callas pdfaPilot full changelog

All “Convert to PDF/A…”-Profiles

Remove bookmarks: Removes all bookmarks in a PDF

Features:
Support for released ZUGFeRD version 1.0 (German e-invoice standard

Features:
New Fixups:
Remap characters from Unicode Private Use Area: Map Unicode from PUA to another valid Unicode [FP21906]
Remove all tagging information: Removes all tagging structure [CA1022859]
Enhanced Fixups"
Font to outline: “Apply to” added to control, which fonts are outlined
Desktop:
Visualizer: Added option to set simulation profile and improved handling if an OutputIntent exists
Profile editor: Several predefined filters in search field for Checks and
Fixups:
CLI:
Timeout parameter to abort processing after a defined time frame
Server, Dispatcher or Satellite can be used as service on Windows
Distributed processing:
Optional failover for Dispatcher in Client-mode
Possibility for typification for Satellites
Timeout parameter to abort processing after a defined time frame for distributed processes
Local processing (as a fall-back) can be disabled

Features:
New function to convert email to PDF, supporting email formats EML, EMLX and MSG
New internal engine for rendering, transparency flattening, optimization and creation of PS/EPS
New internal engine for font handling
Official support for ZUGFeRD (German initiative for electronic invoicing), according to the release candidate of the specification
Customizable PDF-Reports (incl. support for creation of XML-Reports on the fly and adding content to the PDF-Report)
Checkpoint for pdfaPilot 5 Server
New and enhanced Profiles
Verify compliance with PDF/VT-2
All “Convert to PDF/A-2-…”- and “Convert to PDF/A-3…”-Profiles
Added new fixup “Insert missing F and UF entries for embedded files” [CA1022655]
All PDF/A-1…, PDF/X-1…, PDF/X-3 based profiles:
Flatten transparency: Internal optimization deactivated
Flatten transparency: Color images created by the flattener are not always using JPEG

Features:

New Fixups:
· Disambiguate APPROX values in JPEG2000 images

PDF/A Conversion:
· New Fixup “Disambiguate APPROX values in JPEG2000 images” added to standard conversion for PDF/A-2 and PDF/A-3

Export to EPUB:
· Added new optional parameter for creation of chapters

Fixes:

PDF/A conversion:
· Problem solved, where inconsistent spot color representations were not corrected

Profiles:
· Harmonized handling and recognition of values defined as RegEx

Fixups:
· Remove Layers: Problem solved, where Layers were only removed from first page of the PDF

Checks:
· Problem solved, where check for font sizes reported negative values

Actions:
· Problem solved, where empty image data caused in inproper behaviour during conversion [FP21906]

Server/CLI:
· Problem solved, where processing of Profiles containing DeviceLink-Profiles were not properly supported
· Improved handling of licenses if more than 1 license (with different limitations) are on the respective system

Features:

Profiles:
· New profile for optimized conversion of Office documents to CMYK (based on recommendations of FOGRA/PSD)

Fixups:
· New Fixup to create embedded thumbnails of pages
· New Fixup: Disambiguate APPROX values in JPEG2000 images
· Folder used in fixups for config files can now directly opened

Fixes:

PDF/A analysis:
· Problem solved, where invalid widths entries for a font were not properly detected [CA1021220]

PDF/A conversion:
· Problem solved, where text encoding malformed after PDF/A conversion

· Problem solved, where a false coded inline image caused an improper result [CA1021751]
· Problem solved, where conversion of certain tagged and scanned PDF failed [FP21699]

Profiles:
· List potential font problems”: Check “Text cannot be mapped to Unicode” added

Fixups:
· Remove empty group and block level elements from tagging structure: Problem solved where table cells were not properly handled

Features:
Acrobat Plug-In:
· Support for Acrobat 11

Server:
· Use of accesskey is now mandatory
· General server settings added to preferences
· Profiles can be edited directly from job settings dialogue

General:
· Windows: callas software is a verified publisher

Fixes:
PDF/A analysis:
· Problem solved, where a missing nbspace in CharSet was falsely flagged as a PDF/A-1 problem [CA1021591]
PDF/A conversion:
· Force conversion: Problem solved, where Re-Convert resulted in failure when performed in profile [FP21148]
· Problem solved, where a wrong PDF/A-OutputIntent was embedded if a PDF/X-OutputIntent was already present [FP19661]
· Fixed issue, where signature appearance was flipped after flattening [CA1021632]
· Problem solved, where preflight certificate prevented a PDF from being converted to PDF/A [CA1021696]

Actions:
· MergePDF: Tagging structure of source PDF will now be kept [FP19942]

General:
· Office conversion: Improved handling for several warnings for MS Office 2010 [C

· PDF/A collections may now contain not just only other PDF/A files but arbitrary file formats like Word- or Excel-files or XML structures. These are new features of the the standard part PDF/A-3 which is going to be published beginning of 2012. pdfaPilot 3 will already support these new features.
· Distributed processing; allows easy load-balancing between multiple pdfaPilot 3 Server instances in high-volume workflows.
· Guaranteed PDF/A conversion; this automatically tries different conversion methods to create the best PDF/A file possible.
· Integration with Microsoft SharePoint.
· Support for running as a Windows service.
· Improved conversion of form fields and annotations, object level metadata in PDF/A-2 and the possibility to remove incompatible signatures when converting to PDF/A-2.
· An Enfocus Switch configurator to fit pdfaPilot 3 Server into a Switch workflow.