Version History

Version 8.2.1.0
Wed 24 Feb, 2021 19:15:41

Fixed the ability to open images with PDF2XL
Improved stability

Version 8.2.0.3
Fri 19 Feb, 2021 12:59:04

Fixed most software crashing issues
Improved memory management for multiple layouts
Corrected issue that was causing empty table rows after conversion
Fixed translations not being applied for most users

Version 8.1.4.0
Wed 04 Nov, 2020 13:30:48

User-defined activation with offline licensing capability
Improved support for large PDF files
Automatic batching CLI
Hot Watch folder
Unlimited features for trial version (up to 3 pages at a time)
Removed dependency on Excel
Advanced OCR
Auto-conversion feature
Improved conversion of images
Forms layout support, including batch conversion
Fine grained image rotation
Progress bar for long lasting operations
Multiple fonts support
Improved application memory management
Automatic de-skewing image when applicable
File saving/open improved
Improved output for CSV

Version 6.5.4
Mon 11 Jan, 2016 08:06:57

Fixed issue with other UI languages not loading occasionally.
Changed default Open Folder to My Documents.
Fixed Batch conversion “Out of bounds” error.
Fixed in-app Chat module.
Added support to capture Font Weight when converting to Excel.
Increased Macro field size to support very large macros.
Added ability to abort Batch conversions.
Uninstall now automatically deactivates license so you can install on a new machine!
Replace List feature now works on non-scanned documents as well.
Fixed crash on unspecified fonts in PDF files.
House keeping on memory leaks and consumption on very large files which improved crashes dramatically.
Fixed crash on Hebrew text.

Added 1-360 degrees sensitive manual rotation.

Version 6.5.0
Tue 13 Oct, 2015 08:56:27

Updated PDF loading and rendering mechanism – faster scrolling on long documents and more stable loading of foreign language documents
Added Support tab to application with links to important areas
Added in-app Chat
Save Excel Macros with layout files
Compatibility Fixes for Windows 10 and Office 365
Updated Dutch translation.
Added column and row count to ribbon.
Automatically remove spaces when Column Format is Number or Currency.
Allow to reorder columns for fields and tables when merged.
Added ability to remove extra lines between Tables in Excel.

New OCR version allows for faster processing of large DPI documents
Added manual Force DPI feature to increase accuracy.
New OCR Languages, including Chinese, Korean and more.
Enterprise Only – added batch conversion capability.
Replace List feature – find and replace lists.

Version 6.0.2
Mon 01 Jun, 2015 11:23:07

Updated PDF loading and rendering mechanism – 30% faster loading
Improved automatic layout recognition features
Compatiblity Fixes for Windows 8, 8.1 and Office 2013 and 365

New OCR mechanism with extra languages and faster processing.
New OCR Languages, including Chinese, Korean and more.

Version 6.0
Wed 05 Mar, 2014 04:07:47

Improved performance – 30% faster conversion
New PDF formatting mechanism, for improved conversion accuracy

New OCR version, providing 40% faster, more accurate OCR

Version 5.2
Mon 07 Oct, 2013 04:36:39

Bug fixes from the previous major release (PDF2XL 5.0)

OCR for 23 new languages, enabling the conversion of scanned documents in Chinese, Russian, Korean, Japanese and more
Support for WIA scanners, for direct image acquisition from the scanner

Version 5.0
Wed 07 Nov, 2012 12:01:27

Brand new user interface – easily access all PDF2XL features from a state-of-the-art UI
Flexible layout assignment – different pages in the same document can have a different table layouts, enabling the conversion of complex documents. Define recurring layouts for quick conversion of long documents with recurring table structures
Document Pages Panel – navigate your PDF document through the new pages panel
Updated and improved Help

The latest OCR engine for improved conversion of scanned documents

Version 4.14
Mon 14 Nov, 2011 01:00:19

This new release of features changes and improvements sent to us by you our beloved users! Besides small tweaks and squeaks, here are some of the new changes:

Search text in single and multi-layout modes
Automatic recognition of marked elements – table or field – now you don’t have to figure out what mode you should use!
User-defined colors for table and field elements – for those complex layouts
Smaller installation
We’ve added French, German and Dutch language support (in addition to Portuguese, Spanish and Italian – and English – which were already available in previous versions)

OCR background operation – now you can search text in more than a single page in Scanned PDFs, Images, etc…
Portuguese OCR capability added (for free!)

