GRAHL software design News

PDF Annotator Holiday Sale: Save 10%

Tue, 24 Dec 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all of you! Only December 24th through January 1st, you will save 10% on all regular licenses bought online. Don't miss this opportunity!

Help fighting blood cancer - We'll donate $5 per order in December

Sun, 01 Dec 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Throughout December, we will donate €5 per order to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society - fighting blood cancers. Maybe you want to match it?

PDF Annotator Black Friday Sale: Save 30%

Fri, 29 Nov 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Only on November 29th through December 2nd, you will save 30% on all regular licenses. Don't miss this opportunity!

Understanding "Melting" Annotations

Mon, 11 Nov 2013 00:00:00 GMT

In this article, we are going to explore the "Melt All Annotations" feature.

Using Custom Tool Groups in PDF Annotator

Mon, 04 Nov 2013 00:00:00 GMT

In this article, we are going to explore the Custom Tool Groups feature.

Faculty Week extended by 11/3 - Last chance to save 30%!

Mon, 28 Oct 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Enough deals for students, this time it's up to you, professors, teachers, faculty staff members! Finally! But hurry up, this offer expires November 3rd! Only this week, you will save 33% on all new licenses for faculty use. The only requirement: You must be employed at some kind of school or university. For example, for a single PDF Annotator License with our 2 Years Upgrade Assurance, you nearly save $30!

PDF Annotator 4 Maintenance Release Available

Thu, 24 Oct 2013 00:00:00 GMT

A minor maintenance release of PDF Annotator 4 is now available for download.

PDF Annotator Faculty Week: Save 30%

Sun, 20 Oct 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Enough deals for students, this time it's up to you, professors, teachers, faculty staff members! Finally! But hurry up, this offer expires October 27th! Only this week, you will save 30% on all new licenses for faculty use. The only requirement: You must be employed at some kind of school or university. For example, for a single PDF Annotator License with our 2 Years Upgrade Assurance, you nearly save $30!

Exporting and Importing Annotations in PDF Annotator

Fri, 06 Sep 2013 00:00:00 GMT

In this article, we are going to explore the annotation export and import function in the Annotations Sidebar.

Using Lines in PDF for Decoration and Positioning

Thu, 29 Aug 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Today I’d like to introduce you to two exciting features in the new PDF Annotator 4: Style Lines and Auxiliary Lines. Style lines are permanent and can be added to a new document. Auxiliary lines can be added to new or existing documents and are temporary.

Back-to-School with PDF Annotator: $10 Off!

Mon, 26 Aug 2013 00:00:00 GMT

School starts, and we want to help you getting started with school this year! Save $10 Back to School discount, valid for ALL licenses. This week only!

Printing Annotations from the PDF Annotator Sidebar

Thu, 22 Aug 2013 00:00:00 GMT

We are going to explain the annotation print options in this article. You can print out a list of all of the annotations in the document, or you can apply a filter and print only the ones you want.

PDF Annotator 4 Maintenance Release Available

Mon, 19 Aug 2013 00:00:00 GMT

A minor maintenance release of PDF Annotator 4 is now available for download.

Introduction to the Annotation Sidebar in PDF Annotator

Thu, 15 Aug 2013 00:00:00 GMT

We are going to look at the new annotations sidebar in the next series of article. The Annotations Sidebar feature is designed to let you view all of the annotations in the document quickly and actually do some interesting things with them.

Editing the Styles of Non-text Annotations with PDF Annotator

Thu, 08 Aug 2013 00:00:00 GMT

In this issue, we will be showing you how to edit the properties of other types of annotations and how mixing types affects the options available.

Editing Style Properties in Text Annotations

Tue, 30 Jul 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Annotations add your own personal touch to PDF documents. They can be manipulated in various ways. In this issue, we are going to learn how to edit some of the style properties in multiple text annotations.

PDF Annotator Summer Flash Sale: Save 30%

Mon, 01 Jul 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Only on July 1st through July 4th, you will save 30% on all regular licenses. Don't miss this opportunity!

Vote for Your PDF Annotator Language

Fri, 28 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Not happy with PDF Annotator only being available in English, German and French? Please click here to vote for your language. (If you're fine with English/German/French, please just don't vote...)

How to Lock Annotations in PDF Annotator to Prevent Them From Being Moved or Deleted

Fri, 28 Jun 2013 00:00:00 GMT

In this article, I want to introduce you to a new feature: Lock and Unlock Annotations. We're also going to see how this affects the annotation sidebar.

PDF Annotator Upgrade Week: Save 20%

Wed, 29 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Only this week, you will save 20% on all regular license upgrades. So hurry up, and upgrade to version 4, finally!

PDF Annotator 4 Maintenance Release Available

Wed, 29 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

A minor maintenance release of PDF Annotator 4 is now available for download, which includes a couple of minor improvements, including an updated online help.

How to Group Annotations in PDF Annotator

Fri, 24 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT

PDF Annotator 4 comes with several powerful tools to make annotating more efficient and much easier. In this article, we are going to explore one of them: The Group/Ungroup Annotation feature.

