ARTS PDF STAMPER 3.0 User Manual
ARTS PDF
Stamper
Version 3.0
ARTS PDF Stamper User Guide
Contents
Contents
1. INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................. 4
2. SETUP .......................................................................................................... 5
2.1. System Requirements................................................................................ 5
2.2. Installation............................................................................................... 5
2.3. Activation................................................................................................. 6
2.4. Registration.............................................................................................. 7
2.5. Uninstalling ARTS PDF Stamper................................................................... 7
3. USING ARTS PDF STAMPER ............................................................................ 9
3.1. Starting ARTS PDF Stamper.......................................................................10
3.2. Menu......................................................................................................10
3.3. Toolbar...................................................................................................11
3.4. Stamp a document...................................................................................11
3.5. Undo Stamp ............................................................................................11
4. MANAGING STAMPS AND PROFILES .................................................................. 12
4.1. Creating a new Profile...............................................................................13
4.2. Creating a new Stamp ..............................................................................13
4.3. Previewing a Profile/Stamps ......................................................................13
4.4. Renaming Profiles/Stamps.........................................................................13
4.5. Deleting Profiles /Stamps ..........................................................................14
4.6. Rearranging Stamps.................................................................................14
4.7. Importing / Exporting Profiles ....................................................................14
4.8. Editing Stamps ........................................................................................15
4.9. Right Click Menus.....................................................................................15
5. DESIGNING STAMPS...................................................................................... 16
5.1. General Stamp Settings ............................................................................17
5.1.1. Layout........................................................................................................ 17
5.1.2. Pages Options.............................................................................................. 18
5.1.3. Border and Outline Font................................................................................ 18
5.1.4. Applying Actions to Stamps ........................................................................... 18
5.1.5. Using Absolute / Relative Addressing .............................................................. 20
5.2. Text Stamp Properties ..............................................................................21
5.2.1. Line spacing ................................................................................................ 21
5.2.2. Dynamic Text .............................................................................................. 22
5.2.3. Font........................................................................................................... 23
5.2.4. Adding Bates Numbers.................................................................................. 24
5.2.5. Adding Page Numbers................................................................................... 26
5.3. Image/PDF Stamp Settings........................................................................27
5.3.1. Size ........................................................................................................... 28
5.3.2. Page Number (PDF Stamps only).................................................................... 28
6. LOGGING .................................................................................................... 29
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6.1. View Log File ...........................................................................................29
6.2. Clear Log File...........................................................................................30
7. CONFIGURING PREFERENCES .......................................................................... 31
7.1. File Handling ...........................................................................................31
7.2. Defaults..................................................................................................31
8. BATCH PROCESSING...................................................................................... 32
9. CUSTOMIZE A TOOLBAR BUTTON...................................................................... 34
10. TROUBLESHOOTING....................................................................................... 36
10.1. Frequently Asked Questions....................................................................36
10.2. Forum .................................................................................................37
10.3. Known Issues .......................................................................................37
10.4. Updates...............................................................................................38
10.5. Maintenance.........................................................................................38
10.6. Technical Support .................................................................................39
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Introduction
1. Introduction
ARTS PDF Stamper is a plug-in for Adobe Acrobat for stamping text, watermarks and backgrounds
to pages on a PDF document. With ARTS PDF Stamper, users can customize the content,
appearance and action of each stamp as well as combining multiple stamps into one stamp profile.
This includes aligning and setting the size of each stamp, or even making your stamps behave like
hyperlinks.
Using ARTS PDF Stamper, you can:
• Stamp text and
• Apply Page and Bates Numbers
• Apply image watermarks (BMP, RLE, DIB, GIF, JPG, PCX, PNG, EPS and TIFF)
• Stamp one PDF onto another
• Specify the position, scale and angle of rotation for text and image stamps
• Set
• Stamp using
• Combine single stamps into a profile for faster application.
• Copy and paste stamps between profiles
• Save profiles for later use
• Set up batch processes to apply stamps across many files.
actions for individual stamps.
dynamic text
Bates Numbering format
Figure 1. The ARTS PDF Stamper main window
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Setup
2. Setup
2.1. System Requirements
Windows
• Intel® Pentium® processor or equivalent
• For Acrobat 5.0 users:
Workstation 4.0 with Service Pack 6, Windows® 2000 with Service Pack 2,
Windows XP Professional or Home Edition, or Windows XP Tablet PC Edition
• For Acrobat 6.0 users: Microsoft Windows 98 SE, Microsoft® Windows NT®
Workstation 4.0 with Service Pack 6, Windows® 2000 with Service Pack 2,
Windows XP Professional or Home Edition, or Windows XP Tablet PC Edition
• For Acrobat 7.0 users: Microsoft® Windows® 2000 with Service Pack 2, Windows
XP Professional or Home Edition, or Windows XP Tablet PC Edition
• 64MB of RAM (128MB recommended)
• 50MB of available hard-disk space
• 1,024x768 screen resolution
• Adobe® Acrobat® 5.0 or later. Batch processing is only supported in Acrobat 5,
Acrobat 6 Professional and Acrobat 7 Professional.
