PDF XChange Forum

Bhikkhu Pesala

PDF-XChange Printer Lite helped this user to make a smaller PDF for Create Space, but it raises a few questions. Does self-publishing come under home use or does one need a license for this? Why the rounding errors when entering dimensions in inches? 6.14" x 9.21" instead of mm 156 x 234. ...

Bhikkhu Pesala

I'm still puzzled though by the difference in size when saving from an optimized PDF as JPG (2MB) versus PNG (20MB, even with a compression ratio of 10) PNG compression is lossless, i.e. no information from the original is discarded. JPG compression is lossy, i.e. image information is discarded. Wi...

Bhikkhu Pesala

It's definitely worth diagnosing problems because if you do some task 100 times a day, the seconds add up. A delay of 15 seconds or longer to launch a program is significant. I have done extensive comparative testing on searching PDF files for text , and for loading multiple documents. I can load 50...

Bhikkhu Pesala

For me, PDF-XChange Editor takes about 7 seconds to open a 13 page 1.4 Mbyte PDF file from a cold start, and about 1 second from a warm start. File size makes no noticeable difference. A file of 159 Mbytes opens just as fast as one of 1.4 Mbytes. By way of comparison, PDF-XChanger Viewer took only 3...

Bhikkhu Pesala

Thanks for the update. I think this would trip up a few users otherwise. Ctrl + 5 does nothing in Adobe Reader.

Bhikkhu Pesala

Hi Bhikkhu, Thanks for the post - This is an unlisted shortcut and is fairly standard for most PDF readers on the market. It's mostly used by engineers and architects, when the need to see where lines intersect more precisely. Cheers, The question is why is it not anywhere on the menus? Is it just ...

Bhikkhu Pesala

I only just came across this after searching for previous reports. I thought I had found a bug in the PDF output of PagePlus, but it turned out to be this Ctrl 5 shortcut, which is not anywhere on the View menu even after resetting the toolbar. I even used the Customize option to add the command to ...

Bhikkhu Pesala

Well, at least you're in good company. Adobe Reader gets it wrong too. :? Finding em-dash when searching for hyphen might make some sense, but finding hyphens when searching specifically for em-dash makes no sense at all to me. Users need to make a special effort to type an em-dash (or en-dash) in t...

Bhikkhu Pesala

Still the same behaviour that I noted before.

The Left/Right buttons skip two pages in facing pages mode, as does PageUp/Down, but Ctrl Left/Right still skip just one page, so it takes two shortcuts to get to the next pair of pages.

Bhikkhu Pesala

This bug still exists in build 319.

Bhikkhu Pesala

I saw yesterday that the download page had been updated to 28th November, but the version number was, and is still listed as the previous version, so I did not download it. In fact, the installer is for build 6.0.319. PDF-XChange Editor Current Version: 6.0.318.1 (Updated on 28 Nov 2016) Supported O...

Bhikkhu Pesala

I think this would be a useful feature and not too difficult to code. Serif PagePlus can already do this with images in a PDF file, and allows users to add their own favourite image editor. With the image selected, the context toolbar shows a list of available applications and the option to add more...

Bhikkhu Pesala

Open any PDF file containing em-dashes, e.g. the PDF file linked to at the top of this page.

Find (Ctrl F) and search for em-dash.

All hyphens will be found too, even soft hyphens.

Bhikkhu Pesala

Bhikkhu Pesala wrote:Thank you for fixing this promptly. All is working as expected now.

What else was fixed?

Apparently, this bug was fixed, but I am still waiting for an update to the History of Changes.

Bhikkhu Pesala

I found the deskew for OCR feature useful to deskew a PDF of a book in Burmese . Although the OCR feature could not make any sense of the Burmese text (no surprise there, it's hard enough for me :lol: ), running the OCR process on the PDF produced a version that looked a lot better. OCR recognition ...

Bhikkhu Pesala

Thank you for fixing this promptly. All is working as expected now.

What else was fixed?

Bhikkhu Pesala

I found that if I pin the application to the Start menu then it opens maximised, but when launching a PDF from Explorer it opens in a restored window.

It's more convenient to launch PDF files from Explorer or from downloads in my browser, so using the Start menu is not a useful workaround.

Bhikkhu Pesala

Every time I double-click a PDF file, it opens in a restored window.

It used to open maximised, and that's what I prefer.

Bhikkhu Pesala

kongyiu9998 wrote:Is it possible that the 'New Window' function will be on the agenda for the next update?

I am sure it won't be, but you can download the latest build 318 now to see for yourself what's new and what's not included.

Bhikkhu Pesala

When I use the Page Down/ Page Up keys the two page facing view skips by two pages — the same as using the buttons on the navigation toolbar. However, using the Ctrl + Right/Left shortcuts skip by a single page. Those are the shortcuts assigned to the commands Next Page, Previous Page. If I try to a...

Bhikkhu Pesala

I agree that the default should not be changed.

However, I wonder if the Properties panel could show the line's angle as well as its length? That might help a few users, though I don't need such features personally.

Bhikkhu Pesala

And use Shift + Scrollwheel to pan horizontally.

Bhikkhu Pesala

This is confusing.

According to the Feature Comparison Chart, PDF Tools does support conversion of PDF to DOC, and so I informed someone that it does. What is the meaning, then, of this item in the chart? Is this thread out of date already?

• Convert PDF to .DOC/.RTF (no OCR capability)

Bhikkhu Pesala

MathJax looks interesting, but I don't see how plain text notes are going to know how to render math formulae from markup.