Meet us at WIPTTE 2013 at Pepperdine University, West Los Angeles

Wed, 13 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT

For the second time in a row, PDF Annotator sponsors this year's Workshop on the Impact of Pen and Touch Technology in Education (WIPTTE, formerly WIPTE), March 21-23, 2013, at Pepperdine University's West Los Angeles campus. Come and see us there!

PDF Annotator 4 Maintenance Release Available

Tue, 15 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT

A minor maintenance release of PDF Annotator 4 is now available for download, which includes a couple of minor improvements, including a completely rewritten Extract Text feature.

Help fighting blood cancer - We'll donate $5 per order in December

Sat, 01 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Throughout December, we will donate €5 per order to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society - fighting blood cancers. Maybe you want to match it?

PDF Annotator 4 is now officially Windows 8 certified

Thu, 25 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Microsoft has recently certified PDF Annotator 4 with the official "Windows 8 Compatible" logo.

PDF Annotator 4 Maintenance Release Available

Thu, 25 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT

A minor maintenance release of PDF Annotator 4 is now available for download, which includes a couple of minor improvements, as well as full support for Windows 8.

PDF Annotator 4 Maintenance Release Available

Thu, 04 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT

A minor maintenance release of PDF Annotator 4 is now available for download.

PDF Annotator 4 is here!

Tue, 28 Aug 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Setting Your Default Text Box Options

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT

One of the best tools for marking up a document is the text tool. There are several preset choices in the Text Toolbox Sidebar. However, you may want to personalize your default text setting. Here is how to do it.

PDF Annotator 3 Maintenance Release Available

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT

A minor maintenance release of PDF Annotator 3 is now available for download.

Help fighting blood cancer - We'll donate $5 per order in December

Thu, 01 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Throughout December, we will donate €5 per order to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society - fighting blood cancers. Maybe you want to match it?

PDF Annotator 3 Maintenance Release Available

Thu, 01 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

A minor maintenance release of PDF Annotator 3 is now available for download.

PDF Annotator wins 2011 Epsilon Award

Sun, 20 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT

GRAHL software design's PDF Annotator was named the winner of the 2011 Epsilon Award at the 11th annual European Software Conference. Each year, The Epsilon Award recognizes the best software application from the European software and microISV community.

Oliver Grahl of GRAHL software design states: "We are proud of PDF Annotator’s success in the face of strong competition from all over Europe. We see ourselves in a strengthened position from having made available a truly innovative piece of software that fills a real gap in today’s marketplace."

The prize has been presented by David Boventer, ESWC e.V., on November 20, 2011, as part of the 11th European Software Conference in London.

Faculty Week extended by Nov-28 - Last chance to save 33%!

Sun, 20 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Enough deals for students, this time it's up to you, professors, teachers, faculty staff members! Finally! But hurry up, this offer expires November 20th! Only this week, you will save 33% on all new licenses for faculty use. The only requirement: You must be employed at some kind of school or university. For example, for a single PDF Annotator License with our 2 Years Upgrade Assurance, you nearly save $33!

PDF Annotator Faculty Week: Save 33%

Sat, 12 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Enough deals for students, this time it's up to you, professors, teachers, faculty staff members! Finally! But hurry up, this offer expires November 20th! Only this week, you will Save 33% on All New Licenses for faculty use. The only requirement: You must be employed at some kind of school or university. For example, for a single PDF Annotator License with our 2 Years Upgrade Assurance, you nearly save $33!

PDF Annotator 3 Maintenance Release Available

Wed, 24 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT

A minor maintenance release of PDF Annotator 3 is now available for download.

Back-to-School with PDF Annotator: 2 Years FREE Upgrades

Wed, 03 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT

School starts, and we want to help you getting started with school this year! Get 2 Years Upgrades for FREE with any new PDF Annotator Single Student License purchase!

Commenting Images in PDF Annotator

Tue, 19 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT

When editing or creating a PDF document in PDF Annotator, you might want to insert a graphic or photograph into the document. For example, you might want to include your logo or a photograph to illustrate a paragraph or topic. The process is simple to accomplish in PDF Annotator. Here are the steps.

PDF Annotator 3 Maintenance Release Available

Thu, 05 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT

A minor maintenance release of PDF Annotator 3 is now available for download.

Only this Tuesday & Wednesday: Save $42 on PDF Annotator!

Tue, 26 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Only this Tuesday & Wednesday: Save $42 on PDF Annotator!

Working with PDFs? PDF Annotator is such a versatile application. We all receive PDFs all the time and sometimes we want to mark them up, right?

Got a new computer for school? Only with PDF Annotator are you able to take your notes on all the PDFs you get in class.

Want to boost your productivity? PDF Annotator will help you work through the loads of electronic documents you receive all day.

PDF Annotator will be on sale on our favorite 24hr-Deals site this Tuesday & Wednesday! Save 60% on the regular single license.

Tell your friends or grab a license for yourself!
This offer is only valid on April 26 & 27, 2011.

PDF Annotator 3 Maintenance Release Available

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMT

PDF Annotator Maintenance Release Available!

We have published this important maintenance release last week, which includes a couple of bug fixes and improvements.

As always, we strongly recommend updating to the latest version.

To apply this update, either go to Help, Version Check within the software or manually download and install the latest version from our download page. There is no need to uninstall your existing version prior to installing the update.

