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bullhorn New Win2PDF 11 Update Now Available!

We are pleased to announce the Win2PDF 11.0.8.1 update, which includes several new features and performance enhancements.

  • caretReorder Pages: Added the Reorder Pages feature to Win2PDF Desktop.
  • caretPDF Viewer Context Menus: The Win2PDF Desktop PDF viewer now includes right-click context menus for quickly deleting pages or inserting files into an existing PDF.
  • caretRecent Files Menu: Added a "Recent" menu in Win2PDF Desktop to easily access recently used files.
  • caretRename Plug-ins Support: Added support for rename plug-ins, allowing custom rename functionality through the "Default Rename Action" registry setting.
  • caretAuto-Rename Performance: Improved performance of the Auto-Rename feature using parallel execution.

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Other Recent Changes:

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plus-squareChanges in Win2PDF 10.0.174

  • caretAdded support for converting email formats EML, MSG, and MHT files to PDF, images, and text. (Win2PDF Pro only)
  • caretAdded command lines to convert from email formats to PDF: "EML2PDF", "MSG2PDF", and "MHT2PDF". Also added command line options to print spreadsheet formats to a paper printer: "PRINTEML", "PRINTMSG", and "PRINTMHT". (Win2PF Pro only)
  • caretAdded “pdfscansearchable” output format to the command line “convertto”, “batchconvert”, and “watchconvert” commands to improve text recognition for lower quality scanned document.
  • caretAdded a new batch convert option to "Archive Source Document As Attachment". (Win2PDF Pro only)
  • caretAdded Win2PDF Desktop menu items to add attachments, save attachments, and delete attachments including documents, images, audio files, or video files to a PDF. (Win2PDF Pro only)
  • caretAdded command line options “addfileattachment” “saveallattachments”, and “deleteallattachments” to add, save, or delete file attachments from a PDF. (Win2PDF Pro only)
  • caretAdded “makescansearchable” command line option to improve the text recognition for lower quality scanned documents.
  • caretAdded Windows Explorer “Open With” file associations for the following file types: .EML, .MSG, .MHT (Win2PDF Pro only)
  • caretPerformance and stability improvements.

plus-squareChanges in Win2PDF 10.0.172

  • caretAdded support for converting Microsoft Excel spreadsheets in XLSX, XLS, XLSB, ODS, and CSV files to PDF, images, and text. (Win2PDF Pro only)
  • caretAdded command lines to convert from spreadsheet formats to PDF: "XLSX2PDF", "XLS2PDF", "XLSB2PDF", "ODS2PDF", and "CSV2PDF" command lines. Also added command line options to print spreadsheet formats to a paper printer: "PRINTXLSX" and  "PRINTODS". (Win2PF Pro)
  • caretAdded the following output formats to the command line “convertto”, “batchconvert”, and “watchconvert” commands:
    • caret“xlsx” - Microsoft Excel Workbook
    • caret“xls” - Microsoft Excel 97-2003 Workbook
    • caret“xlsb” - Microsoft Excel Binary Workbook
    • caret“ods” - OpenDocument Spreadsheet
    • caret“csv” - Comma Separated Values
    • caret“pdfa” - PDF for archiving
  • caretUpdated the “PDF2DOCX” and “extracttext” commands to automatically make the PDF searchable if it isn’t already searchable.
  • caretAdded “ispdfsearchable” command line option that can be used to check the searchability of an existing PDF file.
  • caretAdded “addprinter” command line option to add a Win2PDF printer.
  • caretUpdated all command line options to create the output folder if it doesn’t exist.
  • caretAdded Windows Explorer “Open With” file associations for the following file types: .PDF, .BMP, .DIB, .TIF, .TIFF, .JPG, .JPE, .JPEG, .JFIF, .PNG, .GIF, .HTML, .HTM, .MHTML, .XPS, .OXPS. For Win2PDF Pro, also added: .DOC, .RTF, .TXT, .DOCX, .ODT, .XLS, .XLSX, .XLSB, .CSV, .ODS
  • caretUpdated the Win2PDF Desktop with OCR setup program to dynamically download and install selected OCR languages. The following language are now supported for making a PDF searchable: English, Deutsch (German), Français (French), Italiano (Italian), Nederlands (Dutch), Ελληνικά (Greek), Português (Portuguese), Español (Spanish), العربية (Arabic), Հայերեն (Armenian), Български (Bulgarian), বাংলা (Bengali), Català (Catalan), Corsu (Corsican), Hrvatski (Croatian), Čeština (Czech), 简体中文 (Chinese Simplified), Dansk (Danish), Suomi (Finnish), עברית (Hebrew), हिंदी (Hindi), Magyar (Hungarian), Íslenska (Icelandic), 日本語 (Japanese), 한국어 (Korean), Latviešu (Latvian), Lietuvių (Lithuanian), Norsk (Norwegian), Polski (Polish), Română (Romanian), Русский (Russian), Српски (Serbian), Slovenčina (Slovak), Slovenščina (Slovenian), Svenska (Swedish), ภาษาไทย (Thai), Türkçe (Turkish), Українська (Ukrainian), Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
  • caretPerformance and stability improvements.

