Version History
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Version 5.1
Foxit PhantomPDF Business
New Features in Foxit PhantomPDF Business 5.1
- Simply creates PDFs with right-click menu at file level.
The PDF creating commands on the right-click menu at file level enables users to create PDFs more quickly and conveniently. - Supports converting simple text and images from clipboard to PDFs.
- Creates a table of contents from existing bookmarks after converting and merging multiple files.
- Enables collaboration, supports importing comment data from multiple PDF/FDF files.
- Supports Read out loud function
Read Out Loud is a Text-to-Speech (TTS) tool. It reads the text in a PDF file aloud, including text in comments and alternate text descriptions for images and fillable fields. - Supports converting PDF to RTF, Excel, PPT and HTML formats.
- Enables recognizing text in multiple files with OCR in one operation.
Improvements in Foxit PhantomPDF Business 5.1
- Enhanced the text rendering quality.
- Optimized the redaction feature.
- Supports saving current settings of watermark/background and header/footer, including position, content, etc, as a profile. Users can apply the saved profile to other documents within a second.
- Automatically chooses paper type according to the page size of PDFs when printing.
- Supports saving created PDFs in the same folder as the original files. This setting is set by default when creating PDFs from Microsoft Office Add-in.
- Supports creating duplicated image annotations at the same location on every page of the current file with just one click.
- Supports reusing the last converting settings when creating multiple PDFs.
- Keeps the hyperlinks of original file when creating PDF from Microsoft PPT/Word Add-in.
- Keeps the same setting as the last used appearance type when placing a signature.
- Added classic skin to Foxit PhantomPDF.
- Supports checking for auto-update function.
Foxit PhantomPDF Standard
New Features in Foxit PhantomPDF Standard 5.1
- Simply creates PDFs with right-click menu at file level.
The PDF creating commands on the right-click menu at file level enables users to create PDFs more quickly and conveniently. - Supports converting simple text and images from clipboard to PDFs.
- Creates a table of contents from existing bookmarks after converting and merging multiple files.
- Enables collaboration, support importing comment data from multiple PDF/FDF files.
- Supports Read out loud function
Read Out Loud is a Text-to-Speech (TTS) tool. It reads the text in a PDF file aloud, including text in comments and alternate text descriptions for images and fillable fields. - Supports converting PDF to RTF, Excel, PPT and HTML formats.
- Enables recognizing text in multiple files with OCR in one operation.
Improvements in Foxit PhantomPDF Standard 5.1
- Enhanced the text rendering quality.
- Supports saving current settings of watermark/background and header/footer, including position, content, etc, as a profile. Users can apply the saved profile to other documents within a second.
- Automatically chooses paper type according to the page size of PDFs when printing.
- Supports saving created PDFs in the same folder as the original files. This setting is set by default when creating PDFs from Microsoft Office Add-in.
- Supports creating duplicated image annotations at the same location on every page of the current file with just one click.
- Supports reusing the last converting settings when creating multiple PDFs.
- Keeps the hyperlinks of original file when creating PDF from Microsoft PPT/Word Add-in.
- Keeps the same setting as the last used appearance type when placing a signature.
- Added classic skin to Foxit PhantomPDF.
- Supports checking for auto-update function.
Foxit PhantomPDF Express
New Features in Foxit PhantomPDF Express 5.1
- Simply creates PDFs with right-click menu at file level.
The PDF creating commands on the right-click menu at file level enables users to create PDFs more quickly and conveniently. - Supports converting simple text and images from clipboard to PDFs.
- Creates a table of contents from existing bookmarks after converting and merging multiple files.
- Enables collaboration, support importing comment data from multiple PDF/FDF files.
- Supports Read out loud function
Read Out Loud is a Text-to-Speech (TTS) tool. It reads the text in a PDF file aloud, including text in comments and alternate text descriptions for images and fillable fields.
Improvements in Foxit PhantomPDF Express 5.1
- Enhanced the text rendering quality.
- Automatically chooses paper type according to the page size of PDFs when printing.
- Supports saving created PDFs in the same folder as the original files. This setting is set by default when creating PDFs from Microsoft Office Add-in.
- Supports creating duplicated image annotations at the same location on every page of the current file with just one click.
- Supports reusing the last converting settings when creating multiple PDFs.
- Keeps the hyperlinks of original file when creating PDF from Microsoft PPT/Word Add-in.
- Supports checking for auto-update function.
Version 5.0.3
New Features in Foxit PhantomPDF 5.0.3
- Converts PDF to DOC format to easily share content with other applications like Microsoft® Word®.
