Nitro Reader 2 Release Schedule
This document details all the new features, changes, and improvements in Nitro Reader 2.
Latest Release Date: Wednesday September 12th, 2012
Distribution: Nitro Reader 2 is available for download at:http://www.nitroreader.com
Release History
Version Release Date
2.5.0.45 Wednesday September 12th, 2012
2.5.0.41 Wednesday August 22nd, 2012
2.5.0.40 Thursday August 16th, 2012
2.5.0.36 Wednesday July 25th, 2012
2.5.0.33 Thursday July 19th, 2012
2.4.1.15 Monday June 25th, 2012
2.4.1.8 Monday June 4th, 2012
2.3.1.7 Friday April 13th, 2012
2.3.1.6 Monday April 2nd, 2012
2.3.1.3 Monday March 26th, 2012
2.3.1.1 Monday March 12th, 2012
2.2 Tuesday February 8th, 2012
Nitro Reader 2.5.0.45
Enhancements
l Update reminder frequencycan be set to 7 days
Nitro Reader 2.5.0.41
Enhancements
l General stability improvementsacross various product features
Resolves Issues
l Create PDF From Filedialog does not display Create button when display is set to high DPI
res-olutions
Nitro Reader 2.5.0.40
Enhancements
l Stabilityenhancements across the product
Resolves Issues
l Various file-relatedand bugs have been resolved
Reader 2.5.0.36
Enhancements
l Full Screen Facingview can be toggled with the F12 key
Resolved Issues
Reader 2.5.0.33
Enhancements
l Range of corrupt filesthat can be automatically repaired has been increased l Web browser pluginnow includes a button to Save (download) PDF files l QuickSign preferenceto disable automatic grayscale conversion of signatures
Resolved Issues
l Web browser plugindoes not render USPS Click and Ship PDF correctly
l Text selectionis problematic when Web browser plugin view is set to Facing Pages l ThinkPad Trackpointcauses page to freeze when scrolling left/ right in Fit Width view
l Auto rotate and center pagesforces document to be printed as landscape when Current view is
selected
l NitroPDFThumbnailHelper.exeruns as multiple instances on some machines l Content is faintin PDF files created by CADMAX
l Links in PDF filescreated by Crystal Reports have visible border
l Various file-relatedand performance-affecting bugs have been resolved
Reader 2.4.1.15
Resolved Issues
l Impact on CPU performancecaused by thumbnail Helper in 64-bit installations l General stability improvementsacross various product features
Reader 2.4.1.8
Enhancements
l QuickSignis now easier thanks to intuitive guidance on creating a QuickSign profile
l PDF versioncan be selected from Nitro PDF Creator’s printing preferences when documents must
adhere to specific standards (PDF 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 1.7)
l Crash reportercan submit PDF files for out testing and engineering teams to quickly identify the
cause of a crash
l Improved installerhas been optimized and completes the installation in two less stages l Windows Vista/7file browser is used as the native file explorer for locating and opening files
Resolved Issues
l Comments Print settingsdo not convert the Comment Size values when the unit type is changed
in the Units and Grid preferences
l Printing Outlook calendarcreates PDF file with incorrect colors for days marked as ‘busy’ or ‘away’ l Unicode charactersare not displayed correctly in Nitro’s document tabs
vert Links’ is enabled
l Mouse-over commentsdisplay in top-left corner regardless of mouse pointer location l Several document-specific bugshave been fixed in this release
l Several physical-printing bugshave been fixed in this release
Reader 2.3.1.7
Shortcut Key Enhancements
l File menu: Reassigned from ‘L’ to ‘F’ (Microsoft Standard) l Forms tab: Reassigned from ‘F’ to ‘M’
l Exit Nitro: Reassigned from ‘F4’ to ‘Alt+F4’
Resolved Issues
l Print outputis incorrect when printing multiple copies in duplex-mode
l Memory overflowand degraded printer performance when printing many copies of the same
sin-gle-page document.
l Web browser pluginfails to load PDF in IE when source URL is relative. l Various other performance-related issueshave been resolved in this release
Reader 2.3.1.6
Resolved Issues
l Windows 8: Nitro is incorrectly marked as default PDF viewer even when it is not.
