Nuance ScanSoft PDF Converter - 6.0 Quick Reference Guide

Quick Reference Guide

This Guide shows screen pictures made with Windows

appearance may vary under other Operating Systems.

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Why are PDF files popular?

The Portable Document Format has become a de-facto standard for document exchange across platforms and computing environments. More than 200 million PDF documents are posted on the World Wide Web. Key benefits that have driven this popularity are:

• Integrity: PDF files look like the original documents they were

created from. They conserve their appearance after sharing regardless of platform, operating system, installed fonts or local settings on each computer or device.

• File size: In many cases, PDF files can be more compact than their

source documents - ideal for file transfer.

• Security: PDF files can be digitally signed and password protected

to prevent unauthorized changes.

• Sharing: While the basic document content can be frozen,

commenting and mark-up tools allow collective authoring and document review.

These advantages apply mainly to file transfer, but many people receiving PDF files need to access the document content, in order to edit or reformat it. This is the role of PDF Converter 6.

What PDF Converter does for you

The Nuance® PDF Converter 6 lets you unlock PDF and XPS files to edit them as Microsoft PowerPoint

you open PDF or XPS files directly from these and other applications, edit them and save them in the appropriate file type. It converts PDF files up to and including version 1.7. Encrypted PDF files can be opened if the required password is provided.

WordTM, Microsoft® Excel®, Microsoft

, Corel® WordPerfectTM, and generic RTF files. It also lets

The PDF Product family

Nuance Communications, Inc. offers three PDF products:

• Nuance PDF Converter to unlock PDF and XPS files

• Nuance PDF Create to create PDF files

• Nuance PDF Converter Professional to unlock, create, edit,

comment and share PDF files; and to unlock and create XPS files.

Installation and Activation

PDF Converter 6 detects previous versions and prompts for your confirmation to remove them. You should have administrator rights on the computer to install and activate the program. You need web access for activation.

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 Microsoft

double-click the converter's autorun.exe file. Select a language for installation. The InstallShield (If you have downloaded the converter from the Nuance web site or a

reseller’s site, double-click its autorun.exe file.)

2. License and Serial Number

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 Nuance web site or a reseller’s site, at the download location. Some resellers let you see the serial number at a later time, by returning to your purchase order. 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.

3. Location and Setup Type

The installer offers a default location for the program. Accept it or define a different one. Select Complete or Custom Setup. Choose Custom to enable or disable the integration of PDF Converter in other programs. By default, all the programs offered in the PDF Converter Integration panel of the InstallShield Wizard will be enabled. You can later change any of

Windows® Explorer and

Wizard will appear.

these settings at any time using the Preferences panel accessed from the File menu of the Converter Assistant.

4. Click Finish

Registration runs at the end of installation. Select Register Online to establish a connection to the Nuance 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 later. Click on Support and from the main support screen choose

http://www.nuance.com to register online any time

Register in the left-hand column. For a statement on the use of your registration data, please see Nuance's Privacy Policy.

5. 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 correctly 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.

How to Get Help

This guide is available 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 is available at the download site and is included in the download.

Nuance PDF Converter has a comprehensive HTML Help system. Use the Help Menu to open it at its Introduction.

Press F1 to open Help at the topic describing the currently open panel. Some dialog boxes have Help buttons.

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

Note: System requirements are presented on the product box and in Help.

The PDF Converter Assistant

Start this from the Windows Start Menu or from your desktop if you placed a shortcut there. The Assistant lets you prepare and control conversions. Its Full view shows you a preview of PDF and XPS files to be converted and lets you set page ranges. The panel on the right lists all files selected for conversion; icons show loading or conversion status. Help explains the meanings of the icons.

PDF Converter offers four levels of control:

Quick View:

This allows quick conversions using current settings for everything beyond four basic choices.

Full View:

This presents the same four buttons from Quick View, but also displays page previews and offers all settings that influence the conversions. Choose a mode to see its settings. Choose a target (or click the Output tool when there is no choice) to set saving options. Full view lists all files in the current conversion session along with status information for each of them.

Left View:

This appears when PDF Converter is called from inside a target application. Then only a single file can be converted, so just the left preview panel and its controls are needed.

No Assistant:

From some starting places where the input file and target are predefined, you can by-pass the Assistant altogether and perform a direct conversion using existing settings. See How to start the program.

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