Nuance PDF CONVERTER STANDARD 3 QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE

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, CorelTM WordPerfect®, and generic RTF files. It also lets you open PDF files
directly from these applications, edit them and save them in the appropriate file type. It con­verts 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 algo­rithms for each. Your choices and target applications are as follows:

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WordPerfect

Rich Text (RTF)

Word

Excel

Document

Form

Spreadsheet

True Page

Flowing Column

Logical Form
Recognition (LFR)

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Most PDF files contain a text layer with standard character encoding. ScanSoft PDF Con­verter 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.

Installation and Activation

Please remove any previous version of PDF Con­verter before the installation.

1. Insert the CD-ROM in your CD-ROM drive.

The installation program will start automatically.
If it does not, locate your CD-ROM drive in
Windows Explorer and double-click the con­verter's setup.exe file. Select a language for
installation. The InstallShield
appear.
(If you have downloaded the converter from the
ScanSoft web site, double-click its setup.exe
file.)

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Wizard will

rectly entered, no user interaction is required and
no personal information is transmitted. If you do
not activate the product at installation time, you
will be invited to do this each time you invoke
the program. PDF Converter can be launched
only five times without activation.

Note: System requirements are presented on the product
box and in online Help. The user performing installation
or un-installation should have Administrator rights on
the computer. Administrator rights are recommended
for activation and de-activation.

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; it is
fully checked only during product activation and
is also needed for any re-installations. The
installer offers a default location for the program.
Accept it or define a different one.

3. Click Finish.

Registration runs at the end of installation. Select
Register Online to establish a connection to the
ScanSoft web site. We provide an easy electronic
form that can be completed in a few moments.
When the form is filled, click Submit. If you
decide not to register or to be reminded later, you
can go to

http://www.scansoft.com to register

online any time later. Click on Support and from
the main support screen choose Register in the
left-hand column. For a statement on the use of
your registration data, please see ScanSoft's Pri­vacy Policy.

How to Get Help

This printed Quick Reference Guide accompanies
the ScanSoft PDF Converter when it is supplied on
a CD. This guide is also available as in a PDF file
on the CD and after installation in the program
folder. It can also be accessed from the About panel.
When the program is delivered electronically, this
PDF document should be consulted. It is available at
the download site.

ScanSoft PDF Converter has an online Help system.
All program screens have Help buttons. Help is pro­vided in a PDF file; use the Table of Contents or the
search function in your PDF viewer to find the
information you need. You can download a PDF
viewer free of charge from the web. ScanSoft PDF
Converter Professional can also display PDF files.

Press F1 or click the Help button to
open the online Help system at the
first page.

4. Activate.

You will be invited to activate the product at the
end of installation. Please ensure that web access
is available. Provided your serial number is
found at its storage location and has been cor-

A Readme file with latest information is available
on the CD and in the program folder. The ScanSoft
web site offers program information, with a regu­larly updated knowledge base and user forums.