plus-squareChanges in Win2PDF 10.0.169

  • caretDramatically improved the performance of the batch convert feature by processing files in parallel. (Win2PDF Pro)
  • caretFixed a missing file install error on Windows 11 if the Windows "XPS Services" feature is not installed.

plus-squareChanges in Win2PDF 10.0.167.4

  • caretAdded support for Windows 11 on Arm, including Copilot+ PCs and laptops using Qualcomm Snapdragon X processors and Windows 11 on Apple M series processors using Parallels Desktop for Mac.

plus-squareChanges in Win2PDF 10.0.163

  • caretAdded support for "formattedtxt2pdf" command line to create a PDF from fixed width text.
  • caretAdded support for the Windows copy count API. Setting the number of copies will create multiple files equal to the number of copies selected.
  • caretAdded support for Unicode characters in Auto-name search and content fields.
  • caretAdded Win2PDF Desktop app and command line support for Windows on ARM devices.
  • caretAdded support for "pdfaimagemono", "pdfaimagegrayscale", and "pdfaimagecolor" to batch convert and merge command lines to support creating PDF/A image only formats.
  • caretAdded "imagepdfa" variation of "imagepdf" command line to create PDF/A image only.
  • caretFixed a problem with RTF to PDF conversion.
  • caretImproved reliability of auto-rename with search fields.
  • caretFixed incorrect paper sizes in TIFF to PDF for some TIFF files.
  • caretFixed a problem that caused split file sizes to grow for some types of files.
  • caretFixed a problem that could cause corruption when appending or applying encryption to certain PDFs.
  • caretImproved command line error handling.
  • caretFixed an exception error that could occur when sending an email from the Win2PDF Desktop app.

plus-squareChanges in Win2PDF 10.0.158

plus-squareChanges in Win2PDF 10.0.154

plus-squareChanges in Win2PDF 10.0.144

plus-squareChanges in Win2PDF 10.0.140

  • caretAdded support for importing and exporting Win2PDF settings to the Win2PDF Desktop Application (File -> Settings), the EXPORTSETTINGS command line, and the IMPORTSETTINGS command line.
  • caretAdded support for PDF bookmarks using the ADDBOOKMARK command line, the ADDBOOKMARKAFTERSEARCH command line, and the DELETEBOOKMARKS command line.
  • caretAdded support for removing a trial license to the Win2PDF Desktop Application (Help -> Remove Win2PDF License).
  • caretFixed a problem with batch converting when the temp folder contained more than 65535 files.
  • caretPerformance and stability improvements

plus-squareChanges in Win2PDF 10.0.136

plus-squareChanges in Win2PDF 10.0.125

  • caretAdded a watch folder feature and WATCHCONVERT command line to continuously monitor and convert files placed in a local or shared folder (requires Win2PDF Pro TSE).
  • caretAdded XPS Viewer support to view XPS and export XPS to PDF from the Win2PDF Desktop App.
  • caretAdded a new batch-convert feature and BATCHCONVERT command line to bulk convert files from one format to another (requires Win2PDF Pro).
  • caretAdded a new auto-rename feature to rename existing PDF files based on the contents of the files (requires Win2PDF Pro).
  • caretAdded support for XPS2PDF command line to convert XML Paper Specification formatted files (XPS) to PDF.
  • caretPerformance and stability improvements

