What’s New in the Master PDF Editor 5 Version 5.9.95 September 19, 2025 Fixed a critical issue that occurred on some Windows systems. Version 5.9.94 September 11, 2025 Added the functionality to compare documents. Added the functionality to edit watermarks and backgrounds in the document. Added the ability to insert default initials into documents. Added […]
Document Comparison The document comparison feature allows you to find differences between two versions of a file. This is useful when working with updated documents, reviewing edits, or analyzing changes in contracts, reports, and other important files. The comparison is performed based on the textual content of documents. To compare documents, follow these steps: Select […]
Convert to PDF/A PDF/A is an ISO standard format for long-term preservation of electronic documents in PDF. It ensures that the visual and structural content of documents is preserved, allowing them to be displayed appropriately throughout time. To convert PDF to PDF/A format, go to File > Export > Convert to PDF/A from the main […]
Managing layers Layers are used in PDF documents to configure the visibility of content when viewing, printing, or exporting. Creating a new layer Only an object added to a layer can have its visibility configured. First you need to add a new layer if the document doesn’t already have any layers. To add a new […]
Update On the Update tab, you can set frequency for automatic update check. You can select Never, Weekly, Monthly, or Once in 3 months. In order to check for updates manually, choose Help > Check for update in Main menu. More like this: Certificates Redaction Toolbars Grid
Language On the Language tab, you can change interface language for Master PDF Editor. Application relaunch is required for settings to take effect. More like this: Toolbars Editing Redaction Display
Certificates On the Certificates tab, you can configure settings for a digital signature and certificates in Master PDF Editor. Strong verification of signatures. When enabled, only the last added digital signature is valid. PKCS#11 provider. Allows setting a path to the library when configuring a token for signing documents. Default paths for system certificates. Shows […]
Network On the Network tab, you can set up a connection to the Internet. If you don’t know the required settings, contact your system administrator. Direct internet connection. Allows connecting to the Internet directly. Manual proxy configuration. Allows selecting the required protocol and configuring additional settings for the connection. More like this: Display Keyboard Redaction […]
Redaction On the Redaction tab, you can configure settings for redacting sensitive information in a document. Redacted Area Fill Color. Specifies the default color to fill the redacted area blocks. Use Overlay Text. This option puts a specified text over each redacted block. You can specify Font, Size, Color, and alignment of the text. Auto-size […]
OCR Master PDF Editor has the functionality of optical character recognition for PDF files, containing image (for example, scanned documents converted to PDF). This functionality enables you to search, fix and copy text in such PDF documents. Default path to tesseract ocr data files. This setting provides a possibility to set same folder for several […]
