What is Creative Docs .NET?

Creative Docs .NET is a vector-based graphic design tool with support for rich text, ideal to quickly write short documents, manuals, posters, illustrations, schemas, plans, flow charts, and much more.

The interface is tailored for high productivity: it does never get in your way. Creative Docs .NET tools are simple, yet powerful. All styles and attributes can be modified interactively with a minimum number of mouse clicks. A color gradient, for instance, can be modified directly by dragging its handles in the document window.

Note: This software is being actively developed.

Creative Docs .NET 3.x is available for free as a full-featured version. It comes with no warranty whatsoever.

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Project News

October 12 2011

This version is a bug-fix release.

March 18 2011

The PDF export in Creative Docs .NET 3.2.3 has been made more robust. And there is now an option to automatically open the document in a viewer, after successful export.

March 8 2011

We added a new frame property, which can be applied to most objects, including images. We are really excited about this new feature. You can get your hands on it by updating to version 3.2.0.

January 17 2011

This updated version does not block if there is no network connection available at startup.

December 24 2010

The previous version 3.0.1 had a serious problem when saving its documents; in most cases, these documents could not be reopened afterwards. This has been fixed in the version 3.0.2 release.

If anybody has lost an important file because of this, please send us the file by e-mail (bugs [at] creativedocs.net) and we will do our best to fix it.

December 13 2010

We have invested time in the low level framework on which Creative Docs .NET is built and we have replaced the FreeImage library, which was used to read and write bitmap images, with a Microsoft component. The version 3.0.1 is based on this updated framework and should therefore be more stable when creating documents with lots of images.

February 15 2010

Once more, Creative Docs .NET version 2.6.0 is just a minor bug fix release (PDF production, font management, image handling).

We were very proud to get the green light for Windows 7 in early July 2009 for Creative Docs .NET, since we were among the first to get the Compatible with Windows 7 logo.

April 20 2009

Creative Docs .NET version 2.4.7 is a minor bug fix release. It has been tested on a first beta of Windows 7 (build 7000) and it installs and runs just fine.

November 19 2008

Creative Docs .NET version 2.4.4 is, again, a minor bug fix release.

September 28 2008

Creative Docs .NET version 2.4.3 is a minor bug fix release.

August 9 2008

Creative Docs .NET version 2.4.0 allows quick panning with the middle mouse button and fixes several minor issues. Read more in the blog.

June 30 2008

Creative Docs .NET version 2.3.3 with improved thumbnail management is now available. It works on Windows 2000, at last. Read more in the blog.

Project News

June 2 2008

Creative Docs .NET version 2.3.0 with a live page and layer preview is now available for download. Read more in the blog

April 30 2008

Creative Docs .NET version 2.2.0 is now available for download.

You can now paste images into your documents; simply press CTRL-V or use the paste command and Creative Docs .NET will create an image object for you, resize it to fit the current page and select it so you can further adjust its size or clipping.

February 14 2008

Creative Docs .NET version 2.1.9 is now available for download.

See the blog for a full history of the past versions.


We will be glad to listen to your suggestions and remarks... Either comment in the blog or send us your suggestions by e-mail using the bugs at creativedocs.net address.