Stefan Ziegler

PDF24 Creator 11.33.0 is out. We present the most important changes, each in its own post: In addition, PDF24 now shows clear messages when saving fails, for example because the file is open in another program, with the path and a "Retry" button. Plus many bug fixes. All changes are listed in the changelog. If ... Read more

Until now, on Windows 11 you had to click "Show more options" after a right-click to find PDF24. Since version 11.33.0, "PDF24" appears directly in the new Explorer context menu, for one file, for several selected files and for folders. One click opens the PDF24 File Tools with your selection, where you can, for example, ... Read more

In PDF24 Reader, "Save" (button or Ctrl+S) now writes your changes directly to the opened file, without a file dialog, since version 11.33.0. This also applies when you click "Yes" when closing. To save under a new name, use the new "Save as..." (Ctrl+Shift+S). For read-only or encrypted files, for mail attachments and before a ... Read more

If you print plans or drawings, you often have to set the scaling and paper size again for every print. Since version 11.33.0, the print dialog of PDF24 Reader remembers the last chosen scaling, for example "Actual size" or "Custom 85 %". For each printer it also remembers a scaling and paper size chosen by ... Read more

When PDF24 Reader prints to the driverless PDF24 printer on Windows 11 version 24H2 or later, since version 11.33.0 it passes on the PDF itself, as long as the print job leaves the pages unchanged. Fonts and text are kept and the file stays small. An example: a file with 65 pages now has 572 ... Read more

Since version 11.33.0, PDF24 embeds screenshots (from the clipboard and with "Screenshot to PDF") as well as PNG, BMP and TIFF files losslessly, as long as this is not much larger than JPEG. Text in screenshots stays sharp, without the typical JPEG noise, and the files are usually even smaller. Photos stay JPEG. This applies ... Read more

In the PDF24 Toolbox, "PDF to Word" converts much more accurately since version 11.33.0: "PDF to EPUB" has improved too: instead of one file per PDF page, it now creates chapters. Paragraphs continue across page breaks, headers, footers and page numbers are left out. This makes PDF books pleasant to read on an e-book reader.

If you deploy PDF24 Creator with the MSI package, updates used to mean extra work. Since version 11.33.0: All options for deploying in a company are in the manual.