plus-squareChanges in Win2PDF 10.0.118

  • caretAdded support for directly converting image files and HTML files from a Windows Explorer "Convert with Win2PDF" context menu. To convert a JPG, PNG, TIFF, GIF, BMP, or HTML file to PDF, right click and choose "Convert with Win2PDF.
  • caretAdded support for viewing PDF files from a Windows Explorer "View with Win2PDF" context menu. To view a PDF with Win2PDF Desktop, right click and choose "View with Win2PDF".
  • caretAdded support for using web addresses (URLs) for input files in most command line features.
  • caretAdded PDF/A output support to TIFF2PDFA, JPG2PDFA, PNG2PDFA, BMP2PDFA, GIF2PDFA, and Image2PDFA command lines.
  • caretAdded support for GETCONTENTSEARCH command line to return text after a search term in a PDF file. This can be used to rename PDF files based on the contents of the file in a Microsoft Power Automate Script.
  • caretAdded "Web Page To PDF" and HTML2PDF command line features.
  • caretAdded support for SPLITPAGESAFTERSEARCH command line to split pages based on a PDF search field.
  • caretAdded support for SIGN command line to sign a PDF using a digital certificate.
  • caretPerformance and stability improvements

plus-squareChanges in Win2PDF 10.0.98

plus-squareChanges in Win2PDF 10.0.84

plus-squareChanges in Win2PDF 10.0.72

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plus-squareChanges in Win2PDF 10.0.56

  • caret-blackAdded support for configuring the format of the file name in the Win2PDF file save window. You can now customize the name to automatically add a date/time stamp and more.
  • caret-blackAdded support for Google Cloud Print and improved the reliability of the "Print File" feature.

plus-squareChanges in Win2PDF 10.0.52

  • caret-blackAdded support for Google Cloud Print as a print destination for the "Print File" option (requires Google Chrome). This allows you to create a PDF file and print it to a cloud printer or save it to Google Drive in a single step.
  • caret-blackAdded "Post Action Nowait" and "Default Post Action Nowait" registry settings to launch an executable after PDF creation without waiting for the application to complete.  These settings behave similar to the existing "Post Action" and "Default Post Action" registry settings.
  • caret-blackAdded "%PDFIncrement%" variable to the Auto-name feature (requires "User Defined" setting).

plus-squareChanges in Win2PDF 10.0.48

Frequently Asked Questions

plus-squareDoes the Win2PDF trial version expire?

The standard Win2PDF trial version never expires, but it will add an extra page to each PDF until you purchase and enter a license. If you would like to evaluate Win2PDF or Win2PDF Pro without the extra page, contact [email protected] for a 30 day evaluation license.

plus-squareIf I install the trial version and decide to purchase Win2PDF, do I need to reinstall?

You do not need to reinstall unless you purchase Win2PDF Pro. When you purchase Win2PDF, you will receive an activation code by email. Entering the activation code will license the software and remove the trailer page from newly created PDFs.

If you purchase Win2PDF Pro, you will need to run the Win2PDF Pro setup program from the link in your email receipt. The Win2PDF Pro setup program includes encryption software that can't be made available as a public download.

plus-squareDoes the Win2PDF setup program install any extra software (adware/spyware)?

No, the Win2PDF setup program only install Win2PDF and nothing else. Win2PDF is supported by users licenses, not adware or spyware.

plus-squareHow do I update Win2PDF?

You can download the latest Win2PDF setup program and run it. You do not need to uninstall Win2PDF, or re-enter your license code.

To update Win2PDF Pro or Win2PDF Pro TSE, download and run the "Win2PDF Pro Service Pack" setup program.

If you have an older version of Win2PDF released before October 2009, your license code will not be compatible with Win2PDF 10. You can purchase an upgrade license for Win2PDF here, and Win2PDF TSE here.

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