Starting The Program - ScanSoft PDF CONVERTER STANDARD 3-HELP Online Help Manual

Starting the Program

To make the services of PDF Converter easy to call on, it can be started from
several locations:
1. The Windows Start Menu
2. The Open PDF button in a Microsoft Word toolbar
3. The Open dialog box in Microsoft Word
4. From Microsoft Outlook
5. From Microsoft Internet Explorer
6. From Windows Explorer
7. From Microsoft Excel
8. From WordPerfect
Procedures
1. The Windows Start Menu
1. Choose Start, then Programs or All Programs, then ScanSoft PDF
Converter 3.0.
2. Choose PDF Converter Assistant from the sub-menu. The PDF Converter
Assistant appears displaying its
3. Decide the output file format first.
 Select Document for general conversions and then choose Microsoft
Word, WordPerfect or Rich Text Format under Target.
 Select Form for PDF files containing forms. The only target application
is Microsoft Word is this case.
 Select Spreadsheet for PDF files containing tables that you want
converted to spreadsheets. The only target application is Microsoft
Excel.
4. Enter a PDF file name with full path and extension or browse to select a
file and click Open. A preview of the first PDF page appears.
5. Use the navigation buttons to view other pages.
6. Accept or modify the offered name and path for the output file to be
created. The offered name and path are those of the input PDF. Only the
extension is changed from PDF to DOC, RTF or XLS depending on your
previous choice under Convert as.
7. Use the checkmark under the file names to have the converted document
opened in the target application.
Preview panel.
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