Ok, thanks for the instructions.
By the way, is it still not possible to combine dynamic and non-dynamic stamps in the same folder? If I remember correctly you used to not be able to do that.
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- Tue Apr 23, 2024 5:07 am
- Forum: PDF-XChange Editor
- Topic: dynamic stamp reorder and change location
- Replies: 20
- Views: 1025
- Mon Apr 22, 2024 7:30 pm
- Forum: PDF-XChange Editor
- Topic: Mathew's PDF-XCE JavaScripts
- Replies: 7
- Views: 302
Re: Mathew's PDF-XCE JavaScripts
Since we're asking questions...
all these scripts only affect comments(annotations) –
JavaScript is not able to affect base content in PDF-XCE, is that right
all these scripts only affect comments(annotations) –
JavaScript is not able to affect base content in PDF-XCE, is that right
- Mon Apr 22, 2024 7:28 pm
- Forum: PDF-XChange Editor
- Topic: Change annotation colors tool
- Replies: 62
- Views: 2834
Re: Change annotation colors tool
Wow, version 1.4 is really something I'm really liking the new edit color name function – is it correct that you can save colors in both HeX and RGB? Will it get overwritten if you save it with different names 2 times? I tried and it seems it doesn't update right away. image.png btw... is there stil...
- Mon Apr 22, 2024 7:10 pm
- Forum: PDF-XChange Editor
- Topic: Add web link tool not working [suggestion?]
- Replies: 3
- Views: 31
Re: Add web link tool not working [suggestion?]
If this is not the case... consider this a suggestion to allow the tool to add new fields with a website link straight away. ↑↑↑ IMO it would be better to be able to access the two separately, related to this: https://forum.pdf-xchange.com/viewtopic.php?p=178834#p178834 (Sorry for not putting it in...
- Mon Apr 22, 2024 7:06 pm
- Forum: PDF-XChange Editor
- Topic: Link warning window (hyperlink/link)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 47
Re: Link warning window
I might be missing someone... but it would be helpful to have two tools, to either go straight to set link , or to what "advanced" leads to. Just to save some clicks
- Mon Apr 22, 2024 7:02 pm
- Forum: PDF-XChange Editor
- Topic: dynamic stamp reorder and change location
- Replies: 20
- Views: 1025
Re: dynamic stamp reorder and change location
so how would you combine 2 folders of stamps (20+ each)
adding them to one of the folders one by one?
adding them to one of the folders one by one?
- Mon Apr 22, 2024 12:40 pm
- Forum: PDF-XChange Editor
- Topic: it seems you are not able to select and move multiple link/hyperlink fields at the same time, is that right?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 29
it seems you are not able to select and move multiple link/hyperlink fields at the same time, is that right?
it seems you are not able to select and move multiple link/hyperlink fields at the same time, is that right?
- Mon Apr 22, 2024 12:28 pm
- Forum: PDF-XChange Editor
- Topic: Left click to select comment over hyperlink image (+holding Ctrl) [bug]
- Replies: 4
- Views: 149
- Mon Apr 22, 2024 12:25 pm
- Forum: PDF-XChange Editor
- Topic: Link warning window (hyperlink/link)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 47
Link warning window (hyperlink/link)
could you add a do not ask again option to this, it's getting a bit annoying... at least til you close and reopen the program...
- Mon Apr 22, 2024 12:23 pm
- Forum: PDF-XChange Editor
- Topic: Add web link tool not working [suggestion?]
- Replies: 3
- Views: 31
Add web link tool not working [suggestion?]
image.png Is it just me or is the tool broken in the newest version (385) I used to be able to use it to place new hyperlinks, now it sometimes only works for changing existing hyperlink fields, sometimes it doesn't work at all. If this is not the case... consider this a suggestion to allow the too...
- Mon Apr 22, 2024 12:19 pm
- Forum: PDF-XChange Editor
- Topic: Left click to select comment over hyperlink image (+holding Ctrl) [bug]
- Replies: 4
- Views: 149
Re: Left click to select comment over hyperlink image (+holding Ctrl) [bug]
yes exactly, that's the setting I've enabled When I drag in from outside the base content image I am able to choose the comment, but I can not start dragging the selection with the "select comments"-tool. So somehow the hyperlink blocks the select comments tool from working (despite ctrl+L...
