News
2025
- 03/26 PDF Annotator 9 Maintenance Release (Build 925) Available
- 01/15 Celebrating 20 Years of PDF Annotator – A Heartfelt Thank You!
2024
- 11/25 PDF Annotator 9 Maintenance Release (Build 924) Available
- 09/26 PDF Annotator 9 Maintenance Release (Build 923) Available
- 08/08 PDF Annotator 9 Maintenance Release (Build 922) Available
- 07/30 PDF Annotator 9 Maintenance Release (Build 921) Available
- 07/01 Announcing new pricing effective July 1st, 2024
- 06/20 Announcing new pricing effective July 1st, 2024
- 06/18 FAQ: "Print to PDF Annotator" from Excel does not work anymore (June 2024)
- 05/27 PDF Annotator 9 Maintenance Release (Build 920) Available
- 05/21 New articles: Dimensioning and measuring distances and areas
- 05/15 PDF Annotator 9 Maintenance Release (Build 919) Available
- 03/19 We have revised our Privacy Policy.
2023
- 09/06 PDF Annotator 9 Maintenance Release (Build 916) Available
- 08/03 PDF Annotator 9 Maintenance Release (Build 915) Available
- 05/09 PDF Annotator 9 Maintenance Release (Build 914) Available
- 02/08 PDF Annotator 9 Maintenance Release (Build 912) Available
- 01/18 PDF Annotator 8 Maintenance Release (Build 840) Available
2022
- 12/19 PDF Annotator 9 Maintenance Release (Build 908) Available
- 12/14 PDF Annotator 8 Maintenance Release (Build 839) Available
- 12/14 PDF Annotator 9 Maintenance Release (Build 907) Available
- 12/14 PDF Annotator 8 Maintenance Release (Build 838) Available
- 11/28 PDF Annotator 9 Maintenance Release (Build 906) Available
- 11/21 PDF Annotator 9 Maintenance Release (Build 903) Available
- 11/14 PDF Annotator 9 is here!
- 08/11 PDF Annotator 8 Maintenance Release (Build 837) Available
- 08/04 PDF Annotator 8 Maintenance Release (Build 836) Available
- 08/01 PDF Annotator 8 Maintenance Release (Build 835) Available
- 03/03 PDF Annotator 8 Maintenance Release (Build 834) Available
2021
- 12/14 PDF Annotator NOT affected by Log4j vulnerability (CVE-2021-44228)
- 12/01 Medical Help for People in Emergencies - We donate $5 per order in December
- 12/01 PDF Annotator 8 Maintenance Release (Build 833) Available
- 10/13 PDF Annotator 8 Maintenance Release (Build 832) Available
- 10/08 PDF Annotator 8 Maintenance Release (Build 831) Available
- 09/20 Windows 11 is coming and PDF Annotator is ready for it
- 09/20 PDF Annotator 8 Maintenance Release (Build 830) Available
- 08/18 New article: How to create a clickable link to a URL in a PDF document
- 08/18 New article: How to create a clickable link to another page within a PDF document
- 08/18 New article: How to create a clickable link to a different document within a PDF document
- 08/12 PDF Annotator 8 Maintenance Release (Build 829) Available
- 07/15 PDF Annotator 8 Maintenance Release (Build 828) Available
- 04/12 PDF Annotator 8 Maintenance Release (Build 826) Available
- 02/18 PDF Annotator 8 Maintenance Release (Build 824) Available
2020
- 12/11 PDF Annotator 8 Maintenance Release (Build 821) Available
- 12/04 PDF Annotator 8 Maintenance Release (Build 819) Available
- 10/30 PDF Annotator 8 Maintenance Release (Build 817) Available
- 10/16 PDF Annotator 8 Maintenance Release (Build 816) Available
- 08/18 PDF Annotator 8 Maintenance Release (Build 811) Available
- 08/07 PDF Annotator 8 Maintenance Release (Build 810) Available
- 06/16 PDF Annotator 8 Maintenance Release (Build 808) Available
- 05/18 PDF Annotator 8 is here!
- 04/29 PDF Annotator 7.1 Maintenance Release (Build 726) Available
- 04/06 PDF Annotator 7.1 Maintenance Release (Build 725) Available
2019
- 11/24 Celebrating 15 Years PDF Annotator!
