Quick Reference Guide
Why are PDF files popular? The Portable Document Format has become a de-facto standard for document exchange across platforms and computing environments. More than 200 million PDF documents are posted on the World Wide Web. Key benefits that have driven this popularity are: • Integrity: PDF files look like the original documents they were created from. They conserve their appearance after sharing regardless of platform, operating system or local settings on each computer or device.
The program can create PDF files in versions 1.3 to 1.6. Files can be protected by passwords and can include watermarks. Compression and font settings give you control over PDF file size and appearance. The PDF Product family Nuance Communications, Inc. offers three PDF products: • ScanSoft PDF Converter to unlock PDF files • ScanSoft PDF Create! to create PDF files • ScanSoft PDF Converter Professional to unlock, create, edit, comment and share PDF files.
3. Location and Setup Type The installer offers a default location for the program. Accept it or define a different one. Select Complete or Custom Setup. Choose Custom to enable or disable the integration of PDF Create! in other programs. By default, all the programs offered in the PDF Create! Integration panel of the InstallShield Wizard will be enabled. (You can change integration settings later by choosing the program under Add or Remove Programs in the Control Panel and clicking Change and then Repair.
ScanSoft PDF Create! has a comprehensive HTML online Help system. Access it through a hyperlink in the PDF Create Assistant or through the PDF Create! menu in Microsoft Word, Excel or PowerPoint. Press F1 to open Help at the topic describing the currently open panel. Some dialog boxes have Help buttons. A Release Notes file with latest information is available on the CD and in the program folder. The Nuance web site offers program information, with a regularly updated knowledge base and user forums.
Remove selected files Move selected files up or down Remove all files from the list Drag and drop input files onto this area, or use the Add button Assembly instruction* Select a profile This displays current saving settings Click to start PDF creation Click to change saving settings Change profile settings * other assembly instructions are: • Combine files into a single PDF (in the listed order) • Overlay files (according to the current overlay options).
Click Profiles to change settings for your chosen profile, or to create a new profile. Click this to name a new profile Click this to delete the profile containing the selected item (after a warning) Choose an item from the list Click this to change the settings for the chosen item Click the end of a control for an edit box or dropdown list Click OK to close the PDF Create Profiles dialog box. Then press the Go button in the Assistant.
Create PDFs from Windows Explorer Right click on a single file. The shortcut menu includes: Choose a profile from the first item's sub menu. The current settings for that profile will be used for the PDF creation. Click Edit… to modify profile settings or create a new one before PDF creation. The second item shows the current saving instruction. Click on it to set a different instruction.
4. Optionally, add document information (keywords etc.). To create a PDF and attach a copy of it to an e-mail message, click . PDF Links dialog box Access this from a toolbar button or an item in the PDF Create! menu. It lets you define settings that are applicable only when creating a PDF from a Word document. Define which paragraph styles in the Word document should be converted to bookmarks in the PDF, which comments should be transferred and how hyperlinks should appear.
The ScanSoft PDF Create! Properties dialog box can be accessed from the Print dialog box in your applications. When working from the Create! Assistant or Windows Explorer, these settings are made through the profiles. If you need to access these settings from Microsoft Word, choose File/Print instead of the PDF Create! button. How to overlay PDF files Overlay options let you place artwork or other fixed items onto just the first page of your PDF files, together with items that change from file to file.
Un-installation 1. Select Add or Remove Programs from the Control Panel. 2. Select ScanSoft PDF Create! 4.0. 3. Click Remove to uninstall the program or Change to auto-repair it or to change the list of integrated programs. A de-activation step is performed at the start of uninstallation, allowing you to reinstall the program later without re-activation problems. De-activation requires web access. www.nuance.com Copyright © 2006 Nuance Communications, Inc. All rights reserved.