You could export the formula as a graphic or take a screen shot and paste that into the PDF. I think that would be a practical solution.

Bhikkhu Pesala

Thank you for that. Yes, I am using English. In my Web Editor (WebPlus) and DTP program (PagePlus), the spell-check dialogue access keys work as expected, the highlight jumps to the next error, but focus remains on the dialogue. The dialogue is fully functional with the keyboard only; e.g. I can use...

Bhikkhu Pesala

The existing shortcut of Alt F7 for "Previous mispell" serves the purpose better, except that it goes in the wrong direction.

Shortcuts are rather precious. I was expecting the access keys to work.

Bhikkhu Pesala

If running a spell-check, the dialogue shows access keys such as I gnore, and A dd, but they do nothing. If sections of text include a lot of errors (such as placeholder lorem ipusum text), the only way to proceed with the spell-check is to keep clicking. Can the keyboard access keys be made to work?

Bhikkhu Pesala

The easiest method is to use the Menu Icon on the Tab Bar.

Click that to open a list of open files, and the first will be at the top of the list.

(I have updated my review page to show this)

Bhikkhu Pesala

The direct link to the PDF works, but the link at the bottom of this page: https://help.pdf-xchange.com/EUM/default.aspx?pageid=PDFXEdit3:Editor_Welcome&skin=3EDIT does not work for me using Vivaldi browser (Chrome based), it opens this page: https://www.pdf-xchange.com and why is it using the P...

Bhikkhu Pesala

Help is available online.

Bhikkhu Pesala

The link on my review page is out of date:

https://www.pdf-xchange.com/PDFXE_history.html

I have now updated it to:

https://www.pdf-xchange.com/product ... or/history

Bhikkhu Pesala

I am happy to see the fixes to find text in PDF files, and have updated my review page test results accordingly. Although it has been nearly a week since Build 6.0.317.1 was released, the history of changes has not been updated yet. What other major changes have been made apart from Find Text speed ...

Bhikkhu Pesala

The snapshot tool copies the screen shot to the windows as a Device Independent Bitmap. You can then paste it into Windows Paint or any graphics program like IrfanView to save it in any image format that you wish. For text, PNG format is the best — it's much sharper and usually smaller than JPG, esp...

Bhikkhu Pesala

You might find that PDF-XChange Viewer is better for you. The thumbnail view is really helpful if working with large numbers of files. There's an icon in the top left corner to show the thumbnails of all open files, so you can pick them visually rather than hunting through a list, whether alphabetic...

Bhikkhu Pesala

To select highlighted text hold down the shift key.

Bhikkhu Pesala

As a work-around you could use the Launch Toolbar to open further copies of a PDF in any other PDF applications that are registered in Preferences, Launch Applications, e.g. PDF-XChange Viewer, Adobe Reader, Foxit Reader, etc.

Bhikkhu Pesala

My 1180 page test document is simply 10 copies of a 118 page book. It compresses very well with 7-Zip due to the large amount of duplicate content. I removed the pictures to make it smaller, but without removing any text content so that it would be a fair test of raw text strings search speed. Try i...

Bhikkhu Pesala

If the PDF file is large enough the speed difference is very obvious. On a file of 1180 pages it is 21 seconds in the Editor compared to 1 second for the Viewer. For this smaller file: http://www.aimwell.org/The%20Debate%20of%20King%20Milinda.pdf it is 3 seconds for the Editor and less than 1 second...

Bhikkhu Pesala

You may need to update your registration key.

Go to Edit, Preferences, Registration to enter a new key.

Bhikkhu Pesala

Find Text just got significantly slower in the new build. Searching a long document of 1180 pages: ● PDF-XChange Viewer 2.5.308.2 found 710 entries in 0:01 ● PDF-XChange Editor 6.0.317 found 710 entries in 0:26(This compares to just 0:03 in build 515.303) ● Adobe Reader DC 2015.010.20060 found 710 e...

Bhikkhu Pesala

Thank you. That works a treat. Some users might register the editor just for that feature — 909Kbytes instead of 17.2 Mbytes is a worthwhile space saving for hosting PDF files on web sites.

Bhikkhu Pesala

If I publish a PDF file with a background image (like that in the attached), the background image is duplicated on every page of the PDF file. Compressing the file with 7-Zip reduces the file size from 17.2 Mbytes to just 1.43 Mbytes. Is there any way for PDF-XChange Editor to avoid duplicating the ...

Bhikkhu Pesala

It's faster without any plugins (about 4 seconds), but still slower than the viewer.

Bhikkhu Pesala

This is going to be hard to test since it is only noticeable with a first time launch. After the Editor has been opened once, subsequent launch is instantaneous.

Is there some way to flush RAM so that it always behaves like a cold program startup?

Bhikkhu Pesala

I also noticed that first (cold) launch is slow (about 8 seconds here), but thereafter it is instant. This is normal for most applications that they are much faster due to some code being in memory. Still, program startup time from cold needs to be improved IMO. Opening many files at once is faster ...

Bhikkhu Pesala

The Properties Toolbar can be resized by dragging the side or bottom.

If you're unable to do that try resetting your program settings from the Edit menu.

Bhikkhu Pesala

Does this happen with all PDF files, or only with one?

Zip and attach the PDF file if possible.

Bhikkhu Pesala

I could not find the word "vinculated" in any dictionary. Could you explain what it means?

Bhikkhu Pesala

If you're trying to copy the text that is highlighted, hold the shift key while selecting it with the text tool.

Bhikkhu Pesala

Open one of them
From the Document menu, Insert Pages, From File
Select the othere file
Save as a new File

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