This update is free for all Version 3 users. If you're still on an older PDF Annotator version, upgrade now.

This update also fixes a couple of issues with our "Print to PDF Annotator" printer.

In the past, we have seen some users encountering issues with our PDF printer after applying updates. It either did not appear in their printers list, or did not work correctly afterwards. We're confident that this release will have resolved these issues.

Therefor, after updating our PDF printer, this update will ask you to reboot your computer, and will continue after you log in again. We're sorry about this inconvenience, which will hopefully not be necessary with every future update.

In case you still experience a problem, please let us know and try reinstalling only the "Print to PDF Annotator" printer using our separate printer repair installer.

Using "Print to PDF Annotator"

Thu, 17 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT

In this article, we are going to explore the Print to PDF Annotator feature. This is a virtual printer that is installed with PDF Annotator. This option enables you to create a PDF document. Print to PDF Annotator works with word processing documents, spreadsheets, email programs, and any other program that allows output to a printer.

Recommend PDF Annotator and Get a $10 Amazon Gift Card

Mon, 17 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Recommend PDF Annotator to a friend, colleague, old high school buddy, or the guy or girl who just prepared your Grande Mocha Latte at your local coffee shop and get a $10 Amazon Gift Card from us for each recommendation that produces an order!

Creating Custom Stamps in PDF Annotator

Sun, 16 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT

In this article we are going to create a custom stamp. Stamps are markups symbols that can be used to draw attention. PDF Annotator comes with stamps, but you can create your own, as well.

Bamboo Pen & Touch Winners Announced

Wed, 15 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Announcing Winners of Bamboo Pen & Touch Tablets

"Follow us on Facebook & Twitter and Win a Bamboo Graphics Tablet" was the motto, and both winners have been drawn today!

The first Bamboo went to @cameronmergel, who participated by following @PDFAnnotator on Twitter and posting this using the #PDFAnnotator hash tag:

Our second Bamboo went to Christina "Chrissy" Mantell, who "liked" PDF Annotator on Facebook:

A big Thank You to all participants. And stay tuned, this was definitely not the last time we had something for you to win!

More about the Wacom Bamboo Fun Pen & Touch on Amazon.com

Adding Page Margins with PDF Annotator

Wed, 08 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMT

In our last issue, we were looking at the Crop Pages feature in PDF Annotator. Today I want to walk you through the opposing feature: Adding Margins to PDF Pages.

Follow us on Facebook & Twitter and Win a Bamboo Tablet

Wed, 08 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Follow us on Facebook & Twitter and Win a Bamboo Graphics Tablet

We have just kicked off our PDF Annotator page on Facebook, where we'll be posting more news and articles around PDF Annotator. As you will understand, it's not intended to be an official support forum, more like a place where you can connect with us and stay informed about PDF Annotator. We will as well keep you updated on Twitter.

Follow us on Facebook & Twitter today!

We will give away a fantastic Bamboo Fun Pen & Touch Tablet to one new follower on Facebook and another new follower on Twitter.

Here's how it works:

"Like" PDF Annotator on Facebook and post a comment on our wall.
Or Follow @PDFAnnotator on Twitter and send a tweet using the #PDFAnnotator hash tag.

Post whatever you like, but hey, maybe you want to write something you like about our software?

But hurry up! Both winners will be drawn and contacted on December 15th. So, with a little luck, we can ship your Bamboo right in time for christmas!

And yes, good that you're asking! The Wacom Bamboo Pen & Touch will of course work with PDF Annotator!

More about the Wacom Bamboo Fun Pen & Touch on Amazon.com

Page Cropping with PDF Annotator

Thu, 04 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMT

In this issue we'll take a closer look at how the Crop Page feature in PDF Annotator 3 works.

Back-to-School Prize Drawing: Announcing the Winners

Fri, 01 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT

The winners of our three TOM BIHN bags have been drawn! Geoffrey E., Kay D. and Gary E. - Congratulations! We have contacted you by email today--we need your shipping addresses! Have fun with your new bags and thank you for supporting PDF Annotator!

PDF Annotator 3 Maintenance Release Available

Thu, 23 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT

A minor maintenance release of PDF Annotator 3 is now available for download. Changes include:

Automatically open on screen key- board when editing text annotations using pen or touch.
SMART Board(tm) interactive white- boards support improved.
After Fit Text Box command, there was a chance that part of the text did not display depending on current zoom.
Right-to-left text input relied on system setting rather than on user's current keyboard setting.
Removed options for inking perfor- mance, which did not have any effect any more.
Bug fixes

Win a TOM BIHN Ristretto laptop bag with PDF Annotator

Mon, 23 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Also part of our Back-to-School promotion, we give you the chance to win an Original TOM BIHN Ristretto notebook bag in your color of choice! Get back to class right in style. Be the first to enter for a bag, it will be given away by October 1st.

Back-to-School with PDF Annotator: $7 off

Mon, 23 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT

To help you getting started, we will have PDF Annotator Student Licenses on sale for only $22.90 until September 30. That's $7 off!

PDF Annotator 3 adds comments to PDFs: A new version that’s even easier to use!

