Quick Reference Guide
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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, installed fonts or local settings on each computer or device.
files. As you write a new message or a reply, you can choose a non-PDF file from your computer to have it converted to PDF and attached. You can convert a web page in Internet Explorer to a PDF. The program can create PDF files in versions 1.3 to 1.7 and PDF/A. 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.
fully checked only during product activation and is also needed for any re-installations. 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.
Nuance PDF Create has a comprehensive HTML Help system. Access it through a hyperlink in the PDF Create Assistant or through the Nuance PDF 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.
Location Source files Conversion method Direct conversion of all One or more attachments or with a Microsoft Outlook attachments to a mail selection box.
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 (with overlay options).
Click the Profiles... button to change settings for any profile, or to create a new profile based on an existing one. 1. Select a profile here Select a profile, click this to name a new profile based on it, then change settings and save it with OK. 2. Make selections here Click this to delete the selected profile after a warning. 3. Specify settings for each selection here Click this to restore default settings for the selected profile.
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.
The Nuance PDF Settings for Word dialog box This can be accessed from a toolbar button or an item in the Nuance PDF menu. (In Word 2007 you can find this in the Nuance PDF tab.) 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, how hyperlinks should appear, and which items should be tagged, if any.
3. Click in the Nuance toolbar in a new message or a reply window to choose one or more files from your computer to be converted to PDF and attached to the message. NOTE: If you do not see the buttons in Word, Excel, PowerPoint or your mailing application, go to View > Toolbars and select Nuance PDF. Create PDFs from Internet Explorer 1. Open a web page you want to capture as a PDF. 2.
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. Overlay example for a cover page: Single-page file with repeated elements Page 1 of a multi- + page document = Cover page of resulting PDF file To have this result, deselect the option 'Repeat the last page of the shortest document for page overlay'.
SharePoint and other DMS support Microsoft SharePoint is supported in PDF Create 6, through a set of dialog boxes that can be accessed from the Add button menu item Open from DMS. Other Document Management Systems (Hummingbird, Worksite, DocsOPEN, LiveLink) can be accessed directly through their own interfaces. See Help for detail, and System Requirements for the full DMS listing.
Un-installation 1. Select Add or Remove Programs from the Control Panel. Under Vista, select Programs and Features from the Control Panel. 2. Select Nuance PDF Create! 6. 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. Deactivation requires web access. www.nuance.
