Fixes for drawing offset issue occurring for certain pdf documents.
Backend improvements to the canvas.
Version 5.35.8
Improvements
Improvements to bug reporting.
Version 5.35.6
Improvements
Improved the app's loading speed, where some system checks happen only after the app loads.
Version 5.35.4
Fixes
Fixed an issue wherein one scenario, the app would hang on startup.
Version 5.35.2
Fixes
Fixed an issue where the 'Getting Started' form didn't show up for new installations.
Fixed a part of the app that potentially crashes the app during suspending or resume actions.
Improvements
Minor improvements to bug reporting.
Version 5.35.0
Improvements
Improvements to bug reporting, specifically to aid in the visibility of slow startup issues.
Version 5.34.9
Fixes
Fixed an issue where the app unintentionally flattened annotations.
Version 5.34.7
Fixes
Fixed an issue where Undo resurfaces annotations after using a 'Clear All Annotations' function.
Fixed an issue where clearing the Page Zoom % value will prevent its value from being updated.
Fixed an issue where duplicated Ellipse Shapes would move when editing their properties.
Improvements
Improvements to bug reporting.
Version 5.34.5
Fixes
Fixed an issue where the left and right page buttons within a non-continuous layout, which originally were intended to disappear when reaching the first or last page, would not appear despite navigating back into the document.
Fixed an issue where overwriting an existing file, with another file with the same file name as the file being overwritten, and was open at the same time in the app, would corrupt the document.
Fixed an issue where inserting a callout annotation would make mark-up history blank.
Fixed an issue where a favorited line style would not keep its properties.
Fixed an issue where in some cases, the main menu would become unresponsive.
Fixed an issue where the search function would continue to run despite navigating away, causing the app to stall till the entire document was searched. This mostly affected long text documents.
Improvements
Improvements to bug reporting.
Version 5.34.2
Fixes
Fixed an issue where attempting to open an already open file, would open a second instance of it instead of reverting to the already open instance.
Fixed an issue where Ctrl + Shift + Tab would navigate to the next document instead of the previous document.
Version 5.34.0
Improvements
Backend improvements to prepare the app for better, more reliable upgrades in the future.
Improvements to bug reporting.
Version 5.33.8
Improvements
Improvements to bug reporting.
Version 5.33.6
Fixes
Fixed a bug that caused Bookmark hierarchies (like Table of Contents) to only work on some documents.
Version 5.33.4
Fixes
Fixed a bug that caused PDFs pinned to the Start Menu, not open documents that were not currently displayed in the Tab view.
Fixed a bug that caused the “Open / Create” button to not respond.
Fixed a bug that caused fixed folder names to not appear.
Fixed a bug that made it unable to switch to the Fixed Folders pane.
Version 5.32.0
Fixes
Fixed a bug that caused the “what’s new” page to show for brand new users
Version 5.31.5
Fixes
Fixed a bug that causes undo/redo buttons to not operate as expected
Version 5.31.2
Fixes
Fixed a bug that caused the Clear Annotations function to stop working.
Version 5.31.0
Improvements
Improved usability; the app now shows a hand cursor to indicate there is a hyperlink underneath the cursor.
Fixes
Fixed a bug that caused bookmark navigation to go to the next page rather than the page it was created on in Continuous Mode.
Fixed a bug that caused bookmarks to disappear when pages are deleted (this largely affected child bookmarks).
Fixed the way we rearranged pages as it was causing links (such as bookmarks) to become out of order.
Fixed an issue that caused bookmark creation buttons to be greyed out from the ‘more’ pane.
Fixed a bug that caused bookmarks to rearrange themselves when the app closed.
Fixed a scenario that would cause Text Review Export to hang.