- 11/07 PDF Annotator 7.1 Maintenance Release (Build 724) Available
- 10/21 PDF Annotator Faculty Week: Educators Save 30%
- 10/15 New article: Cover & Reveal Content Step by Step
- 10/11 How to highlight the current mouse cursor position
- 09/16 How to encrypt a PDF document
- 09/12 How to password protect a PDF document
- 08/23 How to create a coordinate system stamp
- 08/23 New article: Enabling the Quick Start option
- 08/19 PDF Annotator 7.1 Maintenance Release (Build 722) Available
- 08/06 PDF Annotator 7.1 Maintenance Release (Build 721) Available
- 06/14 PDF Annotator 7.1: PDF Annotator is Now Faster Than Ever!
- 06/07 PDF Annotator 7.1 Maintenance Release (Build 719) Available
- 05/27 PDF Annotator 7.1 Maintenance Release (Build 716) Available
- 05/09 PDF Annotator 7.1 Maintenance Release (Build 715) Available
- 05/06 PDF Annotator 7.1 Maintenance Release (Build 714) Available
- 04/04 PDF Annotator 7.1 Maintenance Release (Build 712) Available
2018
- 11/26 Cyber Monday @ PDF Annotator: 30% OFF!
- 11/23 Cyber Weekend @ PDF Annotator: 30% OFF!
- 11/01 New article: Full Screen Mode Introduction
- 10/29 How to measure areas in technical drawings
- 10/25 How to measure distances in technical drawings with custom scale
- 10/22 PDF Annotator Faculty Week: Educators Save 30%
- 10/18 How to measure distances in technical drawings
- 10/15 PDF Annotator 7 Maintenance Release (Build 704) Available
- 10/02 PDF Annotator 7 Maintenance Release (Build 703) Available
- 09/07 Sharing Stamps Using Export/Import
- 08/08 PDF Annotator 7 Maintenance Release (Build 702) Available
- 08/01 PDF Annotator 7: The PDF commenting tool for Windows can now add comments to images and supply measurements in technical drawings
- 06/20 Creating and Using PDF Templates
- 06/06 PDF Annotator 7 Maintenance Release (Build 701) Available
- 05/22 PDF Annotator 7 is here!
- 05/14 Meet us at PDF Days 2018 in Berlin
- 03/25 Understanding Page Layouts
- 03/15 Understanding "Melting" Annotations
2017
- 12/15 How to move or undock the Favorites toolbar
- 12/14 PDF Annotator 6 Maintenance Release Available
- 12/10 Changing a Predefined Tool Style
- 12/03 Editing Style Properties in Non-text Annotations
- 11/27 Cyber Monday @ PDF Annotator: 30% OFF!
- 11/24 Cyber Weekend @ PDF Annotator: 30% OFF!
- 11/08 Editing Style Properties in Text Annotations
- 10/23 Taking Snapshots of Parts of a PDF Document
- 10/16 PDF Annotator Faculty Week: Educators Save 30%
- 10/05 PDF Annotator 6 Maintenance Release Available
- 09/20 Adding Page Margins with PDF Annotator
- 09/15 Page Cropping with PDF Annotator
- 09/01 PDF Annotator Back-to-School Sale: $10 Off!
- 08/21 How to Group Annotations in PDF Annotator
- 08/20 How to send annotated PDF documents by email
- 08/18 PDF Annotator 6 Maintenance Release Available
- 08/03 PDF Annotator 6 Maintenance Release Available
- 06/08 How to create complex stamps with Inkscape
- 06/07 PDF Annotator 6 Maintenance Release Available
- 04/26 How to align annotations with precision
- 03/23 PDF Annotator 6 Maintenance Release Available
- 02/21 New Article: How to create a signature stamp from a scan
- 02/20 PDF Annotator Upgrade Week: Save 20%
- 02/13 PDF Annotator 6 Maintenance Release Available
- 02/10 New Article: How to set up the button size in full screen mode
- 02/09 New Article: How to set up the toolbar icon size
- 01/08 PDF Annotator 6 Maintenance Release Available
- 01/20 New Article: How to draw with your finger (by touch)
- 01/18 New Article: How to move PDF Annotator to a new computer
2016
- 12/07 PDF Annotator 6 Maintenance Release Available
- 11/28 Cyber Monday @ PDF Annotator: 50% OFF!
- 11/11 Lecturing brought up-to-date: PDF Annotator 6.1 is now taking off in universities worldwide!
