The following new functions have been implemented:

• Delete objects outside Page Box: Provide the function to remove all objects that are completely outside a defined Page Box.
• Flip pages: Provide the ability to flip the displayed page horizontally or vertically.
• Highlight XObject references: Provide the possibility to position or delete XObjects as an object.

The following improvements have been implemented to simplify operation:

• Color Space "Bitmap":  the function to select black and white images is provided.
• Select Next / Previous Object:  the function to quickly select objects in the PDF hierarchy by pressing Tab or Shift + Tab key is provided
• Select Strategies: Provide two strategies for selecting objects.
• Create Spot Color Separation / add Dielines: Appropriate accuracy can be achieved for the display of creating a Spot Color Separation or a Dieline with a positive offset. [PPDPDF-490]
• Improvements in user interface and user guidance
  • Move object with arrow key: Provide the function to move objects with the arrow key in small and large steps. [PPDPDF-609]
  • Media Box is not on origin: A warning is displayed in the user interface so that errors can be detected in time. [PPDPDF-576] [PPDPDF-592]
  • Zoom-in on selected objects: Provide the possibility to zoom in on selected objects. [PPDPDF-488]
  • Set Page Boxes: User guidance has been optimized and additional functions are displayed in the dialog. [PPDPDF-606] [PPDPDF-580] [PPDPDF-569]
  • Settings area "Align": Changes to the icons in this settings area have been implemented in the Edit tab. [PPDPDF-611]
  • Settings area "Transform": The user guidance has been improved and the user interface has been streamlined. [PPDPDF-579]
  • Open the PDF: The process of opening PDF files has been optimized and provided with progress information. [PPDPDF-592]
  • Paste objects from the clipboard: Pasted objects are placed centered in the current section of the PDF Editor. [PPDPDF-466]

The following bugs were fixed:

• Mirroring of Print Items: When Mirroring Print Items, text passages were not mirrored. [PPDPDF-562]
• Scaling of Print Items: Various bugs were fixed
  • When scaling a Print Item, shadows and transparent objects were not scaled correctly. [PPDPDF-583]
  • Page Boxes were not scaled correctly as well. [PPDPDF-583]
  • After scaling the Print Item, the MediaBox was no longer in the origin. [PPDPDF-654]
• Scaling of Texts: When scaling text objects, the position of the text object has been greatly changed. [PPDPDF-581]
• Shading Patterns: This Blend Mode is now also highlighted as a transparent object in conjunction with a Blend Mode. [PPDPDF-612]
• Adjust Width / Adjust Height: When applying the function multiple times, objects became larger and larger. [PPDPDF-610]
• Save as Image file: The set resolution was generally ignored. [PPDPDF-613]
• Create Dieline: If the Media Box was not within the origin, the Dieline was created at the wrong position. [PPDPDF-602]
• License request: Creating the email to get a license did not work correctly in many cases. [PPDPDF-588]
• Edit Spot Colors: Four values for RGB were displayed in the dialog. [PPDPDF-591]
• Pipette Tool: Sometimes the Pipette Tool could not read objects correctly if objects without a surface were placed over them. [PPDPDF-620]
• Undo insertion: Inserted objects could only be undone in the PDF Editor if the command  CMD + Z (macOS) or Strg + Z is called twice. [PPDPDF-634]
• Inserting objects: If the Media Box was not in the origin, the pasted object was not placed centered in the screen area. [PPDPDF-635]
• Page navigation: The ability to jump from one page to the next or previous page disappeared after the preferences were changed. [PPDPDF-657]

Below you will find a detailed description of all changes in the menu items New Features, as well as Improvements.

In many cases, Print Data is created by designers in a very complex way and when creating the PDF file. Mostly, no consideration is given to optimizing the print file and removing unnecessary information. When rendering or displaying complex data, information must be rendered which is actually not visible because, for example, only a section of the file is required.

With the new function, PDF files can be freed from objects that are completely outside a selected Page Box. This will speed up the processing when opening the PDF file and also the further editing in automated Workflows.

To eliminate objects that are completely outside of a Page Box, proceed as follows:

1. Open the PDF file in the PDF Editor.
2. In order to find out which objects are outside, activate the option Show Objects outside "PageBox" in the View and Analyze tab. In addition, you can also switch to the path view. To do this, select the Wireframe command in View > VIEW Mode or press the keyboard shortcut  Ctrl + Command + 3 (macOS) or  Strg + Shift + 3  (Windows).

Figure 1: Complex file with more than 60.000 path points in the Wireframe View

3. Switch to the Edit tab and select Delete objects outside PageBox [1] in the Actions area. You can also find the command of the same name in the Edit menu.
4. In the Delete objects outside PageBox dialog, select the Page Box that is suitable for the current PDF file. In practice, the BleedBox [2] should always be the preferred choice, if the Page Boxes are set correctly.

