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1. Name Unique watermark name Print On You can select on which PDF pages to print the watermark Available options are All pages Even pages First page Odd pages Range Range If you selected Range from the Print On drop down list you can enter the page range in the next format 2 3 5 or 2 5 Text Enter the text that will be written as watermark on the PDF pages Text Properties You can set different options here for the text like font name and style height fit Font Select a font from the list of the TrueType and OpenType fonts installed on your computer Size Select text height If the Fit to margins checkbox is not checked you can enter a value If the Fit to margins checkbox is checked the size is calculated automatically so the text fits the PDF page novaPDF v7 User Manual Copyright 2010 Softland novaPDF 87 1 3 9 3 Style Bold Italic Outline Select the Font style by checking corresponding check boxes You can see in the Preview how the text will look like Fit to margins You can choose to draw the watermark text on the entire PDF page by checking the Fit to margins checkbox By default this option is checked Other This group deals with color rotation and opacity Color You can choose the text color By default the color is black Rotation You can choose a rotation angle for the text watermark By default there is no rotation Opacity You can se
2. 1 2 3 2 1 1 Document The Document page from the Change Options window contains settings for PDF document information and how the PDF document should be opened by the default PDF reader Note that these options apply only for the document currently being printed they are not saved in the current profile To have changes saved in the profile you need to set them through the Printing Preferences Document window Document Graphics Configure Email Security Document information Title lt Default gt Subject Author lt Default gt Keywords PDF viewer options Start page Page layout 1 Continuous x Show Magnification Page only v Default sl ox cancel Help Document Information The Document Information is specific for each printed document and should be set on each printing job If you wish you can use some lt Default gt tags that will fill automatically the fields with information from the printing job Title Sets the document title If you use the lt Default gt tag the title will be the name of the document that is printed as it is sent by the printing application Subject Sets the subject for the printed document Default is empty Author Sets the author of the printed document If you use the lt Default gt tag the author will be the windows user that started the print job Keywords novaPDF v7 User Manual Copyright 2010 Softlan
3. 96 novaPDF v7 You can select any of next macros e N Document name YMD Date in the format YYYYMMDD year month day Y Year in the format YYYY M Month in the format MM D Day in the format DD HIS time in the format hhmmss hour minute second H Hour in the format hh I Minute in the format mm S Second in the format ss C Counter in the format cc it begins with 01 and increases at each printed document if a file with the same name exists in the save folder W Computer name e U User name 1 3 11 Overlay The Overlay page of the Printing Preferences window allows you to enable and configure the options for inserting overlaying a PDF document onto an existing one The window can be opened by choosing the Printing Preferences menu item when novaPDF is selected in the Printers and Faxes window and clicking the Overlay tab This tab is also accessible from the printing Windows application in the Print dialog if you press the Properties Preferences button when novaPDF is selected PDF documents overlay could also be called PDF stitching means that you can insert the content of a PDF file in another PDF document either in front of the existing content or as the background for the existing one and create a single PDF file containing the merged information For example if you have a PDF template branded with your company information that shows in the header footer and you re
4. Graphics Optimization of image sequences Fonts Embedding Fonts Embed subsets Fonts Always embed list Fonts Never embed list Sf SY wc wc wc wc wc SC wc wc wc RIS IGISIG GIGI IS SIS ISIS ISIS IG 18 18 18 18 18 ISIS ISIS IG V AS S S AKAAKA AKAK KA L E I S X I Y siele Le s lle s sel sl s V S S S AKARAK RIR I Y RIR I Y X S Y X 7 Y RIR I Y RI R I A RI R I Y RIR I Y RIR I Y X I Y RIR I Y X17 v V AS S S s lle s V AS S S s ls sl s novaPDF v7 User Manual Copyright 2010 Softland novaPDF 9 Document Set info Title Subject Author Keywords Document Set start page Document Set page layout Document Show panels Document Magnification Security Encryption level none 40 bit 128 bit Security Set document permissions Security Password protection user owner PDF Signatures Use system certificates PDF Signatures Use signature from file PDF Signatures Customize PDF signature PDF Signatures Set signature position PDF Signatures Sign first last custom page Links Detect visible URLs and local files Links Customize appearance Bookmarks Multiline match regardless of level Bookmarks Set number of level open to level Bookmarks Multiple definitions Bookmarks Detect by f
5. novaPDF JD Paperless office solutions novaPDF User Manual Copyright 2010 Softland novaPDF User Manual for novaPDF Professional version 7 by Softland This documentation contains proprietary information of Softland All rights reserved No part of this documentation shall be reproduced stored ina retrieval system or transmitted by any means electronic mechanical photocopying recoding or otherwise without permission from Softland No patent liability is assumed with respect to the use of the information contained herein The information in this document is subject to change without notice Although every precaution has been taken in the preparation of this book Softland assumes no responsibility for errors and omissions Nor is any liability assumed for damages resulting from the information contained herein Windows is a registered trademark of the Microsoft Corporation All other products or company names in this document are used for identification purposes only and may be trademarks of their respective owners Contents 3 Table of Contents Part novaPDF 6 1 Installing NOVAP DEF o s 2 eccecceeceeesssenensseeennnncceenssaeeeensaeesesaeceessaeesensaeeseasceeeeaneceessssaesenssses 6 What edition to CHOOSE rst ttre eet eee ceenenenneennananaeaeeseneneseseeneevavavaeenesesesesenecauaeauaeaeseneseneneneneanenagy 6 Feature Matrix EE 7 ECHTEN IN 11 COMMANGA hhe EEN 11 System requirements GEES 14
6. Available algorithms are Floyd amp Steinberg error diffusion Bayer ordered dispersed dot 4x4 Bayer ordered dispersed dot 8x8 Ordered clustered dot 6x6 Ordered clustered dot 8x8 Ordered clustered dot 16x16 By default the Floyd amp Steinberg error diffusion dither method is used to dither monochrome images Dithering is not available for text and graphics Fonts The Fonts page of the Printing Preferences window allows you to choose which fonts will be embedded or not in the resulting PDF file The window can be opened by choosing the Printing Preferences menu item when novaPDF is selected in the Printers and Faxes window and clicking the Fonts tab This tab is also accessible from the printing Windows application in the Print dialog if you press the Properties Preferences button when novaPDF is selected Embedding fonts ensures that the resulting PDF file has the same look and feel as the original document novaPDF supports Type1 TrueType and OpenType fonts novaPDF v7 User Manual Copyright 2010 Softland novaPDF 63 New Public Profile Private profile Embed font subsets _ Embed all used fonts d Force embedding of protected fonts Available fonts V Always embed fonts Ch Adobe Caslon Pro Bold 7 Ob Adobe Garamond Pro Bold Tf Agency FB T Aharoni T Algerian T Andalus T Angsana New Tr AngsanaUPC Seeche V Never embed fonts T Arial Narrow T Arial T Arial Rounded MT
7. Ready E Print to file Location Comment Find Printer Page Range Al Selection Pages 1 Enter either a single page number or a single page range For example 5 12 Using novaPDF printer driver advantages e Converts to PDF from any applications It will let you convert to PDF any type of document that supports printing The conversion is done in the same way you would print to a regular printer just that instead of the regular printer you ll have to select the novaPDF printer driver Using novaPDF printer driver disadvantages e Convert hidden hyperlinks It can convert only visible links in the PDF document i e www novapdf com will be converted but not novapdf com unlike the novaPDF add ins for Microsoft Office which can convert hidden hyperlinks too Read more about novaPDF printer driver on the Create PDF from any application section Create PDF from Office applications Create PDF from Microsoft Word During installation novaPDF gives the option to install add ins for Microsoft Office applications Word Excel By default this option is checked and it will add in the supported Microsoft Office applications for now Word and Excel another tab called novaPDF that will let users create PDF files directly from the Office interface by simply clicking a button Create PDF files from Microsoft Word using the novaPDF Add in for Microsoft Office e Open the Microsoft Word document you want
8. 5 Printer Driver Features Color Yes Paper available Double sided No A4 Staple No Speed Unknown Maximum resolution 2400 dpi L oe 1 Geet Jl ee 4 You will be prompted to select a location and name for the test PDF file Choose one and click Save P os Save PDF File As v 4 Search 5 After the PDF was created and saved it will open in your default PDF reader and you will see the printed test page If novaPDF is not registered a notice is printed at the end of the PDF file This can be removed from further created PDF files by purchasing a license and registering it novaPDF v7 User Manual Copyright 2010 Softland 30 novaPDF v7 S Adobe Reader Test Page pdf Soe Zi File Edit View Document Tools Window Help Windows Printer Test Page Cegarra Foa cae mat Pa Pevaton zs tae covecdy ta war pg Po Cendap 5 Porte Dever an WETA AC The AEN deica deacter par pirar She ad pot regen Dt Tire 13934 PH e007 Corea weg ES Fees rage eat Free recat pova POF Pro Deckers Pre Cover Coor Vee C Wir crew ayer Mepoe RN TRICE nat wire The h Pe anc cf De pnw ise page Attachments VM 4 Comments Cremted et aaa POF Pride ewe 231 con Piesne sagaer io rence this meswmga To print a test page in Windows XP or Windows 2003 Server 1 Go to Start and click on Printers and Faxes if you have the Classic menu go to Start gt Settings
9. Adding a PDF signature with novaPDF pdf Mee OK Cancel Help Folder The Folder field is greyed out and you cannot change the folder where the PDF is saved You can remove this restriction if you go to Printing Preferences gt Save gt Prompt Save As dialog and in Configure Save Options and check the option Allow change folder File name In the file name field you can e manually type a name for the generated PDF file without specifying the path in this case the PDF will be saved in the folder that shows up in the Folder field If a PDF file with the same name already exists in the destination you ll be asked to overwrite it If you want to have additional options for the PDF to be saved such as its filename location merging with another existing PDF file append insert opening the PDF automatically after conversion and or send it via email you can use the Prompt extended save dialog under the Save tab Stay on top This is checked by default and it makes the Select Profile window topmost shown in front of other windows this way being easily visible when there are many windows opened Configuring novaPDF Page The main page of the Printing Preferences window allows you to select a predefined page size define a custom page size change the page orientation preview your selection set the resolution scale access the Manage Predefined Forms window and access the Margins and Zoom window The window can be opened by choosing th
10. Bold A Courier T Arial Unicode MS T Times New Roman Ch Arno Pro Oh Arno Pro Caption Ch Arno Pro Display Ob Arno Pro Light Display Embed font subsets You can choose to embed only subsets of font files by checking the Embed Font Subsets check box This will generate smaller PDF files so this setting is enabled by default When using characters that are not in the standard Latin character set eastern European character set Japanese Chinese Korean or other character sets the font subset is included in the PDF file no matter if the font subsets checkbox is set or not because otherwise these characters will not be included in the generated PDF files Embed all used fonts You can choose to embed all fonts that are used in a PDF file by checking the Embed All Used Fonts check box This will generate bigger PDF files so this setting is not recommended unless you have to open the generated PDF files on a computer that does not have all used fonts installed Force embedding of protected fonts You can choose to embed all fonts that are used in a PDF file by checking the Embed All Used Fonts check box However there are some commercial fonts that have restrictions regarding embedding so if you have the right to embed and distribute those fonts with your PDF check this option and those fonts will be embedded in spite of the restrictions Available fonts The available fonts list shows all TrueType O
11. Delete Move Up novaPDF v7 User Manual Copyright 2010 Softland 82 novaPDF v7 1 3 9 1 Enable watermarks You can choose to enable watermarks by checking this option Depending on the number of added watermarks the size of the resulted PDF files will increase Watermarks You can define copy edit and delete watermarks and change their order in this group Watermaks list The list contains information about all watermarks The Name column holds the watermark s name the Type column shows the type text or image New Text This button opens a new window see New Edit Text Watermark and adds a new text watermark at the end of the list New Image This button opens a new window see New Edit Image Watermark and adds a new image watermark at the end of the list Copy This button adds a new watermark with the same attributes as the selected one in the list view A new window is opened and you can change the attributes of the new watermark Edit This button opens a new window edit text image watermark where you can modify the attributes of a text or image watermark such as enabling or disabling the watermark image file transparency and position Delete The delete button remove the selected watermark from the list Move Up The watermarks are added on the PDF pages in the order they are defined in the list If you want to bring forward one of them use the Move Up button Move Down The watermar
12. For more details on how to manage profiles consult the Profiles section The active profile is shown at the top of the window having in parenthesis what type of profile it is For example if Profile1 Private profile is shown at the top it means that the name of the active profile is Profile1 and it is a private profile Document The Document page of the Printing Preferences window contains settings for PDF document information and how the PDF document should be opened by the default PDF reader The window can be opened by choosing the Printing Preferences menu item when novaPDF is selected in the Printers and Faxes window and clicking the Document tab This tab is also accessible from the printing Windows application in the Print dialog if you press the Properties Preferences button when novaPDF is selected novaPDF v7 User Manual Copyright 2010 Softland novaPDF 65 GD New Public Profile Private profile Document information Title novaPDF 7 released Subject novaPDF now offers Type1 font support Author Softland Keywords novapdf type1 font PDF viewer options Start page Page layout 1 Continuous Show Magnification Page only v Default 7 Document Information The Document Information is specific for each printed document and should be set on each printing job If you wish you can use some lt Default gt tags that will fill automatically the fields with inform
13. NOVAPDE SDK EE 14 2 Using novaPDF ievsse ccccceeceeesseeeensseeensneceesnssesensseesesaseeeesnscceeessaesenaseeeeaseccesesssaesensseeseaaeeeeens 15 Introduction wrest tsetse eset es este ee eteeeetetetetenenenenenenenaeaeaeseseseneneneneseseueeavavaenesenenenenesesenecavauaeaeenesenenenenenenenenneannanes 15 Create PDF from Office applications Leed a EEN 18 Create PDF from Microsoft Word AEN 18 Create PDF from Microsoft Excell ENNEN 21 Create PDF from any application SEENT EET E E EE 24 EI dl del 32 Extended Save Dialog EE 32 Change options ee ee et enee Te 34 leeft EIER 36 Graphics EE 37 Configure 00S EE 38 Security EEN A0 Network ET dE 41 Extended Save Dialog restricted EE EE EE EE 42 Change options REESEN 44 Wlslelfto IER 45 Graphics BEES OPFOR PCC EPEC TSS CE PETS REO CERT CE e 46 Configure EI EI 47 Security eege 49 Save As Dialog ei Mg ee Sede Aik anette nue ee Mee Accs hae Aaa ee 50 Save As Dialog restricted EEN 51 3 Configuring NOVA P DE veeeeseccscecetesseeeessnsenensseeenanseeeessacesessesensseeeeasaneesesssaesensseesenaeeeees 52 Page KEE Eege 52 Manage Predefined FOrims EEN 55 Margins IN LOOM EE 56 Graphics VEER 59 Compression asl ed NEES NENNEN cine luni 60 Downsampling EE 61 COMNVEISION eeenensniien elintoiminto eantata aa hit 61 Fonts _ __ ws tststsvsveseetesesesenenanenauauauauauseseseneneneseeeeeeeeaeaeaeseseseneneneneseseuevavavaeauaeaeseseneseseeeuauavavaeaeauseseneneneneneususnanananas 62 DOCUMEANH dE 64 Se
14. PDF file will be opened with the last used folder selected Use this option if you wish to save several PDF files in the same folder or if you want to append new generated PDF files to the previous generated PDF file Always use this folder In the Folder field you can set a folder where the files will be saved The path you enter here will be shown on the Save As dialog when printing You can also enter network paths UNC in the Always use this folder field in case the folder where you want to save the PDF is not on the local computer Only a full path is allowed For example suppose PDF_Server PC1 is mapped on your workstation as drive X then the following paths are both valid and indicate the same folder PDF_Server PC1 PDF or X PDF If the network file requires authentication different from your user login you have to click on Connect using a different user name and enter the username password novaPDF v7 User Manual Copyright 2010 Softland 94 novaPDF v7 Allow changing folder If this option is unchecked when you print from a program and Prompt Save As dialog or Prompt extended save dialog is selected you will not be able to change the folder where the PDF is saved from that dialog but only the filename If you want to be able to change the folder where the PDF is saved from that save as dialog leave this option checked File File name You can manually type a name for the generated PDF file in the Fil
15. Printer and choose the novaPDF server you shared on the print server e in Windows Explorer go to the print server open Printers and Faxes select novaPDF server and from the pop up menu choose Connect After a connection was made to the novaPDF server you can see it in your list of printers on the workstation client computer You can go to any application and print to it Uninstall Go to the novaPDF application group from the Windows Start menu and click Uninstall novaPDF You can also uninstall the application from Add or Remove programs from the Control Panel Network uninstall On the workstations client computers go to the Windows Start menu Settings open Printers and Faxes Select the novaPDF server and delete it On the print server go to the novaPDF application group from the Windows Start menu and click Uninstall novaPDF You can also uninstall the application using the Add Remove programs icon from the Control Panel Command line novaPDF setup can be called from command line with several parameters See the Command line topic for the parameters list Command line Install novaPDF SILENT VERYSILENT novaPDF v7 User Manual Copyright 2010 Softland 12 novaPDF v7 Instructs Setup to be silent or very silent When Setup is silent the wizard and the background window are not displayed but the installation progress window is When a setup is very silent this installation progress window
16. Private profile is shown at the top it means that the name of the active profile is Profile1 and it is a private profile 1 3 10 1 Configure Save Options Configure Save Options is available when clicking the same named button from the Save window after selecting the Prompt standard Save As dialog or Prompt extended Save dialog option You can set the folder where the PDF files will be saved after generation and add file naming macros to automatically name the generated PDF novaPDF v7 User Manual Copyright 2010 Softland novaPDF 93 Configure Save Options ES Folder Wy Use folder from LOCAL computer Use current user s default Documents folder Use printing application s current folder D Use last folder Always use this folder Connect using a different user name V Allow changing folder Folder Use current user s default Documents folder When this option is selected the Save As dialog for the PDF file will be opened with the Documents folder selected for the current logged in user Use printing application s current folder When this option is selected the Save As dialog for the PDF file will be opened with the printing application s current folder selected Use this option when you usually want to save the PDF file in the same folder as the original document that you are printing Use last folder When this option is selected the Save As dialog for the
17. be able to select which version edition to use for the current conversion process Bookmarks You can set various options related to detecting and generating PDF bookmarks novaPDF v7 User Manual Copyright 2010 Softland 20 novaPDF v7 Advanced Bookmarks Links Iw Convert Word Bookmarks to PDF Bookmarks Iw Convert Word Headings to PDF Bookmarks Styles Style Name Style Type Iren Standard 1 8 O afi Standard 1 O Article Section Standard 1 0 Balloon Text Standard 1 O Bibliography Standard 1 CO Block Text Standard 1 O Body Text Standard 1 O Body Text 2 Standard 1 CO Body Text 3 Standard 1 C Body Text First Indent Standard 1 C Body Text First Indent 2 Standard 1 X a m r Select All Clear All lt select Level gt gt DI Convert Word Bookmarks to PDF Bookmarks This is checked by default and will convert any Bookmarks defined already in the current document to bookmarks in the resulting PDF files Convert Word Headings to PDF Bookmarks If this is checked you can select which headings from the Word document will be transformed into bookmarks in the resulting PDF files By default all tags with Heading 1 9 will be converted as well as Title and Subtitle Links This section lets you customize how links will be detected and converted in the resulting PDF file novaPDF v7 User Manual Copyright 2010 Softland novaPDF 21 1 2 2 2 Advanced Bookmarks Links Iw
18. be converted Create PDF from Microsoft Excel During installation novaPDF gives the option to install add ins for Microsoft Office Word Excel By default this option is checked and it will add in the supported Microsoft Office applications for novaPDF v7 User Manual Copyright 2010 Softland 22 novaPDF v7 now only in Word and Excel another tab called novaPDF that will let users create PDF files directly from the Office interface by simply clicking a button Create PDF files from Microsoft Excel using the novaPDF Add in for Microsoft Office e Open the Microsoft Excel workbook you want to convert e Click on the novaPDF menu item e Optionally you can change the settings of the novaPDF printer or those of the novaPDF add in for Microsoft Office e Click on Save As PDF and you ll be asked for a location where to save the resulting PDF file Configure the settings of novaPDF Add in for Microsoft Office The add in installs itself with default settings but those can be modified if you need advanced customization of the resulting PDF Advanced This lets you select which printer to use and if you want to save the document before converting it Advanced Links F Save document before printing Convert document information Use novaPDF printer novaPDF Pro Server v7 e Convert sheet names to PDF bookmarks Print entire workbook SR Save document before printing When checked it will sav
