BUILD 2040 - MARCH 2026

• AI-Powered PII Detection and Redaction – Automatically identify and redact sensitive Personally Identifiable Information (PII) including email addresses, Social Security numbers, phone numbers, and other confidential data to reduce manual work and improve data protection.

• Bulk Recipient Import for PDF Locking – Easily import authorized recipient email addresses from CSV, JSON, or ODBC data sources when applying DRM protection, making it simple to manage large user lists and enterprise distribution scenarios.

• Forensic Watermarking for Leak Tracking – DRM protection can now embed custom invisible forensic watermarks into PDFe files, allowing documents to be traced back to the original authorized recipient if they are shared without permission.

BUILD 2035 - OCTOBER 2025

• Added a feature that allows you to compare two PDF files and highlight any changes made.

• OCR functionality has been added to extract text from scanned PDF files or convert them into searchable PDFs.

• Visual UI refresh with enhanced design elements and improved user experience.

BUILD 2034 - AUGUST 2025

• Improved and faster AI PDF Summary

• Improved chatting with AI for PDF files

BUILD 2033 - FEBRUARY 2025

• Allows using text extracted from the PDF as the document’s password.

• Added a dedicated menu item to display the application finger print

BUILD 2032 - FEBRUARY 2025

• Improved conversion from PDF to Excel

• Improved Find/Replace functionality

• Improved reliability of sharing PDFe files via cloud link

• Improved activation flow of new licenses

BUILD 2024 - may, 2024

• your custom expiry message is now also used for hiding document contents

• added the ability to set expiry with scripting using command-line and a saved JSON file

BUILD 2011 - MARCH, 2023

• introducing AI Chat where you can ask follow up questions after a PDF document has been summarized

• UI design tweaks

BUILD 2010 - MARCH, 2023

• ability to summarize PDF files using artificial intelligence (AI)

• improved error message screen UI

• fixed an issue that occurred when editing existing PDFe file that utilized cloud sync

• changed the behavior when processing multiple files so that the suffix “_processed” is no longer added when outputting the results to a different folder

BUILD 2009 - SEPTEMBER, 2022

• ability to have attach PDFe files inside a PDF document with instructions on how to open and view them

• ability to email PDFe files directly from All-About-PDF after the file has been protected. Learn more here

• improved printing protection in PDFe Reader

BUILD 2008 - AUGUST, 2022

• ability to set PDF permissions when setting PDF expiry (Script method)

• when setting device lock in conjunction with email lock, it is now treated as device(s) per email address

• fixed an issue with batch watermarking

• improved folder watcher stability

• other small improvements and bug fixes

BUILD 2005 - APRIL, 2022

• ability to export PDFe files as HTML so that your end-users are informed on how to open them

• fixed an issue when sharing PDFe files that were output to a different folder

• added dedicated button to select and process all PDF files in a folder

• improved activation UI

• other small improvements and bug fixes

BUILD 2004 - FEBRUARY, 2022

• ability to protect JPG and PNG images with All-About-PDF DRM

• ability to edit PDFe files to change their properties such as expiry date

• ability to specify the email addresses that can view a PDFe file

• introduces All-About-PDF Cloud Sync which allows you to modify PDFe/DRM settings even after the document has been shared.

BUILD 2003 - DECEMBER, 2021

• PDF Expiry using scripting now works in Google Chrome and other Chromium based browsers (Microsoft Edge etc) as well as Firefox 88 or above

• PDF security now uses 256-bit encryption

• Fixes an issue with Folder Watcher that would cause it to fail to load and run

• Other small quality of life improvements

BUILD 2002 - SEPTEMBER, 2021

• ability to set the opacity/transparency of PDF watermarks

• ability to selectively edit PDF attributes

• fixes an issue modifying attributes of multiple PDF files

• PDFe Reader now prevents Ctrl-C from copying contents of PDF files

• ability to specify the output folder when applying DRM to PDF files

• ability to specify the output folder when modifying PDF attributes

BUILD 2001 - OCTOBER, 2021

• ability to protect a document with our DRM and instantly share a cloud URL of the resulting document. Documents are stored in our cloud for 14 days.

• fixed an issue where All-About-PDF would run as a 32-bit application even on 64-bit computers

• improved memory handling when using Find/Replace and Redact on very large documents

BUILD 2000 - SEPTEMBER, 2021

• ability to control how many devices your DRM protected PDF can be viewed on

• ability to save DRM protection settings so that they can be reused

• ability to use command line interface to automate the protection of PDF files with DRM

• DRM protected files can now have custom expiry messages

BUILD 1072 - august, 2021

• when printing is enabled for DRM protected files (PDFe files), the end user can no longer print to PDF/Document printers

• end users ca no longer take screen caps of DRM protected files when using the latest Windows PDFe Reader

• minor bug fixes and enhancements

BUILD 1070 - JUNE, 2021

• ability to use HTML to create rich and interactive PDF expiry messages.

• PDF Expiry messages are automatically saved so that they can be re-used for multiple tasks

• ability to use file wildcards when applying DRM to PDF documents

BUILD 1069 - MAY, 2021

• ability to interactively select the words you would like to redact from a PDF

• not ready to purchase a full All-About-PDF license? you can now pay for just the amount of PDFs you need to process right inside the app

• we have made it easier to share All-About-PDF with your friends and colleagues.

