User manual NUANCE PDF CONVERTER STANDARD 3 QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE

[. . . ] (If you have downloaded the converter from the ScanSoft web site, double-click its setup. exe file. ) 2. You will find this on the CD sleeve or on the ScanSoft web site at the download location. Be sure to keep the serial number in a safe place; it is fully checked only during product activation and is also needed for any re-installations. Select Register Online to establish a connection to the ScanSoft web site. [. . . ] The following panels are Document Options, Form Options and Spreadsheet Options. Only one of these panels will be active, depending on your PDF processing choice. The About panel gives access to product support and help. Open the Options panel for settings of your processing choice. Specify this choice first because this will determine your further choices. This icon shows that the page has a text layer. Pages without a text layer display this icon. Select your output document type. Page ranges help you handle PDF files of mixed content. Preview each page of your PDF using these navigation buttons. Browse to the PDF to be converted. Click Convert when you have adjusted your desired settings. PDF Converter Settings This can be called from the Tools menu of the supported applications (Microsoft Word, Excel and WordPerfect). When you call it from Microsoft Word, the File Open Settings panel lets you choose whether to use the PDF Converter Assistant or not for future conversions started from the Microsoft Word Open dialog box. It also provides access to other settings. Starting the Program To make the services of PDF Converter easy to call on, it can be started from several locations, as described in the following procedures: 3. Click the File Open button or go to the Microsoft Word File menu and click Open. . . Click the PDF (Portable Document Format) (*. pdf) format in the Files of type box. Conversion starts with or without the Converter Assistant, as specified in PDF Converter 3. 0 Settings (Tools menu). If the PDF Converter Assistant is enabled, the PDF is previewed and you can change settings before starting the conversion. If the PDF Converter Assistant is disabled, conversion starts immediately, using existing settings. The Windows Start Menu Choose ScanSoft PDF Converter 3. 0 under Programs or All Programs. All conversions started from the Start menu use the PDF Converter Assistant. The Open PDF button in a Microsoft Word Toolbar Use the Open PDF button in a Microsoft Word toolbar or the Open PDF item in the File menu to call the PDF Converter Assistant, displaying its Preview panel. It allows you to name an input PDF file, an output Word document file, choose between Document and Formtype processing, and more. The resulting file is displayed in Microsoft Word, ready for editing. Note: You can select two or more PDF files from a folder; each file will be converted into a separate Word document. From all other starting places, only one file can be converted at a time. Note: Using the Open command from the File menu to unlock your PDF files is only possible from Microsoft Word. 4. WordPerfect Use the Open PDF item in the File menu of WordPerfect to call the PDF Converter Assistant, displaying its Preview panel. It allows you to name an input PDF file and an output WordPerfect document file. The resulting file is displayed in WordPerfect, ready for editing. Note: All starting methods except for the one from the Windows Start menu can be enabled and disabled in the Enable Shortcuts panel in the PDF Converter Assistant 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. 5. [. . . ] Right-click on a PDF icon or file name in Windows Explorer or a PDF icon on your desktop. If you choose to use the Assistant, you make these choices in its Preview panel. Handling Mixed PDF Files PDF files often have mixed content: flowing text, tables and forms. In many cases you can process these files with the setting Document and receive good results. For more precise control, your can use page ranges to separate forms and tables and convert them separately. [. . . ]