- Sun Apr 21, 2024 6:15 am
- Forum: PDF-XChange Editor
- Topic: Tool: Find and Replace text in markup
- Replies: 31
- Views: 1419
Re: Tool: Find and Replace text in markup
Hi Mathew how could I show the name of the tool like for the others? image.png PS it seems that your newest version is not included in the 1st thread post. Thanks for doing that for the other tools (threads)'' https://forum.pdf-xchange.com/viewtopic.php?t=42190&sid=be785536f6b942d08cfdbe47cf87b811
- Sat Apr 20, 2024 9:48 am
- Forum: PDF-XChange Editor
- Topic: dynamic stamp reorder and change location
- Replies: 20
- Views: 1025
Re: dynamic stamp reorder and change location
Hello, MedBooster I think you may be doing something wrong... extracting the stamps from the folder, or adding new dynamic content, should not remove anything previously in place. The process should go like this 1. close editor. 2. extract the stamp's PDF document (aka collection) from the stamps f...
- Sat Apr 20, 2024 9:30 am
- Forum: PDF-XChange Editor
- Topic: Left click to select comment over hyperlink image (+holding Ctrl) [bug]
- Replies: 4
- Views: 149
Left click to select comment over hyperlink image (+holding Ctrl) [bug]
If you have ctrl+left click enabled to open a hyperlink and you simply left click to select a typewriter comment over an image (with a hyperlink over it – so I presume the image part is irrelevant) – the typewriter is not selected. Which I think is a bug because it is enough to hover to get the link...
- Sat Apr 20, 2024 9:24 am
- Forum: PDF-XChange Editor
- Topic: dynamic stamp reorder and change location
- Replies: 20
- Views: 1025
Re: dynamic stamp reorder and change location
By the way, if you have 2 Stamps "files" in appdata, with perhaps 20 stamps ("pages") each... is there an easy way to combine these so they appear in the same group without having to add each one individually? If you add from file and there are multiple pages, will then each page...
- Sat Apr 20, 2024 9:12 am
- Forum: PDF-XChange Editor
- Topic: dynamic stamp reorder and change location
- Replies: 20
- Views: 1025
Re: dynamic stamp reorder and change location
perhaps it would be easier to use another PDF-editor to edit the stamps in the "Stamps" %appdata% folder directly, as you can not edit it in that folder in PDF-XCE itself. edit: no sadly it seems that you can't simply change a dynamic stamp in the Stamps folder itself. What do you mean by ...
- Fri Apr 19, 2024 7:25 pm
- Forum: PDF-XChange Editor
- Topic: dynamic stamp reorder and change location
- Replies: 20
- Views: 1025
Re: dynamic stamp reorder and change location
Yes KD952, you answered my questions well, thank you. By the way... I tried adding my dynamic stamp from my "Stamps" (appdata) folder to another folder, but then it loses it's dynamic properties.... It's really weird... the process of creating dynamic stamps is so difficult! I guess I have...
- Fri Apr 19, 2024 7:06 pm
- Forum: PDF-XChange Editor
- Topic: [javascript FR/bug] Ink annotation with dots
- Replies: 5
- Views: 470
Re: [javascript FR/bug] Ink annotation with dots
By the way Mathew, please feel free to share the relevant script – in which this ink dot annotation mechanism is used. Perhaps it is for the hatch tool?
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 3:05 pm
- Forum: PDF-XChange Editor
- Topic: WARNING new update 368→370 [glitch] UI is reset
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2238
Re: WARNING new update 368→370 [glitch] UI is reset
It just happened again , seemingly because PDF-XCE crashed (I tried waiting till the program would "respond", but it didn't), and when I reopened it the UI was reset to default (interestingly.... all my presets in the comment style palette are still there) The reason it crashed was that I ...
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 2:38 pm
- Forum: PDF-XChange Editor
- Topic: Mathew's PDF-XCE JavaScripts
- Replies: 7
- Views: 302
Mathew's PDF-XCE JavaScripts
Many thanks to Mathew for making these tools for PDF-XCE Change annotation colors tool https://forum.pdf-xchange.com/viewtopic.php?t=40404 [tool] change fonts in annotations https://forum.pdf-xchange.com/viewtopic.php?p=178656#p178656 javascript: custom menu item to Mirror (Flip) annotations SOLVED ...