19. before the printing from the Printing Preferences window e Convert hidden hyperlinks It can convert only visible links in the PDF document i e www novapdf com will be converted but not novapdf com unlike the novaPDF add ins for Microsoft Office which can convert hidden hyperlinks too novaPDF v7 User Manual Copyright 2010 Softland novaPDF 17 novaPDF Add ins for Microsoft Office During installation novaPDF gives the option to install an add ins for Microsoft Office applications By default is checked and it will add in the supported Microsoft Office applications for now is available in Word and Excel another tab called novaPDF that will let users create PDF files directly from the Office interface by simply clicking a button Home Menu Insert Page Layout References M PDF Q Eo Save novaPDF As PDF Settings em novaPD Advanced Bookmarks Links Save document before printing Convert document information Use novaPDF printer novaPDF Pro Server v7 e Using novaPDF add ins for Microsoft Office to create PDF files advantages e Converts hidden hyperlinks When the Office document contains a hyperlink clickable text that points to an external site or file that can be converted to a clickable active link in the resulting PDF document too The other two methods for creating PDF files with novaPDF cannot convert hidden hyperlinks only visible ones e Easier bookmark conversion Whe
20. chose to do so in the Merge with PDF file section or you ll be asked to overwrite it You can also enter network paths UNC in the File name field in case the folder where you want to save the PDF is not on the local computer Only a full path is allowed For example suppose PDF_Server PC1 is mapped on your workstation as drive X then the following paths are both valid and indicate the same folder PDF_Server PC1 PDF or X PDF If the network file requires authentication different from your user login you have to click on Connect using a different user name and enter the username password Merge with PDF file Using the options in this group you can select how to merge the current document you re converting with an existing PDF selected in the File name section by inserting it before the existing content or after it Append to existing PDF file If a PDF file with the same name already exists in the selected destination and the Append to existing PDF file option is checked the current PDF file will be merged with the existing one adding its pages at the end of the previous existing document Insert before existing PDF file novaPDF v7 User Manual Copyright 2010 Softland 34 novaPDF v7 If a PDF file with the same name already exists in the selected destination and the Insert before existing PDF file option is checked the current PDF file will be merged with the existing one adding its pages before the co
21. displayed each time Prompt extended Save dialog If this is selected each time you will create a PDF file you will be prompted with an extended save dialog where you can manually set the destination folder and file name for the generated PDF file whether to append or insert the content being printed to an already existing PDF file and what to do once the PDF is created open it with the default viewer or send it via email Using the Configure Save Options window you can add a default path to be remembered for each time you create a PDF file as well as to automatically assign a name for the PDF file using macros This way when this extended save dialog will prompt the default path will be opened and the name auto generated Prompt standard Save As dialog If this is selected each time you will create a PDF file you will be prompted with the Save As dialog where you can manually set the destination folder and file name for the generated PDF files Using the Configure Save Options window you can add a default path to be remembered for each time you create a PDF file as well as to automatically assign a name for the PDF file This way when the Save As dialog will prompt the default path will be opened and the name auto generated Use predefined settings Select this if you prefer to automatically save and name all generated PDF files in the same folder that can be defined in the Configure Save Options window novaPDF v7 User Manual Copy
22. enter the username and password of a user that has access to that computer if your currently logged in user doesn t have access rights The User name field is for the username Password If you need to use as an watermark an image that s located on another computer in your network you ll need to enter the username and password of a user that has access to that computer if your currently logged in user doesn t have access rights The Password field is where you have to enter the password Extended Save Dialog restricted The extended save dialog window is shown when the Prompt extended Save dialog option is selected on the Save tab This allows you to select additional options for the PDF to be saved such as its filename if you want it merged with another existing PDF file append insert and whether to open the PDF automatically after conversion and or send it via email Oo New Public Profile Private profile Wy Use folder from LOCAL computer Folder File name Adding a PDF signature with novaPDF pdf Net user and password Merge with PDF file I Append to existing PDF file PDF Password Insert before existing PDF file After save action IW Open PDF with default viewer a Send email Change Options ajo OK Cancel Help Folder The Folder field is greyed out and you cannot change the folder where the PDF is saved You can remove this restriction if you go to Printing Preferences gt Save g
23. if you chose not to install the add in you can still create PDF files from all Microsoft Office applications but in the general form that of printing to it like to a regular printing To create PDF files from Microsoft Word without using the add in follow these steps 1 Open the Word document that you want to convert to a PDF file 2 Go to File gt Print and select novaPDF from the Printers combo box 3 Click on Ok and choose a location for your PDF file novaPDF v7 User Manual Copyright 2010 Softland novaPDF 25 Document Microsoft Word S K lo amt cDe AaBbCcDe AaBbCi AaBbCc _ T Normal 1NoSpaci Heading1 Heading 2 et est Send the document directly to the default printer without making changes Print Preview Preview and make changes to pages before printing ORE File gt Print Number of copies 1 Gf Gt or pisi pis2 pis3 p s3 Print what Document D Zoom Pont All pages in range z Pages per sheet 1 page Scale to paper size No Scaling OSA Lage 7o 8 NEW be created Old FREE Support d 6 You are entitled to FREE customer support even if you are using the unregistered version registered users are answered first Compatibility Works on both ems ang How to create PDF files from Microsoft WordPad 1 Open the document that you want to convert to a PDF file 2 Go to File gt Print and select novaPDF from the Printe
24. in Printing Preferences Export profiles KS J Profiles Change to Name Type Public v New Public Profile Private Private File name Use the Browse button to add a name and select the path where the profiles file will be saved You can only export to nve files a proprietary format recognized by novaPDF Profiles The Profiles list view shows all the Profiles that were detected for this installation of novaPDF Thick the checkbox in front of the profiles you want to export and click on the Export button to save the selected profiles in a nve file Furthermore if you already have some profiles exported in a file you can select in the File name section the same file and add more profiles to it as novaPDF will recognize its format and what profiles already exist if a profile with the same name already exists in the output file you ll be asked if you want to overwrite the existing profile with the newly exported one Change type to After the detected profiles have been listed in the Profiles list view you have the option of changing the type of each detected profile to Public or Private To do so select the profile you want to change the type to and click on the Public Private button The type of the profile will be changed and shown in the Type column You can export profiles as private or public no matter if novaPDF v7 User Manual Copyright 2010 Softland no
25. is not displayed Everything else is normal so for example error messages during installation are displayed If a restart is necessary and the NORESTART command isn t used see below and Setup is silent it will display a Reboot now message box If it s very silent it will reboot without asking SUPPRESSMSGBOXES Instructs Setup to suppress message boxes Only has an effect when combined with SILENT and VERYSILENT NOCANCEL Prevents the user from canceling during the installation process by disabling the Cancel button and ignoring clicks on the Close button Useful along with SILENT or VERYSILENT NORESTART Instructs Setup not to reboot even if it s necessary RESTARTEXITCODE exit code Specifies the custom exit code that Setup is to return when a restart is needed Useful along with NORESTART DIR x dirname Overrides the default directory name displayed on the Select Destination Location wizard page A fully qualified pathname must be specified GROUP folder name Overrides the default folder name displayed on the Select Start Menu Folder wizard page NOICONS Instructs Setup to initially check the Don t create a Start Menu folder check box on the Select Start Menu Folder wizard page LANG language Specifies the language to use for the installation When a valid LANG parameter is used the Select Language dialog will be suppressed Languages languagei language2 Specifies the languages that will be i
26. is selected E Language Use user s regional settings Select language Bonegn Arabic ns Brazilian Portuguese Portugu s Ti Bulgarian 6bnrapcKu Chinese Simplified P amp 1 i Chinese Traditional PX Si Czech e tina Danish dansk Dutch ds French fran ais German Deutsch Korean SS Latin Serbian srpski Use user s regional settings If you check this option the language will be automatically selected depending on each user regional setting If the user language is not available in novaPDF the default language is chosen English Select Language If you want all users to use the same language select one of the languages in the Select language combo box novaPDF v7 User Manual Copyright 2010 Softland novaPDF 115 1 3 14 2 Register The Register window can be opened from the About page and allows entering a registration name and registration key to register novaPDF 8 Register e If you paid the license fee and received a registration name and key please fill this information in the fields below exactly as they appear in the instructions you received and press OK You can copy paste the information if you wish Registration name Registration key novaPDF Professional Server Version 7 0 Build 315 Windows Vista Enterprise Edition Service Pack 2 Version 6 0 6002 Platform x86 Register After purchasing a nov
27. name of the active profile is Profile1 and it is a private profile 1 3 8 Bookmarks The Bookmarks page of the Printing Preferences window allows you to enable and customize the detection of bookmarks in the original document The window can be opened by choosing the Printing Preferences menu item when novaPDF is selected in the Printers and Faxes window and clicking the Bookmarks tab This tab is also accessible from the printing Windows application in the Print dialog if you press the Properties Preferences button when novaPDF is selected New Public Profile Private profile V Enable bookmark detection V Allow multiline bookmarks V Match bookmarks regardless of level Bookmarks Name Description Add Heading1 Arial 22 1 Bold Edit Heading2 Arial 20 1 Bold Remove Use levels 2 Open to level 1 S Enable bookmark detection You can choose to enable bookmark detection in a PDF file by checking the Enable bookmark detection check box Depending on the number of bookmarks the size of the resulted PDF files will increase novaPDF v7 User Manual Copyright 2010 Softland novaPDF 79 1 3 8 1 Allow multiline bookmarks By checking this option you can choose to allow the detection of bookmarks placed on consecutive lines in a PDF file If you leave this check box unchecked such bookmarks will be detected as different ones Match bookmarks regardles
28. names Licensed Computers Licensed Add J WS17 No l R If a print job is started from a computer in the network the computer name is registered automatically for a license as long as there are licenses available So if you bought enough licenses for your network you don t have to configure anything all computers will be automatically registered when they initiate their first print job to the novaPDF on the printer server As the client computers are being assigned a license you will see the number of Available licenses decreasing and the licensed status as Yes near the name of the licensed computers The client computers are automatically added in the computers list even when the server is not licensed In this case all computers will be listed as unlicensed When novaPDF is registered the computers in the list are automatically licensed If you have more computers in the list then the number of licenses the computers at the end of the list will remain unlicensed You can see a status of the current available licenses in the lower right hand part under the Available licenses text If you wish you can manage the licensed workstations manually in the Licenses dialog You can Add Remove Rename or Unlicense workstations in the Licensed Computers list Depending on your network configuration you can choose what machine names to use for licensing NetBIOS names or DNS names You can switch at any
29. on Printers if you have the Classic menu go to Start gt Settings gt Printers 2 In the Printers window right click novaPDF and select Printing Preferences 3 novaPDF Printing Preferences window will be displayed and you will have the option to change the various settings available grouped in tabs a Oe novaPDF Pro Server v7 Printing Preferences L Z Watermarks Save Overlay Email Profiles About Page Graphics Fonts Document Security I Signature Links Bookmarks New Public Profile Private profile Page size Preview Predefined i Letter D 5 Custom Width Height SI mn i A Units Milimeters x Graphic Orientation Resoluti i Scale Sa esolution dpi Portrait 300 v 100 Margins and Zoom Landscape To access the novaPDF Printing Preferences window in Windows XP and Windows 2003 Server 1 Go to Start and click on Printers and Faxes if you have the Classic menu go to Start gt Settings gt Printers and Faxes novaPDF v7 User Manual Copyright 2010 Softland 32 novaPDF v7 1 2 3 1 1 2 3 2 2 In the Printers and Faxes window right click novaPDF and select Printing Preferences 3 novaPDF Printing Preferences window will be displayed and you will have the option to change the various settings available grouped in tabs To access the novaPDF Printing Preferences windo
30. one big image The process time will be slightly increased but the resulting PDF file will be smaller You should enable this option if you have many sequences of small monochrome images and your resulting PDF file is very large By default this option is not enabled Correct line widths Depending on the application you print from line widths can be sent in different ways If lines are printed with a wrong width from a certain application check this option to correct them Correct fill colors Depending on the application you print from fill colors can be inverted or not If colors are inverted in the resulted PDF when printing from a certain application check this option to correct them Optimize text By default novaPDF optimizes PDF size by compressing texts as much as possible However some fonts are not correctly defined in their font files and when applying this optimization the text may not be correct in the PDF file Uncheck this option if the text is not correct in your PDF files By default this option is checked Ignore empty pages If this option is checked the empty pages from your original document will not be added to the PDF document But the pages have to have no information at all no page number no header 1 3 13 2 Copy Profile This dialog is displayed when copying a profile public or private and allows naming the new profile The dialog can be opened by selecting an existing profile and pressing the Copy b
31. overlayed PDF until it reaches the end of the resulting pdf Example you have a document that has 5 pages and you want to overlay it with a PDF document that has 2 pages called overlay pdf The resulting PDF file will have 5 pages On the first page it will include the content of page 1 from overlay pdf on the second page it will include the content of page 2 from overlay pdf on the third page it will include the content of page 1 from overlay pdf on the fourth page it will include page 2 from overlay pdf and on the last page it will include page 1 from overlay pdf overlay pdf is added continuously always starting with the first page Printed Resulting PDF Overlay with Repeat if shorter overlay file Continuous As background If this option is checked the content from the overlayed file the one selected in the Overlay With field will be used as the background for the resulting PDF file Custom Position By pressing the Custom position button a new window is opened for customizing the position where the content of the overlayed file will be drawn see Custom Position All changes you make on this page are saved in the active profile For more details on how to novaPDF v7 User Manual Copyright 2010 Softland 100 novaPDF v7 manage profiles consult the Profiles section The active profile is shown at the top of the window having in parenthesis what type of profile it is For example if Profile1 Priva
32. the list Export You can select a certificate from the available ones and after that use the Export button to save the certificate on your disk to be either installed on another computer or for safekeeping The certificate will be saved as a cer or p7b file if the private key won t be exported or asa personal information exchange file pfx if the private key is exported too Note that only personal defined certificates allow exporting the private key Remove The remove button deletes the selected certificate from the list 1 3 6 1 1 Create certificate This window is used to create a personal certificate for signing PDF documents with It is opened by pressing the Create button from the Select certificate window A personal certificate defined this way is different from a trusted system certificate in terms of signature validity When a recipient opens the PDF document signed with a personal certificate if they don t have your private key imported as a Trusted certificate they ll receive a notice at the top of the PDF that the signature has problems A trusted system certificate if the signature didn t expire will display a valid certificate message Using personal certificates is useful when you want to share a document within the same company as you ll let your colleagues know that you are the author of the PDF document novaPDF v7 User Manual Copyright 2010 Softland 72 novaPDF v7 E E i 52 C
33. the pdf disallowing copy paste The options set here only apply to the document currently being printed they are not saved in the profile To have these options changed globally in the profile they need to be set from the Printing Preferences window Document Graphics Configure Email Security Document information Title lt Default gt Subject Author lt Default gt Keywords PDF viewer options Start page Page layout 1 Continuous X Show Magnification Page only v Default x Document Contains settings for PDF document information and how the PDF document should be opened by the default PDF reader for the current document only More info on the Document page Graphics Allows you to compress downsample or convert text and images to reduce the size of the novaPDF v7 User Manual Copyright 2010 Softland novaPDF 45 resulting PDF file for the current document only More info on the Graphics page Configure Email Allows you to enable the option to send PDF via email when the PDF is generated select different delivery methods and configure the email to be sent for the current document only More info on the Configure Email page Security Allows you to set a level of encryption protected by a password that restricts certain document permissions for the resulting PDF file for the current document only More info on the Securit
34. units Width Width of the image expressed in the measurement unit selected from the Units drop down list If the Fit to margins checkbox is not checked you can enter a value Height Width of the image expressed in the measurement unit selected from the Units drop down list If the Fit to margins checkbox is not checked you can enter a value Keep aspect ratio If this option is checked the image will be printed with the same aspect ratio as in the original image file If the Keep aspect ratio is not checked the image is scaled to fit the entire page You can see how the watermark image will be printed in the Preview control By default this option is checked Fit to margins You can choose to draw the watermark image on the entire PDF page by checking the Fit to margins checkbox By default this option is checked Units You can select the measurement units for the width and height in the Units from this drop down list Other This group deals with color color variation rotation and opacity Transparent color You can choose a color to be considered transparent color when drawing the image on the PDF page By default there is no transparent color Rotation You can choose a rotation angle for the image watermark By default there is no rotation Opacity You can select an opacity percentage for the image watermark By default the image watermark is drawn with maximum opacity 100 If you decrease the opacity value the imag
35. using a SMTP server You have to configure your SMTP server in the Configure SMTP dialog You can open this dialog by pressing the Configure SMTP button Configure email You can configure email properties like Subject Content email addresses in the Configure email dialog You can open this dialog by pressing the Configure Email button novaPDF v7 User Manual Copyright 2010 Softland novaPDF 49 1 2 3 3 1 4 Security The Security page from the Change Options window allows you to set a level of encryption protected by a password that restricts certain document permissions for the resulting PDF file Note that these options apply only for the document currently being printed they are not saved in the profile To have changes saved in the profile you need to set them through the Printing Preferences Security window Document Graphics Configure Email Security Encryption level No encryption G Document permissions User password Owner password Confirm password Confirm password L oe II Geet __ Hep Encryption level Available encryption levels are e No encryption the PDF file will not be encrypted PDF document access permissions and user passwords cannot be set in this case anyone can open the PDF document e Low Level 40 bits for Adobe Reader 3 0 and above The PDF document will be encrypted with a low level encryption algorithm You can setup passwords for opening the docume
36. window allows you to enable the option to send PDF via email when the PDF is generated select different delivery methods and configure the email to be sent Note that these options apply only to the document currently being printed they are not saved in the profile To have changes saved in the profile you need to set them through the Printing Preferences Email window novaPDF v7 User Manual Copyright 2010 Softland novaPDF 39 Document Graphics Configure Email Security From BCC Subject Content o Jl aa 1 mee Send Email You can enable or disable the email feature by checking or unchecking this checkbox If email feature is enabled you should configure email properties Delivery method This group allows choosing an option to open or send an email using the default email client or a custom configured SMTP server Open default email client In this case an email dialog will be opened in the default email for instance Outlook Express and the email details will be filled in You can make changes to the email and the email will be sent only if you press the Send button Send with default email client In this case the mail will be automatically sent using your default email client for instance Outlook Express You cannot change the email information in this case A copy of your email is saved in your Sent emails folder Send with SMTP In this case the email is sent using a SMTP
37. you want to have the resulted PDF file compliant with the ISO standard PDF A 1b for the RGB colorspace PDF A is a PDF file format used for long term archiving of documents in electronic format It uses PDF Reference 1 4 implemented in Adobe Acrobat 5 and complies with the ISO Standard ISO 19005 1 2005 When the PDF A 1b RGB option is checked several options will be set as default ones to ensure the compatibility the Fonts will be Always embedded the file links option will be unchecked if checked previously and all Security settings will be disabled This option can be checked from the Edit Profiles page too novaPDF v7 User Manual Copyright 2010 Softland 44 novaPDF v7 Change options Press the Change options button to open the Change Options window that lets you set different options for the current document only such as the Document information Graphics Configure Email and Security Stay on top This is checked by default and it makes the Select Profile window topmost shown in front of other windows this way being easily visible when there are many windows opened 1 2 3 3 1 Change options The Change options window lets you set different options for the current document only such as Document information title author subject keywords Graphics options text image compression downsampling or conversion to Configure Email options or to Configure Security options such as password protecting
