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May 19 2023 :: Version 2.83.0
* The PDF Creator Pilot library has been updated.
* Help has been updated.

January 19 2023 :: Version 2.82.0
* The document preview in landscape orientation has been fixed.

November 11 2022 :: Version 2.81.0
* The virtual printer has been updated.

September 27 2022 :: Version 2.80.4
* The placement of text when exporting to PDF has been corrected.
+ The Help search has been added.

November 09 2021 :: Version 2.79.2
* The insertion of images into the document has been improved.
* Algorithm of creation document from an image file has been improved.

September 07 2021 :: Version 2.78.3
* The virtual printer has been updated.
* Loading the resolution of a png file printed to a virtual printer has been fixed.

May 12 2021 :: Version 2.78.1
* Bug fixed: after selecting a checkmark, the set font type and size were missing.

December 03 2020 :: Version 2.77.1
* Some errors in Help were fixed.

March 19 2020 :: Version 2.76
* Vertical movement of the text cursor has been improved.

March 2 2020 :: Version 2.75
* The Undo/Redo command for Text Fields with numerical formats has been fixed.

January 23 2020 :: Version 2.74.1
* Displaying of the Text Field border after canceling the move has been fixed.

December 12 2019 :: Version 2.74
* The undo/redo functions for text fields have been improved.

October 10 2019 :: Version 2.73
* The “Select All” command selects all the text in the active text field.

September 13 2019 :: Version 2.72
* Bug in the input field dialog for setting the format has been fixed.

September 4 2019 :: Version 2.71
+ In the document converter for Mac version font color conversion has been added.

May 20 2019 :: Version 2.70
* The virtual printer has been updated.
* The help has been updated.

November 19 2018 :: Version 2.69
* The bug related to printing to the virtual printer under standard user has been fixed.

October 1 2018 :: Version 2.68
+ The ability to group checkboxes has been added.

July 6 2018 :: Version 2.67
+ The ability to automatically scan a multipage document in one document file using ADF (Automatic Document Feeder) has been added. To enable this posibility please use command File – TWAIN Setup.

June 7 2018 :: Version 2.66
+ Added a Print property for all objects to enable printing on a preprinted form.

April 19 2018 :: Version 2.65
+ Convertor of documents from Windows version to Mac version has been added.
+ Character pitch is reduced to 1/50 point (1/3600 inches) to improve the accuracy of the setting.

March 23 2018 :: Version 2.64
* Some bugs were fixed.

March 22 2018 :: Version 2.63
+ Moving the active object with arrows in object editing mode.
+ Moving the main image with arrows in the main image moving mode.
+ Moving selected objects with arrows in the selection mode.
+ Deactivating the active object using the Escape key.
+ Deselecting in selection mode with the Escape key.
+ Enable/disable checkboxes using the Space and Return keys.
+ Saving toolbar customization has been fixed.

March 11 2018 :: Version 2.62
+ The command “Clear Contents” turns off all selected checkmarks.
+ Duplicate input has been added for checkmarks.
* The virtual printer has been updated.

January 23 2018 :: Version 2.61
* The undo/redo functions have been improved.

December 21 2017 :: Version 2.60
* Fixed bug related to the removal of a text field.
* Application launch time has been accelerated.

November 20 2017 :: Version 2.59
* Improved transition between text fields on the key Tab.

October 23 2017 :: Version 2.58
+ Text editor Text Pilot has been added for automatic filling of documents.
Please check section “Text Pilot” in Help.

September 10 2017 :: Version 2.57
+ Command line interface has been added (Pro and Office versions only). Please see the article “Command Line” in the help.
+ Filling of several forms with the same data has been added in the command line mode.
+ Filling of several forms with the same data has been added in the “Form filling” dialog.
Please see the article “Automatic filling of several forms” in the help.

June 29 2017 :: Version 2.56
* The bug related to printing to the Form Pilot virtual printer after restarting system has been fixed.
* The help has been updated.

June 7 2017 :: Version 2.55
– The message ‘No WIA driver detected!’ has been removed.
* Automatic scrolling to the found text in the search has been fixed.
+ Uninstalling the previous version of program during installing a new version of program has been added.

April 20 2017 :: Version 2.54
+ The posibility of scanning documents with WIA (Windows Image Acquisition) interface has been added.
* The help has been updated
* The virtual printer has been updated.

March 23 2017 :: Version 2.53
* The problem with appearing the “Server busy” dialog during scanning a document has been fixed.

February 20 2017 :: Version 2.52
+ The possibility of conversion text boxes into the text fields, and vice versa, was added. Conversion is performed with the Type property.

January 23 2017 :: Version 2.51
* Tab order setup was improved.

December 21 2016 :: Version 2.50
* The bug in the Options dialog were fixed.

December 1 2016 :: Version 2.49
* The virtual printer has been updated.

September 24 2014 :: Version 2.48
* New virtual printer driver.

December 27 2013 :: Version 2.47
+ After changing the size of the inserted picture, you can now restore the image proportions.
+ Now you can change the size of the picture, saving the image proportions.