Sun, 22 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT

PDF Annotator 3 Maintenance Release Available

Tue, 10 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT

A minor maintenance release of PDF Annotator 3 is now available for download. Changes include:

New setting to merge Tools and Tool Properties toolbars into a single row, or to hide both
New setting to hide Status Bar
New setting to hide sidebar in portrait mode (recommended for slate Tablet PCs)
New tool property for Select/Lasso tool to maintain aspect ratio of selection when resizing objects. Same property is available for Stamp tool.
New tool property for Crop Page tool to select crop region with page's aspect ratio
Text annotations support right-to- left text depending on OS settings
New Fit Text Box to Content command for text annotations
Descriptions for Stamps
Two finger scrolling for multi touch devices
Installation and Update improvements
Print to PDF Annotator driver fixes
Minor fixes

PDF Annotator 3: A creative tool with new capabilities and a built-in PDF printer!

Tue, 20 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT

PDF Annotator 3 is here!

Tue, 23 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

PDF Annotator 2 Maintenance Release Available

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

A minor maintenance release of PDF Annotator 2 is now available for download.

PDF Annotator 2: A mature software solution for the hot new Tablet PC!

Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT

PDF Annotator Weekend Sale: Save $20

Tue, 12 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Working with PDFs? PDF Annotator is such a versatile application. We all receive PDFs all the time and sometimes we want to mark them up, right?

Got a new computer for school? Only with PDF Annotator are you able to take your notes on all the PDFs you get in class.

Want to boost your productivity in 2010? PDF Annotator will help you work through the loads of electronic documents in 2010.

PDF Annotator will be on sale this weekend! Save $20 directly at checkout.

This offer is valid for all online purchases of PDF Annotator Regular License (not Student License) between Jan 15 (Friday) and Jan 17, 2010 (Sunday).

Important Security Update for PDF Annotator

Mon, 11 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Earlier this week, we received word from a supplier, whose rendering technology we use in PDF Annotator 2, about the potential for malicious code to be executed to compromise users' systems via PDF files, using a very specific means. Though no such exploitation is known to have occurred to date, we felt we should act with some urgency to protect our clients.

All PDF Annotator versions prior to release 2.0.0.263 should be updated to a later release.

Please update to PDF Annotator 2.0.0.264 or later using the built-in Upgrade Wizard (Select Help, Version Check from the PDF Annotator menu) or download and install the latest version manually.

Our Year's End Discount: Save $20 on PDF Annotator

Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Need a last-minute gift? PDF Annotator is such a versatile application. We all receive PDFs all the time and sometimes we want to mark them up, right?

Got a new computer for school? Only with PDF Annotator you'll be able to take your notes on all the PDFs you get in class.

Still have some small IT budget left? PDF Annotator will help you working through the loads of electronic documents in 2010.

PDF Annotator will be on sale for the rest of this year! Save $20 directly at checkout.

This offer is valid for all online purchases of PDF Annotator Regular License (not Student License) until Dec 31, 2009.

PDF Annotator Feature Spotlight: Working with the Toolbox

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

In this Feature Spotlight issue, we'll have a look at some PDF Annotator toolbox basics. If you don't already make use of the toolbox, you might find it a hidden gem in PDF Annotator.

Netbook Winner Announced

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

GRAHL software design announces the winner of their Win a Netbook with PDF Annotator contest. As part of our Back-to-School promotion, our visitors and users had the chance to win a slick Samsung NC10 Netbook in your color of choice. This prize was drawn on October 1st, and made it into its new owner's hands last week.
Millie, our contest winner, is librarian at a Massachusetts college. She plans to use PDF Annotator to teach college students how to use scholarly articles for their research. Here's what she said: "I received the netbook and it is wonderful. I am very excited to use PDF Annotator. I will be using your software to make comments on my students' essays."

Win a Netbook with PDF Annotator

Mon, 24 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Also part of our Back-to-School promotion, we get you the chance to win a slick Samsung NC10 Netbook in your color of choice! You may want to distinguish yourself from all the others, schlepping around heavy and darn ugly laptops at school. So we don't only get you a state-of-the-art netbook, we even give you the choice to get it in pink or in blue! Now, that was what you were looking for, right? Be the first to enter for our Netbook, it will be given away by October 1st.

Back-to-School with PDF Annotator: $8 off

Mon, 24 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT

To help you getting started, we will have PDF Annotator Student Licenses on sale for only $21.90 until September 30. That's $8 off!

GottaBeMobile.com and Notebooks.com giveaway contest winners announced

Mon, 18 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Our congratulations go to Tami Brass (she posted a comment on the GottaBeMobile.com article), Kerry P Kavanaugh (who commented the Notebooks.com article) and David Daugherty (who participated by tweeting #PDFAnnotator). All three have received their licenses, and we also added our 2 Years Upgrade Assurance for them, so they'll get all upgrades in the coming 24 months for free.

Win One of Three PDF Annotator Licenses with GottaBeMobile.com and Notebooks.com

Wed, 22 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT

GottaBeMobile.com will run a PDF Annotator promotion later this week, with the chance for you to win one of three PDF Annotator licenses. GottaBeMobile is our premier source for mobile computing news and product tests of devices like Tablet PCs and Netbooks.

Even if you already own a PDF Annotator license, maybe you want to tell a friend to go for it. Watch out for this announcement on GottaBeMobile.com from Wednesday through Friday, with all details and instructions on how to win!