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 2:35 pm
- Forum: PDF-XChange Editor
- Topic: [javascript FR/bug] Ink annotation with dots
- Replies: 5
- Views: 470
Re: javascript: Ink annotation with dots
Have you fixed this yet?
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 2:33 pm
- Forum: PDF-XChange Editor
- Topic: Bug: Cannot copy and paste group of elements
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1599
Re: Bug: Cannot copy and paste group of elements
+1
I've also struggled with this.
I've also struggled with this.
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 2:15 pm
- Forum: PDF-XChange Editor
- Topic: Create rectangles with rounded corners
- Replies: 10
- Views: 436
Re: Create rectangles with rounded corners
if only this were a setting you could set with the oval tool. Basically making it round on the edges. Or the rectangle tool. If you do this and save it as default, will the corners be round by default?
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 2:08 pm
- Forum: PDF-XChange Editor
- Topic: Change annotation colors tool
- Replies: 62
- Views: 2834
Re: Change annotation colors tool
oh, and I agree: If this were a built-in tool, it would have access to the color picker, and be able to show a color square on the dialog box. As far as I know, there's no way to put images or colors on the dialog boxes that we can generate with javascript. Here's my wish: That this tool were built...
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 2:02 pm
- Forum: PDF-XChange Editor
- Topic: [tool] change fonts in annotations
- Replies: 3
- Views: 114
Re: [tool] change fonts in annotations
That's great because as far as I know the "replace fonts" function only affects base content and not annotations (it seems)
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 12:04 pm
- Forum: PDF-XChange Editor
- Topic: Bookmarks collapse/expand shortcut suggestion
- Replies: 1
- Views: 97
Bookmarks collapse/expand shortcut suggestion
How about allowing expansion/collapsing of selected bookmark groups pressing Ctrl+Enter This suggestion would also apply to other group menus/folders like for "comments" for example. As previously discussed... this wouldn't be an issue if you could set show/hide collapse/Expand antagonist ...
- Mon Apr 15, 2024 5:58 pm
- Forum: PDF-XChange Editor
- Topic: Dark mode?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1163
Re: Dark mode?
btw. maybe you should add a transparent option for fill color.
.... or an option to only change the color of white textboxes:
(with the accessibility override colors function)
.... or an option to only change the color of white textboxes:
(with the accessibility override colors function)
- Mon Apr 15, 2024 3:45 pm
- Forum: PDF-XChange Editor
- Topic: Adjusting Pencil Width with Wheel
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1049
Re: Adjusting Pencil Width with Wheel
I'm regularly using the shortcut of increasing and decreasing font size, and I am sure I and many others would appreciate a shortcut to do the same for "width" for shapes.
- Mon Apr 15, 2024 3:43 pm
- Forum: PDF-XChange Editor
- Topic: +font? Batch-change color of typewriter text/comment elements (properties)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 541
Re: +font? Batch-change color of typewriter text/comment elements (properties)
Edit batch-changing the font of selected comments would also be very useful
we've discussed it a bit here in this other thread:
viewtopic.php?t=40280&hilit=change+font
we've discussed it a bit here in this other thread:
viewtopic.php?t=40280&hilit=change+font
- Mon Apr 15, 2024 3:41 pm
- Forum: PDF-XChange Editor
- Topic: Change annotation colors tool
- Replies: 62
- Views: 2834
Re: Change annotation colors tool
Have you by any change made a tool that changes the font of all selected objects in a similar way? I can't tell what the best way to do that would be . edit: by the way does the script only change the stroke color, of for example rectangles? Is it possible to make it only change the stroke/fill colo...
- Sun Apr 14, 2024 6:19 pm
- Forum: PDF-XChange Editor
- Topic: WARNING new update 368→370 [glitch] UI is reset
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2238
Re: WARNING new update 368→370 [glitch] UI is reset
It just happened today again on version 385. a few day s after updating. The trigger was simply restarting my PC (even though I think I had closed PDF-XCE properly and saved all documents.
