Compatibility
Support for PDF/X, PDF/E, and PDF/UA, support for PDF/A is enhanced (in Power PDF Advanced only)
Support for gray scale PDF output option in the Save As, Export, Batch Converter, Watched Folder and PDF Create Profiles dialogs
Support for Unicode Text output in Batch Converter and Watched Folder (in Power PDF Advanced only)
Support for PDF Optimize for Web Viewing in the PDF Create Profiles panel
Support for latest CaseMap version (v12) (in Power PDF Advanced only)
Support for Long Term Validation of Signatures (LTV)
Interface
Improved Notification bar, the notification message can be restored after close with the info button on the panel bar.
New Show Cover Page in Two Page View option to display the first page of the document in itself, even if Facing view is active.
New display option to show graphic lines in 1px width (View / Line Weights).
New Clean Document button on the Security Ribbon, to remove all objects possibly leaking information.
Displaying alternate text of tagged images when mouse hovers over the image.
Editing
Customizable default size for Text Box and Callout annotation objects.
Customizable defaults for Annotation and markup object properties.
Customizable open preference in links referring to another PDF document.
Added Text Style to the shortcut menu of Callout and Text objects, for quick text formatting.
Added Flatten Form command to the Sequencer.
New Print dialog option to print only the selected area of a PDF document.
Renewed NetDocuments connector (in Power PDF Advanced only).
Unified add-in platform, now 32-bit add-in version is used for both 32 and 64 bit Microsoft Office versions.
Improved Panel bar, default tool can be changed from Hand tool to Select tool in File / Options.
Improved Comments panel now shows the number of comments for each page and the total number of comments.
Improved Create Assistant, now file order can be changed by drag and drop.
Improved Proofreader can display text layer.
Line Weights button has been moved to the Edit / Alignment ribbon.
Previous search terms are remembered and can be selected from a drop down list in Home / Search / Search Current and search Multiple.
SharePoint site, Open from SharePoint, and Save to SharePoint dialogs now are resizable, remembering recent dimensions.
Improved Print command in Sequencer, the destination printer is now configurable.
Improved mail archiving:
In Microsoft Outlook and Lotus Notes, now the user may use the mail clients during the archiving process.
Archive Mail and Archive Folder now may append to an existing PDF file, if it has been created in Power PDF 2.1.
The preview panel in Outlook now remembers the last state of the Fix Width / Fit page button.
Improved watermark handling, watermarks added in Acrobat now can be removed.
Improved handling of form control objects, now it is possible to propagate form control objects over multiple pages.
Improved language support to Adjust to the OS preference.
Improved installer:
New installer option to disable or enable installing offline Help (disabled by default).
Improved volume installer and user permission configuration. In Citrix environment the same installation of Power PDF may run in Reader Mode for a group of users, but run as full product for another group of users.
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.