38. Bottom aes 0 0 Origin Preview V Center horizontally K 215 9 A V Center vertically oa Units Milimeters x Reset to Default Io Il cancel Il me Margins You can define a region around the watermark that will remain empty when printing Margins can be defined for all sides individually The numbers you enter are expressed in the selected measurement unit Left You can set the left margin of the page by entering a value or pressing the Up and Down arrows The number you enter is expressed in the selected measurement unit The sum of the left and right margins cannot exceed 2 3 of the page width Larger values will be adjusted automatically Right You can set the right margin of the page by entering a value or pressing the Up and Down arrows The number you enter is expressed in the selected measurement unit The sum of the left and right margins cannot exceed 2 3 of the page width Larger values will be adjusted automatically Top You can set the top margin of the page by entering a value or pressing the Up and Down arrows The sum of the top and bottom margins cannot exceed 2 3 of the page height Larger values will be adjusted automatically Bottom You can set the bottom margin of the page by entering a value or pressing the Up and Down arrows The sum of the top and bottom margins cannot exceed 2 3 of the page height Larger values will be adjusted automatically novaPDF v7 User Manual Cop
39. F print jobs You can later define some other profiles and choose one of them as the active profile All defined profiles are shown in the Profiles list view If you have a novaPDF Server Edition you can create private or public profiles Public profiles are visible from all client computers You are only allowed to create public profiles on the printer server computer Private profiles are visible only on the computer where they were created Import profiles The Import profiles dialog window will open allowing you to import private or public profiles public only if you are using the Server editions from a previously exported novaPDF printing profiles list file nve novaPDF v7 User Manual Copyright 2010 Softland novaPDF 107 Export profiles The Export profiles dialog window will open allowing you to export profiles as private or public ones so that they could be used on another novaPDF installation after importing them New The New Profile dialog window will open allowing you to create a new profile The new profile will have default settings on all Printing Preferences dialogs Copy The Copy Profile dialog window will open allowing you to create a new profile by copying the settings from the profile selected in the profiles list Edit The Edit Profile dialog window will open allowing you to rename the profile currently selected in the Profiles list view change the PDF version PDF 1 x or PDF A 1b comp
40. Generate PDF Links MS Office links Iw Convert cross document links Iw Use relative paths Change file extension to PDF Iw Convert cross reference links Iw Convert Footnote and Endnote links Iw Convert Internet links Iw Convert links in Header and Footer Generate PDF Links If this is checked all links in the current document will be detected and converted as active links in the resulting PDF file Convert cross document links If checked it will convert links pointing to other documents e Use relative paths check this to use non absolute links for file paths i e Documents file pdf instead of C Documents file pdf e Change file extension to PDF when creating cross document links all those pointing to other files can point to PDF files having the same name path in case those will be converted afterwise Convert cross reference links If checked this will convert the cross reference links from Word links that point the reader to various places within the same document Convert Footnote and Endnote links Check this to make sure that hyperlinks from Footnotes Endnotes get converted to active PDF links Convert Internet links If checked this will convert all hyperlinks pointing to Internet addresses in the resulting PDF document Convert links in Header and Footer As with Footnote Endnote links you can choose if you want links in header footer converted in the resulting PDF file Default is checked so links will
41. My HelpAndManual Projects Folders fa My Music File name Adding a PDF signature with novaPDF pdf v Save as type PDF Files a Hide Folders Save Cancel File name In the file name field you can e manually type a name for the generated PDF file without specifying the path in this case the PDF will be saved in the last used folder e browse and select a location where the PDF should be saved By default if a PDF file with the same name already exists in the destination you ll be asked to overwrite it However this can be changed if you go to Printing Preferences gt Save select Prompt standard Save As dialog and choose what to do When file exists besides Overwrite there s also the option to Append Insert the PDF If you want to have additional options for the PDF to be saved such as its filename location opening the PDF automatically after conversion and or send it via email you can use the Prompt extended Save dialog under the Save tab Save As Dialog restricted The Save PDF window is shown during printing if the Prompt Save As dialog option is selected on the Save tab in the Printing Preferences window This allows you to select under what name the PDF file will be saved novaPDF v7 User Manual Copyright 2010 Softland 52 novaPDF v7 1 3 1 3 1 Oo New Public Profile Private profile Wy Use folder from LOCAL computer Folder Net user and password File name
42. Show Graphic image C Graphic image Zb Use file from LOCAL computer eep aspect ratio l Z Graphic File name Siam P 100 Date Contact info Graphic name Signing details Reason Color Contact info FF Location BS F Detail labels Opacity Reason V Certificate details 100 Signature details font rocni T Use custom font size 2 This will show you in realtime how the signature will look Signature size This will let you modify the width and height of the signature in millimeters inches or point depending on your selection if you don t want to leave the default dimensions in place Show Options in this section will let you customize the main details about the pdf signature Graphic image If this is checked you have the option to select an image to be used as a background for the signature The image will be resized automatically to fit in that section so by default Keep aspect ratio is checked to ensure the image won t be disproportionate novaPDF v7 User Manual Copyright 2010 Softland 74 novaPDF v7 When this is checked options under the Graphic image section will be enabled Enter a path to the image in the File name field or use its browse button as well as the opacity of the image Graphic name If checked this will show as an enlarged image in the left part of the certificate the name of the certificate Common Name In the Graphic name section you can also select
43. TP server name or IP SMTP port Enter SMTP Port Usually this is port number 25 This server requires a secure connection SSL Set the checkbox This server requires a secure connection SSL if your SMTP server requires SSL connection Authentication required If your SMTP server requires authentication check the Authentication required checkbox and enter the Account name and Password 1 3 12 2 Configure Email Options on this window are used to customize the email that will be sent The dialog can be opened by pressing the Configure Email button from the Email window in Printing Preferences novaPDF v7 User Manual Copyright 2010 Softland novaPDF 105 Configure Email You can configure next email properties e From address the sender of the email enter your address To email addresses CC email addresses BCC email addresses Subject of the email Content of the email The From address is used only when sending the email with SMTP When sending the email with the default email client the from address will be the default address configured in your email client You can enter multiple addresses for TO CC and BCC Zip email attachment If this option is selected the PDF file will be first compressed with zip and the zip file will be attached to the email Lookup email addresses If this option is selected any email address you enter in the TO CC BCC will be looked up before emailing the PDF
44. a color for the text and its opacity Name If checked inserts the Name of the certificate in the details section Date You can add the current date to the certificate in the PDF it will add the date time when the signed PDF was generated Contact info When checked it will add in the certificate details the information entered in the Contact info field you can add any information you consider useful in case the recipient of the digitally signed PDF wants to contact you i e the email address Reason If checked the Reason field will become enabled and you can enter a reason for digitally signing the PDF file so that the recipient has a better understanding of why this operation was needed Example of reasons you could use e I created this document e I have reviewed and approve this document e This is the original document e By adding my signature I agree with the terms and conditions presented in this document Location When checked it will add in the certificate details the location entered in the Location info field Detail labels This option will display in the certificate details section the labels for the information it contains Example e CN Common name the name that will show up as the Signed by e D Date time the document was created and signed e L Location e R Reason e CI Contact info e DTLS Certificate details e E Email address e OU Organization unit e O Organization e L Locali
45. aPDF license you will receive an email that contains your Registration name and Registration key Copy and paste the exact values you received by email in the available fields Press the OK button when you are ready If the registration information is valid you will get a confirmation message saying the application has been successfully registered After the confirmation message you can see the registration details on the About page If you lost your registration key please send us your purchase information purchase number and approximate date specify the name company name and email address you used to buy your copy of novaPDF We will send to you the registration key again If you have questions or you experience problems related to the registration process you can use the Support button from the About page to contact us We will be happy to assist you with the registration 1 3 14 3 Licenses Network license If you want to use novaPDF as a printer server you will need a novaPDF server license with the number of computers that connect to the print server The license should be registered on the print server Manage network licenses You can manage network licenses only from the printer server using the Licenses window accessible from the About page if you press Licenses button novaPDF v7 User Manual Copyright 2010 Softland 116 novaPDF v7 Licenses 2S Use NetBIOS names _ Use DNS
46. ail multiple recipients Profiles Multiple private profiles Profiles Multiple public profiles Profiles Change PDF version Profiles Create PDF A compliant documents Profiles Import Export profiles Profiles Create temporary profile when printing Profiles Show Select Profile dialog when printing Profiles Propagate public profile on client computers Language multiple translations for the interface Licensing Single user Licensing Multi user Licensing Share as network printer Licensing Use through Remote Desktop Connection Licensing Use with Terminal Services W r V Vy X X X X X X F X y X X X X X X X X X X X X 19 196196 1 lt 1 191K 11 1K Ixi 96 96 196 196 196 1901 IR IR K amp lt lt lt 19016 lt l lt lt lt 1 lt lt l lt lx x x x x x lt lt l lt 1 lt lt lt AE 196 191 1 amp 11S 1 IMIR IK WIKI IR KK 18 18 18 IR IR IK 8181818121881818 IG IG IG IG IG IRIS ISIS ISIS 18 18 18 ISK novaPDF v7 User Manual Copyright 2010 Softland novaPDF 11 1 1 3 1 1 3 1 Installation Install To install novaPDF on your computer you need to have administrative rights The installation process does not take much time All you need to do is follow the instructions of the Setup novaPDF wizard If this is the first t
47. ate bookmarks or thumbnail images e Advance extract text and graphics force allow extract text and graphics in support of accessibility to disabled users or for other purposes Advance fill forms fill in existing interactive form fields even if Modify Annotations Fill Forms is not allowed User password You can setup a user password for opening the PDF document If you enter a user password the document cannot be opened without entering user or owner passwords Enter the same user password in the Confirm password edit field Owner password If the PDF Document is encrypted access permissions can be changed only if the document is opened with the owner password Enter the same owner password in the Confirm password edit field Save As Dialog The Save PDF window is shown during printing if the Prompt standard Save As dialog option is selected on the Save tab in the Printing Preferences window This allows you to select where the PDF file will be saved and under what filename novaPDF v7 User Manual Copyright 2010 Softland novaPDF 51 1 2 3 5 E E gt Admin Documents gt Organize v os Views i New Folder Boo NA Name Date modified Type Size wm E Daana SS Axialis Librarian A Camtasia Studio Ei Recent Places A Company oe Desktop A Downloaded Installations Computer A Downloads E A Company Shortcut A My Backup E Pictures J My Backup4all More A My Google Gadgets JJ
48. ation from the printing job Title Sets the document title If you use the lt Default gt tag the title will be the name of the document that is printed as it is sent by the printing application Subject Sets the subject for the printed document Default is empty Author Sets the author of the printed document If you use the lt Default gt tag the author will be the windows user that started the print job Keywords Sets the keywords for the printed document Default is empty Producer Shows information about the application that generated the PDF file This field is read only and cannot be changed It will describe novaPDF version and build number PDF Viewer options These options will be used by the default PDF Viewer when opening the PDF file novaPDF v7 User Manual Copyright 2010 Softland 66 novaPDF v7 1 3 5 Start page Sets the page that will be first shown when opening the PDF file By default the first page will be shown Page layout You can choose form next page layouts Single Page Continuous Facing and Continuous Facing By default the PDF file will be opened with the Continuous page layout Show You can choose to show some viewer panels when PDF file is opened Pages Panel Bookmarks Panel Layers Panel Attachments Panel You can also choose to show the pdf file in the Full Screen mode By default the PDF file will be opened without any panel show Page only mode Magnificatio
49. ation in the Print dialog if you press the Properties Preferences button when novaPDF is selected d New Public Profile Private profile Predefined Compress z Options Description Ki Compress high color images JPEG High V Compress indexed images ZIP Normal V Compress monochrome images ZIP Normal V Compress text and graphics ZIP Normal Downsample high color images 96 dpi Bicubic E Downsample indexed images 96 dpi Bicubic F Downsample monochrome images 96 dpi Bicubic E Convert high color images Grayscale E Convert indexed images Grayscale E Convert text and graphics color Grayscale Configure Predefined The Predefined drop down list allows you to quickly select a set of settings from the options list view Compress Downsample Convert None or Custom Options list The list contains information for all available graphics options The Options column shows the name of the graphic option while the Description column displays information about the option s properties Configure The selected option can be customized by clicking this button See the Compression Downsampling and Conversion sections for details about each particular feature novaPDF v7 User Manual Copyright 2010 Softland 60 novaPDF v7 1 3 2 1 All changes you make on this page are saved in the active profile For more details on how to manage profiles consult
50. ce will be removed when you buy and register novaPDF SDK license novaPDF SDK has a royalty free license Using novaPDF Introduction With novaPDF you can create PDF files in several ways using the novaPDF Start page the novaPDF add ins for Microsoft Office or printing directly to the novaPDF printer driver novaPDF Start page This start page can be opened from the program s start group go to Start gt Programs gt novaPDF and click on the executable file It will let you quickly convert a document to PDF by selecting the document and clicking on Create However it will use the default settings of novaPDF to create the PDF file So if you need those changed either modify them before creating the PDF via the Printing Preferences window or create the PDF by printing it directly to the novaPDF printer driver novaPDF v7 User Manual Copyright 2010 Softland 16 novaPDF v7 E novaPDF ES Convert a file to PDF C Users Admin Desktop temp_hosting csv leas Create Create PDF from Microsoft Office Create PDF from any application HI 0 EI i Oe Print General JOG S L kd 7 novaPDF Save novaPDF Settings d As PDF Settings d Ra Using the novaPDF Office add in you can create You can create PDF files from any application that PDF files directly from Microsoft Word Excel supports printing Just open the file you want to PowerPoint and Publisher Simply open the Off
51. ceived other PDF documents that need to use the same template you can overlay the new document with the existing template and create a single merged branded PDF novaPDF v7 User Manual Copyright 2010 Softland novaPDF 97 Oo New Public Profile Private profile V Enable overlay Ovelay with Zb Use file from LOCAL computer l File name Connect using a different user name PDF Password If shorter overlay file repeat Nothing Last page Continuous V As background Enable overlay You can enable the Overlay option by checking Enable Overlay default is unchecked This will allow you to Browse for a PDF file that will be overlayed with the future PDF documents you ll create Overlay with Information in this section becomes available only if the Enable Overlay option is checked File Name Use the Browse button to find and select an existing PDF document This document will be used to overlay its content with the content of other documents you ll print to PDF from This information is mandatory if Overlay is enabled and you can only select PDF files to overlay with You can also enter network paths UNC in the File Name field in case the PDF you want to use is not on the local computer Only a full path is allowed For example suppose PDF_Server PC1 is mapped on your workstation as drive X then the following paths are both valid and indicate the same fol
52. curity SEENEN Nee 66 Signature SEENEN EENEG ENEE EEN ege 68 Select certifica s riie ai p ae iai Eaa a EEE E AEEA E EEE E EE E EEE 70 Create Certificate ccc ce aeiia aeia aa 71 Customize signature EE 73 Signature position S Ee dee 75 novaPDF v7 User Manual Copyright 2010 Softland A novaPDF v7 LAT ZE 76 Ek vETv CHE 78 Add Edit Bookmark EE 79 UdEVOTdvEIN C 81 New Edit Image Watermark EE 82 New Edit Text Watermark ecnteeniminirisiiiitrs ei iesin aa Ea aS o 85 C stom Positiones dineert iie ANE RER E E RETRE SER 87 Copy Waiermark EE 89 Save KIIREET ORES SLAPA O IAEN NESIN TESEI LLEI ENEE AINE TONIKA APTENIA IE IEO IE PEA IIE INESE 90 Configure Save Optlons EE 92 Configure Save Options predefined eeens 94 Overlay DEE 96 GUIS TO Deeler esa aN aac SSPE sae sag EES 100 Email wresesttesteeeeseesesssesseseseseeaneneneseseaeananeneseneseaeauaneseseseaeeseseseseaeacaueneneseaeauauaneneneneauausneneneaeaueseneneneananansneneaeans 102 Configure SMTP ovvrss sssssssssssseeeeeeesssssseeeeettesssnneeeeensunssssnneeesssiussnanseeeeessussannneeesssuunsnanseeessssnnnnnseeesssnnnnna 104 Configure Ermaiilesss esesss eeeeessseeeesettessssseeeeettsnssssnneeessuuusnaneeeesessussnnnneeesssunsnannsessssinnnansseesssunnnnat 104 Profiles VEER ENEE EES EE 106 NewEdit Ee 108 Advanced Optionnse EE 110 Copy Profile EANET AEN DEE ee AER TEN Cleland baer ep 110 Mport TEE 111 Export Drofles EE 112 About SE EE EE ee 113 Language EE 114 eee c
53. d novaPDF 37 Sets the keywords for the printed document Default is empty Producer Shows information about the application that generated the PDF file This field is read only and cannot be changed It will describe novaPDF version and build number PDF Viewer options These options will be used by the default PDF Viewer when opening the PDF file Start page Sets the page that will be first shown when opening the PDF file By default the first page will be shown Page layout You can choose form next page layouts Single Page Continuous Facing and Continuous Facing By default the PDF file will be opened with the Continuous page layout Show You can choose to show some viewer panels when PDF file is opened Pages Panel Bookmarks Panel Layers Panel Attachments Panel You can also choose to show the pdf file in the Full Screen mode By default the PDF file will be opened without any panel show Page only mode Magnification You can choose the magnification when opening the PDF file in the PDF viewer Fit Width Fit Height Fit Page or a percent between 25 and 400 If you choose Default for magnification the PDF viewer will use its default settings 1 2 3 2 1 2 Graphics The Graphics page from the Change Options window allows you to compress downsample or convert text and images to reduce the size of the resulting PDF file Note that these options apply only for the document currently being printed they ar
54. d Down arrows The number you enter is expressed in the selected measurement unit The sum of the left and right margins cannot exceed 2 3 of the page width Larger values will be automatically adjusted novaPDF v7 User Manual Copyright 2010 Softland novaPDF 101 Right You can set a right margin for the PDF to be overlayed inserted by entering a value or pressing the Up and Down arrows The number you enter is expressed in the selected measurement unit The sum of the left and right margins cannot exceed 2 3 of the page width Larger values will be automatically adjusted Top You can set a top margin for the PDF to be overlayed inserted by entering a value or pressing the Up and Down arrows The sum of the top and bottom margins cannot exceed 2 3 of the page height Larger values will be automatically adjusted Bottom You can set a bottom margin for the PDF to be overlayed inserted by entering a value or pressing the Up and Down arrows The sum of the top and bottom margins cannot exceed 2 3 of the page height Larger values will be automatically adjusted Page Position You can select a simple adjustment for the position of the overlayed document only involving margins or a more complex one which involves zooming aligning and changing the origin of the document content Fit whole page to margins If the Fit whole page to margins radio button is selected the PDF to be overlayed will be automatically zo
55. d the print job Keywords Sets the keywords for the printed document Default is empty Producer Shows information about the application that generated the PDF file This field is read only and cannot be changed It will describe novaPDF version and build number PDF Viewer options These options will be used by the default PDF Viewer when opening the PDF file Start page Sets the page that will be first shown when opening the PDF file By default the first page will be shown Page layout You can choose form next page layouts Single Page Continuous Facing and Continuous Facing By default the PDF file will be opened with the Continuous page layout Show You can choose to show some viewer panels when PDF file is opened Pages Panel Bookmarks Panel Layers Panel Attachments Panel You can also choose to show the pdf file in the Full Screen mode By default the PDF file will be opened without any panel show Page only mode Magnification You can choose the magnification when opening the PDF file in the PDF viewer Fit Width Fit Height Fit Page or a percent between 25 and 400 If you choose Default for magnification the PDF viewer will use its default settings 1 2 3 3 1 2 Graphics The Graphics page from the Change Options window allows you to compress downsample or convert text and images to reduce the size of the resulting PDF file Note that these options apply only for the document currently being printed they are no