- 11/10 New Article: How to quickly change tool properties in full screen mode
- 11/03 PDF Annotator Faculty Week: Educators Save 30%
- 10/25 PDF Annotator 6.1 available
- 10/13 New Article: How to use the Zoom History
- 10/06 New Article: Understanding Text Tool Properties
- 08/31 PDF Annotator Back-to-School Sale: $10 Off!
- 08/26 How to create a transparent stamp from an image
- 07/26 PDF Annotator 6 Maintenance Release Available
- 06/23 PDF Annotator 6: The PDF Markup Tool for Windows, with New Presentation Mode, Camera Integration and Image Editor!
- 06/14 New Article: Customizing the action buttons in full screen mode
- 06/13 PDF Annotator 6 Maintenance Release Available
- 06/10 New Article: How to customize the tool buttons in full screen mode
- 06/01 PDF Annotator 6 Maintenance Release Available
- 05/23 PDF Annotator 6 is here!
- 05/18 Meet us at PDF Days 2016 in Berlin
- 04/28 How to lock an image to write on top of it
- 03/23 Meet us at CPTTE 2016 at the Brown University, Providence, RI
- 01/14 PDF Annotator 5 Maintenance Release Available
2015
- 12/24 PDF Annotator Holiday Discount: $5 Off!
- 12/09 Switching between recently used tools with the Tool Switch
- 12/01 Medical Help for People in Emergencies - We donate $5 per order in December
- 11/29 Cyber Monday @ PDF Annotator: 50% OFF!
- 11/11 Creating Own Text Stamps with PDF Annotator
- 11/05 PDF Annotator 5 Maintenance Release Available
- 10/24 Highlight or Underline PDF Text with Auto-Snap
- 10/12 PDF Annotator Faculty Week: Educators Save 30%
- 09/30 How to open a password-protected PDF by creating a digital copy
- 09/29 PDF Annotator Article: Copy and Paste PDF Pages
- 08/25 PDF Annotator Article: Resizing Default Stamps
- 08/19 PDF Annotator Article: Creating Own Date Stamps
- 08/12 PDF Annotator Summer Sale: $10 Off!
- 08/11 PDF Annotator FAQ: Saving Only Pages with Annotations
- 07/24 Windows 10 is coming and PDF Annotator is ready for it
- 07/24 PDF Annotator 5 Maintenance Release Available
- 06/27 PDF Annotator Article: Using Auto-Smooth with a Keyboard Shortcut
- 06/22 PDF Annotator FAQ: Jumping to a Specific Page
- 06/17 PDF Annotator FAQ: Printing Only Pages with Annotations
- 06/12 PDF Annotator FAQ: Deleting multiple pages from a PDF document
- 06/07 PDF Annotator Article: Locking Annotations
- 06/02 PDF Annotator FAQ: Blue instead of red toolbar icons
- 05/09 PDF Annotator Weekend Sale: Save 10%!
- 05/02 PDF Annotator Weekend Sale: Save 20%!
- 04/25 PDF Annotator Weekend Sale: Save 30%!
- 04/24 PDF Annotator 5 Maintenance Release Available
- 04/03 PDF Annotator Holiday Discount: $5 Off!
- 04/02 Meet us at WIPTTE 2015 at the Microsoft Campus in Redmond, WA
- 03/23 How to Create Signature Stamps in PDF Annotator
- 03/05 Adding Page Numbers to PDF Documents
- 02/19 Updated PDF Annotator Manual
- 02/17 PDF Annotator 5 Maintenance Release Available
- 02/16 Using Auto-Smooth in PDF Annotator
- 02/14 PDF Annotator Valentine's Day Sale: 20% Off!
2014
- 12/24 PDF Annotator Holiday Discount: $5 Off!
- 12/12 PDF Annotator 5 Maintenance Release Available
- 12/10 How to align annotations with precision
- 12/02 Help fighting blood cancer - We'll donate $5 per order in December
- 12/01 Cyber Monday @ PDF Annotator: Save 30%!
- 11/15 PDF Annotator Upgrade Week: Save 20%
- 10/27 Faculty Week extended by Nov 3rd - Last chance to save 30%!
- 10/18 PDF Annotator Faculty Week: Save 30%
- 10/17 Quick Tool Selection with the Tool Switch
- 09/18 How to Convert Search Hits into Annotations
- 08/19 How to Create Custom Select Text Actions
- 07/30 How to use Select Text Actions
- 07/28 PDF Annotator 5 Maintenance Release Available
- 07/09 PDF Annotator 5 Maintenance Release Available
- 06/23 PDF Annotator 5 is here!