l Printing to Nitro PDF Creatorstrips out all filename characters appearing after a period. l Various other performance-related issueshave been resolved in this release
Reader 2.3.1.3
Resolved Issues
l Several crasher bugsdiscovered through internal testing and reported by customers have been
resolved in this hotfix
Reader 2.3.1.1
New Features
Enhancements
l Memory usagehas been massively reduced when running Nitro and rendering PDF files. l Ctrl + Mouse Wheel to zoom in / out, in both Nitro desktop and web browser plugin. l Reader version numberis shown in the title-bar of the application window
l QuickSign signature imagesare dynamically resized to logically fit the page. l Transparencies are preservedwhen importing PNG files into QuickSign.
l Images imported into QuickSignare automatically converted to Black & White. l Web Browser pluginsupports 'Open File' link actions.
Resolved Issues
l Embedded fontno longer ignored due to a semantic error. l Adobe Custom Encodingfonts are rendered correctly.
l Dialogs accepting page rangesprovide validation to warn about invalid input. l Resolved crashwhen rendering inline images using DCTDecode.
l Quick Access Toolbar ‘Open’ buttondoes not trigger the Nitro button when clicked. l Highlighting linktext no longer causes black pixel artifacts.
l Resolved rendering issuewith PDF files created by www.mynetfone.com.au. l Files scanned by Canon iPF755are rendered correctly.
l Preview Handlerrenders Windows Explorer PDF previews correctly. l Resolved Module Errorwhen printing to PDF from civilcad v.7.0.5
l Resolved alignment issueswhen printing to PDF from RISA 2D v.10 Demo
l Embedded Cambria fontdisplays correctly when PDF is viewed on a Mac computer. l Esc keycan be used to close the Create PDF from File dialog.
l Resolved Sharing Violationwhen saving a PDF file previewed in Windows Explorer.
l File sizeno longer increases if view options are set immediately after new PDF file is created. l View Control Toolbarno longer disappears after Full-screen view is toggled.
l Font substitutionfunctions correctly with Cyrillic and Greek Unicode characters. l Open / Save As dialogsuse the correct frame title required for Worldox integration. l Resolved shiftin annotation position when Next button is clicked to navigate pages.
l Filename charactersafter a period are no longer truncated when printing to Nitro PDF Creator. l Hand Tool navigationrespects the correct page order when using Continuous Pages view.
Reader 2.2
New Features
l Print from right-click context menuin Windows Explorer. When Nitro is your default PDF viewer,
clicking Print in the right-click context menu will open the PDF and automatically send it to your printer.
l doc.spawnPagesFromTemplateJavaScript function at runtime. This JavaScript function is used to
add new pages to the active PDF document (based on a hidden template created at time of form design).
l Keyboard input language detection. Text insertion tools (Type Text, Form Fields, etc.) will
is set as the default input language.
l Disable line widthwhen rendering path objects. Enabling this preference (from the Page View
preferences section) will ensure line widths are ignored when path objects are rendered. This is use-ful when working with very complex and line-heavy architectural or engineering documents.
l Rich text annotation / form field support. Annotations or form fields using rich text (bold, italics)
will be rendered accordingly.
Updates
l Keyboard shortcutsare no longer overwritten. Improved storage management of shortcuts
pre-serves custom settings across application sessions.
l JPEG2000 image rendering. Color rendering accuracy for some JPEG2000 encoded images has
been greatly improved.
l Many bug fixes and improvements. Many improvements in PDF rendering, printing and general
application quality have been included in this version.
