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OrchidNote 1.0.11 · Windows 64-bit

For Windows 10 (1809 or later) / Windows 11 · Released 2026-10-28
File name: OrchidNote-Setup-1.0.11.exe
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Install

  1. Run the installer

    Double-click and follow the prompts; it also adds the File Explorer context menu. The text recognition model is included; layout analysis and offline translation download in one click the first time you use them.

  2. Open a PDF

    Right-click a PDF → “Open with OrchidNote”, or drag it into the window.

  3. To use Ask AI

    Sign in at the bottom left, then enter your API key in Settings → AI.

System requirements

SystemWindows 10 1809 or later / Windows 11, 64-bit
Memory4 GB minimum; 8 GB recommended for lots of scanned documents
DiskAbout 300 MB, plus any models you download

Uninstall from Windows Settings → Apps. Annotations and settings live in %APPDATA%\OrchidNote and are kept on uninstall so you can pick up where you left off; delete that folder to remove everything.

Changelog

1.0.112026-10-28

  • Deft is now called OrchidNote, and the website has moved to orchidnote.com; your settings, highlights, notes and backups are kept, and PDFs still open in it by default

1.0.102026-10-28

  • In scanned or photographed pages, you copy exactly the recognized characters you drag over, not their neighbours

1.0.92026-10-27

  • Bordered tables in scanned documents are cut along their own lines, so rows, columns and merged cells match the original; a slightly tilted scan or a red seal doesn't throw it off
  • For PDFs with the scanner's own text layer, OrchidNote now reads table text itself instead of copying the scanner's mistakes
  • Long numbers in tables no longer lose digits

1.0.82026-10-27

  • Undo (Ctrl+Z) takes back your latest change, whichever page it's on; if that page is off screen, OrchidNote scrolls to it first, and an erase or a move is undone with one press
  • When the toolbar fades while you read, the tool you're using stays sharp
  • Icons in the selection toolbar and the screenshot editor now match the main toolbar
  • Consistent wording: what you draw is called "marks", and the Text note tool is now "Text box"

1.0.72026-10-27

  • When a PDF is open in OrchidNote and you drag other PDFs or images onto its icon in File Explorer, OrchidNote asks whether to append them: choose Yes and the new pages go at the end in page management, written to the file when you click Apply, and the dragged files stay as they are
  • Fixed: previously the files were merged on disk right away, and clicking Apply in page management afterwards dropped the appended pages; if the file changes outside OrchidNote, Apply now stops and asks you to reopen it

1.0.62026-10-26

  • Three-line tables common in papers (a few horizontal rules, no vertical lines) are now recognized: copy a whole table into Excel or Word, translate cell by cell, with spanning headers and row groups kept
  • Tables on scanned pages and those found by the table model keep merged cells, so columns after a merged cell no longer shift
  • The signature status is now a small shield whose colour shows the result (green valid, yellow needs a look, red invalid); hover for details, hide it for one file, or turn it off in Settings > Reading
  • When a translation request fails (no network, an API error), the page is retried when you scroll to it, with a message explaining why and a Retry button
  • Other improvements and fixes

1.0.52026-10-26

  • Pages where the text wraps around a quote box no longer get translated one or two lines at a time: the quote is translated on its own, the text beside it as whole paragraphs, and the translation follows the original shape without covering the box
  • Right-click the translate button to retranslate this page or the whole file when you're not happy with the result
  • Other improvements and fixes

1.0.42026-10-26

  • Offline translation now works one sentence at a time and no longer drops the last sentences of a paragraph
  • Rotated text on a page (book spines, the arXiv stamp down the margin of papers) no longer chops up the text beside it: cover titles translate as a whole, and paper abstracts translate, copy and go to Ask AI as one paragraph
  • The signature check result shrinks to a small icon after a few seconds and expands on hover; invalid signatures stay visible
  • Other improvements and fixes

1.0.32026-10-26

  • Electronic seals in signed PDFs (e-contracts, e-invoices and the like) now show up
  • The installer can make OrchidNote your default PDF app; if it isn't, OrchidNote reminds you once a month (you can turn this off in Settings)
  • Translated pages follow the original layout and styling
  • The screenshot rack opens only from the middle of the top screen edge, so it no longer pops up by accident; Ask AI from the rack starts its own conversation, separate from the document you're reading
  • On new installs the toolbar sits vertically on the left; Settings can be pinned to the toolbar; the Copy table button has a new look
  • The original icon is back; other improvements and fixes

1.0.22026-10-24

  • New “Reading” home: your recent books as a wall of covers, with where you left off and how long you read this week
  • Select to annotate: a small toolbar over selected text to highlight, underline, copy, translate, write a thought or ask AI; exported highlights show up in other PDF readers
  • Ask AI: answers cite pages you can click to jump to; ready-made questions above the input; token usage per answer; fewer steps to set up a model
  • The screenshot line is now the screenshot rack, with its own region capture and a global hotkey; mark up screenshots, pin them to the screen, and pick a rope style
  • A new settings window (Ctrl+,), a command palette (Ctrl+K), a shortcut sheet (?) and a searchable help manual (F1)
  • A hands-on guide on first launch; interface size from 75% to 150% without changing page size
  • One pen with fountain and gel strokes; arrange the toolbar your way, with tips on every button
  • A new icon; a new title bar on Windows 11; a progress card with Cancel for long tasks
  • Other improvements and fixes

1.0.12026-10-17

  • New screenshot line: screenshots hang along the top edge of the screen and slide down when you point there. Copy them, ask AI, recognize text, insert into the current PDF or save as a PDF; it can stay in the tray after OrchidNote is closed
  • New color styles: Linear, Notion, Vercel and Supabase, in the user menu
  • Mind maps: per-chapter detail view and AI key-point marking
  • Other improvements and fixes

1.0.02026-09-26

  • The product is officially named Deft, with the domain deftpdf.xyz; data from the old version (XPDF) is migrated automatically on first launch
  • New “Remove ads / watermarks”: finds promotional content and strips only the selected drawing commands, checking every page to protect the real content
  • New text tool: text boxes on the page, exported as editable text annotations with embedded CJK font subsets
  • New “This book” panel: thoughts, reading logs and Q&A gathered into a timeline by page, plus chapter mind maps
  • New Ask AI reading companion: Background / Another angle / Ask me first, with no spoilers beyond where you've read
  • File Explorer quick merge / image-to-PDF / split are now part of the main app, undoable with a single Ctrl+Z; the installer registers the right-click menu automatically
  • Table copy upgraded to bordered-table recognition, keeping borders and merged cells
  • PDF engine unified on PDFium; PDF writing now uses PDFsharp; layout model switched to PP-DocLayoutV3
  • Performance: memory use down from 1.8–2.4 GB to 0.6–1.0 GB; large documents open faster; table extraction and OCR run in parallel
  • Interface: warm light / dark themes, with primary buttons and checkboxes following the theme