PDF Create! Assistant
The Assistant is called from the Windows Start menu. It lets
you compile a list of files to be converted. These files may
have been created in different applications. Choose to com-
bine the files in the given order to create a single PDF file or
have each file converted separately. Files can also be over-
laid for the conversion.
ScanSoft PDF Create! Properties
This gives you full control over the conversions. In the
General panel you define page size, orientation, resolution
for the PDF and choose whether or not to view it after crea-
tion. The PDF Settings panel lets you define the PDF ver-
sion, control font embedding, set compression types and
severity, define passwords and add watermarks. It gives you
choices for naming the created PDF file(s) and defining pro-
perties 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.
The ScanSoft PDF Create! Properties dialog box can be
accessed from the Print dialog box in your applications, the
Windows Start menu, the PDF Create! Assistant, the PDF
Links dialog box in Microsoft Word, 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! 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.
How to get Help
This printed Quick Reference Guide accompanies ScanSoft
PDF Create! when it is supplied on a CD. This guide is also
available as a PDF file on the CD and after installation in the
program folder. When the program is delivered electroni-
cally, this document should be consulted. It is available at
the download site.
ScanSoft PDF Create! has an online Help in PDF format. It
can be accessed from the About panel in the ScanSoft PDF
Create! Properties dialog box. The PDF Create! Assistant
and the PDF Links dialog box have Help buttons. Click one
for help on the displayed dialog box.
Press F1 to access this help when one of
these dialog boxes is active.
A Readme file with latest information is avail-
able on the CD and in the program folder. The ScanSoft web
site offers program information, with a regularly updated
knowledge base and user forums.
How to Start PDF Creation
When you are satisfied with your settings, you can start PDF
creation as follows:
• Select ScanSoft PDF Create! as the name of your printer
in the Print dialog box of any print-capable application
on your system. Click OK to have the current document
in that application converted to a PDF file under a name
you specify.
• Click the PDF Create button in the PDF Create!
Assistant. The listed files will be converted.
• Choose Create PDF or Create and E-mail PDF or Create/
Combine/Overlay PDFs from a shortcut menu of a file
that is a valid source for PDF creation. In the first cases,
the PDF is created using existing settings. In the last
case the selected file or files are listed in the PDF
Create! Assistant, where more files can be added and
settings made before conversion is started.
• Click the PDF Create! button in a Microsoft
Word, Excel or PowerPoint toolbar to have the current
document converted to a PDF file using existing set-
tings. Click the PDF Create and E-mail button in the
same toolbars to additionally have the PDF attached to a
new empty E-mail message, ready to be sent.
• Choose Convert to PDF or Convert to PDF and E-mail
in the PDF Create! menu for the same functionality.
Un-installation
1. Select Add/Remove Programs from the Control Panel.
2. Select ScanSoft PDF Create! 3.0.
3. Click Remove to uninstall the program or Change to
auto-repair it.
A de-activation step is performed at the start of un-installa-
tion, allowing you to reinstall the program later without
re-activation problems. De-activation requires web access.
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registered trademarks and/or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and other countries. InstallShield is a registered trademark of
InstallShield Software Corporation. All other company names or product names may be trademarks of their respective owners. This program is protected by US
and International copyright laws as described in the About panel.
