Drawboard PDF Release Notes

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 cause 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 re-arrange 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 re-arrange 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 colour 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 unprecedent 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.