ScanSoft PDF CONVERTER PROFESSIONAL 3-HELP Online Help Manual page 7

Starting PDF Converter Professional
There are several ways to start the program:
 From the Start menu, select (All) Programs / ScanSoft PDF Professional 3.0 /
PDF Converter Professional
from the File menu and select a PDF file. If you select more than one PDF file,
they will be opened in separate windows. If you select Microsoft Office files
(*.doc, *.rtf, *.xls, *.ppt), they will be converted immediately to PDF files, and will
be displayed in separate windows.
 Click the program icon on the desktop
as described above.
 Double-click on a PDF file: If you choose PDF Converter Professional as the
default PDF viewer when prompted, you can double click on a PDF file to start
the program and load the selected PDF file.
 Browse PDF files on a Web Server: If you choose PDF Converter Professional
as the default PDF viewer when prompted, click any PDF URL on a Web page to
open the PDF file in the program.
 Drag-and-drop files: You can drag-and-drop PDF files onto the PDF Converter
Professional program window to have them opened – up to a "Maximum Opened
Files" limit , preset under Preferences. You can also drag-and-drop documents
(*.doc, *.txt), Excel sheets (*.xls), PowerPoint slides (*.ppt) to have them
converted.
 Right-click a PDF file: Select
menu. PDF Create! Assistant
This method is useful if you want to combine or overlay PDFs. To change
settings before PDF creation, select
menu.
 Right-click an Office file: Select one of the following shortcut menu items:
Create PDF, Create and E-mail
change settings before PDF creation, select
shortcut menu.
Note: You can collect several files written in different formats (PDF and Office files)
and located in different folders and combine them into one PDF. Use the
Create/Combine/Overlay PDFs
to the PDF Create! Assistant file list.
3.0, then click the
if you placed it there, then proceed
Create/Combine/Overlay PDFs
will appear displaying the clicked PDF file name.
PDF Create! Properties
PDF, Create/Combine/Overlay
PDF Create! Properties
shortcut menu item. The clicked files will be added
Open button or select
in the shortcut
from the shortcut
PDFs. To
Open
from the
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