56. der PDF_Server PC1 PDF or X PDF If the network file requires authentication different from your user login you have to click on Connect using a different user name and enter the username password PDF Password If the PDF document you selected in the File Name section to overlay with is password protected you will need to add in here the password needed to open that document If the PDF you want to overlay with is not password protected you can leave this field empty novaPDF v7 User Manual Copyright 2010 Softland 98 novaPDF v7 If shorter overlay file repeat If the PDF file you selected to overlay with has less pages than the file you are printing you have the option to chose how the content of the resulting PDF will look like Nothing This is the default selection If the PDF file you selected to overlay with has less pages than the file you are printing and None is selected the resulting PDF file will use as background foreground the content of the overlayed PDF until it reaches the last page of the overlayed PDF after that continuing without adding content from the overlayed PDF Example you have a document that has 5 pages and you want to overlay it with a PDF document that has 2 pages called let s say overlay pdf The resulting PDF file will have 5 pages and on the first two the content of the overlay pdf document will be included on the last 3 pages the content of overlay pdf not being included at a
57. e New button creates a custom predefined form The fields below the list become enabled and the user can enter a form name width height description and select the visibility Copy Pressing the Copy button creates a custom predefined form with the same properties as the selected form The fields below the list become enabled and the user can change the name width height description and select the visibility Delete Pressing the Delete button deletes the selected predefined form from the list Only custom forms can be deleted so the button is not enabled for system forms Units novaPDF v7 User Manual Copyright 2010 Softland 56 novaPDF v7 1 3 1 2 Select the measurement units for the predefined form s width and hight The available values are millimeters inches and points Changing the units will recalculate the Width and Height values Name Short name of the selected predefined form You can modify it if the selected predefined form is of custom type Width The width of the selected predefined form You can modify it by entering a value or pressing the Up and Down arrows if the selected predefined form is of custom type Height The height of the selected predefined form You can modify it by entering a value or pressing the Up and Down arrows if the selected predefined form is of custom type Visible The visibility flag for the selected predefined form You can show hide both system and custom pred
58. e Printing Preferences menu item when novaPDF is selected in the Printers and Faxes window It is also accessible form the printing Windows application in the Print dialog if you press the Properties Preferences button when novaPDF is selected novaPDF v7 User Manual Copyright 2010 Softland novaPDF 53 ep New Public Profile Private profile Page size Preview Predefined 215 9 Letter 1 Custom Width Height J D OGS k 279 4 Units Millimeters Graphic Orientation Resolution dpi Scale Foi Portrait 300 X 100 Margins and Zoom _ Landscape Page size This group allows you to select one of the predefined page sizes or enter a custom page size Predefined You can select a predefined form from the drop down list when this option is selected The width and height of the selected form are shown in the fields below Manage Pressing this button will open the Manage Predefined Forms window If you cannot find a suitable predefined form in the list above it and want to define one for future use you should press the Manage button and create or make visible the necessary form For more information see the Manage Predefined Forms section Custom If you want to print to a custom page size only once and don t need the same size in the future you can select the Customize radio button and type the desired page width and height T
59. e any changes done to the currently opened document before doing the conversion to PDF Convert document information If you have any information added via document properties in Excel you can have that recognized and transmitted in the PDF as Document Information i e the Author Title Subject Keywords By default this option is checked novaPDF v7 User Manual Copyright 2010 Softland novaPDF 23 Use novaPDF printer This will detect if you have other editions versions of novaPDF installed and you ll be able to select which version edition to use for the current conversion process Convert sheet names to PDF bookmarks If this is checked sheet names from the Excel workbook will become bookmarks in the resulting PDF file Print entire workbook If you have an workbook with several sheets you can convert it entirely to a single PDF document by checking this box Links This section lets you customize how links will be detected and converted in the resulting PDF file Advanced Links Iw Generate PDF Links MS Office links Iw Convert cross document links Use relative paths Change file extension to PDF Convert cross reference links Convert Internet links OK Cancel Generate PDF Links If this is checked all links in the current document will be detected and converted as active links in the resulting PDF file Convert cross document links If checked it will convert links pointing to o
60. e name field or use Macro to automatically name the PDF file created In order to use different file names for each generated PDF files you can use some macros in the File name field an example of how the macros are converted is shown just below the File name field Document Name TN Date YMD Year Y Month M Day D Time HIS Hour H Minute I Second 5 Counter C Workstation D User Name U You can select any of next macros e N Document name YMD Date in the format YYYYMMDD year month day Y Year in the format YYYY M Month in the format MM D Day in the format DD HIS time in the format hhmmss hour minute second H Hour in the format hh I Minute in the format mm S Second in the format ss C Counter in the format cc it begins with 01 and increases at each printed document if a file with the same name exists in the save folder e W Computer name e U User name 1 3 10 2 Configure Save Options predefined Configure Save Options is available when clicking the same named button from the Save window after selecting the Use predefined settings window You can set the folder where the PDF files will be saved after generation add file naming macros to automatically name the generated PDF and choose what to do if a PDF file with the same name already exists in the destination for instance merging the PDF files novaPDF v7 User Manual Copyright 2010 Softla
61. e not saved in the profile To have changes saved in the profile you need to set them through the Printing Preferences Graphics window novaPDF v7 User Manual Copyright 2010 Softland 38 novaPDF v7 Document Graphics Configure Email Security Predefined Compress x V Compress high color images JPEG High V Compress indexed images ZIP Normal V Compress monochrome images ZIP Normal dl Compress text and graphics ZIP Normal E Downsample high color images 96 dpi Bicubic F Downsample indexed images 96 dpi Bicubic E Downsample monochrome images 96 dpi Bicubic E Convert high color images Grayscale E Convert indexed images Grayscale F Convert text and graphics color Grayscale 4 II p Configure L o Il canei Il me Predefined The Predefined drop down list allows you to quickly select a set of settings from the options list view Compress Downsample Convert None or Custom Options list The list contains information for all available graphics options The Options column shows the name of the graphic option while the Description column displays information about the option s properties Configure The selected option can be customized by clicking this button See the Compression Downsampling and Conversion sections for details about each particular feature 1 2 3 2 1 3 Configure Email The Configure Email page from the Change Options
62. e or pressing the Up and Down arrows The scale factor can also be set from the printing application Margins and Zoom Pressing this button will open the Margins and Zoom window where you can set position margins zoom alignment and origin of the document in the PDF For more information see the Margins and Zoom section Orientation Specifies how the page is positioned Available options are Portrait and Landscape The orientation can also be set from the printing application Portrait Portrait orients the print vertically longest edge of the page is vertical Landscape Landscape orients the print horizontally longest edge of the page is horizontal Preview Shows a graphic representation of the PDF page highlighting important settings like page size margins and zoom NOTE Some applications allow you to set page size orientation scale and resolution from their own printing dialogs If you open the novaPDF Printing Preferences dialog from the printing application you will see these settings are automatically updated on the first page You can override them if you set the Profile settings override paper settings from printing applications option from the New Profile or Edit Profile window For more information see the New Edit Profile section Some of the changes you make on this page are saved in the active profile For more details on how to manage profiles consult the Profiles section The active profile is shown at the top
63. e time the Align to bottom option will be disabled and the Top origin is calculated automatically Align to right novaPDF v7 User Manual Copyright 2010 Softland 76 novaPDF v7 1 3 7 If you set this option the content of the signature to be inserted will be aligned to the right margin At the same time the Center horizontally option will be disabled and the Left origin is calculated automatically Align to bottom If you set this option the content of the signature to be inserted will be aligned to the bottom margin At the same time the Center vertically option will be disabled and the Top origin is calculated automatically Left origin The left origin for the content of the signature to be inserted It can be modified by entering a value or pressing the Up and Down arrows if the Center horizontally and Align to right options are not set Top origin The top origin for the content of the signature to be inserted It can be modified by entering a value or pressing the Up and Down arrows if the Center vertically and Align to bottom options are not set Units You can change the measurement units from the Units drop down list The available values are millimeters inches and points Changing the units will recalculate the dimensions entered on the Custom Position page Preview You can preview changes you do on the Signature Position window without actually saving them Reset to Default Set all options to
64. e will be drawn with lighter colors novaPDF v7 User Manual Copyright 2010 Softland novaPDF 85 1 3 9 2 Color variation When you choose a transparent color you can set a slight variation that will be considered also as transparent Visible You can enable or disable the image watermark by checking unchecking this checkbox As background If this checkbox is checked the image watermark will be drawn on the PDF page first under the texts and images of the printed document If the As background checkbox is not checked the image watermark will be drawn on the PDF page at the end above the texts and images of the printed document By default the As background checkbox is checked Custom position By pressing the Custom position button a new window is opened for customizing the position where the image watermark will be drawn see Custom Position Preview The selected image file is drawn exactly as it will be drawn on the PDF page The image is updated automatically when changing image watermarks attributes New Edit Text Watermark This window is used to customize attributes for a new created or an existing text watermark It is opened by pressing the New Text Copy or Edit buttons placed on the Watermarks window from the Printing Preferences dialog novaPDF v7 User Manual Copyright 2010 Softland 86 novaPDF v7 New Text Watermark O2 oftland
65. eated PDF files If the file where the certificate will be used from is password protected enter it in the Password field To ensure you re using the correct one hit the Preview button to see the certificate You can also enter network paths UNC in the File Name field in case the file containing the signature you want to use is not on the local computer Only a full path is allowed For example suppose PDF_Server PC1 is mapped on your workstation as drive X then the following paths novaPDF v7 User Manual Copyright 2010 Softland 70 novaPDF v7 1 3 6 1 are both valid and indicate the same folder PDF_Server PC1i PDF or X PDF If the network file requires authentication different from your user login you have to click on Connect using a different user name and enter the username password Preview In the Preview section you ll see an automatically generated view based on the signature selected Sign on Choose what page from the PDF document to sign e First page digitally sign only the first page of the PDF document e Last page apply the signature to the last page from the PDF document e Page no digitally sign a specific page in the PDF document You can use the Customize button to modify the look of the signature and Position to choose where the signature will be displayed All changes you make on this page are saved in the active profile For more details on how to manage profiles consult the Prof
66. efined forms Description A longer description of the selected predefined form You can modify it if the selected predefined form is of custom type Type The type of of the selected predefined form Can be System or Custom it cannot be changed System forms are standard page sizes that are created when novaPDF is installed They are usually available in all applications and cannot be modified or removed only hidden Custom forms are the forms created by the user Unlike system forms their properties can be modified by the user at any time and they can be removed Margins and Zoom In the Margins and Zoom window you can set the position margins zoom alignment and origin of the document in the PDF and preview your changes The window can be opened by pressing the Margins and Zoom button placed on the Page section of the Printing Preferences dialog novaPDF v7 User Manual Copyright 2010 Softland novaPDF 57 Margins and Zoom ZS Page position Fit whole page to margins Customize zoom and origin Zoom and origin Zoom Reset to Default Margins You can define a region around the document that will remain empty when printing Margins can be defined for all sides individually The numbers you enter are expressed in the selected measurement unit Left You can set the left margin of the page by entering a value or pressing the Up and Down arrows The number y
67. egister novaPDF To start the order process go to the About page in the Printing Preferences dialog and click on Buy now button It will open the online web page where you can purchase novaPDF After completing the purchase a registration key will be delivered to you by email This key is required to register the program It is recommended that you make a backup copy of this email e g print out a hard copy novaPDF v7 User Manual Copyright 2010 Softland 114 novaPDF v7 If you want to change the user interface language click on the Language button and select the one you want to switch to To register the program click on the Register button and enter the registration information received via email To contact the support team click on the Support button This will open an email using the default email client having information about your operating system and version edition of novaPDF The Licenses button is available only in the Server editions and allows license management 1 3 14 1 Language The Language page of the Printing Preferences allows you to set the language for the Printing Preferences page The window can be opened by choosing the Printing Preferences menu item when novaPDF is selected in the Printers and Faxes window and clicking the Language tab This tab is also accessible from the printing Windows application in the Print dialog if you press the Properties Preferences button when novaPDF
68. er windows this way being easily visible when there are many windows opened Extended Save Dialog The extended save dialog is shown when the Prompt extended Save dialog option is selected on the Save tab from the Printing Preferences window This allows you to select additional options for the PDF to be saved such as its filename location if you want it merged with another existing PDF file append insert and whether to open the PDF automatically after conversion and or send it via email novaPDF v7 User Manual Copyright 2010 Softland novaPDF 33 Oo New Public Profile Private profile Wy Use folder from LOCAL computer File name C Users Admin Documents Adding a PDF signature with novaPDF pdf Browse Net user and password Merge with PDF file I Append to existing PDF file PDF Password Insert before existing PDF file After save action WV Open PDF with default viewer PDF A 1b RGB Send email Change Options E Stay on inp OK Cancel Help Notregistered Click here to register File name In the file name field you can e manually type a name for the generated PDF file without specifying the path in this case the PDF will be saved in the last used folder e use the Browse button to select a location where the PDF should be saved If a PDF file with the same name already exists in the destination the new PDF file will either be merged with it if you
69. evels are Fastest Normal and Maximum By default Normal level of novaPDF v7 User Manual Copyright 2010 Softland novaPDF 61 1 3 2 2 1 3 2 3 compression is used Monochrome Images Enable compression If checked monochrome images will be compressed Method Monochrome images will be compressed using ZIP compression Level Available compression levels are Fastest Normal and Maximum By default Normal level of compression is used Downsampling Options on this window are used to configure downsampling for monochrome images indexed images and high color images The dialog can be opened by pressing the Configure button from the Graphics window in Printing Preferences Configure Downsampling Resolution Method Enable downsampling If checked monochrome indexed or high color images will be downsampled That means the images will be added in the PDF file at a different resolution then the one from the original document Usually this feature is used to save images at a lower resolution resulting smaller PDF files Resolution The image resolution can be selected between 72 dpi and 2400 dpi By default the resolution is 96dpi Method Available downsampling methods are Box Bilinear B Spline Bicubic Catmull Rom Lanczos By default the Bicubic downsampling method is used to downsample images to the selected resolution Conversion Options on this window are u
70. files 106 Q Quality Image 59 Text 59 R Reduce size 59 Regional settings 114 Requirements 14 Run application 90 oe Save settings 90 Secure connection 104 Security 40 49 Security settings 66 select certificate 70 Server edition 6 Set active 106 signature position 75 SMTP 104 SMTP server Authentication 104 Port 104 SSL 104 Subject 64 Subsets 62 system certificate 70 SE Terminal server 6 Terminal services 11 Title 64 Translator 114 U Uninstall 11 Units 52 56 URL 76 View PDF 90 W wordto pdf 18 Z ZIP 59 Zoom Align 56 Center 56 Customize 56 novaPDF v7 User Manual Copyright 2010 Softland
71. forms F Print high resolution Z Assemble the document Advanced extract text and graphics Advanced fill forms User password Owner password Confirm password Confirm password Encryption level Available encryption levels are e No encryption the PDF file will not be encrypted PDF document access permissions and user passwords cannot be set in this case anyone can open the PDF document e Low Level 40 bits for Adobe Reader 3 0 and above The PDF document will be encrypted with a low level encryption algorithm You can setup passwords for opening the document and other access permissions for printing editing or extracting text and graphics e High Level 128 bits for Adobe Reader 5 0 and above Beside passwords and access permissions that can be setup for low level encryption you can add some more advance permissions for the PDF document Document permissions You can enable or disable permissions to Low level 40 bits e Print document if this is unchecked the resulting PDF file will not allow printing e Modify document content e Extract text and graphics if this is unchecked the resulting PDF file will not allow text graphics extraction including copying text from the PDF file e Modify annotations fill forms High Level 128 bits e Print document possibly not at the highest quality level if Print High Resolution is not allowed e Modify document content novaPDF v7 User Manual Copyr
72. gt Printers and Faxes 2 In the Printers and Faxes window right click novaPDF and select Properties 3 In the novaPDF Properties window click on Print Test Page 4 You will be prompted to select a location and name for the test PDF file Choose one and click Save 5 After the PDF was created and saved it will open in your default PDF reader and you will see the printed test page If novaPDF is not registered a notice is printed at the end of the PDF file This can be removed from further created PDF files by purchasing a license and registering it To print a test page in Windows 2000 1 Go to Start and click on Printers 2 In the Printers window right click novaPDF and select Properties 3 In the novaPDF Properties window click on Print Test Page 4 You will be prompted to select a location and name for the test PDF file Choose one and click Save novaPDF v7 User Manual Copyright 2010 Softland novaPDF 31 5 After the PDF was created and saved it will open in your default PDF reader and you will see the printed test page If novaPDF is not registered a notice is printed at the end of the PDF file This can be removed from further created PDF files by purchasing a license and registering it Accessing the novaPDF Printing Preferences You can access the Printing Preferences window and change the various settings available To access the novaPDF Printing Preferences window in Windows Vista 1 Go to Start and click
73. he values will not be preserved for future use Width You can set the page width between 10 and 10000 millimeters by entering a value or pressing the Up and Down arrows The number you enter is expressed in the selected measurement unit The field defaults to the previously selected predefined form s width Height You can set the page height between 10 and 10000 millimeters by entering a value or pressing the Up and Down arrows The number you enter is expressed in the selected measurement unit novaPDF v7 User Manual Copyright 2010 Softland 54 novaPDF v7 The field defaults to the previously selected predefined form s height Units You can change the measurement units from the Units drop down list The available values are millimeters inches and points Changing the units will recalculate the Width and Height values Graphic Specifies the resolution and scale of the document You can also access the Margins and Zoom window from this group Resolution You can set the printing resolution between 72 and 2400 dpi by selecting the default values from the drop down list or entering a different value A smaller resolution results in smaller PDF file but lower image quality while a higher resolution means better image quality but bigger PDF file The default value is 300 dpi The resolution can also be set from the printing application Scale You can set the scale of the document from 1 to 400 by entering a valu
74. he PDF file to ensure perfect portability Multi language support choose a language for the user interface novaPDF Lite Server has all the features of novaPDF Lite plus Network printer sharing can be installed on one computer in a network environment and used by any other computer in that network Save PDF to Server can save the PDF from a client computer directly to the server Public Profiles Define profiles on the server computer and they will automatically be propagated to all client computers novaPDF Standard has all the features of novaPDF Lite plus PDF Bookmarks it can detect the headings in the printed document and add bookmarks in the generated PDF files You have to define the text attributes for the document headings font size style color and for the generated bookmarks Create PDF links recognizes links to files and formatted URLs starting with http www mailto or ftp visible in the original document and creates them in the generated PDF file as links so they can be opened by clicking them in the PDF viewer Add ins for Microsoft Office novaPDF installs several add ins for Microsoft Office applications Word Excel that allows one click conversion to PDF Graphics options You can compress downsample or convert text and graphics to reduce PDF size PDF Watermarks You can define multiple image watermarks and add them to individual pages or the entire PDF document Page Left Right T