November 2 2013 :: Version 2.46
* Saving of the font properties has been corrected.
+ Now you can set the form folder.
+ Turning on/off the text field headers has been added.

September 30 2013 :: Version 2.45
* Some bugs were fixed.

September 10 2013 :: Version 2.44
+ Form Pilot Office: The Index Number format for text fields has been added.
+ Form Pilot Office: Automatic numbering of forms has been added.
* PDF Creator Pilot library has been updated.

June 18 2013 :: Version 2.43
* Support of Terminal Services for Form Pilot Office Terminal Server Edition has been improved.

May 4 2013 :: Version 2.42
* Interface of the graphics editing process has been improved.

April 8 2013 :: Version 2.41.1
* Some bugs were fixed.

March 25 2013 :: Version 2.41
* A single installer for Form Pilot Home, Form Pilot Pro, and Form Pilot Office has been released.

November 30 2012 :: Version 2.40
+ Automatic form filling using data of database has been added.
+ Raster image displaying has been improved.
+ Windows 8, Windows 8 64-bit support has been added.
* New virtual driver.
* Some bugs were fixed.

September 11 2012 :: Version 2.39
+ Numeric and currency formats have been added for text fields.
* Formula evaluation has been improved.
* New virtual driver.
* Some bugs were fixed.

April 12 2012 :: Version 2.38
+ The “Barcode” tool has been added.

February 24 2012 :: Version 2.37
– The Drawing Tools panel has been removed.
+ The Properties panel has been added.

December 26 2011 :: Version 2.36
+ “Zoom In” and “Zoom Out” commands were added.
* Some bugs were fixed.

December 3 2011 :: Version 2.35
+ “Send to Back”, “Send Backward”, “Bring to Front”, “Bring Forward” commands were added.
+ “Highlight fields” option was added to the “Main Tools” panel.
+ “With border” option was added to the “Object Style Tools” panel.

September 30 2011 :: Version 2.34
+ Form Pilot Converter was created.

September 1 2011 :: Version 2.33.1
* Some bugs were fixed.

August 24 2011 :: Version 2.33
+ “Decrease Text Height” command was added.
+ “Check Mark” command was added.
+ The possibiblity of adjusting text box height was added.

July 1 2011 :: Version 2.32
+ New form for testing the paper capture by the printer has been added.
+ Styles of dashed lines now are supported.
* Some bugs were fixed.

September 11 2010 :: Version 2.31
* Some bugs were fixed.

July 5 2010 :: Version 2.30
* Some bugs were fixed.

April 29 2010 :: Version 2.29
+ Backup commands have been added.
+ Automatic mode of the Backup process has been added.

March 18 2010 :: Version 2.28
+ Unicode support was added;
* The error connected with the disappearance of texts was fixed;
+ Automatic search of old templates at program start was added. When old templates in the Program Files\Form Pilot Office folder are detected, the program will convert them to .cfp format and will add them to the My Documents\Form Pilot Office\Forms folder.

January 10 2010 :: Version 2.27.1
* Some bugs were fixed.

December 21 2009 :: Version 2.27
* A single installer for 32-bit and 64-bit operations system was released.

November 13 2009 :: Version 2.26
+ Windows 7, Windows 7 64-bit, and Windows Vista 64-bit support has been added;
* Internal bugs have been fixed.

September 26 2009 :: Version 2.25.5
* internal bug-fixes.

September 25 2009 :: Version 2.25.4
* internal bug-fixes.

September 4 2009 :: Version 2.25.3
* internal bug-fixes.

July 24 2009 :: Version 2.24
* The undo/redo functions are improved.

April 24 2009 :: Version 2.23
+ FDC forms created with Form Pilot Office can be opened with Form Pilot Home and Form Pilot Pro for editing and filling. CFP forms can be opend with Form Pilot Home and Form Pilot Pro only for filling;
+ Added a virtual printer;
+ Now you can set the format for files transferred from the virtual printer to the program window;
+ Added forms list panel;
+ Added the ability to input formulas in text boxes;
+ Added the ability to clear the contents of a group of input fields.
+ Added the “Form Text” tool;
+ The Word Wrap and Multipline Text commands were added;
+ A line spacing is added;
+ Added double fields support.

October 21 2008 :: Version 2.20
+Improved EMF support:
Documents created based on EMF are smaller than documents based on raster formats.
You can create documents based on EMF in two ways:
1) Choose command “New | Using image” and open an EMF file.
2) Print the document on the virtual printer.
When saving documents created based on EMF in PDF format, the corresponding PDF files are also small in size.

August 12 2008 :: Version 2.19
+ Added setting the orientation and the sizes of each page.
+ Added the ability to input a font size manually.

June 19 2008 :: Version 2.18
+ The command “Save as template with fields…” was removed.

April 24 2008 :: Version 2.17.1
+ Added the ability to set the tab order with a mouse.
~ In the page settings, you can switch off automatic application of settings to the printer.
* Some bugs were fixed.

February 22 2008 :: Version 2.16
+ The ability to copy an active text box to the clipboard has been added.
+ The ability to copy a group of text boxes and other graphical objects to the clipboard has been added.
+ Now you can save page orientation, page size settings, and printer settings in the document.

