Several additional file formats are now supported including vector-based CAD (DWG, DXF and DWF), optional PDF up to version 1.7, JPEG 2000, AFP (including MO:DCA, PTOCA and ABIC), JBIG2, HD Photo (JPEG XR), Camera Raw and WSQ. Users and administrators may select file types to associate with Prizm Viewer, while System Administrators can designate custom MIME types and file extensions using the new Configuration Application. Prizm Viewer continues to support TIFF, JPEG, PDF, GIF, PNG and many other industry-standard formats.

The user interface has been completely updated, providing new toolbars, graphics, and adding docking windows. Users may customize their toolbars to show the tools they most often use, and arrange the toolbars and docking windows in the manner that makes them most effective in their work.

Prizm Viewer v8 adds support for Windows Vista, Server 2003 and Server 2008 with Internet Explorer 6/7/8 and Firefox 1.5/2/3 browsers. Support continues for Windows 2000 and XP.

A new thumbnail image view is provided, displaying scrollable thumbnail images of all pages in a multi-page TIFF, PDF or all pages in an Image List File. Users may navigate to any individual page by simply clicking on the representative thumbnail.

Improved display features include new anti-aliasing, smoothing and brightness/contrast adjustment capability, plus users will experience Accusoft Pegasus’ patented enhanced JPEG decoding algorithms. Prizm Viewer now utilizes Accusoft Pegasus’s ImagXpress engine for image display, annotate and print.

The PDF edition now allows users to search for text strings within searchable PDF files. Users can easily click and navigate to the pages containing the search terms. Individual search hits are highlighted in the page for easy location.

Image List Files can now include a hierarchical Table of Contents for each page referenced in an Image List, allowing users to easily navigate to entries they select. Users can also navigate to their selected pages for PDFs or List Files that include TOCs.

Support for keyboard and mouse control has been added, allowing users to navigate using Home, End, and Page Up and Down, or alternatively to use the mouse wheel to scroll through pages. Users can also use Ctrl-mouse wheel to zoom in and out. Keyboard support includes support for cutting, copying, and pasting annotations using the keyboard.

Users may select their default display preferences for each of four main document types (bitonal image, color image, PDF and CAD) allowing them to define the best viewing options for their individual needs.

The Export feature has been modified to improve usability and to reduce PDF file sizes with bitonal image exports. Viewed documents may be exported as TIFF or PDF files, or in their native format, and easily saved to local or network locations, or attached to emails. Users can easily launch common email clients, automatically attaching their currently viewed document.

Users may opt to retain current page display settings while paging. The current zoom factor, image position and rotation settings can be automatically applied to each page in a multi-page file or Image List File. Alternatively, Prizm Viewer can be instructed to remember each page’s last view as you page forward and backward, making it easy to return to previous views.

Prizm Viewer now offers a “Poster” printing option. Poster printing allows oversize images such as large engineering drawings to be printed at full resolution across multiple sheets of paper. User settings are provided to define image overlap, orientation, and print order to make it easy to combine individual paper sheets into a single drawing layout. This feature is especially useful when paper engineering drawings are required but large format plotters or printers are not available.

New annotation types have been added for additional user options. New annotations include freehand pencil for creating any annotation shape plus polygon and polyline.