Users of older PDFpen versions, please note: PDFpen 10 is a paid upgrade unless you purchased on or after January 1, 2018.
- Resolves issue with page change upon save
- Other fixes and improvements
- Fixes Polygon tool
- Fixes allowed space for extra buttons on Editing Bar before they are collapsed
- Correctly saves field values of Radio Button groups
- Updates OCR engine
- Other fixes and improvements
- Adds notarization for increased security
- Fixes crash at purchase completion
- Fixes crash on File -> New -> From HTML…
- Smooths scrolling
- Draws thumbnails faster
- Supports Mojave dark mode
- Increases maximum zoom to 1600%
- Other fixes and improvements
- Resolves potential hang on launch with specific documents
- Other fixes and improvements
- Major performance improvements relating to thumbnails and display
- Reduced memory requirements for opening large documents
- Display progress dialog when adding headers and footers
- Other fixes and improvements
- Updates files based on last save from any app
- Remembers Form Field & Link Highlighting per document
- Displays link destination on hover
- Adds image opacity controls
- Supports AppleScript for:
- Headers & Footers
- Page numbers
Users of older PDFpen versions, please note: PDFpen 10 is a paid upgrade unless you purchased on or after January 1, 2018.
- Restores custom color button functionality
- Closes PayPal popup if purchase is cancelled
- Ensures PayPal popup appears in front of welcome window
- Adds localized help for French, Italian, and Japanese
- Resolves some document-specific issues
- Other minor fixes and improvements
PDFpen 10 is a major update with these new features:
- Adds watermarks
- Insert Headers & Footers
- OCR multiple documents in batch (PDFpenPro only)
- New Precision Edit tool selects, moves, resizes and deletes line art and text
- Improves move & resize of images
- Enhances page number styling
- Adds larger Library item view
- Prettier drawing colors
- Adds context menu options
- Various improvements and fixes
Users of older PDFpen versions, please note: PDFpen 9 is a paid upgrade unless you purchased on or after January 1, 2017.
- Fixes crash when opening encrypted PDFs with Tables of Contents
- Other fixes and improvements
- Resolves issue with export when using Asian languages (PDFpenPro only)
- Other fixes and improvements
- Improves OCR performance and accuracy
- Fixes cases where Find window can be hidden
- Opens previously-opened documents at same size and position
- Add and remove Bookmarks, which appear at the top of the Table of Contents
- Other minor fixes and improvements
- Ensures black & white scans are stored as 1-bit images
- Minor fixes and improvements
- Minor fixes and improvements
- Enhances Annotations navigation
- Select multiple annotations
- Copy text of selected annotations
- Delete selected annotations
- Includes highlights in list
- Enhances Table of Contents editing (PDFpenPro only):
- Adds contextual menu
- Adds multiple selection support
- Combines Table of Contents entries when combining files
- Copy Table of Contents entries
- Adds export options:
- Export to JPEG, PNG, and 1-bit TIFF
- Export to flattened PDF
- Export in grayscale
- Export one TIFF file per page
- Export at 72, 200, 300, 600 dpi
- Adds horizontal OCR for Chinese, Japanese, and Korean (PDFpenPro only)
- Supports removing OCR layer
- Create and open links to other files
- Adds initial support for forms which perform calculations
- Find & Highlight all instances of a search keyword
- Adds hand tool for navigation
- Magnify using hand tool with Option / Command+Option
- Adds line numbering
- Adds two additional custom highlight colors
- Adds keyboard shortcut for 'Zoom to Width' ⌥⌘9
- Supports Print button in interactive forms
- Adds visual indicator when navigating Table of Contents
- Smoother navigation to Table of Contents entries
- Shows full text / tooltips when hovering over related items
- Shows resizing handles for items off page edge
- Shows current page and count in document title
- Print annotation list alone—great for highlights
- Improves font smoothing for better readability
- Over 100 other usability improvements
PDFpen 7 users, please note: PDFpen 8 is a paid upgrade unless you purchased on or after January 1, 2016.
- Fixes behavior when rotating certain PDFs twice in succession
- Allows New From HTML… via HTTP on macOS 10.12 and later (PDFpenPro only)
- Resolves potential hang
PDFpen 7 users, please note: PDFpen 8 is a paid upgrade unless you purchased on or after January 1, 2016.
- Fixes potential crash when fonts are not processed properly
- Resolves potential crash related to the font panel
- Scribbling over a scribble creates a new scribble
- Updates launch permission to remain valid for 18 years
- Resolves code signing issue which can prevent launch
PDFpen 7 users, please note: PDFpen 8 is a paid upgrade unless you purchased on or after January 1, 2016.
- Minor fixes and improvements
- Adds Touch Bar support for:
- Editing bar tools
- Table of Contents (PDFpenPro only)
- Other fixes and improvements
- Displays first page correctly in print preview
- Fixes "selected folder not writable" when scanning on Sierra
- Resolves numerous issues on 5K Retina iMacs running Sierra
- Syncs your Library via iCloud for Smile store purchasers
- Syncs Library with PDFpen for iPad & iPhone for Smile store purchasers
- Supports tabs on macOS Sierra (10.12)
- Other fixes and improvements
- Adds new “Snap to Guides” option:
- Shows center and edge alignment guides when dragging objects
- Snaps objects to guides
- Snaps text box to baseline when creating, moving, and resizing
- Click and move existing objects while new object tool active
- Improves display of self-signed certificates
- Other fixes and improvements
- Resolves occasional incorrect presentation of document colors
- Other minor fixes & improvements
PDFpen 8 users, please note: PDFpen 8 is a paid upgrade unless you purchased on or after January 1, 2016.