Bug Fixes and Improvements in Foxit PhantomPDF 5.0.3
- Fixed a crash issue of Foxit PhantomPDF when closing certain no text-searchable RMS protected documents.
- Fixed an issue where the MESSAGES BAR cannot be displayed when opening RMS protected documents for the second time in IE web browser.
Version 5.0.2
Bug Fixes and Improvements in Foxit PhantomPDF 5.0.2
- Fixed the installation failure issue of Foxit PhantomPDF where the PhantomPDF Printer conflicts with print spooler during installation.
- Fixed a potential security vulnerability of arbitrary code execution when opening certain PDF files.
- Fixed an unexpected termination issue of Foxit PhantomPDF web browser plug-in when opening certain PDF files in a web browser.
- Fixed an issue where the page content cannot be displayed when opening certain PDF files in Firefox or IE web browsers.
- Fixed an issue where the original file name and file extension are not retained when certain PDF files are emailed from a PhantomPDF web browser plug-in.
- Fixed an issue where the text on the dynamic stamps created by Foxit PhantomPDF cannot be displayed in Adobe Acrobat 9.0.0.
- Fixed a printer issue with licensed PhantomPDF where the printing trial message still pops up in some systems.
- Recovered the Print Scale function to the same level as offered in pre-5.0 releases.
- Added support to Flash format in RichMedia annotation.
Version 2.2.3
Bug Fixes in Foxit Phantom PDF Suite 2.2.3
- Fixed a crash issue when opening PDFs which contain certain objects including RunLengthDecode.
Version 2.2.1
Bug Fixes in Foxit Phantom PDF Suite 2.2.1:
- Fixed the crash issue when opening some PDF files.
- Fixed the crash issue during continuous scanning.
Version 2.2
Bug Fixes and Improvements in Foxit Phantom PDF Suite 2.2:
- Enhanced the security of digital signature to make sure the new version doesn't have the recently reported digital security flaw and keep valuable information from any possible exploits.
- Supported ASLR & DEP which will be much harder for hackers to exploit any possible vulnerability.
- Fixed the bug where wrong time and date are displayed on special stamp in certain time zones.
Version 2.1.1
Foxit Phantom PDF Suite 2.1.1 fixed a bug below:
- Fixed the bug where text was displayed incorrectly when viewing certain PDF documents.
Version 2.1
- Perform OCR Text Recognition
- Add Header & Footer, Watermark & Background to PDF files
- Create and Manage Digital Signature Field
- Bookmark Creating in Combining PDF files
- Choose PDF Specification When Creating PDF files
- Search Words in Comments and Bookmarks
Foxit Phantom PDF Suite 2.1 fixed some bugs below:
- Fixed the issue where the digital signature is correctly verified only one time if certificates are not installed.
- Fixed the issue where only the first Signature field can be signed using the Sign Document menu if there are multiple Signature fields in the document.
- Fixed the issue of misreported document size for a scanned PDF document.
- Fixed the issue where the units are inconsistent with the measurement Units setting in the preference for cropping pages.
- Added the business card size in scan settings.
Version 2.0
New Features in Foxit Phantom PDF Suite 2.0:
- Convert multiple files to PDF files or merge into a single PDF document in a single operation
- Initial document creation directly from Phantom
- Change page order by dragging and dropping thumbnails
- Select pages from thumbnails for printing
- Insert blank pages or pages from a scanner
- Set initial view
- Edit document properties such as author
- Copy, cut and paste annotations
- Undo and redo
- Expanded stamp library
- ADBC support in JavaScript
Foxit Phantom PDF Suite 2.0 fixed some bugs below:
- Improves underline & strikeout tools performance in vertical text layout.
- Default setting for image tool.
- Supports setting a minimum value of "0" for the opened file list in the preferences dialog box.
- The number of print copies is reset to 1 after each print job.
- Automatically records the Author's name when setting current properties of the annotation.
- Simply double click or click the middle mouse button on the target tab to close the document.
- Fixed the issue where multiple copies of check boxes created with Foxit Phantom could not be displayed in Adobe Reader.
- Fixed the issue where Field names may not be displayed correctly.
- Fully supports form filling in Polish.
Version 1.0.2
Foxit Phantom PDF Suite PDF Suite 1.0.2 fixes some bugs below:
- Supports opening files containing special Unicode characters in filenames in a non-native language operating system.
- When using the Commenting Tools, the color indicator will reflect your color selection.
- Supports simultaneous viewing of multiple documents.
- Supports line inserting and text addition using the Touchup Object Tool.
- Improves the performance of Touchup Object Tool when rotating pages.
- Improves the performance of Stamp Tool when rotating pages.