- CIB pdf brewer
PDF documents can be created and edited with the CIB pdf brewer. Special features include the creation of WCAG-compliant, accessible PDF/UA documents with Microsoft Word, guided by the PDF/UA wizard, and now also workflow automation from the Business version onwards.
As of CIB pdf brewer 4.13.0, installation without a printer driver is also possible in the free version.
Release Notes
CIB pdf brewer 4.13.4
SHA256: 9263e748c6b6b56253ea1f6144f0df16d2f67bb15fa3b16af2ba418da9a04ec8
- CIB pdf brewer API fixes for invoice toolbox usage
CIB pdf brewer 4.13.3
SHA256: db98367987de26f83dc8baf74ec17f9326a7d11e6628ef91d75bd13f0b1a5154
- Addin: PDF/UA related tooltips updated
- Possibility to use invoice & PDF modules through API with a dev license
- CIB fairBrief and CIB doXisafe endpoint update
- Minor UI fix in setup
CIB pdf brewer 4.13.2
SHA256: d15703c476e2e1984721ec4873049de8dcd716f997025ed9e7109eeecf1665f3
- Issue with PostScript and Adobe
- Font issue when printing solved
- Fixed setup parameter to skip addin
- CIB doXisafe upload issue
- HybridPDF opener fixes
- Fixed PDF/UA and PAC issues
- Rendering artifacts on particular document
- Fix invoice undetected values
- Download of demo invoices
- Word addin and compatibility mode
- Missing logs
CIB pdf brewer 4.13.1
SHA256: a7db673e757202ee4e0deaebdcb946d83fc115d80a11e9b8f8cf0222f9afd7a2
- Small fix for a possible problem during tagging artifacted text
CIB pdf brewer 4.13.0
SHA256: ab32a7c32d27f87ced14941ec8109b4ee958839e2aeb207fd27776ffe047b316
- Allow driverless installation
- PDF/UA generation upgraded
- Outlook addin
- ‘Save to disk’ as optional workflow
- Embedded commands in document
- Accessible font size following users’s preference
- New <BrewerVersion> macro
- PDF/UA Word add-in and base modules now fully accessible
- Password security indicator on typing
- Extended extensions’ configuration
- Upgraded Word’s invoice examples
- Allow individual addin installation
- Fixed PDF/UA and PAC issues
- Rendering artifacts on particular document
- Fix invoice undetected values
- Download of demo invoices
- Word addin and compatibility mode
- Missing logs
CIB pdf brewer 4.12.0
- Addin themes
- New Outlook add-in (beta, disabled by default)
- Minor UI and translations adjustments
- Speed-up thumbnail generation
- Setup logging
- Long term validation fix for signatures
- Adding fallbacks for non-PDF-specification conformant PDFs
- Fix for a special shading issue
- Possible threading problem during compression fixed
- Rendering of AVIF file fixed in previewer
- TIFF compression issue for a particular document
- PDF/UA fixed possible crash
- PDF/UA fixing list issue
CIB pdf brewer 4.11.0
- Profile selection enabled through MS Word mailing
- The Merge&Split window accepts new items through context-menu
- Minor UI and translation enhancements
- Improve memory footprint for PostScript printing
- Possibility to switch back to Window’s legacy context-menu
- Allow printing protected documents with PostScript
- Word addin: text formfield with automatic font size by default
- PDF/UA will include a watermark, unless licensed
- Auto-layout of scanned documents with CIB deepER
- Excel addin: several improvements
- Fix first page removal in document composer
- Issue joining documents with formfields solved
- Postoptions were not working with a fixed profile and document composer
- PDF/A conversion fix for particular inputs
- Excel addin: fix new features and double prompt issue solved
- Word addin: ZUGFeRD 2.2 basic demo file fixed
- Solved problem with a particular document when uploading to CIB doXiview
CIB pdf brewer 4.10.0
- Addin: support for Excel comments in PDF
- Allow AVIF/HEIC/HEIF/WEBP input
- Addin: PDF/UA + form fields allowed
- UI improvements
- Printing preview improvements
- Colorspace feature enhanced
- PostScript support extended
- Context-menu signed by Microsoft Store
- Addin: fixes in Excel formulas feature
- TIFF settings fixed
- Office detection for direct conversion
- Artifacts fixed in specific documents
CIB pdf brewer 4.9.1
- Context menu available on Windows Server
- PostScript printing fix
CIB pdf brewer 4.9.0
- PostScript printing
- Excel formulas in PDF for CIB doXiview
- Fast-compression profile
- Allow cancelation of fixed profile jobs
- Addin: status on custom settings page
- Reorder relevant buttons in Office add-ins
- Performance and memory consumption when printing from Adobe
- Fix preview of large document from Excel
- Minor UI fixes
- Fix compression issues
- TIFF generation through context menu