• bug fixes

BUILD 1068 - APIRL, 2021

• ability to enable and restrict the number of times a PDFe (DRM protected) file can be printed

• ability to change the font and color of text during Find-Replace processing

• fixed a bug where the output file name of Find-Replace contained a “processed” suffix even when a separate output folder was specified

BUILD 1067 - MARCH, 2021

• minor bug fixes

BUILD 1066 - MARCH, 2021

• ability to specify a folder where the resulting files from Find-Replace are placed

• ability to drive Find-Replace operation using command line (blog post coming soon)

• ability to specify the exact time when a PDF Expires

• a new file is no longer created when Find-Replace or Redact does not find any matches

Build 1065 - February, 2021

• ability to find and replace text in PDF with random characters

• the PDF reader in All-About-PDF can now open PDFe files

• bug fixes

BUILD 1064 - JANUARY, 2021

• added ability to rotate PDF pages

• ability to add a PDF password when adding an expiry date

• fixes issue opening PDF documents

• PDF processing performance improvements

• updated API for compatibility with our new iOS app (coming soon)

BUILD 1063 - NOVEMBER, 2020

• introducing All-About-PDF Business Plans for Unlimited installations

• ability to apply digital rights (DRM) to a PDF with the following features:

  • ability to restrict a PDF document to a list of countries

  • ability to restrict a PDF document to a list IP addresses

  • ability to set a PDF document to expire on a specific date

  • ability to set a PDF document to expire so many days after being opened

  • ability to remotely kill/invalidate a PDF document

BUILD 1062 - OCTOBER, 2020

• added ability to specify multiple find-replace pairs when replacing text in a PDF

• added ability to split PDF document based on contents in the PDF

• added ability to specify a relative expiry date for DRM protected PDFs e.g. expires 10 days after first opened

• bug fixes and minor tweaks

BUILD 1061 - SEPTEMBER, 2020

• Security enhancements to the PDFE format to prevent saving and printing of PDF files (requires new version of the PDFE Reader)

• Minor stability and performance enhancements

BUILD 1060 - AUGUST, 2020

• removed the 2 page limit on the free version

• added ability to save and load the list of files used in PDF merging

• added the ability to specify a page range when merging PDF files e.g. only merge the first 2 pages of each document

• minor bug fixes

BUILD 1058,1059 - JULY, 2020

• added All-About-PDF Digital Rights Management (DRM) technology for PDF Expiration (learn more)

• ability to set a custom background image to the Home screen

• minor bug fixes and UI tweaks

BUILD 1057 - JUNE, 2020

• added ability to specify a page range when converting PDFs to other formats

• Fixed an issue where adding PDF expiration to a password protected PDF would result in an error even the password was provided

• When converting PDF to HTML, the output is placed in a folder named after the original file instead of a random GUID

• minor bug fixes and stability improvements

BUILD 1056 - MAY, 2020

• Improved PDF conversion stability

• Find/Replace text in PDF maintains alignment

• Added a way to deactivate the software so that it can be moved to a different machine

• Improved PDF Unlock functionality 

• Fixed a typo on the PDF Expiry screen

BUILD 1054 - APRIL, 2020

• ability to find and replace text in one or more PDF documents

• ability to find and redact (obscure) one or more words in multiple PDF files

• friendlier error messages

• improved the main screen UI

BUILD 1053 - MARCH, 2020

• All-About-PDF can now automatically create a Table Of Contents page when merging PDF files together. All-About-PDF creates active links that, when clicked, navigate to the relevant page in the PDF.

• Improved error handling when the user cancels some file operations

BUILD 1052 - FEBRUARY, 2020

• Improved accuracy of PDF to Word conversion

• Minor bugs fixes and improvements

BUILD 1050 - october, 2019

• Added ability to obscure contents of PDF when it has expired

• Added ability to obscure contents of PDF when the reader does not support PDF scripting

• Added experimental ability to set a PDF to expire after N days instead of a static date

• Added a built-in PDF reader/viewer with ability to rotate pages, highlight text and add annotations

• Other small bugs and improvements

BUILD 1047 - JULY, 2019

• Added ability to license All-About-PDF on a subscription (SaaS) plan

• Improved security by allowing users to install and run All-About-PDF without requiring Local Administrator rights on the computer.

• Other small bugs and improvements

BUILD 1046 - JUNE, 2019

• Fixed an issue with setting PDF Expiry dates when using non-US date formats

BUILD 1045 - MAY, 2019

• Introducing Watch Folders: ability to have All-About-PDF monitor folder so that whenever a PDF is added, it is automatically converted to a format of your choosing

• We don’t like bugs or errors so we have added a way for you to report any issue you encounter with All-About-PDF directly from the error screen.

BUILD 1044 - APRIL, 2019

• Ability to use wildcards in the filenames for batch PDF processing

• Minor bug fixes and enhancements

BUILD 1043 - MARCH, 2019

• Fixes an issue where PDF files set to expire would expire even though the expiry date was in the future

• Fixes an issue where setting the date created attribute of PDF files did not always work

Build 1042- Feb, 2019

• Ability to convert PDF to MS Excel

• Ability to use text from a PDF document for naming the output files when splitting PDF files