FOR RELEASE AUGUST 20, 2013 (ANY TIME)
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Reviewer’s Guide to PDFpen 6:
https://smilesoftware.com/guides/PDFpen6revguide.pdf (400 KB)
Icons and screenshots:
https://smilesoftware.com/guides/PDFpen_graphics.zip (2.8 MB)
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PDFpen 6.0.5 IMPROVES PRINTING, PERFORMANCE, AND APPLESCRIPT; PREPARES FOR MAVERICKS
San Francisco, CA – August 20, 2013 – Smile has released PDFpen 6.0.5, an update to its all-purpose PDF editing tool for Mac OS X. The update improves printing, performance, and AppleScript. The update also includes adjustments and fixes in preparation for Mavericks. The Mac App Store version adopts the standard OS X iCloud file open dialog.
The changes in PDFpen 6.0.5 have also been made in PDFpenPro 6.0.5, the Pro version that can also convert websites into PDFs, create fillable PDF forms, automatically create form fields in non-interactive PDF forms, construct document table of contents, and set document permission settings that restrict saving, printing, and copying.
“We’re doing our best to be ready for Mavericks, and we’re delighted to be able to adopt the standard file dialog for iCloud for our Mac App Store customers,” said Greg Scown, Smile founder.
PDFpen 6 works with PDFpen for iPad and PDFpen for iPhone, allowing seamless editing across devices when used with iCloud or Dropbox storage. Users who wish to use iCloud must purchase PDFpen 6 from the Mac App Store. (Apple restricts iCloud access to applications purchased via the Mac App Store.)
PDFpen retails for $59.95, PDFpenPro for $99.95. Family Pack licenses, which cover up to five computers in one household, are $74.95 for PDFpen and $119.95 for PDFpenPro. Office Pack licenses, which cover up to five users in an office, are $179.95 for PDFpen and $279.95 for PDFpenPro.
Upgrades from earlier versions of either application are $30.00, and free to users who purchased on or after October 15, 2012. Upgrades from previous versions of PDFpen to PDFpenPro 6.0 are $40.
PDFpen 6.0 and PDFpenPro 6.0 require Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion) or later. Demo versions are available at https://smilesoftware.com/PDFpen/download.html. Full versions of PDFpen and PDFpenPro are also available for purchase on Apple’s Mac App Store. iCloud storage requires the Mac App Store version.
What’s New in PDFpen 6.0.5:
– Adopts standard OS X iCloud file open dialog (Mac App Store version)
– Adds option to print “Selected Pages in Sidebar” in Print dialog
– Adds dictionary lookup on three finger tap (OS X 10.8+)
– Supports printing multiple, non-contiguous selections of pages
– Supports ‘make new page at …’ in AppleScript
– Supports enhanced AppleScript printing
– Improves performance with encrypted PDFs
– Improves performance with PDFs containing inline images
– Improves ability to open malformed PDFs
– Fixes OCR functionality on Mavericks
– Fixes scribble tool on Mavericks
– Fixes Populate Script Menu on Mavericks
– Other fixes and improvements
What’s New in PDFpen 6:
– Export to Microsoft® Word (.doc, .docx) format (requires Internet connection, must be licensed user)
– New editing bar for faster, easier access to tools and properties
– Optimized for Retina displays
– Edit document permissions to restrict saving, printing, copying, etc. (requires PDFpenPro)
– Create form fields automatically (requires PDFpenPro)
– Drag and drop reordering of items in the Library
– Autosaving and document versions
– Print lists of annotations
– Filter annotations by type
– Enhanced document window appearance
– Highlight form fields
– Syncs Library via iCloud for use with PDFpen for iPhone/iPad (Mac App Store version only)
– Russian language OCR
PDFpen features:
– Add text, images and signatures to PDF
– Make corrections and changes in original PDF
– Move, resize, copy, and delete images in original PDF
– Perform Optical Character Recognition (OCR) on scanned documents
– Redact or erase text, including OCR text; use search-and-redact or search-and-replace
– Use iCloud (Mac App Store version only) or Dropbox for seamless editing with PDFpen for iPad and PDFpen for iPhone
– Adjust resolution, color depth, and contrast in an image or scanned document
– Insert page numbers and specify positioning and format, including Roman numerals and Bates Numbering
– Fill out PDF forms
– Add (and print) notes and comments
– Save frequently-used images, signatures, and scribbles in the Library
– Save PDFs directly to Evernote
– Convert a website into a multi-page PDF document (requires PDFpenPro)
– Create cross-platform fillable PDF forms (requires PDFpenPro)
– Create and edit Table of Contents (requires PDFpenPro)
– Automate PDF manipulations with AppleScript
– Available in English, Japanese, German, Italian, and French
Requirements:
– OS X 10.7 (Lion) and later. iCloud storage requires the Mac App Store version.
PDFpen Pricing:
$59.95
Family Pack: $74.95 (home use; up to 5 computers in one household)
Office Pack: $179.95 (office use; up to 5 users in one office)
Upgrade from earlier versions of PDFpen: $30
(Free upgrade to the Smile Store version for purchases made on or after October 15, 2012; no free upgrades available in the Mac App Store)
PDFpenPro Pricing:
$99.95
Family Pack: $119.95 (home use; up to 5 computers in one household)
Office Pack: $279.95 (office use; up to 5 users in one office)
Upgrade from earlier versions of PDFpenPro: $30
(Free upgrade to the Smile Store version for purchases made on or after October 15, 2012; no free upgrades available in the Mac App Store)
Upgrade from previous version of PDFpen to PDFpenPro 6.X: $40
Site licenses: PDFpen $999, PDFpenPro $1299
Site license terms: Single contact for support; single physical address or company with fewer than 1,000 employees. Visit our site license store: http://store.esellerate.net/somm/sitelicense
For more information about PDFpen, please visit:
https://smilesoftware.com/PDFpen/
Reviewer’s Guide:
https://smilesoftware.com/guides/PDFpen6revguide.pdf
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ABOUT SMILE
Smile makes productivity software for OS X and iOS devices, including PDFpen, the Mac PDF editor that won an Editors’ Choice Award from Macworld and The Mac Observer; PDFpen for iPad, the mobile PDF editor that won Macworld 2012 Best of Show; PDFpen for iPhone, winner of The Mac Observer’s Editors’ Choice Award; TextExpander, the Mac typing shortcut tool that also won a Macworld Eddy award; TextExpander touch for the iPhone and iPad; and DiscLabel, the Macworld Eddy award-winning CD label design program.
Demos of all Smile products for Mac OS X are available for free download at https://smilesoftware.com.
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CONTACTS:
Maia Olson (+1-510-599-7070, PST)
Marketing/PR, Smile
Email: maia@smilesoftware.com
Greg Scown (+1-510-289-4000, PST)
Founder, Smile
E-mail: greg@smilesoftware.com
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Founder, Smile
E-mail: philip@smilesoftware.com
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