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  • Page 1 ® ScanSoft PDF Create! 3 Online Help...
  • Page 2 ® ScanSoft PDF Create! 3 Online Help ScanSoft, Inc. provides this publication without representation or warranty of any kind. ScanSoft, Inc. reserves the right to revise this publication and to change the information contained in this publication without further notice. Copyright ©...

  • Page 3: System Requirements

    Using ScanSoft PDF Create! ® ScanSoft PDF Create! 3 enables you to generate PDF files directly from any Microsoft Windows (98, Me, NT, 2000, XP) application using the Print command. In Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint, you can also use the toolbar shortcut to print a PDF file.

  • Page 4: Installation And Activation

     Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.1 or above  Microsoft Word 97 , Microsoft Word 2000, Microsoft Word XP or Microsoft Word 2003  64 MB of memory (RAM), 128 MB recommended  50 MB of free hard disk space for application files plus 5MB working space during installation ...
  • Page 5 2. Follow the on-screen instructions You must accept the license agreement in order to proceed. You must enter a serial number. 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;...
  • Page 6 Creating a PDF document To create a PDF document: 1. Create a new document or open an existing document in any Windows application. 2. On the File menu, select Print. In the Printer dialog box select the ScanSoft PDF Create! as your active printer if it is not already displayed.

  • Page 7: General Tab

    4. Click OK to confirm all settings. To set printing preferences for all documents: 1. On the Windows Start menu, point to Settings, and then click Printers. 2. Then, right–click ScanSoft PDF Create! and click Printing Preferences. 3. Select each of the tabs and specify settings for creating PDF files. 4.
  • Page 8 Scale Specify whether to reduce or enlarge a document, and by what percentage, between 1 and 1000 percent. Enter a value less than 100 percent to reduce the size of the text and images on the page; enter a value greater than 100 percent to enlarge them. View Resulting PDF Select this option to view the PDF file.
  • Page 9 Embed Non-Standard Fonts (default) Embed All Fonts Do Not Embed Fonts. The default embeds all fonts except the most common fonts that all computers should have: typically Arial, Times New Roman, Courier and Symbol. Click Advanced to see the settings for each standard control. To specify more precise settings for a customized control, click New, name a new control, make the desired settings and click OK.
  • Page 10 You can edit the settings for an existing control, add a new control, or delete an existing control in the Compression Controls dialog box. To display the Compression Control dialog box: 1. Click the Advanced button. 2. Highlight a conversion control in the list of conversion controls and view or edit the settings as needed.
  • Page 11 If you choose to ReSample, specify either DownSample or SubSample from the pull-down menu. The default setting is DownSample. Downsampling decreases the number of pixels in the image. Each pixel it places has the average value of all the pixels it replaces. Subsampling chooses a pixel in the center of the sample area and replaces the entire area with that pixel at the specified resolution.
  • Page 12 Before setting permissions you must supply and confirm a permissions password and specify the encryption strength: 40-bit or 128-bit. This determines which permissions are available. Make your settings and click OK. Use New to name a new standard security control, make the desired settings and click OK.
  • Page 13  First Page Only Select this to have the watermark placed only on the first page, or on the first two pages in the case of a cross-page watermark. If you de-select this, the watermark will be placed on all pages in the PDF. ...
  • Page 14 modify its contents, using the Add and Remove buttons. Watermarks listed in the top panel contribute to the composite. A cross-pages watermark appears split across two consecutive pages. When you select this, the positioning options change. Select a binding side and a clearance from the binding side (default is 0).
  • Page 15 Show Warning Dialog: PDF Create! displays a Warning dialog box in which you can choose to Replace existing file or Add trailing number to filename. Click Cancel to terminate the operation without saving anything. Replace existing file: The new PDF document replaces the existing file. Add trailing number to filename: The new PDF filename uses the target filename followed by a sequential number.

  • Page 16: Troubleshooting

    ScanSoft PDF Toolbar The ScanSoft PDF Toolbar buttons correspond to the PDF Create! menu items in Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Use the first button to create a PDF file. Use the second one to create and e-mail a PDF file. The third button behaves in different ways depending on the application.
  • Page 17 I see jumbled text or pictures on the page, with items on top of each other. Check that overlay was not used during PDF creation. If it was used intentionally, check that the chosen files have content suitable for the overlay. My PDF viewer will not open the PDF.

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