PDF Annotator Feature Spotlight: Text Search

Tue, 21 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Text search has been one of the most requested features in earlier PDF Annotator releases. So, in PDF Annotator 2, we introduced the Search toolbar, which implements incremental search, as you know it from current web browsers. In this issue, we'll have a quick look at its capabilities.

PDF Annotator Feature Spotlight: Page Management (Part 3)

Mon, 23 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT

In the second part, we took a first look at PDF Annotator 2's Page Manager, which provides both page- and document-oriented functions. After examining some of the page functions in Parts 1 and 2, we would now like to draw your attention to some of the document functions.

PDF Annotator Maintenance Release Available

Fri, 06 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT

A minor maintenance release of PDF Annotator 2 is now available for download.

PDF Annotator Feature Spotlight: Page Management (Part 2)

Tue, 24 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT

In this issue of our Feature Spotlight series, we look at the page management features in PDF Annotator 2, especially moving, rotating and cloning (duplicating) pages.

PDF Annotator Feature Spotlight: Page Management (Part 1)

Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

In this issue of our Feature Spotlight series, we give an overview of some of the functionality that has been added to the Page Manager in PDF Annotator 2.

PDF Annotator Feature Spotlight: Snapshot Tool

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT

In this issue of our Feature Spotlight series, we have a closer look at the new Snapshot tool introduced in PDF Annotator 2.

New Snapshot Tool and Enhanced Full Screen Mode Settings with PDF Annotator

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

A minor maintenance release of PDF Annotator 2 is now available for download. This version also adds a couple of new features, like a Snapshot tool, and new Full Screen Mode options.

PDF Annotator 2 optimizes the classroom experience: Live finalization of PDF presentations!

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

PDF Annotator Feature Spotlight: Auto Smooth

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

In this issue of our Feature Spotlight series, we have a closer look at the new Auto-Smooth feature introduced in PDF Annotator 2.

PDF Annotator Maintenance Release Available

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

A minor maintenance release of PDF Annotator 2 is now available for download.

PDF Annotator 2 facilitates adding comments to PDF documents: Now with Page Manager, Stamps and Toolbox

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

PDF Annotator 2 Now Available

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

PDF Annotator Nominated for SIA Awards 2008

Tue, 27 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

PDF Annotator has been nominated for the Shareware Industry Awards 2008, which will be announced at the Software Industry Conference in Boston, MA in July. The nomination is in the Best Vertical Market Program category. Last year's award in this category went to VMware Workstation by VMware Inc. Other last year's winners were PaintShop Pro by Corel Corporation, Microsoft Office 2007 by Microsoft Corporation, Google Earth by Google Inc., Skype by Skype Limited and Mozilla Firefox by Mozilla Foundation--so you see we're in pretty good company!

It is a great honour for us to read our product's name between those other famous software products, so we're looking forward to the ceremonies at SIC in Boston. See you there!

PDF Annotator 2: Third Beta Available

Fri, 02 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

PDF Annotator 2: Second Beta Available

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT

PDF Annotator 2 going into BETA

Thu, 20 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT

PDF Annotator Maintenance Release Available

Fri, 07 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT

A minor maintenance release of PDF Annotator is now available for download.

PDF Annotator Maintenance Release Available

Fri, 04 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT

A minor maintenance release of PDF Annotator is now available for download.

PDF Annotator awarded Second Place at the 2007 Epsilon Awards!

Tue, 13 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT

PDF Annotator Maintenance Release Available

Wed, 24 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT

A minor maintenance release of PDF Annotator is now available for download.

PDF Annotator Nominated for Epsilon Award

Mon, 17 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT

For the first time, PDF Annotator has been nominated for the Epsilon Award 2007, which will be announced at the European Software Conference in early November.

It is a great honour for us to read our product's name between those other famous nominated software products.

So, if you like PDF Annotator, and want to support us, please give your vote on the website below: Vote for PDF Annotator!

PDF Annotator Maintenance Release Available

Tue, 07 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMT

A minor maintenance release of PDF Annotator is now available for download.

PDF Annotator 1.5: Just type right in a PDF document!

Fri, 20 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT

PDF Annotator Maintenance Release Available

Wed, 04 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT

A minor maintenance release of PDF Annotator is now available for download.

PDF Annotator 1.5 published

Mon, 07 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT

The new PDF Annotator 1.5 release is now available from the download area. The new release includes the long awaited keyboard annotation (text boxes) feature, insert images command, custom pens and lots of minor improvements.

PDF Annotator 1.5 RC1

Tue, 27 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT

The new PDF Annotator 1.5 BETA release is now available from the download area.

PDF Annotator Single Student License Price Reduced to $29.90!

Sun, 25 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT

All students among our users will like to hear that we decreased the price for the single student license to now only USD 29.90!

New: Select PayPal Payment Method

Sat, 24 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT

You may now also select PayPal as your preferred payment method in our online shop.

PDF Annotator 1.5 BETA

Wed, 21 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT

The new PDF Annotator 1.5 BETA release is now available from the download area.

New: French Version of PDF Annotator

Thu, 15 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT

PDF Annotator is now also available in French!

