Version History
File Viewer Plus 6
- Initial release of File Viewer Plus 6
File Viewer Plus 5
- Improved support for DWG and DXF formats
- Fixed: Image print dialog defaulted to metric units
- Fixed: Several other minor bugs
- Added fullscreen viewing mode for PDFs and presentations
- Added information for many more file types
- Fixed: Kodak PCD images opening as low resolution photos
- Fixed: Images with special characters in file path not opening
- Fixed: Several other bugs
- Added support for .aai, .jxr, and .ora formats
- Added support for additional camera models
- Added the capability to batch convert spreadsheets
- Added form controls to the spreadsheet editor
- Added the ability to export interactive controls in DOCX files to PDF
- Fixed: Blank window after pasting text in the source code editor
- Fixed: Several other bugs
- Added a Details view to the file browser
- Added Ctrl+Mouse Wheel zooming and Page Up/Page Down shortcuts to PDF viewing
- Improved the ribbon behavior for documents and spreadsheets (collapse order, contextual tab selection)
- Implemented several other minor user interface improvements
- Improved encryption mechanism for license files (FIPS compliance)
- Fixed: Opening AVIF images with non-ASCII filenames
- Fixed: Several other minor bugs
- Initial release of File Viewer Plus 5
File Viewer Plus 4
- Added a track changes option to the document editor
- Added a status bar and new chart types to the spreadsheet editor
- Updated the document and spreadsheet editors to show contextual menu tabs when selecting tables, charts, and pictures
- Updated the software's digital signature with a trusted certificate from Microsoft
- Fixed: Several minor bugs
- Fixed: An error that may appear when closing audio or video files
- Added information for many more file types
- Improved support for image, camera raw, audio, and video formats
- Improved rendering for PDF documents
- Fixed: Several minor bugs
- Added information for many more file types
- Added support for opening new .docx and .xlsx documents created with the Windows 11 context menu
- Fixed: Error popup caused by offline OneDrive files
- Fixed: Several other bugs
- Improved file format support for several document types
- Added several minor user interface improvements
- Added a Norwegian translation
- Fixed: Possible settings error on startup
- Fixed: Spell-checking issue for some English document types
- Fixed: Other minor bugs
- Improved file format support for several document types
- Added several minor user interface improvements
- Fixed: CSV and TSV cell value types are now auto-detected on load
- Fixed: Other minor bugs
- Initial release of File Viewer Plus 4
- Added file browser with thumbnails and previews
- Added support for 100+ additional file formats (over 400 total)
- Added customizable user interface with new themes
- Improved file format support
- Many other new features and improvements
File Viewer Plus 3
- Added support for Canon .CR3 and new camera models
- Added display of inline images in email files
- Added setting that remembers ribbon minimized state
- Fixed: Colors with Windows High Contrast settings
- Fixed: Other minor bugs
- Added multipage image print dialog (TIFF, GIF, DICOM)
- Added a setting that remembers the window maximized state
- Fixed: TIFF images display correctly when X and Y DPIs differ
- Fixed: Software updates now install to the previous location
- Fixed: Other minor bugs
- Improved support for Word, PowerPoint, and Excel formats
- Fixed: Attempting to overwrite read-only documents now displays an error
- Fixed: Ribbon buttons are no longer disabled incorrectly in some cases
- Fixed: Unchecked TIFF LZW compression option now works in batch mode
- Fixed: Compressed archives with invalid filenames no longer stop an extraction
- Fixed: Various other bugs
- Added Japanese language support
- Added Recent Documents to the File menu
- Added raw image support for many new camera models
- Added video playback keyboard shortcuts
- Improved support for PDF, Word, PowerPoint, Visio, and Excel formats
- Improved support for .EMLX files
- Improved file identification for multiple file formats
- Improved high DPI display support via DirectX rendering
- Fixed: Saving and loading settings no longer causes occasional crash
- Fixed: Email files with read-only attribute can now be viewed
- Fixed: Email file receipt dates are now localized in user's time zone
- Fixed: Line breaks in file metadata are no longer truncated
- Fixed: .PCD files can now be converted in batch mode
- Fixed: .XBM and .XPM images now load correctly
- Fixed a crash when opening images on Windows 10 1803+ systems when Microsoft HEIF Image Extensions is installed
- Other minor bug fixes
- Added support for High Efficiency Image Format (.heic, .heif) files
- Added support for .emz, .exr, .rgb, .rgba, and .sgi files
- Added support for DICOM Encapsulated PDF files
- Added drop-down menu in file info panel with metadata options
- Added metadata for Microsoft Word and Excel files
- Added drop down menu in file information panel with metadata options
- Added more file identification information when opening unknown files
- Added more metadata for Microsoft Word and Excel documents
- Improved rendering for PowerPoint and Visio files
- Fixed: Image resize and effects dialogs now scale well on high DPI screens
- Fixed: International characters in file paths caused some files not to load
- Fixed: Some password-protected archives were not being prompted for a password
- Other minor bug fixes and improvements
- Initial release of File Viewer Plus 3