{"id":66872,"date":"2026-10-31T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/help.pdf24.org\/en\/pdf24-tools-whats-new-october-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-11-10T21:43:26","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T21:43:26","slug":"pdf24-tools-whats-new-october-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/help.pdf24.org\/en\/pdf24-tools-whats-new-october-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"New in PDF24 Tools: what changed in October"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">October was one of the busiest months for PDF24 Tools: eleven new tools, a completely new PDF editor and an e-invoice generator that now also writes quotes, order confirmations and delivery notes. As always free and without sign-up, and many of the new tools even work entirely in your browser, so your files never leave your computer. Here is the overview.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Eleven new tools<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tools.pdf24.org\/en\/verify-pdf-signatures\">Verify PDF signatures<\/a>: who signed, when, and was the document changed since? The tool checks digital signatures, recognises qualified signatures under eIDAS using the EU trusted list, checks the revocation status of the certificates on request and gives you a validation report to print or as a PDF.<\/li>\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tools.pdf24.org\/en\/copy-from-pdf\">Copy from PDF<\/a>: click paragraphs, lists, tables, images and tables of contents and copy them, ready formatted for Word and Excel or as text, HTML, Markdown, CSV or JSON. All tables to Excel at once, text recognition for scans included. Everything in your browser, nothing is uploaded.<\/li>\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tools.pdf24.org\/en\/create-photo-collage\">Create photo collage<\/a>: put 1 to 30 photos and PDF pages together with templates, as a heart, circle or star, as a photo documentation with captions and capture dates, or as passport photos in real size with cut marks. Add text, stickers and backgrounds. You get a PDF, JPG or PNG, or print right away.<\/li>\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tools.pdf24.org\/en\/create-card\">Create card<\/a>: postcards, folded cards, invitations and vouchers from 23 templates, from birthdays and weddings to Christmas. With photos, text (also on a curve), stickers and QR codes, and if you like one card per recipient from an address list. Print-ready at home, several cards per sheet with cut marks, or for the print shop with bleed.<\/li>\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tools.pdf24.org\/en\/print-pdf\">Print PDF<\/a>: with a preview of the sheets, page selection, up to 16 pages per sheet and double-sided printing, also by hand in two steps. The highlight is poster printing: one page enlarged over several sheets, with overlap and cut marks for gluing them together.<\/li>\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tools.pdf24.org\/en\/create-pdf-booklet\">Create booklet<\/a>: arrange PDF pages so that all you do is print, fold and staple, with binding on the left or right and a preview of the finished booklet.<\/li>\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tools.pdf24.org\/en\/convert-pdf-to-grayscale\">PDF to grayscale<\/a>: turn colour PDFs into grayscale. In November <a href=\"https:\/\/help.pdf24.org\/en\/convert-pdf-to-black-and-white-1-bit\/\">true black and white<\/a> followed.<\/li>\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tools.pdf24.org\/en\/invert-pdf\">Invert PDF colors<\/a>: your PDF in dark mode, with a dark background and light text, easy on the eyes. The text stays searchable.<\/li>\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tools.pdf24.org\/en\/udf-to-pdf\">UDF to PDF<\/a>: UYAP documents from Turkey as PDF, in the layout of the original.<\/li>\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tools.pdf24.org\/en\/svg-to-jpg\">SVG to JPG<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/tools.pdf24.org\/en\/svg-to-png\">SVG to PNG<\/a>: vector graphics as images with one click.<\/li>\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The new PDF editor<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since the end of October, <a href=\"https:\/\/tools.pdf24.org\/en\/edit-pdf\">Edit PDF<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/tools.pdf24.org\/en\/annotate-pdf\">Annotate PDF<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/tools.pdf24.org\/en\/sign-pdf\">Sign PDF<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/tools.pdf24.org\/en\/redact-pdf\">Redact PDF<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/tools.pdf24.org\/en\/fill-out-pdf\">Fill out PDF<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/tools.pdf24.org\/en\/make-pdf-fillable\">Make PDF fillable<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/tools.pdf24.org\/en\/bookmark-pdf\">Bookmark PDF<\/a> run on one shared, completely new editor. The highlights:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Sign the way you like:<\/strong> draw, upload an image, take a photo of your paper signature with the camera, or use the new \u201cType\u201d tab to set your name in one of six handwriting styles. Several signatures are no problem, and \u201cCopy to pages\u201d puts your initials on every page of a contract with one click.<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>Sign digitally:<\/strong> in \u201cSign\u201d mode you add a digital signature to your PDF, with the PDF24 certificate or your own.<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>Redact in your colour:<\/strong> black, white or a colour of your own. The content underneath is really removed when you save.