- 06/15 Meet us at PDF Days 2014 in Cologne
- 06/11 PDF Annotator 4 Maintenance Release Available
- 05/06 30 In-Depth Technical Articles Waiting For You
- 05/06 Changing a Predefined Tool Style
- 02/20 Meet us at WIPTTE 2014 at Texas A&M University
- 02/17 Working With Annotation-Only Pages
- 02/13 Join the PDF Annotator 5 Preview Club
- 01/30 PDF Annotator 4 Maintenance Release Available
2013
- 12/24 PDF Annotator Holiday Sale: Save 10%
- 12/01 Help fighting blood cancer - We'll donate $5 per order in December
- 11/11 Understanding "Melting" Annotations
- 11/04 Using Custom Tool Groups in PDF Annotator
- 10/28 Faculty Week extended by 11/3 - Last chance to save 30%!
- 10/24 PDF Annotator 4 Maintenance Release Available
- 10/20 PDF Annotator Faculty Week: Save 30%
- 09/06 Exporting and Importing Annotations in PDF Annotator
- 08/29 Using Lines in PDF for Decoration and Positioning
- 08/26 Back-to-School with PDF Annotator: $10 Off!
- 08/22 Printing Annotations from the PDF Annotator Sidebar
- 08/19 PDF Annotator 4 Maintenance Release Available
- 08/15 Introduction to the Annotation Sidebar in PDF Annotator
- 08/08 Editing the Styles of Non-text Annotations with PDF Annotator
- 07/30 Editing Style Properties in Text Annotations
- 07/01 PDF Annotator Summer Flash Sale: Save 30%
- 06/28 Vote for Your PDF Annotator Language
- 06/28 How to Lock Annotations in PDF Annotator to Prevent Them From Being Moved or Deleted
- 05/29 PDF Annotator Upgrade Week: Save 20%
- 05/29 PDF Annotator 4 Maintenance Release Available
- 05/24 How to Group Annotations in PDF Annotator
- 03/13 Meet us at WIPTTE 2013 at Pepperdine University, West Los Angeles
- 01/15 PDF Annotator 4 Maintenance Release Available
2012
- 12/01 Help fighting blood cancer - We'll donate $5 per order in December
- 10/25 PDF Annotator 4 is now officially Windows 8 certified
- 10/25 PDF Annotator 4 Maintenance Release Available
- 10/04 PDF Annotator 4 Maintenance Release Available
- 08/28 PDF Annotator 4 is here!
- 04/30 Setting Your Default Text Box Options
- 03/15 PDF Annotator 3 Maintenance Release Available
2011
- 12/01 Help fighting blood cancer - We'll donate $5 per order in December
- 12/01 PDF Annotator 3 Maintenance Release Available
- 11/20 PDF Annotator wins 2011 Epsilon Award
- 11/20 Faculty Week extended by Nov-28 - Last chance to save 33%!
- 11/12 PDF Annotator Faculty Week: Save 33%
- 08/24 PDF Annotator 3 Maintenance Release Available
- 08/03 Back-to-School with PDF Annotator: 2 Years FREE Upgrades
- 07/19 Commenting Images in PDF Annotator
- 05/05 PDF Annotator 3 Maintenance Release Available
- 04/26 Only this Tuesday & Wednesday: Save $42 on PDF Annotator!
- 04/15 PDF Annotator 3 Maintenance Release Available
- 03/17 Using "Print to PDF Annotator"
- 01/17 Recommend PDF Annotator and Get a $10 Amazon Gift Card
- 01/16 Creating Custom Stamps in PDF Annotator
2010
- 12/15 Bamboo Pen & Touch Winners Announced
- 12/08 Adding Page Margins with PDF Annotator
- 12/08 Follow us on Facebook & Twitter and Win a Bamboo Tablet
- 11/04 Page Cropping with PDF Annotator
- 10/01 Back-to-School Prize Drawing: Announcing the Winners
- 09/23 PDF Annotator 3 Maintenance Release Available
- 08/23 Win a TOM BIHN Ristretto laptop bag with PDF Annotator
- 08/23 Back-to-School with PDF Annotator: $7 off
- 08/22 PDF Annotator 3 adds comments to PDFs: A new version that’s even easier to use!
- 08/10 PDF Annotator 3 Maintenance Release Available
- 04/20 PDF Annotator 3: A creative tool with new capabilities and a built-in PDF printer!
- 03/23 PDF Annotator 3 is here!