Version 4.12
Mon 10 Oct, 2011 01:00:37

New conversion formats!!!
- Convert to HTML
- Convert to Word 2007 (.docx)
- Convert to PowerPoint 2007 (.pptx)

Easier and faster navigation in scanned documents using background OCR processing mechanism

Better headers detection capabilities
Intuitive and visible tables and fields selection
Option to use the PDF file details such as File Name, Creation Time, and Modification Time as output built-in fields
Installer and application now available in Portuguese, Spanish and Italian as well as English

Version 4.10
Tue 15 Feb, 2011 01:00:52

Added the ability to convert PDF tables to an existing Excel file.
Added the ability to convert long PDF tables to the same spreadsheet by breaking the table to multiple sheets.

Added the ability to navigate between cells in Validation mode.

Version 4.8
Tue 24 Aug, 2010 01:00:57

This new release from Cogniview upgrades various internal components of :

Revamped the layout display and editing
Simplified the layout creation process
Images are now considered a conversion format rather then a special field option. This means that you can convert table columns as images, which is useful (for example) in catalog table conversion
Fixed support for PDF files that could not be opened before

New (and better!) OCR Engine, with much better support for color and higher DPI scanned PDF files

In addition, new and exciting functionality has been added:

now supports scanning documents directly from the application, and converting without putting them into a PDF files.
You can now convert images files directly from . Supported formats include, among others, Bitmaps (.bmp), TIFF (.tif) and PNG (.png)

Finally, you can now add a post-conversion Excel Macro to the conversion layout. will run it after the conversion; it’s very useful for extra manipulation after the main conversion work is done

Version 4.6
Sun 17 May, 2009 01:00:23

This version includes some major improvements for our PDF to Excel converter.

For starters, it now supports conversion into OpenOffice! PDF2XL can now convert directly to .ODS files so that you can load them in OpenOffice Calc, or your other favourite office suite.

Also, PDF2XL can now keep the indentation of text in columns, as well as text-wrapping inside table cells, so you have the option to keep the original text flow in addition to the original formatting.

One more important thing to note is the addition of support for 64-bit platforms. The previous versions of the virtual printer driver were not compatible with such systems, but the new version is!

Here is the snippet of change-log from our developers:

Added PDF conversion to OpenDocument Spreadsheet

Added support for 64-bit operating system

Added an option to combine cells automatically
Added an option to keep text indentation and/or wrapping
Added fields output editing (reordering, hiding fields, dragging fields into tables)
Added support for non standard operating system fonts
Fully updated and tested for Windows 7
Fully tested for Office 2010

Version 4.4
Tue 30 Dec, 2008 01:00:40

Advanced Row and Cell editing – Removed the selection mode (Column, Row, Cell) and added a simple and easy user interface, that allows more flexibility in selecting the data for manipulation (very similar to the Excel data selection interface)
Added the option to convert Image as a field
Added the option to Edit the output (allows reorder and toggle of tables and columns)
Increased maximum number of tables per page to 63
Now allows opening a layout file from the open file menu
Added option to show formatting (font size and color) in preview
Added superscript support

Version 4.2
Tue 15 Jul, 2008 01:00:20

Added header auto detection capability
Added conversion to PowerPoint
Added optional finding of table according to header location
Added option to associate field with a specific table
Added optional automatic calculation of table height

Added OCR learning to the OCR process
Added OCR enhancements – OCR accuracy, Despeckle, better monochrome transformation
Added advanced OCR settings
Updated IRIS scanning engine to latest release