75. ice convert go to File Print select novaPDF as the document click on novaPDF and select Save As printer and hit Print to have your PDF generated PDF to convert your document and saved 0 Ready 4 Hi Convert a file to PDF Enter the path to the document you want converted into PDF or use the Browse button to select it Once you selected the document click on the Create button This will start the application associated with the document you selected and will ask you where to save the PDF file can be configured to save it automatically via the Printing Preferences gt Save tab This start page also contains two columns with screenshots and details These are only informative and offer the user more information about the other options that can be used to create PDF files Using novaPDF start page to create PDF files advantages e Quick access The start page is quickly accessible from the novaPDF start menu group Simply click on the Windows button go to Start gt Programs gt novaPDF group and click on the executable file This will launch the start page and let you select a document to convert to PDF Using novaPDF start page to create PDF files disadvantages e Difficult to change preferences The start page is meant for quick access to convert a document Thus it will use the default settings of the novaPDF printer for creating the PDF files In order to use custom settings you ll have to change those
76. ight 2010 Softland 68 novaPDF v7 1 3 6 e Extract text and graphics e Modify annotations fill forms if Modify document content is allowed create or modify interactive form fields Print high resolution print the document to a representation from which a faithful digital copy of the PDF content could be generated When this is not allowed but Print document is allowed printing is limited to a low level representation of the appearance possibly of degraded quality 150dpi maximum image quality e Assemble the document insert rotate or delete pages and create bookmarks or thumbnail images e Advance extract text and graphics force allow extract text and graphics in support of accessibility to disabled users or for other purposes Advance fill forms fill in existing interactive form fields even if Modify Annotations Fill Forms is not allowed User password You can setup a user password for opening the PDF document If you enter a user password the document cannot be opened without entering user or owner passwords Enter the same user password in the Confirm password edit field Owner password If the PDF Document is encrypted access permissions can be changed only if the document is opened with the owner password Enter the same owner password in the Confirm password edit field All changes you make on this page are saved in the active profile For more details on how to manage profiles consult
77. igital signature contains several encryption techniques to guarantee its security Digitally signing PDF documents is useful when using it for branding protecting and copyrighting information in the resulting PDF file novaPDF v7 User Manual Copyright 2010 Softland novaPDF 69 New Public Profile Private profile V Enable signatures Certificate System certificates Browse From file Zb Use file from LOCAL computer File name Password Preview Customize Sign on First page z Enable signatures You can enable the Signature option by checking Enable signatures default is unchecked This will allow you to Browse for a system certificate that will be used to sign the PDF or select it from a file Certificate Information in this section becomes available only if the Enable signatures option is checked System certificates Use the Browse button to select a detected system certificate By clicking it you ll open the Select certificate window that lets you use one of the detected certificates View Add or Remove them From file If selected you have to use the File name field to point to a certificate stored on your local computer or in your network Personal Information Exchange pfx p12 certificates are supported File name Use the Browse button to find and select an existing certificate This certificate will be used to sign further cr
78. iles section The active profile is shown at the top of the window having in parenthesis what type of profile it is For example if Profile1 Private profile is shown at the top it means that the name of the active profile is Profile1 and it is a private profile Select certificate This window lets you choose which system certificate to use from the available ones create a personal certificate or export a certificate It is opened by pressing the Browse button from the System Certificates option in the Signature window E Customize signature L Z Issued To Issued By Expires Friendly Name View Admin Admin 9 22 2109 Admin bag Signatures list The list contains information about all existing system certificates e Issued To Individual or organization that the certificate was issued to e Issued By Individual or organization that the certificate was issued by If it s a trusted novaPDF v7 User Manual Copyright 2010 Softland novaPDF 71 certificate then this column will display the top level authority that vouches for the validity of the signer i e Verisign e Expires Date when the digital signature validity expires e Friendly Name Alias for the name of the signature View This button opens a new window with details about the currently selected certificate Create This button opens a new window see Create certificate and adds a new certificate at the end of
79. ill be also a menu item for the uninstaller If you installed with the default folder name the uninstaller is located at C Program Files Softland novaPDF v7 uninsO00 exe The uninstaller has also some parameters for silent uninstall they have the same meaning as for the installer see above for details SILENT VERYSILENT SUPPRESSMSGBOXES NORESTART System requirements To install novaPDF you need one of the following operating systems e Windows 7 Windows 7 64 bit Windows 2008 Server Windows 2008 Server 64 bit Windows Vista Windows Vista 64 bit Windows 2003 Server Windows 2003 Server 64 bit Windows XP Windows XP 64 bit Windows 2000 Windows 2000 Server It needs approximately 20MB of free space novaPDF SDK You can integrate novaPDF in your application and easily generate PDF files Installation novaPDF SDK comes with a separate installation program and can be downloaded from the product website novaPDF SDK package novaPDF SDK includes e a COM interface for customizing novaPDF options Any option that can be configured in the novaPDF Printing Preferences dialog can be also configured with the COM interface including profiles management e asilent installer for the novaPDF that can be distributed with your software You can include this silent installer in your installation program and novaPDF will be installed with your customized options without any user interaction e novaPDF SDK docu
80. ime you install there is no need to reboot at the end of the setup you can print to novaPDF right after it is installed on your machine If you have already installed an older version of novaPDF you can install the new version on top of the older one without uninstalling it If it is a minor release your existing printing preferences will be preserved there s no need to uninstall the older version If it is a major release it will not overwrite the previous version you will have to uninstall it yourself After the installation process finishes you might be asked to reboot your computer Network install novaPDF server editions Lite Standard or Professional can be installed on a central computer and used by any computer in the network This is what you have to do Choose a computer in the network that will be the print server Install novaPDF server Lite Standard or Professional on it as described in the Install section If you will be connecting to novaPDF using Remote Desktop Terminal Services or Citrix sessions then you do not need to share and install on the client computers anything If you are not using Remote Desktop Terminal Services or Citrix you have to share the novaPDF printer From any workstation client computer in the network connect to the shared novaPDF server You can connect to a shared network printer in several ways Here are two of them e from Windows Start menu Settings open Printers and Faxes Select Add
81. in the address book of your default email client uncheck this option if you want to avoid Allow this program to access type of errors returned by Outlook novaPDF v7 User Manual Copyright 2010 Softland 106 novaPDF v7 1 3 13 Profiles The Profiles page of the Printing Preferences allows you to add new profiles or manage existing ones copy edit delete reset set the active profile and other options when activating a private or public profile The window can be opened by choosing the Printing Preferences menu item when novaPDF is selected in the Printers and Faxes window and clicking the Profiles tab This tab is also accessible from the printing Windows application in the Print dialog if you press the Properties Preferences button when novaPDF is selected Profiles Name Type New New Public Profile Active Private Copy Edit Import Profiles Export Profiles Options F Show Select Profile dialog when printing Create temporary profile for each printing job Propagate active public profile on dient computers F Show private profiles on dient computers When activating a different profile Ask me what to do Automatically save changes to the current profile Profiles When the novaPDF is installed a Default Profile is automatically created This profile is the only profile in the beginning and its settings will be used for all novaPD
82. ing If this option is enabled there will be a check if the file really exists and the PDF links will be added only if the file is found Note that the printing and PDF generation is made on the printing server computer so if linked files are on another computer in the network you should mention them in the printed document with their UNC path Appearance Using options in this group you can customize the links appearance in the PDF file Border type e No border resulting links will be displayed normally e Underline resulting links will be displayed underlined e Rectangle resulting links will be surrounded by a rectangle Border appearance If you choose a border you can further select its style e Border style solid or dashed e Border width points number default 1 point novaPDF v7 User Manual Copyright 2010 Softland 78 novaPDF v7 e Border color default is set to blue Set text color same as border color If this is checked the text color of the link will be set to match the one used for the border On the bottom of the page you can see an example of how the PDF links will look like All changes you make on this page are saved in the active profile For more details on how to manage profiles consult the Profiles section The active profile is shown at the top of the window having in parenthesis what type of profile it is For example if Profile1 Private profile is shown at the top it means that the
83. ing Preferences allows you to enable the option to send PDF via email when the PDF is generated select different delivery methods and configure the email to be sent The window can be opened by choosing the Printing Preferences menu item when novaPDF is selected in the Printers and Faxes window and clicking the Email tab This tab is also accessible from the printing Windows application in the Print dialog if you press the Properties Preferences button when novaPDF is selected novaPDF v7 User Manual Copyright 2010 Softland novaPDF 103 o New Public Profile Private profile V Send email Delivery method Open default email client Send with default email dient Send with SMTP Configure SMTP Configure Email Send Email You can enable or disable the email feature by checking or unchecking this checkbox If email feature is enabled you should configure email properties Delivery method This group allows choosing an option to open or send an email using the default email client or a custom configured SMTP server Open default email client In this case an email dialog will be opened in the default email for instance Outlook Express and the email details will be filled in You can make changes to the email and the email will be sent only if you press the Send button Send with default email client In this case the mail will be automatically sent using your default emai
84. ing up to any pen e other removable media suc Sa gt 5 EI Standard and Professional It is di i Microsoft Microsoft XPS novaPDF Lite novaPDF Lite Reference Office Doc Document http www lockergnome coi 3 Backup4all on LockerGnome i Status Ready External links TA http www backup4al1 co z S category Shareware de Backup4al11 Page Range Compu soft stub Kat Printing a test page After installation you can test if novaPDF is working properly by printing a test page To print a test page in Windows Vista 1 Go to Start and click on Printers if you have the Classic menu go to Start gt Settings gt Printers Printers See installed printers and mee new ones All Programs 2 In the Printers window right click novaPDF and select Properties novaPDF v7 User Manual Copyright 2010 Softland 28 novaPDF v7 o J A gt Control Pane gt Printer era C File Edit View Tools Help w dda printer S See what s printing fy Setas default gt ms gig Location Model Microsoft XPS Document Run as administrator Set as Default Printer Printing Preferences Pause Printing Sharing Use Printer Offline 3 In the novaPDF Properties window click on Print Test Page novaPDF v7 User Manual Copyright 2010 Softland novaPDF 29 e novaPDF Properties vi Model novaPDF Pro Desktop
85. ion and resolution see Page settings topic can be selected also from the printing dialogs of the application you are printing from If you open the novaPDF Printing Preferences property sheet from the printing application you will see the same settings automatically selected here too But you can change them and the changes will be taken in account when printing If you do not want this behavior and you prefer to make page size selection only in novaPDF Printing Preferences property sheet and you also want the settings you make to be remembered and used on the next printing jobs you should check the Profile Settings Override Paper Settings From Printing Applications check box Advanced This opens the Advanced window that gives additional optimization and correction options that can be done before saving the pdf file such as ignoring empty pages novaPDF v7 User Manual Copyright 2010 Softland 110 novaPDF v7 1 3 13 1 1 Advanced Options Advanced Options is available when clicking the Advanced button from the Edit Profile window You can set some advanced options regarding how the printed documents will be processed and saved as a PDFs Advanced Options LS Optimize image sequences V Optimize text Correct line widths 4 Correct fill colors Ignore empty pages Enable optimization of image sequences When this option is enabled small image sequences are combined in
86. ited copies of novaPDF Server on your computers and also share it as a printer to be accessed from unlimited client computers within the location restrictions imposed by the type of site license e Limitation There are several types of site licenses each with its own location restriction See the Site Licenses section on our website for details Feature matrix Detailed feature matrix for novaPDF Lite Lite Standard Std Professional Pro Lite Server Lite SRV Standard Server Std SRV and Professional Server Pro SRV editions rawe tn oS mE novaPDF v7 User Manual Copyright 2010 Softland 8 novaPDF v7 Free updates for minor versions Free technical support Embedding images Embedding formulas and tables novaPDF Add ins for Microsoft Office Page Predefined Sizes Page Custom Sizes Page Orientation Page Resolution 72 to 2400 dpi Page Scaling 1 400 Page Margins Left Right Top and Bottom Page Zoom 1 400 Page Align Graphics Compression Text and graphics Graphics Compression High color images Graphics Compression Indexed monochrome images Graphics Downsample High color images Graphics Downsample Indexed monochrome images Graphics Convert to grayscale High color images Graphics Convert to grayscale Indexed images Graphics Convert to grayscale Text and graphics
87. its a es 115 LICENSES aseena ia r a dere 115 Index 117 novaPDF v7 User Manual Copyright 2010 Softland novaPDF 6 novaPDF v7 1 novaPDF 1 1 Installing novaPDF 1 1 1 What edition to choose There are three licensing options for novaPDF Lite Standard and Professional novaPDF Lite implements the basic functionality of a printer driver giving users the possibility to create high quality searchable PDF files from any Windows application Main features PDF A Compliance Creates PDFs compliant with PDF A 1b specification for the RGB colorspace e Merge PDF Files Append or insert content to an existing PDF file e Document Information Include title author keywords in your PDF file e PDF Viewer Options You can control how the PDF file will be displayed after it s generated in the default PDF viewer e Custom Save Options Configure it to use predefined save settings e After Save Actions Custom actions can be defined to be performed after the PDF was successfully generated Create Private Profiles Define different profiles for future use each with its own printing settings Import Export Profiles The printing profiles can be exported or imported into different installations Predefined Custom Page Sizes Choose a default page size like Letter Legal A3 A4 A5 A6 or define your own Fonts embedding and font subsets embedding Fonts TrueType OpenType and Type1 can be embedded in t
88. ks are added on the PDF pages in the order they are defined in the list If you want to send to back one of them use the Move Down button All changes you make on this page are saved in the active profile For more details on how to manage profiles consult the Profiles section The active profile is shown at the top of the window having in parenthesis what type of profile it is For example if Profile1 Private profile is shown at the top it means that the name of the active profile is Profile1 and it is a private profile New Edit Image Watermark This window is used to customize attributes for a new created or an existing image watermark It is opened by pressing the New Image Copy or Edit buttons placed on the Watermarks window from the Printing Preferences dialog novaPDF v7 User Manual Copyright 2010 Softland novaPDF 83 New Image Watermark ZS Name Print on New IWM All pages Y Zb Use file from LOCAL computer File C Users Admin Desktop pdf creator png Connect using a different user name Image properties Keep aspect ratio Fit to margins Units Millimeters Transparent color Name Unique watermark name Print On You can select on which PDF pages to print the watermark Available options are All pages Even pages First page Odd pages Range Range If you selected Range from the Print On drop down list
89. l client for instance Outlook Express You cannot change the email information in this case A copy of your email is saved in your Sent emails folder Send with SMTP In this case the email is sent using a SMTP server You have to configure your SMTP server in the Configure SMTP dialog You can open this dialog by pressing the Configure SMTP button Configure email You can configure email properties like Subject Content email addresses in the Configure email dialog You can open this dialog by pressing the Configure Email button novaPDF v7 User Manual Copyright 2010 Softland 104 novaPDF v7 All changes you make on this page are saved in the active profile For more details on how to manage profiles consult the Profiles section The active profile is shown at the top of the window having in parenthesis what type of profile it is For example if Profile1 Private profile is shown at the top it means that the name of the active profile is Profile1 and it is a private profile 1 3 12 1 Configure SMTP Options on this window are used to configure the SMTP server that will be used to send the email The dialog can be opened by pressing the Configure SMTP button from the Email window in Printing Preferences Configure SMTP L Z SMTP server SMTP port 25 L This server requires a secure connection SSL Authentication required Account Password SMTP server Enter your SM
90. le If a PDF file with the same name already exists in the selected destination and the Insert before existing PDF file option is checked the current PDF file will be merged with the existing one adding its pages before the content of the previous existing document PDF Password If you selected in the File Name section an already existing PDF file and you want to merge the current document with it you ll have to enter the password needed to open the existing one only if it s password protected If the PDF you want to merge with is not password protected you must leave this field empty After save action Using the options from this section you can set whether to perform an action or not after the PDF file was generated and saved Open PDF with default viewer This is selected by default The resulting PDF file will be opened in the default PDF viewer once the conversion is finished Uncheck it if you don t want it automatically opened Send email If you check this option after the PDF file is created it will be sent via email to the recipients specified in the Configure Email section from the Email tab in the Printing Preferences window If the email properties are not set in the Email tab you ll get a warning letting you know that you have to configure the email sending options otherwise you ll have to uncheck the Send email option from this page to continue creating the PDF without emailing it PDF A 1b RGB Check this option if
91. le and you want to merge the current document with it you ll have to enter the password needed to open the existing one only if it s password protected If the PDF you want to merge with is not password protected you must leave this field empty After Save Action You can set whether to perform an action or not after the PDF file was generated and saved e None no action will be performed e Open with default viewer if this is selected the resulting PDF file will be opened in the default viewer e Run application if this is selected you can choose an application to run after the PDF if saved You can also add some parameters that will be passed to the application when started You can also enter network paths UNC in the Application field in case the application you want to launch is not on the local computer Only a full path is allowed For example suppose PDF_Server PC1 is mapped on your workstation as drive X then the following paths are both valid and indicate the same folder PDF_Server PC1i PDF or X PDF It the network file requires authentication different from your user login you have to click on Connect using a different user name and enter the username password All changes you make on this page are saved in the active profile For more details on how to manage profiles consult the Profiles section The active profile is shown at the top of the window having in parenthesis what type of profile it is For example if Profile1
92. lect an opacity percentage for the text watermark By default the text watermark is drawn with maximum opacity 100 If you decrease the opacity value the text will be drawn with lighter colors Visible You can enable or disable the text watermark by checking unchecking this checkbox As background If this checkbox is checked the text watermark will be drawn on the PDF page first under the texts and images of the printed document If the As background checkbox is not checked the text watermark will be drawn on the PDF page at the end above the texts and images of the printed document By default the As background checkbox is checked Custom position By pressing the Custom position button a new window is opened for customizing the position where the text watermark will be drawn see Custom Position Preview The watermark text is drawn as it will be drawn on the PDF page The image is updated automatically when changing text watermarks attributes Custom Position In the Custom Position window you can set the position margins zoom alignment and origin of the watermark and preview your changes The window can be opened by pressing the Custom Position button placed on the New Edit Image Watermark dialog novaPDF v7 User Manual Copyright 2010 Softland 88 novaPDF v7 T Custom Position ees Margins Position Left Right 2 e Fit to margi 0 0 e Customize origin Top
93. lemented in Adobe Acrobat 5 and complies with the ISO Standard ISO 19005 1 2005 When the PDF A 1b RGB option is checked several options will be set as default ones to ensure the compatibility the Fonts will be Always embedded the file links option will be unchecked if checked previously and all Security settings will be disabled This option can be checked from the Edit Profiles page too Change options Press the Change options button to open the Change Options window that lets you set different options for the current document only such as the Document information Graphics Configure Email and Security Stay on top This is checked by default and it makes the Select Profile window topmost shown in front of other windows this way being easily visible when there are many windows opened Not registered If novaPDF is not registered a message will be shown in the lower left side of this window You can click on it to open the Register dialog and copy paste the registration name and key you received after ordering novaPDF 1 2 3 2 1 Change options The Change options window lets you set different options for the current document only such as Document information title author subject keywords Graphics options text image compression downsampling or conversion to Configure Email options or to Configure Security novaPDF v7 User Manual Copyright 2010 Softland novaPDF 35 options such as pas