- Addin: several fixes for the fit-page-to-sheet feature
CIB pdf brewer 4.8.0
- Added XRechnung 3.0.1
- Added ZUGFeRD 2.2
- PDF/UA generation aware of field codes
- Setup awareness of conflictive processes
- OCR window reduced size + tweaks
- Improvements in the formulas feature for spreadsheets
- PDF/UA generation improvements
- Fix PDF/A conversion with the formulas feature in Excel
- Error message without content
- Rounding error with decimal quantities in XRechnung
- Issue with simplex/duplex mix in CIB fairBrief
- Fix problem with previewer and Office documents
- Cannot process files with “;” in their name inside Merge&Split util
CIB pdf brewer 4.7.0
- Context menu compatible with W11
- Custom list of profiles per printer
- CIB doXiview promotion as PDF viewer
- Addin: PDF/UA speed up processing and wizard usage
- Window style for W11
- Autoclose CIB doXiview upload dialog
- Allow all characters in share title for CIB doXisafe
- Minor UI text tweaks
- Excel formulas allowed in invoice creation
- Usage of macros in tools fixed
- Corrupted symbols in Document Composer
- Minor UI artefact in Profile Editor
CIB pdf brewer 4.6.3
- PDF/UA document from Word 2016 not WCAG 2.1 compliant
CIB pdf brewer 4.6.2
- Printer creation as current user
- Correct PDF/UA tag for charts in Word 2016
- Addin enabled/disabled status fix
CIB pdf brewer 4.6.1
- Progress report issue
- Compression problem with certain document
CIB pdf brewer 4.6.0
- Excel formulas as PDF comments
- Duplex setting on CIB fairBrief attachments
- OCR option available as context menu action
- Improved keyboard accessibility in profile editor
- CIB fairBrief, improved icon contrast
- Localized error report in CIB doXisafe dialog
- Possibility to hide proxy settings from “Global settings”
- Dialogs size on low resolutions improved
- XRechnung default set to 2.3.1
- Text recognition issue in CIB doXiview connection
- Stability improvement in mail merge action (Word Addin)
- Enhanced setup resilience in tampered state
- Proxy test button fix
- JPEG as stationery error
- Missing attachments issue during creation
- Fit PDF Page to Sheet” fix
CIB pdf brewer 4.5.1
- PDF/UA header and footer marked as artifact
- PDF/UA missing table header
- CIB product integration properties fix
- Preview shrinks with mixed page sizes
- New translations missing in Office
CIB pdf brewer 4.5.0
- Addin: document sharing with CIB doXisafe
- Accessibility: high contrast mode compatible
- Support of Chinese/Japanese/Portuguese
- [ES] CIB fairBrief: mandatory batch identification
- PDF/UA: correct footnote tagging
- Improved hybridPDF saving workflow
- Mailing switched to EML files
- PDF/UA: aware of compatibility and protected mode
- Removed welcome page in favor of our elearning platform
- PDF/UA: improved access to MS Accessibility Checker
- Improved document composer for fixed profiles
- Profile selection can now be minimized
- Business features to hide CIB doXisafe/fairBrief/CIB doXiview connections
- PDF/UA: wizard check for table headers
- Accessibility: improved keyboard navigation on main windows
- Addin: PPT transitions to PDF issue
- Artifacts on particular documents
- Minor UI/wording fixes
- PDF/UA: fix the issue with hyperlinks
- HybridPDF issue on editing
CIB pdf brewer 4.4.0
- OCR support added
- Print job collection
- Removal of application data (optional)
- Handle alternate text of tables and diagrams in our PDF/UA wizard
- PDF/UA wizard guides to MS Accessibility Checker for WCAG compliancy
- Theme aware icons in Office Addins
- Improved print dialog on non-dpi-aware applications
- Metadata transfer to PDF in Office Addins
- Several UI improvements
- Fix PDF/UA output of tables that spawn several pages
- Visual artifact in CIB fairBrief (Spanish options)
- Floating pixel when using dark mode removed
- Fix several isolated PDF visual artifacts
- CIB doXiview not showing e-invoice side panel after using our opener
- ZUGFeRD fix IncludedNote
- Encryption key asked during invoice creation
CIB pdf brewer 4.3.1
- Issue printing encrypted
CIB pdf brewer 4.3.0
- Page numbering
- Excel Addin: export area option for ODS
- CIB fairBrief: AI address extraction
- Business: Hide AI compression setting
- Business: Hide individual options in Office addin
- CIB pdf brewer & CIB fairBrief: UI theme contrast improved
- CIB doXisafe redirect
- Addin: legacy forms to PDF enabled
- Enhanced integration with main Office menu
- Direct feedback button added in profile editor
- Minor UI changes
- Hybrid PDF transparency issue
- Batch progress hang on file error
- CIB fairBrief: file path length limitation removed