PDF Annotator Maintenance Release Available

Wed, 07 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT

A minor maintenance release of PDF Annotator is now available for download.

PDF Annotator Maintenance Release Available

Wed, 31 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT

A minor maintenance release of PDF Annotator is now available for download.

PDF Annotator "Corporate Packs" promotion extended

Wed, 31 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT

We have just extended our Corporate Packs promotion for an additional month: Only until end of February, GRAHL software design offers PDF Annotator Corporate Packs at significantly discounted prices. Packs are available for 25, 50 and 100 seats.

SnippetCenter Maintenance Release Available

Thu, 30 Nov 2006 00:00:00 GMT

A minor maintenance release of SnippetCenter is now available for download.

PDF Annotator "Corporate Packs" on sale now

Tue, 31 Oct 2006 00:00:00 GMT

For a limited time, GRAHL software design offers PDF Annotator Corporate Packs at significantly discounted prices. Packs are available for 25, 50 and 100 seats.

PDF Annotator 1.3.0.71 Available

Wed, 04 Oct 2006 00:00:00 GMT

The new PDF Annotator release is now available for download.

SnippetCenter 2.1.0.57 Available

Wed, 04 Oct 2006 00:00:00 GMT

The new SnippetCenter release is now available for download.

PDF Annotator 1.3 with numerous improvements

Tue, 22 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMT

We have just finished a maintenance release for PDF Annotator, but this release also contains numerous improvements and new features that have been requested by our users. Just to name a few:

Navigate through documents using bookmarks and clickable links.
Text search now finds text in all documents and even in your annotations.
Delete using scratchout gestures (Tablet PC users only), and select using the barrel button (or right mouse button) without having to change to select mode before.
Rotate all pages.
Printing extremely optimized, resulting in smaller print jobs.
New backup options.
Improved rendering and additional option for optimized rendering on LCD screens.
Better support for large documents by improved memory management.
See History, available on our download page, for complete list.

PDF Annotator 1.3 is a free update for our existing customers.

NEW: Organize Your PDFs with SnippetCenter Professional

Tue, 22 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMT

Starting with version 2.0.0.51, which has been released today, SnippetCenter Professional also supports PDF Snippets to store PDF documents right in SnippetCenter. Organize your documents in sections and folders in SnippetCenter, and find you files documents with the integrated full text search. Open and edit files from within SnippetCenter with any software, and - thanks to our special support for this - open them in our PDF Annotator software with just one click.

PDF Annotator 1.3 RC1

Fri, 18 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMT

The new PDF Annotator 1.3 BETA release is now available from the download area.

PDF Annotator 1.3 BETA

Fri, 04 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMT

The new PDF Annotator 1.3 BETA release is now available from the download area.

Norton Antivirus resolves false alarm on AB-Clock

Fri, 21 Jul 2006 00:00:00 GMT

Since their virus definition update from July 8, 2006, Norton Antivirus reported a false positive, saying the goMsg.dll component, which is part of our AB-Clock product, would be a malware called Spyware.SniperSpy. The vendor Symantec was informed about the problem, has confirmed and resolved it with their latest virus signature update. Norton Antivirus users should update to the latest definitions, if not yet automatically done.

Norton Antivirus reports false alarm on AB-Clock

Mon, 10 Jul 2006 00:00:00 GMT

Since last weekend's virus definition update, Norton Antivirus reports a false positive, saying the goMsg.dll component, which is part of our AB-Clock product, would be a malware called Spyware.SniperSpy. The vendor Symantec has been informed about the problem and they are already working on resolving it. Until then, you can help yourself, depending on your configuration, by moving the goMsg.dll file out of the quarantine, or by telling Norton to ignore detections on this file. If Norton has silently deleted the file, you will have to reinstall AB-Clock to get it back. You will find step by step instructions here.

SnippetCenter 2 - The Portal to Your Knowledge - Now Available!

Sun, 02 Jul 2006 00:00:00 GMT

Welcome to this completely revised SnippetCenter release. Organize everything in one place: text, files, contacts, internet addresses, diagrams and code snippets. The new release introduces an additional level of organization in colored sections, extended import and export, optional 128-bit encryption of your data, write protection and much more!

Educational Pricing for PDF Annotator Extended

Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:00:00 GMT

During our "Spring Promotion", that has now been extended by a month, we offer PDF Annotator with very reasonable discounts. The single student license is 34.90 USD instead of 49.95 USD. With a "Buddy Pack" of 5 or 10 student licenses it goes down to 22.90 USD per license. Complete schools or universities may license PDF Annotator using the "School Packs", for example for 1000 students the price is less than 2.00 USD per license. See our Educational Pricing for details.

PDF Annotator "School Pack": PDF's are Appearing Everywhere in the Academic and Research Worlds

Fri, 05 May 2006 00:00:00 GMT

Educational Pricing for PDF Annotator Available for a Limited Time

Thu, 20 Apr 2006 00:00:00 GMT

During our "Spring Promotion", we offer PDF Annotator with very reasonable discounts. The single student license is 34.90 USD instead of 49.95 USD. With a "Buddy Pack" of 5 or 10 student licenses it goes down to 22.90 USD per license. Complete schools or universities may license PDF Annotator using the "School Packs", for example for 1000 students the price is less than 2.00 USD per license. See our Educational Pricing for details.