<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>Real PDF comments:<\/strong> text boxes, highlights, shapes and freehand that every PDF program shows. You choose colour, line width and opacity before you draw.<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>Images with Ctrl+V:<\/strong> an image from the clipboard goes straight onto the page.<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>Forms:<\/strong> \u201cSuggest fields\u201d finds lines, boxes and checkboxes in your PDF and turns them into fillable fields with one click. With \u201cLinked copy on pages\u201d, an entry automatically appears on further pages as well. Date fields open a calendar when filling in.<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>Bookmarks at the push of a button:<\/strong> \u201cDetect bookmarks\u201d creates them from the table of contents or the headings of your document. As a \u201cNamed destination\u201d, every bookmark can also be targeted from outside with a link.<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>Save with your own file name<\/strong>, inserted content stays upright on rotated pages too, and the PDF's attachments can be renamed, described and replaced.<\/li>\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">E-invoices: from the quote to the delivery note<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In October the new <a href=\"https:\/\/tools.pdf24.org\/en\/create-electronic-invoice-new\">e-invoice generator<\/a> grew into a small office:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>\u201cStep by step\u201d:<\/strong> one question after the other, ideal for your first e-invoice.<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>New documents:<\/strong> besides invoices you now create quotes, with optional and alternative lines if you like, as well as order confirmations and delivery notes.<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>Bilingual documents:<\/strong> with \u201cSecond language\u201d, headings and labels appear in two languages, for example \u201cRechnung \/ Invoice\u201d.<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>Small business scheme (\u00a7 19 UStG)<\/strong> with one switch, plus card payment, down payments, and cancelling or correcting a self-billed invoice.<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>Checked before it goes out:<\/strong> the generator checks your invoice against the official rules of the format before it is created and explains errors clearly.<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>Your layout:<\/strong> item numbers can be hidden, the logo can go on the right, and the form's sections can have colours.<\/li>\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And for incoming invoices: <a href=\"https:\/\/tools.pdf24.org\/en\/validate-e-invoice\">Validate e-invoice<\/a> now checks many invoices at once, as several files or a ZIP, with an overview, CSV export and a validation report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">More convenience in many tools<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Type pages instead of searching:<\/strong> in <a href=\"https:\/\/tools.pdf24.org\/en\/split-pdf\">Split PDF<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/tools.pdf24.org\/en\/extract-pdf-pages\">Extract PDF pages<\/a> you simply type the pages, such as \u201c1-5, 8, 11-13\u201d, a real relief with big documents.<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>Bigger page previews:<\/strong> when rotating, deleting, sorting, extracting, splitting and merging, set the size of the previews with a slider or Ctrl + mouse wheel.<\/li>\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tools.pdf24.org\/en\/change-pdf-page-size\">Change PDF page size<\/a> can now work on a \u201cPage range\u201d only.<\/li>\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tools.pdf24.org\/en\/pdf-to-images\">PDF to images<\/a>: \u201cAll images in one folder\u201d instead of one folder per PDF.<\/li>\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tools.pdf24.org\/en\/pdf-to-excel\">PDF to Excel<\/a>: \u201cOne sheet per page\u201d.<\/li>\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tools.pdf24.org\/en\/change-pdf-doc-info\">Change PDF document information<\/a>: creation and modification date can now be edited too.<\/li>\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tools.pdf24.org\/en\/create-fillable-pdf-form\">Create PDF form<\/a>: prefill table cells, also pasted from Excel, and choice lists that fill in the price when you pick an entry.<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>Tidier options:<\/strong> rarely used settings, for example when merging, compressing or recognising text, are now under \u201cAdditional options\u201d. Compress PDF remembers your settings.<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>Share the result:<\/strong> where your browser supports it, send the result straight to an app through your device's share window, as single files or as a ZIP.<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>New formats:<\/strong> EPS files are now accepted wherever PostScript is.<\/li>\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What came in September, including the new e-invoice generator: <a href=\"https:\/\/help.pdf24.org\/en\/pdf24-tools-whats-new-september-2026\/\">New in PDF24 Tools: what changed in September<\/a>. How things continued in November: <a href=\"https:\/\/help.pdf24.org\/en\/pdf24-tools-whats-new-november-2026\/\">New in PDF24 Tools: what changed in November<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October was one of the busiest months for PDF24 Tools: eleven new tools, a completely new PDF editor and an e-invoice generator that now also writes quotes, order confirmations and delivery notes. 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