94. liancy and other options Delete Deletes the profile selected in the profiles list You cannot delete the current active profile You have to set another profile as active profile first There will always be at least one profile Set Active Set the profile selected in the profiles list as current active profile The active profile settings will be used in the subsequent printing jobs Reset This button is enabled only for public profiles that can be changed on client computers On the client computer if you changed a public profile you can press this button to reset the options to the values from the server computer Options This group allows setting options for public profiles available only in Server editions and for profile activation Show Select Profile dialog when printing If this is checked before starting the PDF printing process after hitting the Print button you ll get another prompt allowing you to select a profile you want to use for that particular print job So even if you have a profile set as default in the Printing Preferences what you select in this Select Profile dialog is the profile that will be used for the current printing job Create temporary profile for each printing job If checked novaPDF will attach to each PDF printing job a temporary profile This is a safety measure so that if you send a job for printing and you modify the profile before the printing is processed your sent printing job will be u
95. ll Printed EH IECH ECH E document d Resulting SE Ss lt PDF mg 1 2 3 4 5 Overlay if with Tess wes Repeat if shorter overlay file None Last page If the PDF file you selected to overlay with has less pages than the file you are printing and Last Page is selected the resulting PDF file will use as background foreground the content of the overlayed PDF until it reaches the last page of the overlayed PDF after that continuing to add the content from the last page of the overlayed PDF only Example you have a document that has 5 pages and you want to overlay it with a PDF document that has 2 pages called let s say overlay pdf The resulting PDF file will have 5 pages On the first page it will include the content of page 1 from overlay pdf on the second page it will include the content of page 2 from overlay pdf and for the last 3 pages it will continue to include the content from page 2 of overlay pdf because it is the last page novaPDF v7 User Manual Copyright 2010 Softland novaPDF 99 rated IS Le Lei gt document a t I ii Resulting _ ER PDF 1 D m Overlay i Repeat if shorter overlay file Last Page Continuous If the PDF file you selected to overlay with has less pages than the file you are printing and Continuous is selected the resulting PDF file will add continuously as background foreground the content of the
96. lled If the version installed is older then the given parameter it proceeds with installation If the installed version is the same or newer then the given parameter it does not start the installation ImportProfiles import profiles file name and path All profiles found in the given file will be imported automatically when installing the printer If the printer is reinstalled over a previous installation the existing profiles will be deleted ActiveProfile profile name This option works only together with the ImportProfiles option When importing profiles from a file you can set one of them to be automatically defined as the active profile for the printer PropagateActiveProfile This option works only together with the ImportProfiles and ActiveProfile options When importing the active profile from a file you can set the option to propagate the active profile to client computers If this option is set all users connected to the printer will have the same active profile This option is used only by the Server edition and the active profile must be a public profile Below is an example of how to call the silent installer novapp exe VERYSILENT SUPPRESSMSGBOXES NOCANCEL NORESTART PrinterName novaPDF v7 novaPDF v7 User Manual Copyright 2010 Softland 14 novaPDF v7 Uninstall novaPDF When installing novaPDF there will be added a Start Menu folder for the novaPDF There w
97. matically calculated according to the left and top margins Customize zoom and origin The above behavior when Fit whole page to margins is set is probably sufficient in most of the cases But if you want to have a more accurate control of the result you can select the Customize zoom and origin radio button and manually enter zoom and page origin Zoom and origin You can set here the zoom alignment and origin of the document content in the PDF The controls from this group are active when Customize zoom and origin is set Zoom When Customize zoom and origin is set you can set the zoom factor of the document from 1 to 400 by entering a value or pressing the Up and Down arrows When Fit whole page to margins is set the zoom factor is calculated automatically Center horizontally If you set this option the contents of the document will be centered horizontally At the same time the Align to right option will be disabled and the Left origin is calculated automatically Center vertically If you set this option the contents of the document will be centered vertically At the same time the Align to bottom option will be disabled and the Top origin is calculated automatically Align to right If you set this option the contents of the document will be aligned to the right margin At the same time the Center horizontally option will be disabled and the Left origin is calculated automatically Align to bottom If you set this optio
98. mentation e several samples of how to use novaPDF SDK How to generate PDF file with novaPDF SDK You have to follow next steps for generating PDF files from your software e silent install novaPDF on the client machine by using the silent installer provided in the novaPDF SDK e customize novaPDF settings using the provided COM interface for instance set the output file name and folder document info If you do not wish to install and use the COM interface you can write the settings directly in registry All registry settings are documented in the novaPDF SDK manual novaPDF v7 User Manual Copyright 2010 Softland novaPDF 15 1 2 1 2 1 e start a print job from your application and write to the printer device context as you wish All your drawing will be converted to PDF e you can also register some windows messages to receive the printing status page finished document finished errors Network use novaPDF Server can be installed on the network as a printer server and novaPDF SDK can be used in softwares that are installed on a single computer in network and used from any other computer in the network All you need to do in your software is to check if the novaPDF Server is installed locally and if not to add a connection to the novaPDF Server on the printer server Licensing novaPDF SDK is fully functional with no time limitation A notice is printed on each PDF page mentioning the novaPDF The noti
99. n You can choose the magnification when opening the PDF file in the PDF viewer Fit Width Fit Height Fit Page or a percent between 25 and 400 If you choose Default for magnification the PDF viewer will use its default settings All changes you make on this page are saved in the active profile For more details on how to manage profiles consult the Profiles section The active profile is shown at the top of the window having in parenthesis what type of profile it is For example if Profile1 Private profile is shown at the top it means that the name of the active profile is Profile1 and it is a private profile Security The Security page of the Printing Preferences window allows you to set a level of encryption protected by a password that restricts certain document permissions for the resulting PDF file The window can be opened by choosing the Printing Preferences menu item when novaPDF is selected in the Printers and Faxes window and clicking the Security tab This tab is also accessible from the printing Windows application in the Print dialog if you press the Properties Preferences button when novaPDF is selected novaPDF v7 User Manual Copyright 2010 Softland novaPDF 67 o New Public Profile Private profile Encryption level High level 128 bits Document permissions Print document Modify document content Extract text and graphics S lt x Modify annotations fill
100. n converting a Word document to a PDF using the add in you have the option to automatically detect Word bookmarks in the document and add them in the PDF too This means that you don t have to define any bookmark rules for the conversion as needed when printing directly to the printer driver Using novaPDF add ins for Microsoft Office to create PDF files disadvantages e Office applications only The add ins work only with Microsoft Office applications so it cannot be used from other applications Read more about novaPDF add ins for Microsoft Office on the Create PDF from Microsoft Word or Create PDF from Microsoft Excel sections novaPDF Printer Driver The previous two options mentioned for creating PDF files rely on the novaPDF printer driver as this is the program that actually does the conversion novaPDF is installed as a virtual printer so it will be shown as an actual printer in the Printers list This means that you can create PDF files from any application that allows printing if you print that document to the novaPDF printer driver This is done in the same way you would print to a regular printer meaning you have to open the document go to File gt Print select novaPDF as the printer and then click on Print novaPDF v7 User Manual Copyright 2010 Softland 18 novaPDF v7 1 2 2 1 2 2 1 Select Printer Zei ii to ai ai Add Printer E novaPDF HP LaserJet Microsoft novaPDF Pro 4 w p Status
101. n the contents of the document will be aligned to the bottom margin At the same time the Center vertically option will be disabled and the Top origin is calculated automatically Left origin The left origin of the document contents It can be modified by entering a value or pressing the Up and Down arrows if the Center horizontally and Align to right options are not set Top origin The top origin of the document contents It can be modified by entering a value or pressing the Up and Down arrows if the Center vertically and Align to bottom options are not set Units You can change the measurement units from the Units drop down list The available values are millimeters inches and points Changing the units will recalculate the margins and the origins Preview You can preview changes you do on the Margins and Zoom window without actually saving them novaPDF v7 User Manual Copyright 2010 Softland novaPDF 59 1 3 2 Reset to Default Set all options to the default values no margins and Fit whole page to margins option selected Graphics The Graphics page of the Printing Preferences window allows you to compress downsample or convert text and images to reduce the size of the resulting PDF file The window can be opened by choosing the Printing Preferences menu item when novaPDF is selected in the Printers and Faxes window and clicking the Graphics tab This tab is also accessible from the printing Windows applic
102. nd novaPDF 95 m Configure Save Options ES Folder Zb Use folder from LOCAL computer Folder name Connect using a different user name File File name N Folder In the Folder field you can set a folder where the files will be saved The pdf files will be automatically saved in this folder without manual intervention You can also enter network paths UNC in the Folder name field in case you want to save the PDF on another computer in your network Only a full path is allowed For example suppose PDF_Server PC1 is mapped on your workstation as drive X then the following paths are both valid and indicate the same folder PDF_Server PC1 PDF or X PDF If the network file requires authentication different from your user login you have to click on Connect using a different user name and enter the username password File name You can manually type a name for the generated PDF file in the File name field or use Macro to automatically name the PDF file created In order to use different file names for each generated PDF files you can use some macros in the File name field an example of how the macros are converted is shown just below the File name field Document Name TN Date YMD Year Y Month M Day D Time HIS Hour H Minute I Second 5 Counter C Workstation w User Name U novaPDF v7 User Manual Copyright 2010 Softland
103. nge Options window allows you to enable the option to send PDF via email when the PDF is generated select different delivery methods and configure the email to be sent Note that these options apply only to the document currently being printed they are not saved in the profile To have changes saved in the profile you need to set them through the Printing Preferences Email window novaPDF v7 User Manual Copyright 2010 Softland 48 novaPDF v7 Document Graphics Configure Email Security From BCC Subject Content o Jl aa 1 mee Send Email You can enable or disable the email feature by checking or unchecking this checkbox If email feature is enabled you should configure email properties Delivery method This group allows choosing an option to open or send an email using the default email client or a custom configured SMTP server Open default email client In this case an email dialog will be opened in the default email for instance Outlook Express and the email details will be filled in You can make changes to the email and the email will be sent only if you press the Send button Send with default email client In this case the mail will be automatically sent using your default email client for instance Outlook Express You cannot change the email information in this case A copy of your email is saved in your Sent emails folder Send with SMTP In this case the email is sent
104. nstalled e g Languages en it ro will install the English Italian and Romanian language packs Language codes available in the current version ar Arabic bg Bulgarian br Portuguese Brazilian cs Czech ct Chinese Traditional de German en English es Spanish fi Finnish fr French gr Greek hu Hungarian it Italian ja Japanese kr Korean nl Dutch no Norwegian novaPDF v7 User Manual Copyright 2010 Softland novaPDF 13 pl Polish pt Portuguese ro Romanian ru Russian sc Chinese Simplified si Slovenian sr Serbian sv Swedish tr Turkish vi Vietnamese uk Ukrainian DefaultLang language Specifies the default language Use short language codes exactly as those listed for the Languages parameter above or the REGST constant for Use regional settings option PrinterName printer name Name of the installed printer By default the name is novaPDF v7 RegisterName registration name novaPDF registration name RegisterKey license key novaPDF registration key Default Instructs Setup to set the printer as default printer NolInstallIfExists Instructs setup to check if the same edition of novaPDF is already installed If found it does not start the installation NolInstallIfVersion major version minor version build no Instructs setup to check if novaPDF is already installed If found it checks what version is insta
105. nt and other access permissions for printing editing or extracting text and graphics e High Level 128 bits for Adobe Reader 5 0 and above Beside passwords and access permissions that can be setup for low level encryption you can add some more advance permissions for the PDF document Document permissions You can enable or disable permissions to Low level 40 bits e Print document if this is unchecked the resulting PDF file will not allow printing e Modify document content novaPDF v7 User Manual Copyright 2010 Softland 50 novaPDF v7 1 2 3 4 Extract text and graphics if this is unchecked the resulting PDF file will not allow text graphics extraction including copying text from the PDF file e Modify annotations fill forms High Level 128 bits e Print document possibly not at the highest quality level if Print High Resolution is not allowed e Modify document content e Extract text and graphics e Modify annotations fill forms if Modify document content is allowed create or modify interactive form fields Print high resolution print the document to a representation from which a faithful digital copy of the PDF content could be generated When this is not allowed but Print document is allowed printing is limited to a low level representation of the appearance possibly of degraded quality 150dpi maximum image quality e Assemble the document insert rotate or delete pages and cre
106. ntent of the previous existing document PDF Password If you selected in the File Name section an already existing PDF file and you want to merge the current document with it you ll have to enter the password needed to open the existing one only if it s password protected If the PDF you want to merge with is not password protected you must leave this field empty After save action Using the options from this section you can set whether to perform an action or not after the PDF file was generated and saved Open PDF with default viewer This is selected by default The resulting PDF file will be opened in the default PDF viewer once the conversion is finished Uncheck it if you don t want it automatically opened Send email If you check this option after the PDF file is created it will be sent via email to the recipients specified in the Configure Email section from the Email tab in the Printing Preferences window If the email properties are not set in the Email tab you ll get a warning letting you know that you have to configure the email sending options otherwise you ll have to uncheck the Send email option from this page to continue creating the PDF without emailing it PDF A 1b RGB Check this option if you want to have the resulted PDF file compliant with the ISO standard PDF A 1b for the RGB colorspace PDF A is a PDF file format used for long term archiving of documents in electronic format It uses PDF Reference 1 4 imp
107. of the window having in parenthesis what type of profile it is For example if Profile1 Private profile is shown at the top it means that the name of the active profile is Profile1 and it is a private profile novaPDF v7 User Manual Copyright 2010 Softland novaPDF 55 1 3 1 1 Manage Predefined Forms In the Manage Predefined Forms window you can view add copy update and delete predefined forms page sizes formats The window can be opened by pressing the Manage button placed on the Page section of the Printing Preferences window le Manage Predefined Forms d Description A4 A4 210 x 297 mm Letter Letter 8 1 2 x 11in Legal Legal 8 1 2 x 14in Executive Executive 7 1 4 x 10 1 2in A5 A5 148 x 210 mm Envelope 10 Envelope 10 4 1 8 x 9 1 2 Envelope DL Envelope DL 110 x 220 mm Envelope C5 Envelope C5 162 x 229 mm Envelope B5 Envelope B5 176 x 250 mm Envelope Monarch Envelope Monarch 3 875 x 7 5 in A6 105 x 148 mm Tabloid 11 x 17in Statement 5 1 7 x R 1 7 in ISIS SS SASSEN ER Predefined forms list The list contains essential information about the existing predefined forms their visibility name and description If the check box in front is checked the predefined from will be visible in the Predefined drop down list from the first page Selecting a predefined form will show its properties in the fields below the list New Pressing th
108. omed so it will fit in the printing region of your document You can see the automatically calculated zoom percent in the Zoom field Also the left and top origin are automatically calculated according to the left and top margins Customize zoom and origin The above behavior when Fit whole page to margins is set is probably sufficient in most of the cases But if you want to have a more accurate control of the result you can select the Customize zoom and origin radio button and manually enter zoom and origin for the inserted document Zoom and origin You can set here the zoom alignment and origin of the document to be overlayed in the existing PDF The controls from this group are active when Customize zoom and origin is selected Zoom When Customize zoom and origin is selected you can set the zoom factor of the document from 1 to 400 by entering a value or pressing the Up and Down arrows When Fit whole page to margins is set the zoom factor is calculated automatically Center horizontally If you set this option the content of the document to be inserted will be centered horizontally At the same time the Align to right option will be disabled and the Left origin is calculated automatically Center vertically If you set this option the content of the document to be inserted will be centered vertically At the same time the Align to bottom option will be disabled and the Top origin is calculated automatically Align to
109. ont size style color Bookmarks Show in different style and color Watermarks Display as background Watermarks Show on all odd even range pages Watermarks Transparent color Save Local Save Network amp 116161616 16161616 G16 lt I lt 1 lt I lt 16161616 lt I lt lt amp 196 lt 9 96 RIR RIRI 96 96 96 96 96 96 196 96 RILIR IK IK IK IKI 9 196 96 96 RIRI 96 96 96 96 96 96 196 96 96 196196 1961 IK IR IR IK GIRL ISIS IMIR IS ISIS IG IK JK 1X 1X X X 196 198 96 196 IR IRIS IS REIKI IV IG IMIG IIS IR IR IR J amp 1X 1X X 96 196 198 196 196 1 IR IRIS I Save Prompt extended Save dialog novaPDF v7 User Manual Copyright 2010 Softland 10 novaPDF v7 Save Prompt Save As dialog Save Use predefined settings Save Append Insert content in existing PDF files Save Advanced settings e g ignore blank pages Save Automatic actions in case of name conflicts Save Open PDF or run program after save Overlay Enable overlay with existing PDF file Overlay Actions in case overlay file is shorter Overlay Custom position for the overlayed file Email Send as attachment normal or zipped Email Send using email client or SMTP server Email Configure em
110. op and Bottom Margins You can set a margin region that will remain empty when printing Page zoom 1 400 zoom factor You can zoom a page if you need advanced settings of how the document should be positioned on the PDF page novaPDF Standard Server has all the features of all the features of novaPDF Lite Server and novaPDF Standard novaPDF Professional has all the features of novaPDF Standard plus novaPDF v7 User Manual Copyright 2010 Softland novaPDF 7 Digitally sign PDF files you will be able to apply digital signatures to generated PDF files 40 bit 128 bit encryption full 40 bit and 128 bit encryption is supported by novaPDF Professional and the user is able to control whether the PDF can be viewed printed modified annotated or if it should permit copying pasting content from it e Send PDF via email once created the PDF file can be automatically sent via email to different recipients either using the default email client or directly from the application using SMTP configuration Additionally you can choose to zip the PDF and send it as attachment e PDF Overlay this allows adding the content of the document currently being printed via novaPDF Professional as the background or foreground of an existing PDF file with options to customize the position of that added content novaPDF Professional Server has all the features of novaPDF Standard Server and novaPDF Professional Desktop Serve
111. or more of the next detection options e Font novaPDF v7 User Manual Copyright 2010 Softland novaPDF 81 Size and Size margin Style Bold and or Italic Color you may choose a color from the color palette using the Choose button Enabled this option signifies whether the currently selected definition will be taken into consideration Display options This group allows you to set how the detected bookmarks will be formatted and displayed in the PDF You can choose from the following display options e Style Bold and or Italic e Color you may choose a color from the color palette using the Choose button Detection preview This section illustrates the appearance of the current definition accordingly to the detection options that are enabled 1 3 9 Watermarks The Watermarks page of the Printing Preferences window allows you to add image watermarks on the generated PDF pages The window can be opened by choosing the Printing Preferences menu item when novaPDF is selected in the Printers and Faxes window and clicking the Watermarks tab This tab is also accessible from the printing Windows application in the Print dialog if you press the Properties Preferences button when novaPDF is selected New Public Profile Private profile V Enable watermarks Watermarks geg Type New Text WM New IWM Image New Image V New TWM Text Copy Edit
