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ScanSoft PDF CONVERTER STANDARD 3 Quick Reference Manual

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The ScanSoft
PDF Converter 3 lets you unlock PDF files to edit them as Microsoft
®
Microsoft Excel, Corel
directly from these applications, edit them and save them in the appropriate file type. It con-
verts Portable Document Format (PDF) files up to and including version 1.6. Encrypted PDF
files can be opened if the required password is provided. PDF Converter distinguishes three
types of PDF conversion: for documents, forms and spreadsheets. You must choose one of
these descriptions before starting the conversion because PDF Converter uses different algo-
rithms for each. Your choices and target applications are as follows:
Document
Form
Spreadsheet
Most PDF files contain a text layer with standard character encoding. ScanSoft PDF Con-
verter is designed to convert these files directly. PDF files not meeting these criteria must be
converted by Optical Character Recognition (OCR). This is the process of extracting text
from an image. OCR conversion is supplied with the product.
Quick Reference Guide
Welcome to ScanSoft PDF Converter 3
WordPerfect
, and generic RTF files. It also lets you open PDF files
TM
®
True Page
Flowing Column
Logical Form
Recognition (LFR)
®
Word,
®
Word
WordPerfect
Rich Text (RTF)
Word
Excel

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  • Page 1 Quick Reference Guide Welcome to ScanSoft PDF Converter 3 The ScanSoft PDF Converter 3 lets you unlock PDF files to edit them as Microsoft Word, ® ® Microsoft Excel, Corel WordPerfect , and generic RTF files. It also lets you open PDF files ®...

  • Page 2: Installation And Activation

    Installation and Activation rectly entered, no user interaction is required and no personal information is transmitted. If you do Please remove any previous version of PDF Con- not activate the product at installation time, you verter before the installation. will be invited to do this each time you invoke the program.

  • Page 3: Presenting The Program

    Presenting the Program PDF Converter has two dialog boxes, each containing tabbed panels: PDF Converter Assistant This lets you start conversions and control the process. Its first panel shows you a preview of the PDF file to be converted. It lets you specify whether the PDF should be handled as a document, as a form or as a spreadsheet, and set a page range if desired.

  • Page 4: Starting The Program

    Starting the Program 3. The Open Dialog Box in Microsoft Word To make the services of PDF Converter easy to call on, 1. Click the File Open button or go to the it can be started from several locations, as described in Microsoft Word File menu and click Open...

  • Page 5: Microsoft Excel

    4. WordPerfect Note: All starting methods except for the one from the Use the Open PDF item in the File menu of Word- Windows Start menu can be enabled and disabled in the Perfect to call the PDF Converter Assistant, displaying Enable Shortcuts panel in the PDF Converter Assistant its Preview panel.

  • Page 6: Saving Converted Files

    Handling Mixed PDF Files Language Support PDF files often have mixed content: flowing text, When converting a PDF file you classified as a Form, tables and forms. In many cases you can process these the following languages are supported: Danish, Dutch, files with the setting Document and receive good English, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, results.

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