- Missing translations
- E-Invoice wizard issue
- CIB fairBrief: custom theme cannot change accent color
- Addin: PDF/UA headings-check and specific crash fix
- Xrechnung not working with certain template
- Excel Addin: fix “Fit PDF page to sheet” feature issues
CIB pdf brewer 4.2.1
- Update CIB certificate
CIB pdf brewer 4.2.0
- CIB fairBrief UI themes
- Show real progress on PDF/UA creation
- Minor UI enhancements (texts, icons, colors)
- CIB fairBrief texts review
- Enable lossless level in compression utility
- Allow proxy failure fallback
- Improved setup resilience
- Updated PDF libraries
- Addin: improve big Excel sheets fitting
- Typos, texts overflow
- Missing umlauts in output
- Fix CIB doXisafe account change
- Error saving in FAT drives
- Cannot edit profile if attachment is not present
- ZUGFeRD 1.0 selection
- Workflow item creation issue fixed
CIB pdf brewer 4.1.0
- UI themes
- CIB fairBrief profile available by default
- Excel addin: speed up of invoice processing
- Excel addin: automated cell-editing mode exit
- Possibility to hide ads
- UI improvements: protection, encryption, merge&split
- Addin: fetch documentation according to selection
- CIB fairBrief: backup path warning if it does not exist
- CIB fairBrief: warning if font is replaced due to PDF/A conversion
- Fixed workflow issue when cancelling post-options
- Black rectangles in some output after conversion
- Inverted pages when printing certain documents
- ZUGFeRD: <ram:RateApplicablePercent> not transferred
- Attachment without name if mail-workflow used
- Word addin: conversion failed to draw some elements
CIB pdf brewer 4.0.0
- Upgraded user interface
- Support new XRechnung formats
- New UI customizations
- Address recognition settings in CIB fairBrief
- Open Hybrid PDF from MS Word
- Thumbnail generation in PDF utilities
- Prompt info of new version available during uninstallation
- Theme aware addins
- Other minor MS addin improvements
- Setup will not restore disabled extensions
- Ability to disable Hybrid/invoice opener
- UI artifact in CIB fairBrief
- ZUGFeRD not displayed via CIB doXiview opener
- Improved PDF/UA generation and UI
- Rendering issues
- Fixed issues with form fields from MS Word to PDF
- Excel addin stability
- Blurry PDF images with MS PowerPoint addin
CIB pdf brewer 3.11.3
- Progress report after options during printing
CIB pdf brewer 3.11.2
- Added confirmation of language and document title
- PDF/UA improved merged cells structure
- Improved table recognition
- Fixed eLearning link for PDF/UA
- Alternate link description was not detected
- Typos
- Hybrid pdf png processing
- special case for Tif processed by context menu
CIB pdf brewer 3.11.1
- Excel Addin: conversion issue with specific layout
- CIB fairBrief: fixed issue with print job description and thermosealed envelope (ES only)
CIB pdf brewer 3.11.0
- Licensed users can skip additional data download during silent installation
- Help and information links added to CIB fairBrief
- Address detection now detects left margin automatically during address relocation (CIB fairBrief)
- News displayed at program startup in CIB fairBrief
- Letters sent via CIB fairBrief can be backed up locally
- Target server can be changed in CIB fairBrief in the settings menu
- Video embedding in PDF supported through MS PowerPoint add-in
- CIB fairBrief description tag is available at letter level now
- More file formats supported in the CIB doXiview opener (Open with…)
- PDF/A enhancements, PDF/A-4 output added
- UI improvements
- Fixed cut pages during printing
- MS add-in fixes (Excel and Word)
- PDF/A conversion fixes
- Invoices: calculated field rounding issue fixed, missing tag
- Visual artifacts in CIB fairBrief (thumbnails and disabled items)
- Special characters: allowed in stationeries filenames and uploads to CIB doXiview
CIB pdf brewer 3.10.1
- Allow custom application name in context menu entry
- Single password input encryption (PDF owner/user password)
- CIB pdfModule updated (1.44.0)
- Locked settings now affect the UI when setting a password during document generation
CIB pdf brewer 3.10.0
- Excel Add-In
- Automatic address detection in CIB fairBrief (DE only, requires checkmask)
- Flexible application name (license required)
- AI compression
- Invoice PDF (+ hybrid) custom opener
- Context menu options in case no PDF document was selected
- (CIB fairBrief) Support server URL in settings without ending slash
- (CIB fairBrief) Several UI enhancements: icons, tooltips, proxy settings as in CIB pdf brewer, asynchronous processing, etc.