Macintosh
• PowerPC® G3 processor
• Mac OS X v.10.2.2 or higher
• 64MB of RAM
• 50MB of available hard-disk space
• 1,024x768 screen resolution
• Adobe® Acrobat® 5.0 or later. Batch processing is only supported in Acrobat 5,
Acrobat 6 Professional and Acrobat 7 Professional.
For technical support queries, please consult the Troubleshooting section of this manual or email
techsupport@artspdf.com.
Microsoft Windows 98 SE, ME, Microsoft® Windows NT®
2.2. Installation
You may have received this software on either CD-ROM or as a downloaded file.
Macintosh (CD-ROM)
To install from a CD-ROM:
1. Verify that Adobe Acrobat is not running.
2. Insert the CD-ROM.
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3. Open the CD and double click the Install f ile.
4. Navigate to ARTS PDF Stamper.
5. Click install.
6. Follow the prompts to install ARTS PDF Stamper.
Macintosh (.hqx)
If you downloaded ARTS PDF Stamper, to install:
1. Verify that Adobe Acrobat is not running.
2. Decompress the distribution file provided.
3. Execute the installation file.
4. Follow the prompts to install ARTS PDF Stamper.
Windows (CD-ROM)
To install from a CD-ROM:
1. Verify that Adobe Acrobat is not running.
2. Insert the CD-ROM.
3. If the CD-ROM does not automatically start, navigate to the CD in Windows
Explorer and execute the Windows Installer.exe file.
4. Navigate to ARTS PDF Stamper.
5. Click Install.
6. Follow the prompts to install ARTS PDF Stamper.
Windows (.exe)
If you downloaded ARTS PDF Stamper, to install:
1. Verify that Adobe Acrobat is not running.
2. Execute the installation file provided.
3. Follow the prompts to install ARTS PDF Stamper.
2.3. Activation
If you have the demo version of ARTS PDF Stamper installed, activate the full version
using the following steps:
1. In Acrobat select ‘Help > About 3
2. Ensure you have a valid serial. To obtain a valid serial you must purchase the
product:
a. Select the ‘Register’ tab page and click on ‘Buy Now’ to purchase the full
version.
b. After your purchase has been confirmed, you will receive an email containing
your serial number.
3. Select the ‘Register’ tab page and click on ‘Activate’.
4. Enter your license details, including your serial n umber, and click “OK”.
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2.4. Registration
ARTS PDF provide the option of registering your copy of ARTS PDF Stamper online.
Online registration allows you to protect you r serial number. In the event you lose or
misplace your serial, we can locate and provide your serial to you on request.
Registered customers will also receive important upgrade information and notification of
product updates.
1. After activating your copy of ARTS PDF Stamper you will be prompted to register
online. Do one of the following:
• Click “Now” to register your product online
• Click “Later” to register at a later stage. After entering your license
details, you can register your product anytime by clicking on the “Register
Now” button of the Register tab.
2. When registering your product, complete the online form and click “Submit
Registration”.
3. You only need register your product with us once.
To manually register your ARTS PDF product, please visit our online registration page,
http://www.artspdf.com/register.asp.
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2.5. Uninstalling ARTS PDF Stamper
Macintosh
To install on a Macintosh platform:
1. Execute the installation file
2. To continue with uninstalling ARTS PDF Stamper you must accept the software
license agreement.
3. Select the application ARTS PDF Stamper was installed under (eit her Acrobat 5 or
Acrobat 6) and click ‘Open’.
4. From the drop down menu, select the ‘Uninstall’ item.
Alternatively, to uninstall:
1. Verify that Adobe Acrobat is not running.
2. Locate the folder containing Acrobat plug-ins.
For example when installed on Acrobat 6.0, typically files can be found in Drive:
Applications: Adobe Acrobat 6.0 Professional: ARTS PDF Plug-ins: ARTS PDF
Stamper
3. Delete the ARTS PDF Stamper files.
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You must be connected to the Internet.
