New features
Better work with PDF
- New options to set or edit PDF metadata (Title, Subject, Author, Keywords, etc.)
- New ability to attach external files to PDFs using the
-pdf attpathparameter; for example, you can add an image, an XML, or Word document to generated PDFs - Write creation and modification dates to output PDFs (
-pdf creationdate,-pdf modificationdate) - CAD to PDF conversion: Now it is possible to use eDrawings Viewer to convert DXF/DWG files when Microsoft Print to PDF is installed
Learn about PDF-related parameters in 2PDF Syntax →
New editing operations
- Added new Grayscale operation (-oper grayscale)
- Added new Resize operation (-oper resize)
OCR
- Faster OCR performance: Optimized with SIMD technology (OCR SIMD: Yes enabled by default), delivering faster image decoding and text recognition (Available on 64-bit Windows systems only)
- Improved OCR accuracy: The new noise removal (OCR remove noise: Yes) feature reduces image artifacts for cleaner text recognition
- New OCR languages: Arabic, Korean, Dutch
Bookmarks
- Split PDFs by bookmarks: Use -pdf multipage:split split_mode:bybookmarks to split by bookmark sections (previously, it was possible to split a document by pages only). In addition, you can specify bookmark names to extract only the selected sections, for example,
-pdf multipage:split split_mode:bybookmarks bookmark:"name1" bookmark:"name2" - Retrieve a list of bookmarks as a return code using
-info:bookmarks
CSV
- Change the CSV default field separator (delimiter) in Advanced Settings → File loading settings → CSV
- Automatically fit data to cell size (Autofit columns)
HTML
- Render HTML files in "Print layout" mode using EO.PDF (Render HTML as if for printing)
Miscellaneous
- Export all logs and current settings as a ZIP archive (-options export_path) — a convenient way to share details with the support team for troubleshooting or getting help
Improvements
- Enhanced components for processing Microsoft Excel and Word files
- Added digital signatures to some installation DLL files to prevent false-positive antivirus alerts
New supported formats
- Lotus Word Pro Document LWP (.lwp) — via the OpenOffice engine
- Comic book formats CBR, CBZ (.cbr, .cbz)
View the full supported file formats list →
Fixes
- Fixed issues with processing Microsoft Outlook PST files
- Corrected TXT margin detection
- Fixed issue with HTML encoding detection
- Fixed color-space handling during rasterization with "As is" mode
- Fixed EO.PDF component issue causing landscape HTMLs to convert with incorrect orientation
How to get the latest version
Trial version
2PDF is free for evaluation purposes and is available for download. Please note that the trial version adds a special watermark on every output page.
Commercial version
A commercial license for 2PDF is priced at $149. Discounts and various licensing options are available.
A 50% discount is available for 2PDF 1.0-3.0 license holders. If you recently purchased a 2PDF license (in 2025), you are eligible to receive this update for free. To get a discounted or free upgrade, please contact us.