- Sat Apr 13, 2024 1:30 pm
- Forum: PDF-XChange Editor
- Topic: Is simple searching "writer" supposed to show typewriter comments that don't contain the word "writer"?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 294
Is simple searching "writer" supposed to show typewriter comments that don't contain the word "writer"?
I thought "include comments" was referring to the content, not the name of the comment type...
- Sat Apr 13, 2024 1:16 pm
- Forum: PDF-XChange Editor
- Topic: dynamic stamp reorder and change location
- Replies: 20
- Views: 1025
Re: dynamic stamp reorder and change location
Hi, MedBooster you actually need to add the new page using Add New: image.png Select an existing collection or make a new one: image(1).png And the "page" will be added to the PDF in the Stamps folder. As I understand it there are some special flags need to be set so simply adding pages t...
- Wed Apr 10, 2024 12:43 pm
- Forum: PDF-XChange Editor
- Topic: dynamic stamp reorder and change location
- Replies: 20
- Views: 1025
Re: dynamic stamp reorder and change location
and I was also wondering if... since it seems to not be possible to drag and reorder or enable alphabetic ordering of stamps, can you reorder the order in the stamp panel by reordering the pages of the .pdf file under stamps in the appdata folder? ps. about dynamic and non-dynamic stamps – is it pos...
- Wed Apr 10, 2024 12:30 pm
- Forum: PDF-XChange Editor
- Topic: dynamic stamp reorder and change location
- Replies: 20
- Views: 1025
dynamic stamp reorder and change location
hmm.... I thought moving one stamp to another was as simple as adding another page to a stamp group pdf document, I guess not.... Or am I wrong? If I would want to add this blue timestamp to a group with 3 other stamps .... can I not just import this pdf page into the pdf document with the 3 other s...
- Wed Apr 10, 2024 11:26 am
- Forum: PDF-XChange Editor
- Topic: Form field properties (color)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 755
Re: Form field properties (color)
This actually seems to be an issue similar to that of our previously discussed highlighter issue (not being able to move highlighted text with the base content)
It also seems you can not move form fields together with shapes or comment text elements, is that right?
It also seems you can not move form fields together with shapes or comment text elements, is that right?
- Wed Apr 10, 2024 10:55 am
- Forum: PDF-XChange Editor
- Topic: Form field properties (color)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 755
Re: Form field properties (color)
Ok I got it thanks, I just that to use the select field function, as the select comment function would only select the text field itself and not the whole form text box.
Weirdly enough the select all tool also can't select form text boxes.
Weirdly enough the select all tool also can't select form text boxes.
- Mon Apr 08, 2024 5:59 pm
- Forum: PDF-XChange Editor
- Topic: Form field properties (color)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 755
Form field properties (color)
image.png Is it not possible to remove the black border line or change the font color of form fields? how would I create a stamp with Javascript then.... for dates for example. In that case I guess my other post about copying over text properties from comments to form fields doesn't make too much s...
- Mon Apr 08, 2024 5:56 pm
- Forum: PDF-XChange Editor
- Topic: Copy over format / properties from one text type to another or form field
- Replies: 1
- Views: 475
Copy over format / properties from one text type to another or form field
Copy over format / properties from one text type to another is this possible? I've tried and it seems it is possible with text comment types such as typewriter and textboxes However... I suggest that you enable the option of copying over the text properties of these comment text types to form elemen...
- Mon Apr 08, 2024 5:52 pm
- Forum: PDF-XChange Editor
- Topic: Suggestions for the read out loud tool
- Replies: 22
- Views: 6565
Re: Suggestions for the read out loud tool
Hello, MedBooster Read out loud is itself a tool, using other tools while it is running will "disable" the other tool in use. I will pass this suggestion along and see if we can implement a different handling for this scenario, since the base content is being read, and commenting will not...
- Mon Apr 08, 2024 5:51 pm
- Forum: PDF-XChange Editor
- Topic: Dynamic Stamp - Auto Resizing via javascript
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1112
Re: Dynamic Stamp - Auto Resizing via javascript
Hello, MedBooster If you open the Stamps palette, and click "options" we have since added an option to place stamps with the "last used" size. image.png By default this is enabled, and allows you to take any stamp, press and drag to resize during placement, and then all future &...
