PDFTron Blog

Refining Measurements with WebViewer 8.5

WebViewer 8.5 refines the measurement experience across multiple document types – PDF, CAD, images, and more.

May 18 2022

How to View, Edit, and Annotate PDFs in Microsoft Teams

This blog shows you how easy it is to add full-fledged PDF document viewer, annotator, and editor to Microsoft Teams as a Teams App using PDFTron's WebViewer sample.

May 10 2022

Introducing Typed Signature, Free Text Alignments and More with PDFTron 9.2.2 for Android

Today, we’re excited to introduce PDF typed signatures, free text alignment and much more with version 9.2.2 of our PDFTron Android SDK.

May 10 2022

PDFTron Recognized as One of Canada's Top Small and Medium Employers of 2022

PDFTron has been chosen as one of Canada’s Top Small & Medium Employers of 2022 by Mediacorp Canada Inc., organizers of the annual Canada's Top 100 Employers competition.

May 5 2022

Introducing the New PDFTron SDK for WinUI

PDFTron is excited to introduce a brand new SDK for WinUI. Now developers can create and deploy next gen desktop applications combining the latest Microsoft UI framework called WinUI 3 and PDFTron's leading document SDK features.

Apr 28 2022

Introducing Search and Redact a PDF with WebViewer 8.4

We’re excited to announce the latest version of WebViewer 8.4. This version adds a fully customizable workflow for searching and redacting PDFs, images, or Office documents to your WebViewer experience…

Apr 12 2022

Our Comparison Tests for PDF Table Detection and Extraction Are Done – and the Results Are Compelling!

This blog explores how PDFTron's new, AI-based table detection and extraction system compared to three other leading commercial systems in accurately detecting tables and table content in PDFs. We cover our tests, methodology, and results.

Apr 27 2022

WebViewer Collaboration 2.0 - A New and Improved Way of Integrating Document Collaboration Into Your Application

Back in early 2021, we released WebViewer Collaboration, a set of plug and play modules to enable real-time collaboration in any WebViewer-enabled digital content workflow. Webviewer Collaboration features…

Feb 17 2022

PDFTron Acquires iText, Adding Significant Scale & Complementary Functionality for Developers

PDFTron Systems Inc., the world’s leading provider of digital content solutions for software developers, has acquired iText Group NV, the leading global open source PDF technology company. Created in 200…

Apr 5 2022

PDFTron Announces Leadership Transition

PDFTron Systems Inc., the world’s leading provider of digital content solutions for software developers, today announced the appointment of Cassidy Smirnow as Chief Executive Officer and Joel Martins as…

Apr 5 2022

2021 at PDFTron in Review

From our most significant strategic growth investment yet to three technology acquisitions, plus dozens of new features and functionalities rolled out across all platforms – 2021 was another thrilling year…

Jan 18 2022

2021 Wrap Up – Our Acquisition Partnerships

The document industry is undergoing a fast transformation, and it's clear, we've got a lot of good things to talk about. Our company has seen two significant growth investments in two years, fueling six…

Jan 4 2022

PDF vs Office Document Workflows: Combining the Strengths of Each Format

PDFTron was pleased to present at the PDF Association's Electronic Document Conference in Seattle, WA, where I compared the use of PDF vs. MS Office in today's document workflows. We covered the full…

Nov 26 2019

A Vision for the Future of PDF

When Adobe Co-Founder John Warnock first proposed his plan for an entirely self-contained universal document format, in the Spring of 1991, he was met with skepticism. One critic is even said to have…

Oct 11 2018

A Glimpse Inside PDFTron’s Web Team with Team Lead Matt Parizeau

"My favorite part about working for PDFTron is that I get to work on a first-in-class product that's constantly evolving and challenges me every day. It also doesn't hurt that PDFTron provides a great work…

Mar 8 2022

PDFTron Selected as Canada’s Best Employers for Recent Graduates 2020

PDFTron is once again proud to announce that it has been selected among Canada’s best employers for recent graduates with its addition to the 2020 Career Directory™, a division of Canada’s Top 10…

Jan 8 2020