Reader 2.1
New Features
l Support for 64-BitThumbnail Viewer.
l Selection Toolswith Copy/Paste functionality inside Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox and Google
Chrome.
l Page View Zoomfrom 1% to 6400%.
l Paragraph recognitionupdate – alignment detection (justify, centre, right align). l Enhancements to Nitro PDF Creator
Updates
l Resolved issuewith files not rendering in Pro 7/Reader2, but did in Pro 6 and Acrobat. l Viewing a PDF in IE9no longer shows the PDF in the upper left corner.
l Resolved uTest ID 206724- Crash when creating a QuickSign profile from a PDF file. l Resolved uTest ID 206495- Crash when navigating to page 13 [Day 2_Lecture 3_CDMP-1]. l Resolved spacing issueswhen resizing text within Typewriter objects.
l Preferences present in HKLMare respected when preferences are written to HKCU. l Resolved error: CAPRegPath::GetFileMimeAssoc returning unversioned ProgID.
l Resolved Bugsplat Stack Key ID: 217- Nitro crashes with selecting Options in the Create from
File dialog.
l Resolved Bugsplat Stack key ID 51- Nitro crashes immediately when opening document. l Random musical charactersare no longer displayed.
l Resolved crashwhen scrolling through specific PDF files.
l Mathematics symbolsare rendered correctly in PDF files made using TeX l Resolved compatibility issueswith the Web Browser plugin and Firefox 5. l Resolved issue with print jobsgenerate blank pages.
l Application Preferences > Plugin Managershows correct status for Evernote plugin.
l Resolved uTest ID 193816- Adding spaces in front of a search keyword no longer crashes Nitro. l Resolved uTest ID 190213- Quicksign box no longer disappears if zoom level is 223% and above. l Markup Textcan be used on a page that has both vertical and horizontal text.
l Resolved uTest ID 188284[Bookmarks] – ‘Go to a page in another document’ opens the
doc-ument at the correct zoom level.
l Watermark transparencyis respected when PDF if sent to physical printer. l Wingdings fontis processed / rendered correctly.
l Web browser plugincorrectly interprets all links in FireFox and Chrome.
l Typewriter objectscreated in Nitro Reader 1 can be edited using Nitro Reader 2. l Image colorsare printed correctly with HP printers.
l EMR_GRADIENTFILLis supported.
l CHANTHABANE (TrueType)font is displayed correctly.
l Resolved crashwhen attempting to add text after collapsing all comments in Comments Panel. l jpeg2000 imagesusing JPXDecodeStream are rendered successfully.
l Popup annotationdisplays all characters for the subject field.
l Browser for Folderdialog is locked in focus when selecting a conversion/export destination
folder.
l Resolved issue with cursordisappearing after creating more than one QuickSign profile in the
same session.
l QuickSign profilename supports use of Unicode characters.
l Browser pluginprint preview for reversed pages allows page navigation. l Resolved issue with drag-and-dropinto the Create PDF from File dialog. l Undo/Redoworks correctly with Alignment tab for Typewriter objects. l Resolved AutoRow Heighterrors with Print to PDF from Microsoft Navision. l Recent documentsare included in Windows 7 Recent jump-list.
Technical Information
System requirements
l OS Desktop: Windows XP, Vista, 7 (x86 and x64 editions)
l OS Server: Windows Server 2003, 2008 SP1, 2008 R2 (x86 and x64 editions) (Terminal Server and
Cit-rix XenAppTM / Access Essentials configurations supported)
l RAM: 1GB system memory
l Storage: 300MB of available hard drive space l CPU: Intel Pentium® 4 and above.
l Display: 1024x768 screen resolution l Additional requirements:
l Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 (or above)
l Microsoft Office 2003 or newer (for Office integrated features)
l Addins are not compatible with 64-bit versions of Microsoft Office 2010
Install Procedure
(Administrative privileges are required to complete the installation) 1. Download the installer and double-click to run it.
2. Click Next to accept the license agreement, and follow the prompts by clicking Next. 3. Click Install to begin the install process, and then click Finish when complete.
4. Use the License Manager to enter your license code and activate Nitro PDF Professional.
Uninstall Procedure
(Administrative privileges are required to complete the installation) 1. In the Windows Start Menu, select Control Panel.
2. In the Control Panel, click on Add/Remove Programs (Windows Xp), or Programs and Features (Win-dows Vista / 7)
3. In the list of installed programs, right-click on Nitro PDF Reader 2 and then click Uninstall. 4. The uninstall process will prompt you if any running applications must be closed, and will then