Figure 2: The Delete Objects outside PageBox dialog

5. Press Delete [3] to complete the action.
6. The operation is completed with the display of the dialog indicating how many objects have been eliminated.

Figure 3: The specification of the removed objects is shown

7. Analyze the PDF file again to see which objects could not be deleted because they partially protrude into the selected Page Box.

Figure 4: The result after removing objects which are fully located outside of the selected Page Box

As soon as you are to prepare print data for transfer printing, mirroring pages is a central function. With version 1.4.0, two new commands are available to the user in the Page menu:

• Flip selected page horizontally - flips the current page on the vertical axis.
• Flip selected page vertically - flips the current page on the horizontal axis.

XObjects are a common construct in PDF files, with which recurring page content is referenced and can thus be saved in an optimized manner with regard to data volume. In the PDF Editor, when a file is opened, the user is notified that referenced objects are located on this page. Before 1.4.0, the user had only two options:

• Resolve XObject references - this resolves XObjects, which can drastically increase the amount of memory required for that file.
• Not to resolve XObject references - the content of the PDF file could not be edited.

With version 1.4.0 the user is given the possibility on the one hand to display where XObjects are located as well as to select, move and delete XObjects. On the other hand other PDF objects can now be edited nevertheless. Proceed as follows.

1. Open the print file
2. As soon as XObjects are located on the page which is be rendered, the following dialog is displayed.

Figure 5: Display of information about XObjects when opening a print file

3. Do not resolve the XObjects by confirming the dialog by clicking No.
4. Open the Display and Analyze tab and activate the new option Highlight XObject references [4] in the Options settings area.
5. This will display an orange shaded area for each XObject.

Figure 6: Visualization of the individual XObjects in a PDF file

6. You can select an XObject [5] with the Selection Tool and change or delete the position and size of the XObject. All PDF objects which are not referenced in XObjects [6] can be selected and edited.

In addition to all Device Color Spaces CMYK, RGB and Grayscale, all ICC-based Color Spaces as well as Spot Colors, the Bitmap Color Space is also displayed in the Color Spaces [7] settings area as of version 1.4.0.

Figure 7: The View and Analyze tab with the display of the Bitmap Color Space

PDF files can be saved as PNG, TIFF or JPEG files since some versions. Under macOS the Save as Image File dialog was not operable. With version 1.4.0 the dialog can now also be operated in macOS. Furthermore, options are now only displayed if they are available for the selected format.

If a PNG file is to be created, the following options are available:

• Resolution - specify the resolution in dpi.
• Color Space - you can select RGB or Grayscale as the color space.
• Alpha channel - by activating this option, transparent areas (areas without background) will remain transparent in the PNG file.

Figure 8: The settings for PNG in Export as Image File dialog

If you want to create a TIFF file, the following options are available:

• Resolution - set the resolution in dpi.
• Color Space - you can select CMYK, RGB or Grayscale as the Color Space.
• Alpha channel - by activating this option, transparent areas (areas without background) remain transparent in the TIFF file.

Figure 9: The settings for TIFF in Export as Image File dialog

If you want to create a JPEG file, the following options are available:

• Resolution - set the resolution in dpi.
• Color Space - you can select CMYK, RGB or Grayscale as the Color Space.
• Quality - by activating this option, transparent areas (areas without background) remain transparent in the TIFF file.

Figure 10: The settings for JPEG in Export as Image File dialog

Two strategies are available for selecting objects as of version 1.4.0. You can select which one you want to follow in the PDF Editor Preferences in the option Mode for selecting objects [8]. The following strategies are available:

• All fully or partially captured objects of the selection frame - selects objects that were fully or partially captured by the drawn selection frame. This was the strategy chosen until version 1.4.0.
• Only fully captured objects of the selection frame - selects only objects that are fully captured by the selection frame. This strategy allows large areas with all the objects to be captured more quickly, without including objects which are located in the background of the selection.

Figure 11: The Preferences dialog of the PDF Editor with the new option to Mode for selecting objects

The function to create a Spot Color Separation and a Dieline for selected objects was introduced for the first time in version 1.3.0. While in previous versions it was only possible to create a congruent Spot Color Separation, in version 1.4.0 the Spot Color Separation as well as the Dieline can be displayed enlarged with corresponding accuracy.

Figure 12: Top: Enlarged Spot Color Separation (white area); Bottom:Dieline with Offset (pink contour)

In version 1.4.0, changes were made with regard to user interface with partial expansion of the range of functions. The following changes were implemented: