Range of rotation angle, and minus sign input limitation from keyboard in the watermark addition function

[rakunavi]

Hello all,

I noticed a difference between PDF-XChange Editor and PDF-XChange Printer Standard in specifying the rotation angle of the watermark feature.

• PDF-XChange Editor
  The angle can be set from -180 to 180 degrees and can be changed by both keyboard input and spin buttons.
• PDF-XChange Printer Standard
  PDF-XChange Printer Standard can be set in the range of -90 to 90 degrees, but for some reason the minus sign cannot be entered from the keyboard, so the minus value must be set with the spin button.

Because of this limitation, for example, PDF-XChange Printer Standard does not allow setting upside-down text as a watermark. If there are no technical limitations, it might be better for PDF-XChange Printer Standard to match the behavior with PDF-XChange Editor.

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Hoping that the above information will be of some help to you.
Thank you so much for your continued support.

Best regards,
rakunavi

- PDF-XChange Editor PRO Version: 10.4.4 build 392
- OS Version: Windows 11 Home 24H2 Build 26100.2605
- PC Model: Lenovo IdeaPad C340-15IWL, HP All-in-One 22-c0xx

[Daniel - PDF-XChange]

Hello, rakunavi

Thank you for the report, I have reproduced this issue, and passed it to the Dev team.

In relation, this also brought to my attention that the Watermarks Layout in the printer is a tad outdated. I have mentioned that it could use a refresh as well, to bring it in line with the other products.

Kind regards,

[rakunavi]

=== UPDATE ===================================================================
The issue reported below has been resolved in Ver 10.6.0 build 396.
I appreciate all the hard work and efforts of the support and development team.
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Hello Daniel, thank you for taking the time to look into this.

In my last post, I mentioned that the watermark rotation angle in PDF-XChange Printer Standard can be set from -90 to 90 degrees, but more accurately it was from -89 to 90 degrees.

When setting the rotation angle, the dialog accepts an input of -90 degrees, but the actual rotation angle in the preview is -89 degrees, and once you add it, close the dialog, and then open it again to edit, the value somehow changes to -89 degrees. Curiously, if you close the dialog at that point and reopen it, the value is now changed to -88 degrees. The one-degree difference in rotation angle between the setting and the preview continues to occur as long as the rotation angle is negative.

In the first half of the video, the verification begins at a rotation angle of -90 degrees, and in the second half of the video, the verification begins at a rotation angle of -2 degrees. In both cases, you will notice that the rotation angle differs by 1 degree between the settings and the preview. As shown in the case where the rotation angle starts at -2 degrees, this odd behavior stops when the angle is equal to or greater than 0 degrees.

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Perhaps this has already been addressed in build 396, but just in case, I report it here.

Hoping that the above information will be of some help to you.
Thank you so much for your continued support.

Please give my best regards to developers.

Best regards,
rakunavi

- PDF-XChange Editor PRO Version: 10.5.2 build 395
- OS Version: Windows 11 Pro / Home 24H2 Build 26100.3775
- PC Model: GMKtec Nucbox M7 Pro with HUION Kamvas Pro 19 / Lenovo IdeaPad C340-15IWL

[Daniel - PDF-XChange]

Hello, rakunavi

Thank you for the report, I see the same and have passed this along to the dev team as well.

Kind regards,