112. ottom margin At the same time the Center vertically option will be disabled and the Top origin is calculated automatically Left origin The left origin of the document contents It can be modified by entering a value or pressing the Up and Down arrows if the Center horizontally and Align to right options are not set Top origin The top origin of the document contents It can be modified by entering a value or pressing the Up and Down arrows if the Center vertically and Align to bottom options are not set Units You can change the measurement units from the Units drop down list The available values are millimeters inches and points Changing the units will recalculate the margins and the origins Preview You can preview changes you do on the Custom Position window without actually saving them Reset to default Set all options to the default values no margins and Fit to margin option selected 1 3 9 4 Copy Watermark This dialog is displayed when copying a text or image watermark and allows naming the new watermark novaPDF v7 User Manual Copyright 2010 Softland 90 novaPDF v7 1 3 10 The dialog can be opened by selecting an existing watermark and pressing the Copy button from the Watermarks window in Printing Preferences Le Copy Watermark Copy watermark New TWM to Copy of New TWM Copy Watermark This will create a copy of the selected text or image watermark from the
113. ou enter is expressed in the selected measurement unit The sum of the left and right margins cannot exceed 2 3 of the page width Larger values will be adjusted automatically Right You can set the right margin of the page by entering a value or pressing the Up and Down arrows The number you enter is expressed in the selected measurement unit The sum of the left and right margins cannot exceed 2 3 of the page width Larger values will be adjusted automatically Top You can set the top margin of the page by entering a value or pressing the Up and Down arrows The sum of the top and bottom margins cannot exceed 2 3 of the page height Larger values will be adjusted automatically Bottom You can set the bottom margin of the page by entering a value or pressing the Up and Down arrows The sum of the top and bottom margins cannot exceed 2 3 of the page height Larger values will be adjusted automatically Page Position novaPDF v7 User Manual Copyright 2010 Softland 58 novaPDF v7 You can select a simple adjustment only by the margins or a more complex one which involves zooming aligning and changing the origin of the document content Fit whole page to margins If the Fit whole page to margins radio button is selected the output page will be automatically zoomed so it will fit in the printing region You can see the automatically calculated zoom percent in the Zoom field Also the left and top origin are auto
114. penType and Typel fonts installed on your computer that are not already listed in the Always embed fonts and Never embed fonts lists You can select multiple items from the list and move them using the right arrow button from the form Always embed fonts Once checked this option will allow you to embed all fonts from the list below into the PDF file novaPDF v7 User Manual Copyright 2010 Softland 64 novaPDF v7 1 3 4 The list can be filled from the Available fonts list using the right arrow button You can select multiple items from the list and remove them using the left arrow button from the form Never embed fonts Once checked this option will prevent embedding of the fonts from the list below into the PDF file The list can be filled from the Available fonts list using the right arrow button You can select multiple items from the list and remove them using the left arrow button from the form By default the Arial Courier and Times New Roman fonts are in the Never Embed Fonts list because they are standard fonts in the PDF format and they do not need to be embedded with the PDF file Move buttons The buttons are enabled only if items are selected in the Available fonts Always embed fonts and Never Embed fonts lists Pressing these button results in the selected items being removed from the originating list and added to the destination list All changes you make on this page are saved in the active profile
115. r access permissions for printing editing or extracting text and graphics e High Level 128 bits for Adobe Reader 5 0 and above Beside passwords and access permissions that can be setup for low level encryption you can add some more advance permissions for the PDF document Document permissions You can enable or disable permissions to Low level 40 bits e Print document if this is unchecked the resulting PDF file will not allow printing e Modify document content novaPDF v7 User Manual Copyright 2010 Softland novaPDF 41 Extract text and graphics if this is unchecked the resulting PDF file will not allow text graphics extraction including copying text from the PDF file e Modify annotations fill forms High Level 128 bits e Print document possibly not at the highest quality level if Print High Resolution is not allowed e Modify document content e Extract text and graphics e Modify annotations fill forms if Modify document content is allowed create or modify interactive form fields Print high resolution print the document to a representation from which a faithful digital copy of the PDF content could be generated When this is not allowed but Print document is allowed printing is limited to a low level representation of the appearance possibly of degraded quality 150dpi maximum image quality e Assemble the document insert rotate or delete pages and create bookmarks or thumbnail image
116. r or Site licenses Server licenses give the possibility to control the usage of novaPDF printer driver and allow shared network printing features that are not available for desktop licenses owners Site licenses give the possibility to install novaPDF on unlimited servers and share it with unlimited number of clients within the location restrictions imposed by the license type whereas server licenses allow you to install novaPDF only on one server and share it with limited number of clients limited by the number of licenses Desktop license e Description By purchasing a desktop license you can install one copy of novaPDF Desktop on one of your computers e Limitation You cannot share novaPDF Desktop as a printer use it through Remote Desktop Connections or install it on Terminal Servers these are available only for server licenses Server license e Description By purchasing server licenses you can install one copy of novaPDF Server on one of your computers and access it as a shared printer from a number of your computers equal to the number of licenses purchased You can also use it through Remote Desktop Connections and install it on Terminal Servers e Limitation You can install novaPDF Server only on one server and share it with multiple client computers You cannot install novaPDF Server on multiple servers for this you would need site licenses Site license e Description By purchasing site licenses you can install unlim
117. right 2010 Softland 92 novaPDF v7 When file exists This option is only displayed when you select Use predefined setting from the Save window When a file with the same name already exists in the selected folder you can choose one of the next actions e Prompt Save As dialog a Save as dialog will be shown so you can change the name of the file or folder manually Auto number new files a counter is added to the file name of the new generate pdf file Append date and time the date and time is appended to the generated pdf file name Overwrite existing file is overwritten with the new generated file Auto number existing files a counter is added to the file name of the existing pdf file The new pdf file will have the name set in this dialog e Append to existing PDF file if a PDF file with the same name already exists in the selected destination the current PDF file will be merged with the existing one adding its pages at the end of the previous existing document Insert before into existing PDF file if a PDF file with the same name already exists in the selected destination the current PDF file will be merged with the existing one adding its pages before the content of the previous existing document e Do not save PDF if a PDF file with the same name already exists in the selected destination the current PDF file will not be saved PDF Password If you selected in the File Name section an already existing PDF fi
118. right If you set this option the content of the document to be inserted will be aligned to the right margin At the same time the Center horizontally option will be disabled and the Left origin is calculated automatically novaPDF v7 User Manual Copyright 2010 Softland 102 novaPDF v7 1 3 12 Align to bottom If you set this option the content of the document to be inserted will be aligned to the bottom margin At the same time the Center vertically option will be disabled and the Top origin is calculated automatically Left origin The left origin for the content of the document to be inserted It can be modified by entering a value or pressing the Up and Down arrows if the Center horizontally and Align to right options are not set Top origin The top origin for the content of the document to be inserted It can be modified by entering a value or pressing the Up and Down arrows if the Center vertically and Align to bottom options are not set Units You can change the measurement units from the Units drop down list The available values are millimeters inches and points Changing the units will recalculate the dimensions entered on the Custom Position page Preview You can preview changes you do on the Custom Position window without actually saving them Reset to Default Set all options to the default values no margins and Fit whole page to margins option selected Email The Email page of the Print
119. rs list 3 Click on Print and choose a location for your PDF file novaPDF v7 User Manual Copyright 2010 Softland 26 novaPDF v7 S press_release_backup4all_200 702 doc WordPad SH Edit View Insert Format Help Print Preview Page Setup 1 press_release_backup4all_200702 doc 2 License rtf Select Printer 3 License rtf V V 4C websites config2 php da dn Send Microsoft Microsoft XPS novaPDF Lite novaPDF Lite ffice Doc Document v3 v4 Exit KA Mm WINdOWS Vista compati 2 Volume Shadow Copy rede 3 Backup to DVD fixes 4 Other bug fixes Backup4all 3 8 is a full featured lt Page Range far greater choice of backup options on fiber of copies 1 1 Backup4all allows you to creat O Pages folders of virtually any size su WE ieper e access it with any zip compatib page range For example 5 12 encryption so that you can seq 2 The back up process may be e you have set the backup exec control the execution of backup How to create PDF files from NotePad 1 Open the NotePad document that you want to convert to a PDF file 2 Go to File gt Print and select novaPDF from the Printers list 3 Click on Print and choose a location for your PDF file novaPDF v7 User Manual Copyright 2010 Softland novaPDF 27 E Wikipedia txt Notepad WM Edit Format View Help and rsion m re 11 2 E Cimicrdpemgaine Ftware Select Printer It allows back
120. s e Advance extract text and graphics force allow extract text and graphics in support of accessibility to disabled users or for other purposes e Advance fill forms fill in existing interactive form fields even if Modify Annotations Fill Forms is not allowed User password You can setup a user password for opening the PDF document If you enter a user password the document cannot be opened without entering user or owner passwords Enter the same user password in the Confirm password edit field Owner password If the PDF Document is encrypted access permissions can be changed only if the document is opened with the owner password Enter the same owner password in the Confirm password edit field 1 2 3 2 2 Network User This window is used to add a new username and password when accessing a mapped network resource that requires authorization and your default logon user doesn t have access permission It is opened by pressing the Connect using a different user name link Network user _ By default you will connect to the mapped or shared network folder with the user you are logged on To connect as another user enter the user name and password below User name Password User name novaPDF v7 User Manual Copyright 2010 Softland 42 novaPDF v7 1 2 3 3 If you need to use as an watermark an image that s located on another computer in your network you ll need to
121. s of level By choosing this option in case two consecutive detected bookmarks don t have consecutive levels some intermediary dummy nodes will be placed between them in order to keep hierarchy visible Bookmarks The list view contains information for all predefined bookmarks e Name heading name e Description contains the detection attributes for the bookmark such as font size style The bookmarks may have more than one definition in this case the description contains the number of definitions Add The Add button opens a new window see Bookmark Definitions and adds a new bookmark at the end of the list Edit The Edit button allows modifying the attributes of a bookmark such as enabling or disabling existing definitions removing existing or adding new definitions Remove The Remove button deletes a bookmark and all its definitions from the list view Use levels This value signifies the number of defined bookmarks which will be taken into consideration when generating the PDF file Open to level This value signifies the number of opened bookmarks in the bookmark layout of the generated PDF file All changes you make on this page are saved in the active profile For more details on how to manage profiles consult the Profiles section The active profile is shown at the top of the window having in parenthesis what type of profile it is For example if Profile1 Private profile is shown at the top it means
122. s override paper settings from printing applications Advanced sl E PDF A 1b RGB Profile name You can type a name for the profile you re defining Set active This is checked by default and it will set the newly defined profile or the edited profile as the active one Profile type Private A private profile is visible only on the computer where it s created Note that unless you have one of the Server editions all profiles will be created as private since only the Server editions support shared network printing novaPDF v7 User Manual Copyright 2010 Softland novaPDF 109 Public If you have a novaPDF Server Edition you can create private or public profiles Public profiles are visible from all client computers You are only allowed to create public profiles on the printer server computer When a public profile will be used all the settings from that profile will be propagated to the client computers Allow changes to this profile If this checkbox is checked the settings in the public profiles can be overwritten on client computers If this flag is not set the public profiles cannot be modified on client computers all Printing Preferences pages are disabled Destination When you have a public profile on a novaPDF Server Edition you can choose where to save the generated PDF file For private profiles the destination is always Local and the options are grayed ou
123. sed to configure color conversion for text and graphics indexed images and high color images The dialog can be opened by pressing the Configure button from the Graphics window in Printing Preferences novaPDF v7 User Manual Copyright 2010 Softland 62 novaPDF v7 1 3 3 r Configure Conversion Convert to grayscale Convert to monochrome Threshold V Dither 128 Floyd amp Steinberg error diffusion L a II cam Enable conversion If checked colors for text and graphics indexed images or high color images will be converted That means the images will be added in the PDF file with converted to grayscale or monochrome black white color Convert to grayscale Each color will be converted to a gray value between 0 and 256 You can convert to grayscale texts and graphics indexed and high color images Convert to monochrome Each color will be converted to black or white You can convert to monochrome texts and graphics indexed and high color images For images you can select a dithering algorithm for better results Treshold The treshold value is used to convert to monochrome color It can range between 0 and 256 the default value is 128 All colors less the treshold value will be converted to black and all colors above the treshold value will be converted to white Dither When converting images to monochrome you can choose a dithering algorithm for better results
124. server You have to configure your SMTP server in the Configure SMTP dialog You can open this dialog by pressing the Configure SMTP button Configure email You can configure email properties like Subject Content email addresses in the Configure email dialog You can open this dialog by pressing the Configure Email button novaPDF v7 User Manual Copyright 2010 Softland A0 novaPDF v7 1 2 3 2 1 4 Security The Security page from the Change Options window allows you to set a level of encryption protected by a password that restricts certain document permissions for the resulting PDF file Note that these options apply only for the document currently being printed they are not saved in the profile To have changes saved in the profile you need to set them through the Printing Preferences Security window Document Graphics Configure Email Security Encryption level No encryption G Document permissions User password Owner password Confirm password Confirm password L oe II Geet __ Hep Encryption level Available encryption levels are e No encryption the PDF file will not be encrypted PDF document access permissions and user passwords cannot be set in this case anyone can open the PDF document e Low Level 40 bits for Adobe Reader 3 0 and above The PDF document will be encrypted with a low level encryption algorithm You can setup passwords for opening the document and othe
125. sing the profile that it had when the printing was initiated Propagate active public profile on client computers If this is checked once a profile becomes active on the print server it will be automatically propagated as active profile to all client computers Show private profiles on client computer Check this to allow private profiles to be defined on client computers unchecking this will show only the public profiles on the client computers When activating a different profile When activating a different profile you may loose some changes you made to the previous active profile if you made some changes in the Printing Preferences property sheet pages and you novaPDF v7 User Manual Copyright 2010 Softland 108 novaPDF v7 did not press the Apply or OK buttons You have two options e Ask me what to do let the system ask you if you want to save the changes to the previous active profile or not e Automatically save changes to the current profile let the system automatically save the changes to the previous active profile 1 3 13 1 New Edit Profile This dialog allows choosing a type of profile and naming renaming it The dialog can be opened by pressing the New or Edit button from the Profiles window in Printing Preferences New Profile Profile name New Private Profile V Set active Profile type Private PDF version 1 4 Adobe Reader 5 Profile setting
126. sword protecting the pdf disallowing copy paste The options set here only apply to the document currently being printed they are not saved in the profile To have these options changed globally in the profile they need to be set from the Printing Preferences window Document Graphics Configure Email Security Document information Title Subject Author lt Default gt Keywords PDF viewer options Start page Page layout 1 Continuous T Show Magnification Page only Default 7 L o II eg 1 mo Document Contains settings for PDF document information and how the PDF document should be opened by the default PDF reader for the current document only More info on the Document page Graphics Allows you to compress downsample or convert text and images to reduce the size of the resulting PDF file for the current document only More info on the Graphics page Configure Email Allows you to enable the option to send PDF via email when the PDF is generated select different delivery methods and configure the email to be sent for the current document only More info on the Configure Email page Security Allows you to set a level of encryption protected by a password that restricts certain document permissions for the resulting PDF file for the current document only More info on the Security page novaPDF v7 User Manual Copyright 2010 Softland 36 novaPDF v7
127. t but they become active when Public profiles are selected e Local folders If the destination is set to local the file will be saved on the computer from where the print job was started e Server folders If the destination is set to network the file will be saved on the printer server computer Options PDF version You can set a PDF version that will be used when creating PDF files 1 3 1 4 1 5 or 1 6 Note that a PDF created with a higher PDF version can be opened only using newer versions of PDF viewers e PDF 1 3 can be opened with Adobe Reader 4 or higher e PDF 1 4 can be opened with Adobe Reader 5 or higher e PDF 1 5 can be opened with Adobe Reader 6 or higher e PDF 1 6 can be opened with Adobe Reader 7 or higher PDF A 1b RGB Check this option if you want to have the resulted PDF file compliant with the ISO standard PDF A 1b for the RGB colorspace PDF A is a PDF file format used for long term archiving of documents in electronic format It uses PDF Reference 1 4 implemented in Adobe Acrobat 5 and complies with the ISO Standard ISO 19005 1 2005 When the PDF A 1b RGB option is checked several options will be set as default ones to ensure the compatibility the Fonts will be Always embedded the file links option will be unchecked if checked previously and all Security settings will be disabled Profile settings override paper settings from printing applications Some settings regarding page size page orientat
128. t Prompt extended Save dialog and in Configure Save Options and check the option Allow changing folder File name In the file name field you can e manually type a name for the generated PDF file without specifying the path in this case the PDF will be saved in the folder that shows in the Folder field If a PDF file with the same name already exists in the destination the new PDF file will either be merged with it if you chose to do so in the Merge with PDF file section or you ll be asked to novaPDF v7 User Manual Copyright 2010 Softland novaPDF 43 overwrite it If the folder where the pdf will be saved is stored on a network location the Connect using a different user name option becomes active You can use it if the network folder where you want to save the PDF requires authentication different from your user login Simply click on it and enter the username password Merge with PDF file Using the options in this group you can select how to merge the current document you re converting with an existing PDF selected in the File name section by inserting it before the existing content or after it Append to existing PDF file If a PDF file with the same name already exists in the selected destination and the Append to existing PDF file option is checked the current PDF file will be merged with the existing one adding its pages at the end of the previous existing document Insert before existing PDF fi
129. t saved in the profile To have changes saved in the profile you need to set them through the Printing Preferences Graphics window novaPDF v7 User Manual Copyright 2010 Softland novaPDF 47 Document Graphics Configure Email Security Predefined Compress vd V Compress high color images JPEG High dl Compress indexed images ZIP Normal V Compress monochrome images ZIP Normal V Compress text and graphics ZIP Normal E Downsample high color images 96 dpi Bicubic F Downsample indexed images 96 dpi Bicubic F Downsample monochrome images 96 dpi Bicubic E Convert high color images Grayscale E Convert indexed images Grayscale E Convert text and graphics color Grayscale 4 II p Configure L o Il canei Il me Predefined The Predefined drop down list allows you to quickly select a set of settings from the options list view Compress Downsample Convert None or Custom Options list The list contains information for all available graphics options The Options column shows the name of the graphic option while the Description column displays information about the option s properties Configure The selected option can be customized by clicking this button See the Compression Downsampling and Conversion sections for details about each particular feature 1 2 3 3 1 3 Configure Email The Configure Email page from the Cha