- (CIB fairBrief) Auto reattempt of failed settings request
- Provide right mime type in doXisafe uploads
- XRechnung 1.2.2 support removed
- LeitwegID no longer mandatory for XRechnung generation
- JPEG 2000 input issue
- Dialogs centered in PowerPoint Add-In
- Proxy connection issue
- Typo in proxy settings (DE)
- (CIB fairBrief) Spurious crash on batch dump
CIB pdf brewer 3.9.3
- UI changes in CIB fairBrief client (Spain)
CIB pdf brewer 3.9.2
- Fixed occasional problem during font optimization step
CIB pdf brewer 3.9.1
- Typo in proxy settings (DE)
- Proxy connection issue
CIB pdf brewer 3.9.0
- VB.NET/VBA/C++ API Testset
- PowerPoint Add-in
- CIB fairBrief: new UI design and ability to lock settings
- Proxy settings panel, in the global configuration window
- Text improvements
- Merge&Split window default size reduced
- General improvements in CIB fairBrief
- Typos
- Context menu reload option after installation
- Issue in Merge&Split drag and drop
- CIB fairBrief, checkmask is now applied to attachments
- Issue with login switch in CIB fairBrief
- Issue during export without forms in Word Add-in
CIB pdf brewer 3.8.0
- New CIB fairBrief settings: description / certified letters
- Setup is now aware of newer versions
- Allow more document types in Merge and split utility
- Office Addin improvements
- CIB fairBrief general enhancements
- UI Wizard for PDF/UA reworked
- Several translation changes in UI
- Bookmarks are available now for floating point font size
- Merge and split utility improved
- Encryption / Decryption enhancements and bug fix
- Fixed a PDF/A conversion corruption for a document
- Fixed small issues in Merge and Split
- Printing issue with PowerPoint slides dimensions
- CIB fairBrief internal file names improved
- Context menu issue if no printer device available fixed
- Invoice error at XRechnung 1.2.2
- Fixed attachments inside invoice XML
CIB pdf brewer 3.7.1
- Activate / Deactivate context menu entries
- Added direct image conversion to PDF for JPEG2000 images
- Delivery Note Referenced Document is correctly created in ZUGFeRD output
- Fixed Thumbnail problem in CIB fairBrief client
- Fixed an issue, where 2 invoice items were not recognized correctly
- Fixed output of image conversion to PDF for a special case in tiff image and for gif images.
