
- Clicking away from a word you are editing now applies the change, like Enter. Only Escape cancels.
- Deleting or moving a page is now part of undo. Before, undoing a later text edit could bring a deleted page back.
- Undoing a text edit on a page that is not in view now jumps to that page and shows what was undone.
- Long-term validation (LTV) now also works on documents saved with both a password and a certificate.
Fabreasy PDFixer 1.0.0
The first stable release.
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- Open password-protected PDFs. PDFixer asks for the password. A document that opened with a password is saved with it again, and its permissions stay as they were, so saving never silently removes protection.
- Secure save with AES-256 encryption. Choose exactly what the recipient may do: print, copy text, comment and sign, edit, fill in forms, assemble pages, and copy for accessibility. Restrictions use a second password that differs from the open password, so they cannot be lifted by anyone who can open the file. Note that permissions are a request to the PDF reader: Edge, Acrobat and Preview respect them, but only the open password truly locks a file.
- Secure save with your certificate: a password and a digital signature in one step, in the right order.
- Your own symbols. Next to the check mark and cross, keep up to eight symbols of your own: check marks, crosses, bullets, stars, arrows, and characters such as § © ® ™ € ±. They are stored as shapes, so they stay sharp at any size.
- Place a symbol where you click. Choose a symbol, then click the spot on the page. Escape cancels.
- Copy and paste placed objects with Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V.
- Align and distribute. Drag a frame around placed objects to align them left or right, or to give them equal spacing from top to bottom.
- The toolbar and the Save menu are now arranged in three groups: add to the page, apply to the whole document, and remove. Signing is the last item in the Save menu, because it is the last step.
- A clearly visible, blinking cursor when you click on the page to type.
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- The portable version now runs where you unzip it; the “Quick setup” window is gone. For a permanent installation, use the Microsoft Store.
- The trial status now reads “Trial: 14 days left”.
- “Save with password”, “with my certificate” and “with password and certificate” suggest a new file name (such as “- signed”) instead of overwriting the original. Documents in a system folder are suggested in Documents instead.
- Smart cards and USB tokens: the certificate picker remembers your last certificate, refreshes when a token is inserted, tells you when the manufacturer’s software is missing, and greys out certificates whose token is not inserted.
- PrivacyMode now also hashes the Windows user name sent during the licence check. The new optional setting PrivacySalt adds an organisation secret to that hash. Set both before rollout: changing them after activation changes the identity of the installation.
- The administrator setting BuyButton=0 now also hides the buy button, price and offer in the new interface. Language can now be set in HKLM as well as HKCU.
- Smooth scrolling: redrawing a page is about forty times faster.
- Selected symbols show only a frame. Resize handles are hidden when an object is too small to show them.
- Arrow keys move objects by 1 point on paper (10 with Shift), whatever the zoom level.
- The text box grows with your text instead of running to the page edge.
- Saving a signed document without changes no longer removes the signature. With changes, you choose between overwriting, saving as a new file, or cancelling. Save As warns in advance that the copy will not contain the signature.
- You can now sign a document that is already signed. PDFixer explains that the existing signature is replaced.
- A document saved with a password and a certificate is recognised as signed when you open it again.
- Signing a document that was opened with a password now just works.
- Secure save got stuck as soon as you restricted a permission.
- Text on screen was drawn slightly narrower than in the saved file.
- A symbol came out larger on paper than on screen.
- Placed objects appeared twice after saving.
- The English interface prefilled a form field with the Dutch word “Datum”.
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