- Mon Apr 08, 2024 5:48 pm
- Forum: PDF-XChange Editor
- Topic: Default text format properties typewriter
- Replies: 1
- Views: 648
Default text format properties typewriter
Default text format properties typewriter My wish is that font color, type, size etc.. would be visible in the properties pane after having made a field, as of now it is only visible before creating/choosing a text field: It would be amazing if you could edit these values while typing ... This ties ...
- Sun Apr 07, 2024 3:53 pm
- Forum: PDF-XChange Editor
- Topic: Suggestions for the read out loud tool
- Replies: 22
- Views: 6565
Re: Suggestions for the read out loud tool
Just downloaded the new version (285) and I am sad to see that adding a comment still stops the read out loud tool... is there a reason for it at all? It seems to be more of a bug to me.
- Sun Apr 07, 2024 3:07 pm
- Forum: PDF-XChange Editor
- Topic: Dynamic dates in dd.MM.yy format please?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 946
Re: Dynamic dates in dd.MM.yy format please?
It seems there now is a tool.
- Sun Apr 07, 2024 3:01 pm
- Forum: PDF-XChange Editor
- Topic: Dynamic Stamp - Auto Resizing via javascript
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1112
Re: Dynamic Stamp - Auto Resizing via javascript
Has this changed? Did you find any solution?
As of now there seems to not be any fixed size to stamps anymore, it rather depends on your last chosen size. I think.... are you still able to set default/fixed sizes of stamps?
As of now there seems to not be any fixed size to stamps anymore, it rather depends on your last chosen size. I think.... are you still able to set default/fixed sizes of stamps?
- Sat Apr 06, 2024 4:18 pm
- Forum: PDF-XChange Editor
- Topic: About sharing/merging presets [Question]
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1900
Re: About sharing/merging presets [Question]
Hello MedBooster, Stamps are stored in stamp collections - and each collection had it's own separate file. You can share the files even if the collection is only one dynamic stamp, and this KB article explains the steps: https://www.pdf-xchange.com/knowledgebase/175-How-do-I-copy-a-custom-Stamps-Pa...
- Fri Apr 05, 2024 7:39 pm
- Forum: PDF-XChange Editor
- Topic: Change color of base content text tool
- Replies: 2
- Views: 693
Change color of base content text tool
I realize you could go into the properties panel and change the color there, but wouldn't it be cool if you could use some separate tool like the highlighter tool to change the font color or even highlighter properties of the base content text without adding a comment layer. Just a suggestion, does ...
- Fri Apr 05, 2024 7:16 pm
- Forum: PDF-XChange Editor
- Topic: Custom dark/light mode separated into two profiles [Suggestion]
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1142
Re: Custom dark/light mode separated into two profiles [Suggestion]
Yes it was a typo/autocorrect error.TrackerSupp-Daniel wrote: ↑Thu Apr 04, 2024 3:58 pm Hello, MedBooster
Was this post meant for another topic? I am not sure how referring to a folder relates to the above conversation?
Kind regards,
- Thu Apr 04, 2024 4:02 pm
- Forum: PDF-XChange Editor
- Topic: Tab bar shortcut [suggestion]
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1652
Re: Tab bar shortcut [suggestion]
Hello, MedBooster Well, hiding all toolbars would include the document tab bar, but if the size is the issue, wouldnt it be more helpful to collapse the ribbon tabs first? (by double clicking on any ribbon header) I will pass this along to the Dev team for consideration, but considering the number ...
- Thu Apr 04, 2024 1:10 pm
- Forum: PDF-XChange Editor
- Topic: add to custom colors overwrites already existing preset instead of choosing a new box
- Replies: 43
- Views: 3589
Re: add to custom colors overwrites already existing preset instead of choosing a new box
https://forum.pdf-xchange.com/viewtopic.php?t=36558&hilit=color https://forum.pdf-xchange.com/viewtopic.php?f=62&t=34650&hilit=color+picker#p148535 It seems all wishes have been fulfilled regarding the color-picker tool... based on other posts as well. However, I would suggest adding an ...