130. te profile is shown at the top it means that the name of the active profile is Profile1 and it is a private profile 1 3 11 1 Custom Position In the Custom Position Overlay window you can set the page position margins zoom alignment and origin of the document to be overlayed in the PDF and preview your changes The window can be opened by pressing the Custom Position button placed on the Overlay section of the Printing Preferences dialog The options you set here are only for the content that will be inserted overlayed they will not modify the position margins zoom origin of the existing content P Custom Position Overlay ER Margins Page position Left Right Fit whole page to margins 0 o Customize zoom and origin Top Bottom 0 0 Zoom and origin Zoom Preview 00 SS Cente zonta 4 Aliar to Dottor T Left origin Top origin ir p p Units Milimeters z Reset to Default ok Cancel Help Margins You can define a region around the PDF document to be overlayed that will show only what s already in the existing PDF when printing if the existing PDF information does not have any information in that region it will remain blank Margins can be defined for all sides individually The numbers you enter are expressed in the selected measurement unit Left You can set a left margin for the PDF to be overlayed inserted by entering a value or pressing the Up an
131. that the name of the active profile is Profile1 and it is a private profile Add Edit Bookmark This dialog is used to add update or remove definitions for the currently selected bookmark The dialog is opened by pressing the Add or Edit button placed on the Bookmarks window from the Printing Preferences dialog novaPDF v7 User Manual Copyright 2010 Softland 80 novaPDF v7 Add Bookmark WER Heading 1 Definitions Name Description l New V Definition1 Arial 22 1 Bold E l Copy Detection options Display options V Font Style T Arial F Bold E Italic Z Size Color gt p a Choose Style Ce n Detection preview V Bold E Italic F Color EE ay Definition1 Definitions list The list view contains information for all the definitions of the current bookmark e Name definition name e Description contains the detection attributes for the currently selected definition such as font size style New The New button adds a new definition with default detection options values at the end of the list Copy The Copy button provides a copy of the currently selected definition and places it at the end of the list Delete The Delete button removes the currently selected definition from the list view Detection options This group allows you to set formatting rules that will be used to detect the bookmarks You can choose one
132. the Profiles section The active profile is shown at the top of the window having in parenthesis what type of profile it is For example if Profile1 Private profile is shown at the top it means that the name of the active profile is Profile1 and it is a private profile Compression Options on this window are used to configure the compression for text and graphics monochrome images indexed images and high color images The dialog can be opened by pressing the Configure button from the Graphics window in Printing Preferences r Configure Compression Text and graphics Enable compression If checked text and graphics will be compressed Method Text and graphics will be compressed using ZIP compression Level Available compression levels are Fastest Normal and Maximum By default Normal level of compression is used High Color Images Enable compression If checked high color images will be compressed Method High color images will be compressed using JPEG or ZIP compression Level You can choose ZIP compression level from Fastest Normal and Maximum and JPEG compression level from Minimum Low Medium High and Maximum By default the high color images will be compressed with the High level of JPEG compression Indexed Images Enable compression If checked indexed images will be compressed Method Indexed images will be compressed using ZIP compression Level Available compression l
133. the Profiles section The active profile is shown at the top of the window having in parenthesis what type of profile it is For example if Profile1 Private profile is shown at the top it means that the name of the active profile is Profile1 and it is a private profile Signature The Signature page of the Printing Preferences window allows you to enable and configure the options for digitally signing PDF documents The window can be opened by choosing the Printing Preferences menu item when novaPDF is selected in the Printers and Faxes window and clicking the Signature tab This tab is also accessible from the printing Windows application in the Print dialog if you press the Properties Preferences button when novaPDF is selected Using this option you can apply a signature to a created PDF file even if the original document does not have any signatures or copyright protection The signature will be applied automatically when the file is converted All you have to do is to enable and customize it and all the created PDF files will contain the signature applied afterwards The option can be disabled at any time ora separate Profile containing the option can be created and used when needed A digital PDF signature is a code that can be embedded in a portable document PDF so that the sender will be uniquely identified Its main purpose is to attest that the document was indeed created by the individual organization claiming to be the author A d
134. the default values no margins and Fit whole page to margins option selected Links The Links page of the Printing Preferences window allows you to enable automatic detection of visible links in text both local and remote links and customize the links appearance in the resulting PDF file In order to be detected and converted the URLs must be visible in the original document and formatted to start with http Www mailto ftp The window can be opened by choosing the Printing Preferences menu item when novaPDF is selected in the Printers and Faxes window and clicking the Links tab This tab is also accessible from the printing Windows application in the Print dialog if you press the Properties Preferences button when novaPDF is selected novaPDF v7 User Manual Copyright 2010 Softland novaPDF 77 Oo New Public Profile Private profile V Automatically detect URLs in text Local files F Detect file names and convert them to PDF links Appearance Border type No Border sl Solid Example http www novapdf com Local Files You can enable local link detection and automatically checking detected links for validity Detect file names and convert them to PDF links If this option is enabled the text in the printed document will be parsed and texts that will match a file name including its path will be marked in the PDF as links to file Check if file exists before link
135. ther documents e Use relative paths check this to use non absolute links for file paths i e Documents file pdf instead of C Documents file pdf e Change file extension to PDF when creating cross document links all those pointing to other files can point to PDF files having the same name path in case those will be converted afterwise novaPDF v7 User Manual Copyright 2010 Softland 24 novaPDF v7 1 2 3 Convert cross reference links If checked this will convert the cross reference links from Excel links that point the reader to various places within the same document Convert Internet links If checked this will convert all hyperlinks pointing to Internet addresses in the resulting PDF document Create PDF from any application Creating PDF Files novaPDF installs itself as a virtual printer driver To create PDF files from any application you just have to print your documents to the novaPDF like you would print to a normal printer or you can start the executable from the program group and choose what document to convert and press Create How to create PDF files from Microsoft Word During installation novaPDF will ask if you want to install an add in for Microsoft Office With that add in installed you can create PDF files from any Office application without having to go to File Print You simply have to click on the novaPDF tab and then on the Save PDF button to create the PDF file However
136. time between NetBIOS and DNS names Just remember that if you already have machines licensed with one name they will not be recognized with the other name You will have to change the names manually or you can remove all machines from the licensed list and let novaPDF license them with the new name at the moment of the first print job novaPDF v7 User Manual Copyright 2010 Softland Index 117 Index A Access permission 66 Active profile 108 Add profile Private profile 108 Public profile 108 Allow changes 106 Author 64 B Bookmarks Add 78 Detect 78 Edit 78 Open to level 78 Remove 78 Use levels 78 Border None 76 Rectangle 76 Underline 76 Cx Change options 49 Choose edition 6 Compression 59 Configure email BCC 104 CC 104 From 104 To 104 configure save 92 94 configure save options 94 Conversion 59 Copy profile 110 create certificate 71 create PDF 24 Custom forms 55 customize signature 73 34 36 37 38 40 44 45 46 47 38 47 102 D Default email client 102 Default viewer 90 Definitions list 79 Desktop edition 6 Destination Local 90 Network 90 Detect Filename 76 Link 76 URL 76 Detection options Color 79 Font 79 Size 79 Style 79 digital signature certificate 68 pdf security 68 pdf signature 68 system certificate 68 Display options 79 Document 36 45 Document Information 64 Downsampling 59 E Edit bookmark 79 Email Send 102 Zip a
137. to convert e Click on the novaPDF menu item e Optionally you can change the settings of the novaPDF printer or those of the novaPDF Add in for Microsoft Office novaPDF v7 User Manual Copyright 2010 Softland novaPDF 19 e Click on Save As PDF and you ll be asked for a location where to save the resulting PDF file Configure the settings of novaPDF Add in for Microsoft Office The add in installs with default settings but those can be modified if you need advanced customization of the resulting PDF Advanced This lets you select which printer to use and if you want to save the document before converting it Advanced Bookmarks Links Save document before printing Iw Convert document information Use novaPDF printer novaPDF Pro Server v X novaPDF novaPDF Lite Server v7 novaPDF Lite vB novaPDF Lite vi novaPDF Pro Server v7 novaPDF Pro v7 novaPDF Std Server v7 novaPDF Std v7 Save document before printing When checked it will save any changes done to the currently opened document before doing the conversion to PDF Convert document information If you have any information added via document properties in Word you can have that recognized and transmitted in the PDF as Document Information i e the Author Title Subject Keywords By default this option is checked Use novaPDF printer This will detect if you have other editions versions of novaPDF installed and you ll
138. ttachment 102 Embed fonts 62 Encryption 128 bits 66 40 bits 66 High level 66 Low level 66 excel to pdf 21 Export profiles 112 extended save 32 42 Extended save dialog 32 42 novaPDF v7 User Manual Copyright 2010 Softland 118 novaPDF v7 yo Feature matrix 7 Fonts 62 G Graphic Resolution 52 Scale 52 Graphics 37 46 59 greyed out Folder 42 Import profiles 111 Install Command line 11 Network 11 Keywords 64 DS S Language 114 Languages Select 114 Links 76 Local files 76 Top 56 Match bookmark 78 Metadata 64 Multiline bookmarks 78 N Network user password 41 username 41 novaPDF Lite 6 novaPDF Professional 6 novaPDF Standard 6 0 Optimization 59 Orientation Landscape 52 Portrait 52 Override 106 P Page settings 52 Page size Customize 52 Height 52 Manage 52 Predefined 52 Width 52 Password protect 66 PDF SDK 14 PDF viewer Layout 64 Magnification 64 Permissions 66 Predefined 90 Predefined forms A3 55 A4 55 Macro 92 A5 55 Macros 90 A6 55 Margins B4 55 E 56 B5 55 e S 9G Envelope 55 ight 56 Executive 55 novaPDF v7 User Manual Copyright 2010 Softland Index 119 Predefined forms Folio 55 Legal 55 Letter 55 Note 55 Quarto 55 Statement 55 Tabloid 55 predefined settings 94 Preview 52 Private profiles 106 Producer 64 Profiles Copy 106 Delete 106 New 106 Rename 106 Reset 106 Prompt Save As 90 Public pro
139. ty e S State e C Country Certificate details If checked it will display in the signature details about the certificate such as name of signer email address organization location Since many of these can be displayed by enabling them in the Show section using them checked in combination with the Certificate details option will be redundant Signature details font Use custom font size novaPDF v7 User Manual Copyright 2010 Softland novaPDF 75 Check to override the default font size for the information displayed in the certificate details section 1 3 6 3 Signature position This window is used to customize the position of a digital signature in the final PDF document It is opened by pressing the Position button from the Signature window f Signature Position es Size 177 Height 50 Reset to Default Size You can enter custom dimensions for the digital signature in the Width and Height fields Origin You can set here the alignment and origin of the signature to be stamped on the PDF Center horizontally If you set this option the content of the signature to be inserted will be centered horizontally At the same time the Align to right option will be disabled and the Left origin is calculated automatically Center vertically If you set this option the content of the signature to be inserted will be centered vertically At the sam
140. ustomize signature EG Common name Common name You can enter the name of the issuer and this is also the name that will be used for the certificate When someone will open your signed PDF it will show them that it was Signed by lt Common name gt Email address You can add an email address to be displayed in the signature Organization Enter the name of the company your system is part of if applicable Organization Unit Enter additional information about the unit if applicable Locality Enter the city name your organization is located in State Province Enter the state province your organization is located in Country Enter the country your organization is located in All the information entered here will be viewable by the recipient of the signed document so accuracy is important Once the certificate is created it cannot be edited To modify some of the entered information would require deleting the current defined certificate and creating a new one novaPDF v7 User Manual Copyright 2010 Softland novaPDF 73 1 3 6 2 Customize signature This window is used to customize attributes for a newly added PDF signature It is opened by pressing the Customize button placed on the Signature window from the Printing Preferences dialog l Preview Customize signature E Preview Signature size Width 177 Height 50 5 Millimeters
141. utton from the Profiles window in Printing Preferences novaPDF v7 User Manual Copyright 2010 Softland novaPDF 111 Copy Profile Copy profile Default Profile to Copy of Default Profile Copy Profile This will create a copy of the selected profile from the profiles list view of the Profiles window You can type a new name for this profile and when you press OK the new profile will be added to the profiles list view This profile will have the exact settings as the original one Note that you have to use a different name for the profile because if you re entering the same name you ll get a prompt saying that there is a profile with the same name 1 3 13 3 Import profiles The Import profiles window allows importing printing profiles in novaPDF from a previously exported file This window can be opened by pressing the Import profiles from the Profiles window in Printing Preferences f Import profiles l 28 File name new profile Browse Profiles Change to Name Type Public File name Use the Browse button to select the file that contains profiles you want to import You can only import nve files that were previously exported from novaPDF Profiles After you have used the Browse button to select the file that contains printing profiles you want to import a list of recognized printing profiles will be displayed in the Profiles list vie
142. vaPDF 113 1 3 14 you have the Server or Desktop edition but you will not be able to import Public profiles in the Desktop editions only in the Server ones Private profiles are visible only on the computer where they were created Public profiles are visible from all client computers but can be used only with the Server editions About The About page of the Printing Preferences contains information about the version and edition you have installed features of the installed edition and options to register purchase or contact the support team The window can be opened by choosing the Printing Preferences menu item when novaPDF is selected in the Printers and Faxes window and clicking the About tab This tab is also accessible from the printing Windows application in the Print dialog if you press the Properties Preferences button when novaPDF is selected pl novaPDF novaPDF Professional Server Version 7 0 Build 315 Copyright 2002 2009 Softand http www novapdf com Windows Vista Enterprise Edition Service Pack 2 Version 6 0 6002 Platform x86 Language Not Registered Register Licenses Buy now Support novaPDF is available as Shareware another way of saying Try before you buy It is fully functional with no time limitation A notice is printed on each PDF page mentioning the novaPDF The notice will be removed from further created PDF files when you buy and r
143. w Thick the checkbox in front of the profiles you want imported and click on the Import button to add them as printing profiles If a profile with the same name already exists you ll be asked if you want to overwrite the existing profile with the imported one you will have to rename an existing profile if you want to import one named the same without overwriting novaPDF v7 User Manual Copyright 2010 Softland 112 novaPDF v7 Public profiles can be imported only if you are using novaPDF Server Edition Change type to After the detected profiles have been listed in the Profiles list view you have the option of changing the type of each detected profile to Public or Private To do so select the profile you want to change the type to and click on the Public Private button The type of the profile will be changed and shown in the Type column Public profiles can be imported only in the Server editions trying to import a public profile in the Desktop edition will display a warning Private profiles are visible only on the computer where they were created Public profiles are visible from all client computers but can be used only with the Server editions 1 3 13 4 Export profiles The Export profiles window allows exporting printing profiles from novaPDF to a nve file that can be later imported in a different installation of novaPDF This window can be opened by pressing the Export profiles from the Profiles window
144. w in Windows 2000 1 Go to Start and click on Printers 2 In the Printers window right click novaPDF and select Printing Preferences 3 novaPDF Printing Preferences window will be displayed and you will have the option to change the various settings available grouped in tabs Select Profile The Select Profile window is displayed if the Show Select Profile dialog when printing option is checked on the Profiles page novaPDF Pro Server v7 Select Profile zs Name Type New Public Profile Active Private Stay on top OK Cancel Help Profiles All the existing defined profiles are shown in the list view You have to select an existing profile you want to use for the current print job and click Ok to continue with the printing process Besides the Name of the profile you can also see the Type of the selected profile public or private public profiles are available only in the Server edition Even if you have a profile set as default active in the Printing Preferences what you select in this Select Profile dialog is the profile that will be used for the current printing job This window shows even if you have the Use predefined settings option selected in the Save tab so if you want to disable it you can go to the Profiles tab and uncheck Show Select Profile dialog when printing Stay on top This is checked by default and it makes the Select Profile window topmost shown in front of oth
145. watermarks list view of the Watermarks window You can type a new name for this watermark and when you press OK the new watermark will be added to the watermarks list view This watermark will have the exact settings as the original one Note that you have to use a different name for the watermark because if you re entering the same name you ll get a prompt saying that there is a watermark with the same name Save The Save page of the Printing Preferences window allows you to configure save options for the generated PDF file and add after save actions The window can be opened by choosing the Printing Preferences menu item when novaPDF is selected in the Printers and Faxes window and clicking the Save tab This tab is also accessible from the printing Windows application in the Print dialog if you press the Properties Preferences button when novaPDF is selected novaPDF v7 User Manual Copyright 2010 Softland novaPDF 91 Oo New Public Profile Private profile Save options When file exists Prompt extended Save dialog Prompt standard Save As dialog Use predefined settings PDF Password Configure Save Options After save action None Open with default viewer Run application Wy Use file from LOCAL computer Application Connect using a different user name Save options This group allows you to choose if the PDF will be automatically saved to a location or a dialog will be
146. y page 1 2 3 3 1 1 Document The Document page from the Change Options window contains settings for PDF document information and how the PDF document should be opened by the default PDF reader Note that these options apply only for the document currently being printed they are not saved in the current profile To have changes saved in the profile you need to set them through the Printing Preferences Document window Document Graphics Configure Email Security Document information Title lt Default gt Subject Author lt Default gt Keywords PDF viewer options Start page Page layout 1 Continuous x Show Magnification Page only hd Default v L o Il ee Il Help Document Information The Document Information is specific for each printed document and should be set on each printing job If you wish you can use some lt Default gt tags that will fill automatically the fields with information from the printing job Title novaPDF v7 User Manual Copyright 2010 Softland 46 novaPDF v7 Sets the document title If you use the lt Default gt tag the title will be the name of the document that is printed as it is sent by the printing application Subject Sets the subject for the printed document Default is empty Author Sets the author of the printed document If you use the lt Default gt tag the author will be the windows user that starte
147. you can enter the page range in the next format 2 3 5 or 2 5 File Enter the path to an image file you want used as watermark or use the Browse button to locate it The following file formats are supported Windows or OS 2 Bitmap File BMP DirectDraw Surface DDS Graphics Interchange Format GIF Windows Icon ICO Independent JPEG Group JPG JIF JPEG JPE Portable Bitmap BINARY PBM Zsoft Paintbrush PCX bitmap format PCX novaPDF v7 User Manual Copyright 2010 Softland 84 novaPDF v7 Portable Network Graphics PNG Portable Pixelmap BINARY PPM Adobe Photoshop PSD Truevision Targa files TGA TARGA Tagged Image File Format TIF TIFF X11 Bitmap Format XBM Browse Use this button to browse for an image that will be used as watermark You can also enter network paths UNC in the File field in case the image you want to use is not on the local computer Only a full path is allowed For example suppose PDF_Server PC1 is mapped on your workstation as drive X then the following paths are both valid and indicate the same folder PDF_Server PC1 PDF or X PDF If the network file requires authentication different from your user login you have to click on Connect using a different user name and enter the username password Image Properties You can set different options here for the image like width height fit
148. yright 2010 Softland novaPDF 89 Position You can select a simple adjustment only by the margins or a more complex one which involves aligning and changing the origin of the watermark Fit to margins If the Fit to margins radio button is selected the watermark will be automatically zoomed so it will fit in the printing region Customize origin The above behavior when Fit to margins is set is probably sufficient in most of the cases But if you want to have a more accurate control of the result you can select the Customize origin radio button and manually enter alignment and origin for the watermark Origin You can set here the alignment and origin of the watermark in the PDF The controls from this group are active when Customize origin is set Center horizontally If you set this option the watermark will be centered horizontally At the same time the Align to right option will be disabled and the Left origin is calculated automatically Center vertically If you set this option the watermark will be centered vertically At the same time the Align to bottom option will be disabled and the Top origin is calculated automatically Align to right If you set this option the watermark will be aligned to the right margin At the same time the Center horizontally option will be disabled and the Left origin is calculated automatically Align to bottom If you set this option the watermark will be aligned to the b

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