Improved Word and RTF file import

Improved Word import You can now open Microsoft Word files, in both .doc and .docx format, and it provides improved, more accurate page layout.  When first importing a .doc file you may be asked to download an additional component from Microsoft servers. Improved RTF  import and export This release also includes enhanced RTF text format import and export. This format is used by Microsoft Word and many other text editor programs. • Import and export of anchored, embedded and floating images • Support for numbered and bullet lists including fancy ‘graphical’ bullet-list styles • Import and export of Text Styles • Strikethrough text attribute • Various other bug fixes and improvements

Editing PDF files

PDF was not designed to be an editable file format, but only as a way to distribute print-style documents. Pro has a better way of doing this via Supersites, but PDF remains an industry standard format and common way to distribute documents. This release makes significant improvements to PDF import and the editability of PDF files. PDF files commonly combine photos, vector graphics and text, all of which are supported natively in Designer Pro. PDF files containing embedded fonts now import perfectly, using the outlines of the embedded fonts, but remaining as editable text. This release includes considerably enhanced ‘text re- construction’ algorithms, making it possible to more easily edit almost all PDF files. Note, however, many PDF files contain embedded font subsets. In this case only the visible characters used in the document are included in the font.  This is done to reduce the PDF file size.  A consequence is that if you edit the text and use any character that is not included in that subset, it will appear in the wrong font. The only solution to this is to change the font or find and install the original font used in the PDF file.