- 03/19 PDF Annotator 2 Maintenance Release Available
- 01/27 PDF Annotator 2: A mature software solution for the hot new Tablet PC!
- 01/12 PDF Annotator Weekend Sale: Save $20
- 01/11 Important Security Update for PDF Annotator
2009
- 12/18 Our Year's End Discount: Save $20 on PDF Annotator
- 10/23 PDF Annotator Feature Spotlight: Working with the Toolbox
- 10/12 Netbook Winner Announced
- 08/24 Win a Netbook with PDF Annotator
- 08/24 Back-to-School with PDF Annotator: $8 off
- 05/18 GottaBeMobile.com and Notebooks.com giveaway contest winners announced
- 04/22 Win One of Three PDF Annotator Licenses with GottaBeMobile.com and Notebooks.com
- 04/21 PDF Annotator Feature Spotlight: Text Search
- 03/23 PDF Annotator Feature Spotlight: Page Management (Part 3)
- 03/06 PDF Annotator Maintenance Release Available
- 02/24 PDF Annotator Feature Spotlight: Page Management (Part 2)
- 01/26 PDF Annotator Feature Spotlight: Page Management (Part 1)
2008
- 09/25 PDF Annotator Feature Spotlight: Snapshot Tool
- 08/28 New Snapshot Tool and Enhanced Full Screen Mode Settings with PDF Annotator
- 07/23 PDF Annotator 2 optimizes the classroom experience: Live finalization of PDF presentations!
- 07/04 PDF Annotator Feature Spotlight: Auto-Smooth
- 07/03 PDF Annotator Maintenance Release Available
- 06/30 PDF Annotator 2 facilitates adding comments to PDF documents: Now with Page Manager, Stamps and Toolbox
- 06/10 PDF Annotator 2 Now Available
- 05/27 PDF Annotator Nominated for SIA Awards 2008
- 05/02 PDF Annotator 2: Third Beta Available
- 04/14 PDF Annotator 2: Second Beta Available
- 03/20 PDF Annotator 2 going into BETA
- 03/07 PDF Annotator Maintenance Release Available
- 01/04 PDF Annotator Maintenance Release Available
2007
- 11/13 PDF Annotator awarded Second Place at the 2007 Epsilon Awards!
- 10/24 PDF Annotator Maintenance Release Available
- 09/17 PDF Annotator Nominated for Epsilon Award
- 08/07 PDF Annotator Maintenance Release Available
- 07/20 PDF Annotator 1.5: Just type right in a PDF document!
- 07/04 PDF Annotator Maintenance Release Available
- 05/07 PDF Annotator 1.5 published
- 03/27 PDF Annotator 1.5 RC1
- 03/25 PDF Annotator Single Student License Price Reduced to $29.90!
- 03/24 New: Select PayPal Payment Method
- 03/21 PDF Annotator 1.5 BETA
- 03/15 New: French Version of PDF Annotator
- 02/07 PDF Annotator Maintenance Release Available
- 01/31 PDF Annotator Maintenance Release Available
- 01/31 PDF Annotator "Corporate Packs" promotion extended
2006
- 10/31 PDF Annotator "Corporate Packs" on sale now
- 10/04 PDF Annotator 1.3.0.71 Available
- 08/22 PDF Annotator 1.3 with numerous improvements
- 08/18 PDF Annotator 1.3 RC1
- 08/04 PDF Annotator 1.3 BETA
- 06/20 Educational Pricing for PDF Annotator Extended
- 05/05 PDF Annotator "School Pack": PDF's are Appearing Everywhere in the Academic and Research Worlds
- 04/20 Educational Pricing for PDF Annotator Available for a Limited Time
2005
- 10/04 PDF Annotator 1.2
- 10/02 PDF Annotator 1.2 BETA 3
- 09/28 PDF Annotator 1.2 BETA 2
- 09/08 PDF Annotator 1.2 BETA
- 08/17 GRAHL software design sponsors European Software Conference
- 08/16 PDF Annotator passes Microsoft Tablet PC Verification
- 08/11 PDF Annotator 1.1.0.41 available
- 08/02 PDF Annotator 1.1.0.40 available
- 06/17 PDF Annotator 1.1.0.35 available
- 06/15 PDF Annotator 1.1.0.31 available
- 06/14 Easily Add Comments to PDF Files
- 06/14 PDF Annotator 1.1.0.30 available
- 01/26 PDF Annotator 1.0.0.23 available
- 01/14 PDF Annotator 1.0.0.20 available