CIB pdf brewer 3.7.0
- Office add-in: E-Invoice wizard added to the Microsoft Word Addin
- Office add-in: News with splash screen
- Improved user handling in CIB merge & split dialog
- Several improvements for translations
- Improved handling of existing shares in doxisafe option in the context menu
- Update welcome page info regarding addin
- Update elearning addin info
- Updated Icons
- Correctly process .lnk Files in the context menu
- The location defined by user to save the outputs is ignored when saving from CIB AddIn
- Error when creating the document even if the document was created
- Issues with the progress bar
- Officeconverter job is not canceled
- Missing information in PDF after creation via Adobe Reader
- Add brewer icon at the windows taskbar for encryption and decryption
- CIB pdf brewer gave up working when selecting “merge & split” for encrypted files
- Issues with specific document
- Issue of “Decide for each document separately” when encrypting/decrypting > 1 documents
- CIB pdf brewer crashes when Merge&Split with MS documents selected
- Issue when cancelling the encryption option
- x button in Encryption doesn’t work properly
- Buyer ID (150,80,80) is not transferred to XML (ZUGFeRD)
CIB pdf brewer 3.6.0
- Initial implementation of PDF/UA creation
- Extend invoice items in ZUGFeRD
- Extended XRechnung (XML) so it supports attachments
- Welcome page for new users update
- Grouped icons in office ribbon have a group-icon now
- Allow the preview document with annexed pages in CIB fairBrief client
- Hide MSO progress bar when converting Office files from context menu
- Improvements when a doXisafe code already exists or is not valid
- Improve handling of doXisafe synchronization
- Several improvements for the Save & Share utility
- UI improvements in doXisafe sharing utility
- Improve workflow in Merge & Split
- DPI awareness improvements
- Fixed encrypt/decrypt problem while using defined labels as file name
- Fixed error when uploading certain files to doXisafe from CIB pdf brewer
- Merge & Split edition issues
- ShipToTradeParty added to ZUGFeRD
- ZUGFeRD MarkUp: korrektes Mapping von negativen Beträgen (Gutschrift)
- XRechnung: Content in merged cells of excel sheet not converted to XML correctly
- Fixed invoice typecode
- Wrong calculation basis tax amount
- Fixed invoice validation error when not using 4 decimal places
- CIB fairBrief: fixed issue with the number of pages displayed
- CIB fairBrief: duplex setting was ignored
- Fixed issue regarding output extension
- Several text typos were fixed
CIB pdf brewer 3.5.1
- Encryption icon not displayed for Owner OW generated documents
- Error shown when documents are uploaded to internal CIB doXiview
- Duplex blank page is missing, when Supplement Attachment is added in CIB pdf brewer and not in CIB fairBrief client
CIB pdf brewer 3.5.0
- Supporting UNC pathes inside CIB fairBrief client
- Integrate Code generator for Passwords and CIB doXisafe Codes
- Use optionally inside CIB fairBrief client the language settings of CIB pdf brewer
- Use a new CIB doXiview starter, which can be find in open with for PDF files
- Support simplex / duplex settings from CIB pdf brewer to be passed thru to CIB pdf brewer
- Use own office converters to convert Microsoft Office files to PDF instead of print.
- Added Support for ZUGFeRD TotalPrepaidAmount and DuePayableAccount
- Display (test) inside CIB fairBrief client, if a test user is used
- Check all files added to CIB fairBrieft and convert then to PDF/A-3b, if they don’t comply to PDF/A
- Support X-Rechnung 2.0
- Improved localization in Microsoft Word Addin
- Ignore case in the CIB fairBrief config files keys
- Improved translations inside CIB fairBrief client
- Don’t mark OWNER-PW encrypted PDFs anymore with an encryption symbol in file explorer anymore
- Improved file explorer icons
- Display also attached files in error window, if checkmask failes in CIB fairBrief client,
- Improved stability of Setup
- Fixed a case, when there was no preview in CIB doXisafe generated share email.
- Fixed correct saving of settings of the Microsoft Word Addin
- Allowance and Charge can be combined now during CIB invoice toolbox
- Fixed clicking Cancel on progress window, that no success is shown anymore
- Fixed a case, when a configuration files could be corrupted during update
- Fixed: An Update deletes settings from system wide configuration file inside the Microsoft Drivers Direcrory
- Fixed positioning of signature fields, if they are inside a table
- Fixed opening hybrid files, when opened from UNC pathes
- Fixed a crash during pdf processing, when opening a special file
- Fixed opening of files on CIB doXisafe. It could happen, that an empty web page is opned.
CIB pdf brewer 3.2.0
- Support ZUGFeRD 2.1 Generation
- The CIB fairBrief extension, which is your cost-effective way to send out real letters, has seen an overwork. You can e.g. add supplements to a letter now.
- Inside CIB pdf brewer profiles you can also add front pages and footer pages to a newly generated document.
- Many improvements and some bugfixes for the Merge & Split Window
- Overall many improvements in usability, user interface, localizations for the whole product
