PDF Converter Services 10.1 — Secure & Watermark Word, Excel, PowerPoint & PDF Files

Time for a brand-new release of the Muhimbi PDF Converter Services (See this post for the new SharePoint version), version 10.1 already!

A full list of changes and additions can be found below, but the main highlight is the ability to use our powerful PDF watermarking facilities on MS-Word, Excel and PowerPoint files as well.

As always, when we introduce new functionality like this, we do so in our core processing engine. That way all our product lines benefit, being it SharePoint on-premise and its many integration facilities including Nintex Workflow, our API for Java, C# and PHP developers, or our Online Service.

There are many improvements and refinements, but also some great new features, specifically:

• Securing Word, Excel, PowerPoint and PDF Files

• Watermarking Word, Excel, PowerPoint and PDF files

• Support for EAN and UPC barcodes

• Experimental PDF/A-2u and A-3u Support

A simple ‘Confidential’ watermark applied to MS-Word, Excel, PowerPoint and PDF

A quick introduction for those not familiar with the product: The Muhimbi PDF Converter Services is an ‘on premises’ server based SDK that allows software developers to convert typical Office files to PDF format using a robust, scalable but friendly Web Services interface from Java, .NET, Ruby & PHP based solutions. It supports a large number of file types including MS-Office and ODF file formats as well as HTML, MSG (email), EML, AutoCAD and Image based files and is used by some of the largest organisations in the world for mission critical document conversions. In addition to converting documents, the product ships with a sophisticated watermarking engine, PDF Splitting and Merging facilities, an OCR facility and the ability to secure PDF files. Separate SharePoint and Cloud-based Subscription services are available as well.

When upgrading from a previous version, read this Knowledge Base article first.

The main changes and additions in the new version are as follows:

• 6611 CoreImprovementAdd support for Ghostscript v9.53.3

• 5445 CoreImprovementImprove automatic clean-up of temporary and intermediate files

• 5948 DocumentationImprovementUpdate sample code including .net Core

• 5453 DocumentationNewProvide PowerShell Sample code for PDF Conversion

• 6510 EmailFixDisable automatic ‘ligature’ generation when converting emails to pdf

• 5465 HTMLFixHTML conversion for sites that don’t support HEAD redirects

• 4880 HTMLImprovementImprove HTML Conversion through proxy servers

• 5918 InfoPathImprovementAdd ProcessRuleSets to the object model for InfoPath documents

• 6021 MergingFixNullReferenceException when merging PDFs containing bookmarks

• 6506 MergingImprovementAllow overriding of MergeSetting.OmitErrorPages using XML Override

• 6512 MS-WordFixAllow digitally signed DOCM files to be converted

• 6177 MS-WordFixImprove processing of field codes for files that use revision tracking

• 5928 MS-WordImprovementMake locking Word fields more versatile

• 6131 PDF/ANewImplement experimental support for PDF/A-2u (and A3-u)

• 4917 SecurityNewAdd support for password protecting Word, Excel and PowerPoint files

• 5436 WatermarkingFixError while saving certain watermarked PDFs

• 5939 WatermarkingImprovementImprove watermarking of corrupt PDF files

• 4250 WatermarkingNewAdd support for watermarking Word, Excel and PowerPoint files.

• 450 WatermarkingNewImplement support for additional barcodes (EAN/UPC).

For more information check out the following resources:

• Product Page.

• Brochure.

• FAQ & Knowledge Base.

• Release Notes.

• Administration Guide.

• User & Developer Guide.

• All PDF Converter Services related Blog Posts.

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