May 2026
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In May 2026, the Pdftools documentation included the following updates:
Added
- Published the documentation for AI Smart Redact, a self-hosted service that detects and permanently removes personally identifiable information (PII) from PDFs without any data leaving your infrastructure. The new documentation area includes:
- Get started with AI Smart Redact
- Guides
- References
- AI Smart Redact licensing
- Release notes for version 1.0.0 and version 1.0.1.
- Added release notes for Conversion Service version 6.11.0, introducing the Standard Converter that converts Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files to PDF without a Microsoft Office installation, along with new Configurator Web capabilities and a Flatten Form Fields option.
- Added release notes for PDF Viewer SDK version 5.16.0 and updated API references. Refreshed PDF Viewer SDK landing page with the latest features.
- Added release notes for Pdftools SDK version 1.18.0, Toolbox add-on version 1.13.0, and Pdftools SDK Shell Tool version 1.13.0.
- Added an About this documentation site page explaining how the documentation is organized and how search and the Ask AI assistant work.
- Improved the documentation search with a customized DocSearch preview panel that embeds API reference pages in an inline frame, and added a toggle that prioritizes results from the documentation area you’re reading.
Changed
- Removed the temporary code-samples-unavailable banner from Pdftools SDK and Toolbox add-on documentation after restoring the sample repositories.
Fixed
- Clarified the
AddFontDirectorybehavior in Pdftools SDK and Toolbox add-on technical notes:- Pdftools SDK Font directories.
- Toolbox add-on Font directories.
- Fixed typos in Pdftools SDK guides and technical notes.
- Rewrote passive voice into active voice across Pdftools SDK documentation for better accessibility and readability.