November 20 2007 :: Version 2.15.1
* The “Freehand Line” tool has been improved.
* Some bugs were fixed.

December 7 2006 :: Version 2.11
+ The image compression for PDF documents has been added to allow you to reduce a file size;
+ The support of the GIF and TIFF with LZW-compression formats has been added;
* Internal bug-fixes;
* Documentation update.

November 6 2006 :: Version 2.10.06
* The database search function has been fixed (improved). It works faster now. Also, the function now can search the text through all pages in a multipage document at once (without from-page-to-page manual switches);
* Internal bug-fixes;
* Documentation update.

June 20 2006 :: Version 2.10
+ The option of switching to the previous mode by pressing the button a second time has been added (Form Mode, Set Tab Order, Zoom, Select);
+ The following feature has been added: now, when pasting a large text from the clipboard into a text field, the text splits up into separate, field-wide lines;
* Internal bug-fixes.

January 12 2006 :: Version 2.09.03
+ Added Freeze Object and Unfreeze All Objects functions.

December 29 2005 :: Version 2.08
+ The function of a text search within the internal database is added;
* Removed a possibility of deleting an object with escape key;
+ Added the Rename Object option allowing to rename object from context menu.

November 11 2005 :: Version 2.07
* The text align function now works as expected while printing the document;
* The index numbers are placed correctly on various scales of – document view;
* Internal bug-fixes.

August 29 2005 :: Version 2.06
* The index numbers are placed correctly on various scales of document view;
* Internal bug-fixes.

July 22 2005 :: Version 2.05
* Fixed bugs: Crop, Copy Region, Color correction functions are corrected.

July 5 2005 :: Version 2.04.01
* The undo and redo functions are temporarily removed;
+ Added the possibility of adjusting application appearance. The following styles may be used: Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 2003;
+ Added an option allowing to automatically turn on the form mode at startup;
* Documentation update.

April 15 2005 :: Version 2.01
+ Added a possibility of adjusting color while saving the image;
+ Added a possibility of moving elements in Select mode using keyboard;
* In the Select mode if the group of elements is selected while changing any attribute (for instance font size or line width), only this attribute will change for all elements of the group leaving the rest unaltered;
* Internal bug-fixes.

March 27 2005 :: Version 2.00
+ Added MS Office XP application look;
+ Internal bug-fixes.

December 27 2004 :: Version 1.98.02
+ Added tab order setup options;
+ Added text field width options;
+ Added option to save images in 1-bit format – TIFF CCITT Group 4;
+ Symbols can now be entered in the right to left direction;
* Internal bug-fixes;
* Documentation update.

November 4 2004 :: Version 1.97
+ Added Print As Image option to the Print Options dialog;
* Changed text box appearance;
* Internal bug-fixes;
* Documentation update.

September 26 2004 :: Version 1.95
+ Added new features: Copy region, Create Patch, Transparent Picture;
* Internal bug-fixes;
* Documentation update: (including description of font recognition).

August 13 2004 :: Version 1.94
* Internal bug-fixes;
* Fixed bug: disappearance of graphics elements after saving.

September 13 2003 :: Version 1.92
+ White&black reference color correction added;
* Internal bug-fixes.

July 1 2003 :: Version 1.91
* PDF export improved;
+ The new ability to copy/cut/paste more than one object added;
* It was not possible to add a template to the current document. Fixed;
* Minor bug-fixes.

April 11 2003 :: Version 1.80
* PDF generation support improved;
* Now stores toolbars positions;
+ Document properties added (File | Properties);
+ Detailed error logging added;
* Documentation updates. Several articles were added to “How to” section;
* Menu bug-fixes (it was not able to access menu using ALT key).

December 2 2002 :: Version 1.70
+ Now you are able to use printer fonts to speed up printing on the pre-printed forms;
* Documentation update.

November 15 2002 :: Version 1.61
* Now saves documents much faster;
* Several internal bug-fixes.

October 15 2002 :: Version 1.60
+ Multiple records support added;
+ Now you can switch checkmarks “on” and “off”.

July 26 2002 :: Version 1.50
+ “Native” spell checker support added. For more dictionaries please refer to the web-site;
+ Scanned form image now is saved into document itself;
+ Ability to change font and text style of group of text boxes;
+ Now displaying only fonts which support current user locale;
* Some bugs fixed.

June 11 2002 :: Version 1.41
+ Ability to create multi-page documents;
+ New “Page” menu;
+ Copying function added to the File menu;
+ Scanned image rotation added;
+ Picture rotation added;
+ Flip, reverse and invert image functions added;
+ Image brightness and contrast functions added;
* Some bugs fixed.

February 8 2002 :: Version 1.31
+ Picture rotation feature added.

December 14 2001 :: Version 1.30
+ Multipage support added;
* Bugs of drawing big images fixed;
* Eraser bugs fixed.

November 12 2001 :: Version 1.28
+ New view/editing mode added.

October 15 2001 :: Version 1.27
+ Adding the contents of the template to the existing document;
* Saving templates with empty text fields;
* Some bugs fixed.

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