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If you installed ARTS PDF Stamper from a CD-ROM, insert the CD, launch the Install file, navigate to ARTS
PDF Stamper and click install (you can choose to uninstall at a later time).
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Windows
To install on a Windows platform:
1. Verify that Adobe Acrobat is not running.
2. Click Start > Settings > Control Panel.
3. Open Add/Remove Programs.
4. Select ‘ARTS PDF Stamper 3.0’ from the menu.
5. Click ‘Add/Remove’.
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Using ARTS PDF Stamper
3. Using ARTS PDF Stamper
The main features of ARTS PDF Stamper are:
• Stamp text on a PDF document.
Use Text Stamp feature to create single or multi-line text stamps.
for headers, footers and hyperlinks. A variety of
you to easily insert date, time, page numbers and document information such as Author, Title
and Subject at runtime.
Dynamic Text options are available to allow
• Stamp an Image on a PDF document.
Image Stamp feature enables you to stamp single or multiple images on PDF document.
The
ARTS PDF Stamper supports a number of different image types. These include BMP, RLE, DIB,
GIF, JPG, PCX, PNG, EPS and TIFF formats
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• Stamp a page from a PDF document on another PDF document.
Stamp a page from a PDF onto another document using the
modify the placement, layout and action of the PDF stamp in the same way as text and the
image stamps.
PDF Stamp feature. You can
Text stamps are often used
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Stamping with these image file formats is supported on Acrobat 6 only. Under Acrobat 5 only TIFF and JPEG
are supported. To stamp with an EPS or GIF first convert the file to PDF and recreate the stamp as a PDF
stamp.
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Using ARTS PDF Stamper
3.1. Starting ARTS PDF Stamper
To use ARTS PDF Stamper, first locate the ARTS PDF Stamper tool button or menu item
under the Acrobat Plug-in menu
Acrobat’s menu to create, edit, mange or apply a stamp to a document. Once a stamp
profiles is created, you can use it to easily stamp the active document by selecting it
from either the tool button drop down or ‘Plug-ins > ARTS PDF Stamper’ menu.
For any difficulties starting up ARTS PDF Stamper, please consult the Troubleshooting section of
this manual or email
techsupport@artspdf.com.
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. Use either the toolbar5 or the menu items from
3.2. Menu
ARTS PDF Stamper can be accessed from the Plug-ins > ARTS PDF Stamper menu.
Figure 2. The ARTS PDF Stamper menu
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Please refer to the FAQ section of this user guide for assistance with installing ARTS PDF Stamper.
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Under Acrobat 5, left click and hold the ARTS PDF Stamper tool button to display the drop down menu.
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Using ARTS PDF Stamper
3.3. Toolbar
ARTS PDF Stamper can be accessed from the ARTS PDF Stamper toolbar.
Figure 3. The ARTS PDF Stamper toolbar
3.4. Stamp a document
To apply a stamp, open a PDF document and select or create your desired stamp profile.
To select a stamp either:
• Open the Manage Stamps dialog and select the profile from the list. Click ‘Stamp’
to process.
• Select a stamp profile from the ARTS PDF Stamper menu.
• Click the drop down tool button.
Once selected, the active document will be stamped with the chosen profile.
Note: All the stamps within a profile are applied to the document. If a stamp is selected rather
than the profile, the ‘Stamp’ button is disabled.
3.5. Undo Stamp
To remove or undo the last stamp applied simply select ‘Undo’ from the ARTS PDF
Stamper menu or tool button. You cannot undo a stamp if the document was saved
after being stamped.
Figure 4. Undo Feature
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Managing Stamps and Profiles
4. Managing Stamps and Profiles
To activate the Stamp Management dialog, click the ARTS PDF Stamper tool button or select
‘Manage Stamps’ from the ‘Plug-ins > ARTS PDF Stamper’ menu item.
ARTS PDF Stamper uses stamp profiles, allowing users to apply any combination of stamps in a
single action. Stamp profiles also allow users to copy and share stamps between profiles. For
example, an individual copyright footer, company logo and page numbers can be stored within a
single profile. When stamping with this profile, all stamps are applied to the open document(s)
when processed.
ARTS PDF Stamper profiles are saved for reuse. Profiles can also be shared by different users
using the
Profiles subfolder of the installation directory, e.g. C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat
6.0\Acrobat\plug_ins\ARTS PDF Stamper\Profiles or Drive: Applications: Adobe Acrobat 6.0
Professional: ARTS PDF Plug-ins: ARTS PDF Stamper:Profiles.
import and export features. Saved profiles are stored (with a .nxp extension) in the
Figure 5. Main Dialog – Managing all stamp profiles
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