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4. Here you can choose to use the PDF Converter
Assistant for conversion or unlock your PDF file
without it. If you prefer automatic conversion,
you can decide on your preferred file handling
and the target application.
8. Microsoft Internet Explorer
1. Right-click on a hyperlink leading to a PDF file
or an HTML page hosting a PDF.
2. Choose Open with ScanSoft PDF Converter 3.0.
3. Conversion is performed through the Assistant.
9. Windows Explorer
1. Right-click on a PDF icon or file name in Win-
dows Explorer or a PDF icon on your desktop.
2. Choose a conversion method and target from the
shortcut menu. If you choose to use the Assistant,
you make these choices in its Preview panel.
Note: All starting methods except for the one from
PDF Converter Professional can be enabled and dis-
abled in the Enable Shortcuts panel in the PDF Con-
verter 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.
How to Convert Form-like PDF Files
There are two ways of processing form-like PDF
files:
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Logical Form Recognition
Choose Form as PDF handling and use the
settings in the Form Options panel. Prefer this
when retaining the form structure is more
important.
Technology.
™
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True Page
Conversion. Choose Document as
®
PDF handling and choose True Page under
Document Options along with the other
document options. Prefer this when converting
text content is more important and when the
form is only a part of the PDF content.
How to Convert Spreadsheet-like PDF Files
This conversion can be used for PDF files contain-
ing partly or mainly tables. Each detected table is
converted and placed in a separate worksheet inside
a Microsoft Excel file (extension XLS). All content
not detected as a table is placed in a separate work-
sheet at the end. The detected tables do not appear
here, but are replaced by hyperlinks leading to the
relevant worksheet table.
When you do document conversions, tables in the
PDF become tables in the output file.
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.
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.
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.... If you use Save or Close
without saving, you will lose either the converted
document or the original PDF. The program warns
you of this:
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