Microsoft Windows 10 touch-enabled device support with “Touch Mode” option
Support for Microsoft Office 2016 with integrated PDF creation and conversion add-ons
PDF Create add-ons for Google Chrome* and Mozilla Firefox to convert webpages to PDFs, complete with hyperlinks
OCR Proofreader to correct suspected errors in searchable (image-on-text) documents
Support for XMP (Extensible Metadata Platform) metadata in the document
Enhanced support for dynamic forms (XFA forms)
Selectable date and time formats for newly created dynamic stamps
“Find a tool” search capability to quickly locate the required tools
Adjustable high-contrast mode for PDF documents
New Reading Order panel to touch up or define the reading order of document content (available in Power PDF Advanced 2 only)
Enhanced tag editor with new functions to touch up tags (remove empty tags; apply the same tag types for the same document object types)
Enhanced search function with search results list and screen highlighting of found words
Enhanced support for connectivity with Dropbox, Box, Google Drive, Evernote and Microsoft OneDrive via the File menu
Enhanced support for connectivity with document management system via the File menu
Support for Protected Mode in Internet Explorer
Support for Nuance AutoStore workflows through AutoCapture tool panel
* The Nuance PDF Create extension for Google Chrome can be downloaded free from the Chrome Web Store.
Advanced Edit: This control is moved from the File menu to the left of the Home ribbon.
The Comments panel and the Attachments panel now appear in the Panel area on the left, to make them better accessible also through mobile devices.
Tools giving access to panels are removed from the ribbons to streamline the interface. Use the Panel bar to access all panels.
Windows 10: Support for both the 32- and 64-bit versions – Power PDF behavior remains unchanged.
Mail files with extensions MSG and EML can now be converted to PDF – this can include message text and attachments. These files can be on the desktop or in a folder or can be opened from a Document Management System. This can be done directly in Power PDF or via Create Assistant. This is available even when no mail client is installed. See File Menu under Open and About Archiving.
Form preparation and filling has a new option: to automatically resize the form fill texts to fit the available space. This means the whole entry remains visible without scrolling. See: Filling Forms and Form Controls panel.
Hyperlinks: Improved handling of hyperlinks in local environments, for example between documents within a DMS.
New connector developed to support OpenText Enterprise Connect.
Integrations: More streamlined interface in Office applications to remove duplicated contols.
Microsoft Rights Management Services (RMS): View, Modify, Protect PDF documents using RMS in Power PDF.
Improved document signature handling: Certificate revocation handling during signing and verification; checking certificate chain during validation; added CAdES equivalent signing method; options to require Signing Reason and/or Time Stamp information.
Improved e-mail archiving: Splitting large archives; converting and archiving message files attached to e-mails to PDF, appending and archiving attachments as PDF when possible.
Enhanced Watched folder conversion choices: Setting PDF version, executing Power PDF sequences, removing Tags from PDF, creating linearized PDF.
Greater customer control over installed items: Allowing user to disable running JavaScript in documents and disabling revision saving for greater security
Embedded PDFs in Web browsers: Saving documents from web browser embedded viewers directly to connectors; open such document in Power PDF.
Other improvements: DMS opening and saving across a range of Open / Save dialog boxes; create 256-bit AES protected files from Create Assistant or Nuance PDF printer with PDF version 1.7; preserve last used printer on restart; print multiple documents to PDF without dialog box interaction; allow page ranges when converting image-only PDF to searchable; PDF iFilter for SharePoint server in Advanced Edition.