Version 5.29.3
Fixes
Minor bug fixes and improvements
Version 5.29.0
Fixes
Fixed license issues for legacy users in specific scenarios
Minor bug fixes and improvements
Version 5.28.0
Improvements
Improved the search experience when pressing CTRL+F
Features
PRO: Added fill option to the Callout tool
Fixes
Fixed a bug that would cause unsaved changes to be lost when a non-selected document was closed
Fixed a bug that would cause black and green color selections to persist in the radial even if the tool color was changed
Fixed a bug that caused single touch annotations to not appear but add to the markup history
Fixed the link to the Drawboard Projects website
Version 5.27.0
Features
You can now re-order your open documents in the document view
You can now re-order your document pages in the page view
Improvements
Made some improvements to some of our popup screens so you can still view them when the window is resized
Fixes
Fixed an issue that caused Callouts to grow in size on duplication
Version 5.26.0
Improvements
Made some improvements to our Getting Started tips
Version 5.25.0
Features
PRO: Text Review Export: Export all of your text reviews to a .txt or .csv file for easier review and organization
Version 5.24.3
Improvements
General improvements
Version 5.24.1
Improvements
General improvements
Version 5.24.0
Improvements
Revamped the new-user onboarding experience, including some sample documents
Added a new license screen to better explain Drawboard PDF PRO
Updated some styling and colors
Fixes
Fixed a bug that caused some odd behavior with copy and paste
Version 5.23.7
Features
You can now copy and paste annotations from one document to another!
Copy and paste annotations without a keyboard. Long press with your finger or pen on an annotation!
Added the ability to open more image types as a PDF: .jpg, .jpeg, .png, .tif and .tiff.
Version 5.23.4
Improvements and Fixes
General performance improvements and fixes
Version 5.23.2
Features
Added some messaging to the app about our Free Bullclip offer!
Version 5.23.0
Fixes
Fixed a bug that caused search not to work when polylines were present
Did some work to improve the way our documents work
Version 5.22.1
NEWS
Due to the unprecedented events caused by COVID19, we have made our collaborative product Bullclip free for three months.
Version 5.22.0
Improvements
We did some work on our tools to make sure they work better!
Version 5.21.5
Features
Added a feature to allow users to switch between Drawboard Ink and Microsoft Ink
Improvements
Made some improvements in the inking algorithm to make it more performant
Version 5.21.3
Fixes
Fixed a bug that stopped input on form fields from being usable
Fixed a bug that wasn’t allowing Text Callouts to be edited
Fixed a bug that caused image transparency to be lost when images were duplicated
Fixed a bug that would cause the clear all annotations option to only clear annotations on the selected page, not the whole document
Version 5.21.0
Features
Added Microsoft Ink support.
Version 5.20.2
Fixes
Fixed an issue that caused the app to hang on initializing the scratch folder.
Fixed an issue that caused the app to hang when there was a corrupt document present.
Version 5.20.0
Features
[PRO] Color Picker: You can now choose your own annotation colors via hexadecimal code, color dropper, color field, or hue slider.
Improvements
Improved the editing experience of the Callout tool.
Unified the color palette between the Radial Menu and the Advanced Tools Drawer.
Version 5.19.4
Fixes
Fixed some issues that affected command-line arguments for Enterprise users.
Version 5.19.0
Improvements
Note icons now resize with zoom.
General performance improvements.
Version 5.18.3
Fixes
Fixed an issue that was causing extra information to be included when copying and pasting text.
Version 5.18.2
Fixes
Fixed an issue that was causing Text Review tools to select the wrong parts of the document.
Version 5.18.0
Fixes
Made some more improvements to the PDF engine in light of crashes in the previous version.
Version 5.17.0
Fixes
Rolled back some changes that caused the app to crash and hang.
Version 5.16.0
Improvements
Made some improvements to how we attempt to repair corrupt documents.
Made some improvements to the way we handle corrupt documents.
Made some improvements to our underlying PDF engine.
Version 5.15.0
Improvements
Made some improvements to the Text Insert tool, allowing for easier editing and selection.
Version 5.14.3
Fixes
Fixed an issue that caused CMYK-based documents to display color issues.
Version 5.14.0
Features
Added the ability to lock the zoom level of a PDF, even when you switch pages!
Added the ability to enter custom zoom levels by clicking the zoom indicator.
Improvements
Editing text boxes is much easier.
Viewing and editing inserted notes is much easier.
Before Version 5.0.0
From Version 5.0.0 onwards, Drawboard PDF will only be updated on Windows 10 – Windows 8.1 and 8 versions will no longer be updated. In addition, Drawboard will only support Windows 10 installations of Drawboard PDF.
Auto-save has been removed from Drawboard PDF, as this was a significant contributor to app lag and file corruption.
Sound Notes tool has been removed.
Group stroke inking has been removed.
Arrowhead direction options have been removed temporarily.