In September PDF24 Tools grew a lot: nine new tools, a brand-new e-invoice generator, a new form designer and a PDF comparison that works right in your browser. As always free and without sign-up. Here is the overview.
Nine new tools
- PDF invoice to e-invoice: your normal PDF invoice becomes a ZUGFeRD e-invoice, without typing everything again.
- XML e-invoice to PDF: XRechnung and other e-invoices in XML format become an easy-to-read PDF, ideal for filing and forwarding.
- Validate e-invoice: checks e-invoices against the official rules, shows the invoice in readable form, explains errors clearly, marks them in the document and opens the attachments. A great help with incoming invoices in particular.
- Check PDF/A: does your PDF meet the requirements for long-term archiving (PDF/A) or accessibility (PDF/UA)? The report shows exactly what is wrong.
- Search in PDFs: find text in many PDF files at once, with match case and whole words, and the hit is highlighted in the preview. The search runs in your browser.
- Assemble PDF: several documents on one workspace. Move pages between documents, split them with the scissors, insert blank pages and save everything at once, also with Word, Excel and PowerPoint files.
- Write PDF: write a letter, a quote or a report as in a word processor and make a PDF of it, with templates such as a business letter, header and footer and page numbers. Word files can be opened too.
- PDF to TIFF: PDF pages as TIFF, with a choice of colour depth and, if you like, as one multi-page file.
- Make PDF fillable: add form fields to an existing PDF, with ready-made formats for date, amount, percent, postcode, phone or e-mail.
The new e-invoice generator
At the end of September our new e-invoice generator went online, built from scratch and with features you would otherwise expect from accounting software:
- Two views: in the “Visual” view you edit the invoice right in the document, just as it will look. If you prefer filling in fields, choose “Form”.
- A start page that guides you: to the right document, whether a normal invoice, a down payment, partial final or final invoice, also for construction work, a self-billed invoice, a quote or a pro forma invoice.
- Your invoices in one place: every invoice you create is kept in your browser. You see what is paid and what is open, write a payment reminder with one click, and let invoices recur monthly, quarterly or yearly.
- Serial invoices: many invoices at once from an Excel or CSV table.
- Several companies: profiles of their own with their own number ranges, switched in no time.
- Early payment discount and a QR code for paying: the discount dialog works out the date and amount to pay, and the invoice carries a GiroCode your customers scan with their banking app.
- Right from the start: a checklist shows live which mandatory details your chosen format still needs, and the finished invoice is checked against the official rules. A glossary explains the technical terms in plain words.
More news
- Compare PDF now works right in your browser, without uploading. Changed, added and removed text is marked in both documents, and you can lay the pages on top of each other or compare them with a slider.
- Create PDF form has a completely new form designer: drag building blocks such as text fields, choice lists, tables with totals or signature fields onto the page, start from ready-made templates, and get a fillable PDF at the end.
- PDF24 as an app: Install PDF24 as an app shows how to start PDF24 Tools like an app on your smartphone, tablet and computer.
- Find the right tool faster: the home page has a tool search, and All tools is now sorted by task.
How things continued in October: New in PDF24 Tools: what changed in October.