NEW: Free Currency Calculator for Tablet PCs

Fri, 10 Mar 2006 00:00:00 GMT

GRAHL software design announces TPCurrency, a free currency calculator for conversion between 36 international currencies. TPCurrency is a customized edition of our well known AB-Euro currency converter, that has been developed especially for the use on Tablet PCs.

AB-Euro 2.2 with 7 additional currencies

Thu, 09 Mar 2006 00:00:00 GMT

AB-Euro 2.2.0.20 now supports 36 currencies. These currencies have been added: Chinese Yuan Renminbi CNY, Croatian Kuna HRK, Indonesian Rupiah IDR, Malaysian Ringgit MYR, Philippine Peso PHP, Russian Rouble RUB, Thai Baht THB.

PDF Annotator 1.2

Tue, 04 Oct 2005 00:00:00 GMT

PDF Annotator 1.2 now contains a completely new, very effective rendering engine to display PDF documents. Other enhancements and the much requested full screen mode have also been added. PDF Annotator can now also be ordered on CD-ROM.

PDF Annotator 1.2 BETA 3

Sun, 02 Oct 2005 00:00:00 GMT

Another PDF Annotator 1.2 BETA release is now available from the download area.

PDF Annotator 1.2 BETA 2

Wed, 28 Sep 2005 00:00:00 GMT

Another PDF Annotator 1.2 BETA release is now available from the download area.

PDF Annotator 1.2 BETA

Thu, 08 Sep 2005 00:00:00 GMT

The new PDF Annotator 1.2 BETA release is now available from the download area.

AB-Clock 2.0.0.20 available

Tue, 30 Aug 2005 00:00:00 GMT

The new AB-Clock release is now available for download.

AB-Euro supports New Romanian Leu

Tue, 30 Aug 2005 00:00:00 GMT

AB-Euro 2.1.0.18 supports the converted Romanian currency RON.

AB-Euro 2.1 published

Fri, 19 Aug 2005 00:00:00 GMT

Version 2.1 of AB-Euro offers 28 additional foreign currencies (now including the New Turkish Lira TRY)with daily updated rates via the internet.

GRAHL software design sponsors European Software Conference

Wed, 17 Aug 2005 00:00:00 GMT

This year, GRAHL software design sponsors the yearly European Software Conference ESWC.

PDF Annotator passes Microsoft Tablet PC Verification

Tue, 16 Aug 2005 00:00:00 GMT

PDF Annotator has successfully passed the Microsoft Windows Tablet PC Verification Test and is now also available on the Microsoft Tablet PC Application Catalog.

PDF Annotator 1.1.0.41 available

Thu, 11 Aug 2005 00:00:00 GMT

The new PDF Annotator release is now available for download.

PDF Annotator 1.1.0.40 available

Tue, 02 Aug 2005 00:00:00 GMT

The new PDF Annotator release is now available for download.

PDF Annotator 1.1.0.35 available

Fri, 17 Jun 2005 00:00:00 GMT

The new PDF Annotator release is now available for download.

PDF Annotator 1.1.0.31 available

Wed, 15 Jun 2005 00:00:00 GMT

The new PDF Annotator release is now available for download.

Easily Add Comments to PDF Files

Tue, 14 Jun 2005 00:00:00 GMT

PDF Annotator 1.1.0.30 available

Tue, 14 Jun 2005 00:00:00 GMT

The new PDF Annotator release is now available for download.

PDF Annotator 1.0.0.23 available

Wed, 26 Jan 2005 00:00:00 GMT

The new pre-release of PDF Annotator is now available for download.

PDF Annotator 1.0.0.20 available

Fri, 14 Jan 2005 00:00:00 GMT

Finally, the first pre-release of PDF Annotator is now publicly available.

AB-Clock 2.0.0.18 available

Wed, 15 Dec 2004 00:00:00 GMT

The new version offers a completely revised user interface, several improvements and new features.

PDF Annotator wins at Microsoft Tablet PC Contest

Wed, 01 Dec 2004 00:00:00 GMT

PDF Annotator for annotating PDF files on the Tablet PC, wins at the Microsoft "Does Your Application Think in Ink?" Tablet PC Contest together with eleven other programs.

After a pre-judging out of 260 participating applications, the finalists, including GRAHL software design with their PDF Annotator product, presented their applications to a well-known judge of computer journalists and analysts, hosted at Ziff Davis Media in San Francisco, CA.

The judge awarded two products with the first (ArtRage, Ambient Design) and second (GoBinder, Agilix) prize and then awarded prizes to ten more finalists of the contest totaling $165,000.

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Coming soon: PDF Annotator for the Tablet PC

Tue, 30 Nov 2004 00:00:00 GMT

PDF Annotator enables the user to open any PDF file and add annotations, using the TabletPC pen, directly on the PDF file's pages. The annotated documents can be saved back directly to PDF. This way, everybody is able to read or print the annotated PDF documents. Annotated documents can also be attached to emails easily.

PDF Annotator will be released in December 2004.

News now on RSS feed

Thu, 11 Nov 2004 00:00:00 GMT

You may now subscribe to our RSS news feed.

