User manual NUANCE PDF CONVERTER PROFESSIONAL 3 QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE

[. . . ] Quick Reference Guide Welcome to ScanSoft PDF Converter Professional ScanSoft® PDF Converter Professional 3 offers the full circle of functionality for handling Portable Document Format (PDF) files. It can open PDF files from versions 1. 0 to 1. 6 for viewing, editing, annotation and re-assembly. It can create PDF files from versions 1. 3 to 1. 5. This professional product has three parts that are installed and activated with a single procedure. Create PDF Files ScanSoft PDF Create! [. . . ] It gives you choices for naming the created PDF file(s) and defining properties such as title, author, subject and keywords. The created file(s) can also be directed as attachments to an E-mail message, ready for distribution. Properties dialog box can be accessed from the Print dialog box in your applications, the PDF Create!Assistant, the PDF Links dialog box in Microsoft Word, from the PDF Create!menu in Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint, and from the shortcut menu of any file from which a PDF can be generated. · · PDF Links This dialog box can be accessed from Microsoft Word, from a toolbar button or an item in the PDF Create!· Editing PDF Files PDF Converter Professional 3 is a powerful tool for viewing, editing and archiving PDF files. Editing PDF files PDF Converter Professional 3 provides a number of tools to edit your PDF files. Starting the Program Use the Windows Start menu and choose (All) Programs > ScanSoft PDF Professional 3. 0 > PDF Converter Professional 3. 0. On its first use, you can choose to set the program as your default PDF viewer. If you do this, you can have all PDF files opened in it by default, either from your file system, or from links to PDF files in web pages. Basic Editing Use the Touchup Text and Image tools to edit the text content and images of your PDF. The program also has a Clip Art collection that you can use, organize or extend with your own images. Revision and annotation The program offers you a variety of revision tools: Presenting the Program The workspace consists of the following parts: · · · Document View Navigation Panel Organizer Use these tools to bookmark a place in the document, insert a link, a note or a text box; highlight text; stamp or draw your own revision marking on a page. When done you can sort annotations by author, type, date and more. Choosing to show or hide a given set of them will help you navigate through the document's revision history. The Document View displays your PDF files. Click to show or hide the Navigation Panel on the left side and use it to display page thumbnails, bookmarks, comments, signatures or document properties. The Organizer panel gives access to Document and Digital Signature Preferences, Comment, Form, and Touchup Text Properties, the Search Tool, Actions, Stamps, Watermarks and Clip Art. Editing Forms Click the Auto FormTyper button or choose Auto FormTyper from the Tools menu to have form elements detected and activated automatically in the current PDF. Choose Form Fields in the Tools menu or the corresponding button to add form controls and elements manually. You can add buttons, check boxes, radio buttons, combo boxes, list boxes, text fields and signatures. Once a control is added, its properties are displayed in the Organizer - ready for editing. If you decide to edit a form element later, select the tool you used to create it, then click the given element and use the Organizer the same way as above. Opening PDF files There are several ways to open your PDF files with PDF Converter Professional: · Drag-and-drop PDF files onto the open Workspace in PDF Converter Professional 3. 0. Click Open in the Main toolbar or choose Open in the File menu. Choose from Recent Files in the File menu. · · Once you have a PDF open, you can use the bookmarks or page thumbnails in the Navigation Panel to browse it. Alternatively, you can use the extensive set of document navigation tools available on the Main toolbar, including flipping pages, panning, dynamic zooming and more. Document Security To modify the security settings for your document, click Document > Properties > Document Security. The Navigation Panel will display your current settings. You can choose to protect your document by passwords or PDF self-sign security at different levels. Searching and Archiving Documents You can carry out text searches in the currently open PDF, a given folder or on an Index file. [. . . ] For example, to best unlock a PDF with two pages of illustrated text, followed by a one-page table you want to do calculations on, and finally a three-page form ­ convert pages 1 and 2 as Document, page 3 as Spreadsheet and pages 4-6 as Form. Note: All starting methods except for the one from PDF Converter Professional can be enabled and disabled in the Enable Shortcuts panel in the PDF Converter Settings dialog box. How to Convert PDF Documents For files to be converted as documents, select your settings in the Document Options panel. Choose how the layout should be maintained: · · True Page® places all elements in text boxes or frames. Flowing Column uses text boxes and frames only when necessary, allowing body text to flow from one column to another. Saving Converted Files When you use the Open command from the Microsoft Word File menu for conversion, your document will display as if it were still the PDF file. You must save it as a Word document with the command Save As. . . . [. . . ]