Archive February 2009

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Concerned About PDF Security? Use PDFescape!

With all of the PDF security warnings being posted around the internet, many PDF users are wondering what the safest course of action really is. Uninstall Adobe Reader? Uninstall all PDF software?

For concerned users, PDFescape, the free PDF editor, is an excellent choice as your PDF reader! The Adobe security flaw is specific to the way in which Adobe handles its JavaScript (a common scripting language which allows PDF forms to have advanced features such as form field formatting and allow fields to calculate their values). PDFescape on the other hand (while it does support JavaScript), is based on the JavaScript engine of your internet browser (Internet Explorer, Firefox, etc). All of these internet browsers are immune these flaws!

Instead of risking opening files in Adobe Reader which may contain a security risk, download any PDF file to your computer. Then open that PDF in PDFescape. PDFescape can view, edit, form fill, and print PDF files all without the use of Adobe Reader or Adobe Flash (both of which had scripting flaws in the past)!

If you absolutely must open PDF files from unknown sources on your computer, you can also turn off JavaScript in Adobe Reader in the preferences menu (just be sure to do this BEFORE double clicking that PDF file).

If is also worth noting that our desktop PDF editor, PDFtypewriter, is also immune to this PDF security flaw, as it does not process JavaScript in the same way as Adobe products.

Encrypt PDF Documents Using PDFescape

PDF files being edited in PDFescape can now be encrypted when exported or emailed.

For quite some time, PDFescape has supported opening PDF files which were encrypted with a password. Now, files saved using the free PDF editor can be password protected.

With a PDF document open in PDFescape, simply hover over the "Edit" menu, and click "Document Security".
Edit and encrypt PDF files using PDFescape for free
Check the box to indicate that you wish to password protect the file, enter your password twice, and click OK.

These password protected files will require the user to enter a password before viewing the exported PDF file and its contents is allowed.

PDFescape encrypts the entire contents of the PDF using 128-bit encryption, keeping sensitive information safe from prying eyes.

Just one more way in which PDFescape continues to be the most featured, free PDF editor.

Google Chrome & Western European Bug Fix

CTdeveloping is proud to announce office support for Google Chrome in PDFescape.

PDFescape, Free PDF Editor, Supports Google Chrome

Having proven itself to be a major industry browser, PDFescape, the free PDF editor, now supports Google's browser, Chrome.

Additionally, a bug in PDFescape has been corrected. This bug caused some European characters (such as À, Å, Ñ etc.) to not be properly output into exported or printed PDF files.

This bug has been corrected and we welcome back all affected European users to PDFescape. We apologize for the inconvenience.