MessageBlocker and Windows XP SP2 - Compatibility

Wed, 01 Sep 2004 00:00:00 GMT

Because of the changes made by Microsoft in Windows XP ServicePack 2 regarding Outlook Express, MessageBlocker cannot be used under SP2.

20% Discount - share-it! Customer Survey 2004

Thu, 17 Jun 2004 00:00:00 GMT

Our partner share-it! runs a customer survey regarding habits on buying software until July, 9 2004. As a thank you for your participation, you will get a 20% rebate voucher for any downloadable product from the element 5 e-store at http://store.element5.de.

Maintenance Work on DeuPAD FactSheets

Thu, 29 Jan 2004 00:00:00 GMT

Because of a migration to higher-capacity server hardware, the DeuPAD FactSheet service might be unavailable during this day. Other parts of the website will not be affected.

MessageBlocker 1.0.1 available

Thu, 30 Jan 2003 00:00:00 GMT

The service releases fixes a problem with special mail formats.

SnippetCenter Professional 1.0.3 available

Wed, 29 Jan 2003 00:00:00 GMT

The update fixes some problems of the previous version.

SnippetCenter Professional 1.0.2 available

Thu, 14 Nov 2002 00:00:00 GMT

The update offers a new backup feature and minor fixes.

AB-Edit 1.2.1 available

Thu, 07 Nov 2002 00:00:00 GMT

New version with minor changes and fixes.

AB-Clock 1.5.1 available

Wed, 06 Nov 2002 00:00:00 GMT

This version fixes some problems with Windows NT4 and Windows XP with Service Pack 1.

MessageBlocker 1.0.0 available

Wed, 30 Oct 2002 00:00:00 GMT

The initial version of our new product MessageBlocker is available for download now.

New Website open

Mon, 28 Oct 2002 00:00:00 GMT

Our completely revised website has been published today.

AB-Edit 1.2.0 available

Mon, 14 Oct 2002 00:00:00 GMT

New version with minor changes and fixes.

SnippetCenter Professional 1.0.1 available

Tue, 01 Oct 2002 00:00:00 GMT

The update fixes a problem with JPEG images in contact snippets.

MessageBlocker 0.9.1 available

Wed, 25 Sep 2002 00:00:00 GMT

This preview version fixes a problem with printing messages.

SnippetCenter Professional 1.0.0 available

Wed, 25 Sep 2002 00:00:00 GMT

The initial version of our new product SnippetCenter Professional is available for download now.

AB-Clock 1.5.0.2 available

Wed, 25 Sep 2002 00:00:00 GMT

This version fixes a rare problem on Windows shutdown.

MessageBlocker 0.9.0 available

Wed, 18 Sep 2002 00:00:00 GMT

First public preview version of our new product MessageBlocker.

Test and Win!

Wed, 18 Sep 2002 00:00:00 GMT

We will give away five free licenses among all beta testers of our new product MessageBlocker.

Flood Donation

Tue, 20 Aug 2002 00:00:00 GMT

We have decided to donate half of the income from our shareware product line of one month from 08/20/2002 to 09/20/2002 to Caritas campaign "Flood Victims in Middle Europe".

AB-Euro 2.0.0.0 available

Tue, 23 Jul 2002 00:00:00 GMT

The new version 2.0 of AB-Euro now offers 28 additional foreign currencies with daily updated rates via the internet.

AB-Clock 1.5.0.1 available

Thu, 04 Jul 2002 00:00:00 GMT

This version fixes a problem with invoking the online help.

AB-Edit 1.1.0 available

Fri, 28 Jun 2002 00:00:00 GMT

New version with some changes and fixes.

AB-Clock 1.5.0.0 available

Tue, 25 Jun 2002 00:00:00 GMT

AB-Clock 1.5 with improved installation and some fixed problems.

Vote and Win: Isidor Awards

Fri, 17 May 2002 00:00:00 GMT

Once again, our products AB-Clock and PhoneWatch have been nominated for the Isidor Awards for Shareware. Vote for your favourite product and win prices, like a notebook or a digital camera.

SnippetCenter Professional 0.9.0 available

Thu, 16 May 2002 00:00:00 GMT

First public preview version of our new product SnippetCenter.

Test and Win!

Thu, 16 May 2002 00:00:00 GMT

We will give away ten free licenses among all beta testers of our new product SnippetCenter.

DeuPAD Ressources: PAD Form Demo

Fri, 08 Mar 2002 00:00:00 GMT

The PAD Form Demo in Perl demonstrates an easy implementation path to integration PAD within existing submit forms for software archives.

AB-Edit 1.0.3 available

Tue, 05 Mar 2002 00:00:00 GMT

This version fixes a startup problem on Windows 9x/Me.

AB-Edit 1.0.2 available

Sat, 02 Mar 2002 00:00:00 GMT

This version contains minor fixes.

Tip of the Day at Shareware.de

Sun, 24 Feb 2002 00:00:00 GMT

AB-Clock has been recommended as Tip of the Day by the editorial staff of Shareware.de .

AB-Edit 1.0.1 available

Mon, 11 Feb 2002 00:00:00 GMT

This version contains minor fixes.

AB-Edit 1.0.0 available

Wed, 02 Jan 2002 00:00:00 GMT

The first official version is available now.