- Press shift-space to scroll a page up
- Improves signature field compatibility with Adobe® products
- Other minor fixes and improvements
This update must be installed manually via the Learn More button below. Our apologies for the inconvenience.
PDFpen 7 users, please note: PDFpen 8 is a paid upgrade unless you purchased on or after January 1, 2016.
- Validate digital signatures for authenticity and trust of digitally signed documents
- Digitally sign documents using AATL or self-signed certificates
- Create a digital certificate for self-signing
- Preview and extract file attachments and annotations
- Record and playback audio annotations
- Measure distances with the measurement tool, including those within architectural documents
- Export PDF to Microsoft® Word (.docx) offline
- Create Portfolio documents, combining related files together (PDFpenPro only)
- Add and delete file attachments and annotations (PDFpenPro only)
- Choose widget styles for radio buttons and checkboxes (PDFpenPro only)
- Rearrange tab order of form fields via sidebar drag and drop (PDFpenPro only)
- Export PDF to Microsoft® Excel (.xlsx) offline (PDFpenPro only)
PDFpen 6 users, please note: PDFpen 7 is a paid upgrade unless you purchased on or after August 1, 2014.
- Resolves issue with File -> Open command
PDFpenPro 6 users, please note: PDFpenPro 7 is a paid upgrade unless you purchased on or after August 1, 2014.
- Adds Services menu support for selected text and single images
- Supports OCR of business card size documents
- Uses Measurement Units preference when showing page size in Document Info
- Resolves case where Correct Text could increase file size
- Other fixes and improvements
PDFpen 6 users, please note: PDFpen 7 is a paid upgrade unless you purchased on or after August 1, 2014.
- Fixes crash when opening specific documents
- Compatible with El Capitan (OS X 10.11)
- Minor fixes and improvements
- Improves scanning performance and reliability
- Resolves numerous scanning issues
- Fixes to prepare for upcoming releases of OS X
- Other minor fixes and improvements
- Restores double-click to keep a tool selected
- Fixes appearance of Overview button in Scan window
- Removes save prompt for unedited graphics files
- Adds new Cloud annotation tool
- Adds case-sensitive search option
- Adds Editing preference for automatic selection tool switching
- Improves popup notes for highlights and stamps:
- Adds Edit Note and Delete Note menu commands
- Adds Delete Note button
- Enhances annotation list:
- Shows annotation icons
- Wraps text for improved readability
- Shows date, author, and location when available
- Adds read-only Document Permissions window to PDFpen
- Exports new unsaved documents
- Other fixes and improvements
PDFpenPro 7 is a paid upgrade for users of PDFpenPro 6.x and earlier. It's a free update for registered 7.x users.
- Minor fixes and improvements
- Adds formatting options for page numbering:
- Font Family
- Font Size
- Color
- Format
- Page Range
- Create custom stamps
- Adds additional stamps: Copied, Faxed, Paid, Scanned
- Auto-deskew when performing OCR
- Improves German localization
- Improves VoiceOver support in PDF forms
- Other fixes and improvements
PDFpen 7 is a PAID UPGRADE. It's easy to go back to PDFpen 6, so we encourage you to try it out. If you purchased on or after August 1, 2014, your upgrade is free and should be automatic.
Here's what's new in 7.0.2:
- Adds Share button to default toolbar
- Fixes a form-related incompatibility with Adobe® Acrobat® / Reader®
- Fixes case where signature compresses when resized
- Other fixes and improvements
PDFpen 7 is a PAID UPGRADE. It's easy to go back to PDFpen 6, so we encourage you to try it out. If you purchased on or after August 1, 2014, your upgrade is free and should be automatic.
Here's what's new in 7.0.1:
- Adds pure color options to color picker
- Uses default email reader for File > Mail Document command
- Resolves issues with color selection for text and comment boxes
- Dismisses file dialog when a document is opened
- Resolves issue with Combine PDFs script
- Other minor fixes and improvements
This update is free for registered PDFpen 7.x users.
PDFPen 7 is a paid upgrade. It's easy to go back to PDFpen 6, so we encourage you to try it out. If you purchased on or after August 1, 2014, your upgrade is free and should be automatic.
Here's what's new:
- Modern user interface updated for Yosemite
- Viewable OCR layer for proofing OCR text from scanned pages
- Context-sensitive popup-menus enable quick edits
- Performance enhancements for load and save
- Compatible with iCloud Drive
- Tools remember last chosen colors and properties
- Freeform highlighting
- Sign PDF forms via interactive signature fields (not digital signatures)
- Text fields support combed/segmented display
- Correct typos in OCR text layer (PDFpenPro only)
- Export to Microsoft® Excel (.xlsx, .xls), Microsoft® PowerPoint (.pptx), and PDF Archive (PDF/A) formats (requires Internet connection and must be a licensed user, PDFpenPro only)
- Add interactive signature fields to forms (PDFpenPro only)
- Fixes to prepare for upcoming releases of OS X
- Other fixes and improvements
- Improves performance on Mavericks
- Fixes crash when scanner is unplugged while PDFpen is running
- Fixes potential crashes with the scanning window
- Improves editing bar appearance on Yosemite developer preview
- Resolves issue with access to tools when search results are displayed
- Adds Text-to-Speech support
- Improves save performance, especially with large or complex PDFs
- Improves search performance
- Restores ⌘5 as keyboard equivalent for Tools -> Text
- Improves VoiceOver support for fillable text fields
- Improves Accessibility of several user interface elements
- Improves performance of Split PDF script
- Adds preference to restore all disabled alerts
- Adds AppleScript support for owner password, permissions, and selected page
- Other fixes and improvements