Release Date: December 24, 2024

Fixed Issues & Improvements:

• Fixed an issue where some users were experiencing crashes from Office Applications or Windows File Explorer

• Provides NLS users with the ability to customize settings for advanced online tools and services via the Admin portal

• Fixed an issue where some users were incorrectly placed in Expired Trial mode after upgrading
• Resolved a "Log in to Azure failed" error allowing users to log into their Microsoft account login without issue
• Removes redundant second confirmation dialog when opening certain links in PDF Pro
• Ensures the previously selected "Extract Image As" value is displayed correctly
• Ensures Plain Text conversions respect the "Break each line to width" preferences
• Other fixes and improvements

Security vulnerabilities previously reported has been addressed in this release. Please visit our Security Updates page for more information.

• Enhanced digital signature validation:
  
  • Adds support for certificates with root certificates listed on the EUTL (European Union Trusted Lists)
  • Expands compatibility to validate additional types of digital signatures

• • Ensures visibility and correct display of all pages for PDF files
  • Enables seamless opening, display, and editing of files created by Skia/PDF m102
  • Resolves crash and reporting issues when combining files
  • Allows users to access local files and folders outside a standard URI scheme from “Import Profile” and import profiles without issue
  • Fixes an issue preventing dynamic hyperlinks from working in PDFs
  • Replaces in-app browser with WebView2 for improved security and latest OS compatibility
  • Other fixes and improvements

• Improves the login experience for greater security and consistency across Nitro products (Nitro accounts): We've simplified and streamlined the login process to align with industry best practices by using a system browser instead of an embedded browser. This provides a faster, more secure way to access the app. You will log in less frequently while ensuring your sessions remain safe, allowing you to easily focus on your work without interruptions.

• Improves support for opening large, complex files from shared servers or network drives
• Improves the process to ensure PDF files are successfully saved to disk storage services, such as Google Drive, and can be reopened without any issues
• Ensures new installations of Nitro PDF Pro will not overwrite in-app updater registry keys
• Fixes Nitro’s MS Outlook Add-in to enable successful email to PDF format conversion
• Updates the iManage SDK to allow continued support of token caching
• IE plugins have been removed from Nitro PDF Pro. IE plugins are no longer available in the Nitro PDF Pro app or as a standalone installer.
• AD RMS has been removed from Nitro PDF Pro. AIP RMS will continue to function as expected.
• Other fixes and improvements

• New 14-Day Nitro Pro Trial Experience: New users who create a Nitro Account can now experience everything Nitro Pro has to offer, including:
  
  • Nitro Workspace and web tools
  • Nitro Sign Standard
  • Nitro PDF Pro for all platforms (Windows, Mac, iOS)

Click here to learn more and start your trial.

• Improved performance when opening large files from a shared server or network drive.
• Two registry options are now available enabling IT Admins to hide JavaScript and Internet Access settings from Preferences.

• Fixed an issue that prevented URI protocol links from working properly in Nitro PDF Pro. The application now checks if the links are compatible with the programs installed on the user’s computer.
• A security vulnerability was treated when converting a malformed PDF file, which could lead to access violation.

Security vulnerabilities previously reported has been addressed in this release. Please visit our Security Updates page for more information.

• Introducing Hang Detection on Nitro PDF Pro for Windows. This feature detects when the application hangs (stops responding) and prompts users to send error reports to Nitro.
  Alongside the existing Crash Detection, the new Hang Detection tool is enabled by default for all users. However, it may be disabled by administrators. See our User Guide and Deployment Guide for more details.

• Resolved an issue where large images (10mb+) used for watermarks could crash the application.
• Improved performance on document text searching with the Search and Redact tool.
• Resolved an issue to save trusted URLs to be opened without permission validation.
• IE plugins have been removed from Nitro PDF Pro. IE plugins are no longer available in the Nitro PDF Pro app or as a standalone installer.

Security vulnerabilities previously reported has been addressed in this release. Please visit our Security Updates page for more information.

Release Date: June 5, 2024

This version includes the following updates and fixes.

• In-App Software Update with Automatic Check for New Versions: Nitro PDF Pro now allows for checking for new updates from within the PDF Pro application, as well as automatically checking for new updates on startup. This functionality is disabled within our Enterprise build and may be disabled for other builds.
• Windows 11 Compatibility: Nitro PDF Pro now supports Windows 11.
• IE add-in removed from .msi and .exe installers: Effective from version 14.23 onwards, the add-in for Internet Explorer will no longer be available in PDF Pro installers.

• SharePoint Extension Enabled for all builds: SharePoint Online extension can be used with all build types of PDF Pro for Windows.
• Resolved an issue related to difficulty viewing PDF documents with graphical content created in Catia V5.
• Resolved an issue where data entered in AcroForm-based documents was being reset unintentionally.
• Resolved an issue where text in some specific documents was being rendered as random characters.
• Resolved an issue in which some Japanese fonts appear as squares and do not render correctly, even after the appropriate font is installed.
• Made improvements to resolve some instances of unwanted boxes appearing when documents are opened in PDF Pro.
• Improved the appearance of redaction marks when redacting multiple lines of text.
• To increase performance, Digital Signatures statuses may be re-validated manually and automatic revalidation occurs less frequently.
• Start-up performance has been improved.
• Issue Resolved: The ”Import Bookmarks” option in Preferences no longer disappears on mouse-over.

• Nitro PDF Pro integration with iManage has been enhanced to handle changes in the folder structure with new iManage releases, which caused an error, “Sorry, Nitro Pro could not find the installation of the iManage Client.”
• Fixed an issue where file links within a document pointing to a different drive did not work.
• Nitro PDF Pro now supports links in PDF documents with the 'file' URI protocol, such as file://<host>/<path>.
• Nitro PDF Pro can now successfully open files protected by FileOpen DRM.
• An issue that prevented hyperlinks in PDF documents from linking to documents stored in iManage, starting with 'iwl', has been resolved.
• Issue Resolved: "Dictionary keys must be direct name objects." error no longer appears when opening PDF documents in other PDF viewers that were originally created with custom stamps in Nitro PDF Pro. Additionally, these documents can now be saved in other PDF editors as necessary unlike previously when they showed an error.
• Issue Resolved: Some customers reported the appearance of unwanted folders named GPUCache and DawnCache.
• Fixed instances where some customers encountered Error Code: 0x40030004 when attempting to open documents in Nitro PDF Pro.
• Security measures in malformed PDF document has been enhanced mitigating a risk of informal disclosure.

This version includes the following updates and fixes.

• Nitro’s AI-enabled Knowledge Assistant is now available in Nitro PDF Pro. The Knowledge Assistant allows you to easily get answers to your questions and locate information within the Nitro User Guides and Help documentation.
• A crash observed by some users when editing the name of Watermark or Header & Footer profiles containing Cyrillic/Chinese/Japanese symbols has been fixed.
• Fixed an issue where some text was missing in PDF documents created using iText Core library.
• Fixed an issue where editing certain documents showed unwanted objects/blotches.
• Fixed an issue where some hyperlinks with UTF characters within a PowerPoint file were not retained when converted to PDF.