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1. If a setting doesn t exist under the instance name section of the registry then Win2PDF checks the standard locations 6 2 2 Specifying an output file name In addition to being able to control the output file using the Win32 API you can control the output file name by creating a string value in the registry at any of the standard registry locations The PDFFileName value should be set to the full path name of the document If the PDFFileName entry does not exist in the registry the user will be prompted to enter a file name From Visual Basic you can set the output file name using the following code sample SaveSetting Dane Prairie Systems Win2PDF PDFFileName filename Where the filename parameter is the full path name for the file By default the PDFFileName entry is removed from the registry after each document is created and you must add the PDFFileName each time you print If you don t want the setting to be reset after each document you can use PDFDefaultFileName in place of PDFFileName You can also prevent the PDFFileName from being removed by creating a DWord value named persistent at one of the standard registry locations The format type is determined by the filename extension The following extensions are supported e PDF Portable Document Format e PDFA PDF for Archiving PDF A File is renamed with a PDF extension after creation e XPS XML Paper Specification e
2. Description Document Security Watermark About Document Summary Title Southwest Sales Report Subject Sales i Author Gary Daniels Keywords Daniels Southwest Nevada New Mexico Arizona The Author and Keywords fields are saved by Win2PDF and applied to all subsequent documents The default value for the Title field is set by the application The Subject field is not saved for future documents and must be manually set for each document The document information can be viewed in Acrobat Reader by opening File gt Document Properties gt Summary 2013 Dane Prairie Systems LLC 24 Win2PDF 2 7 2 Document Properties l X Description Security Fonts Custom Advanced Descril ion File Southwest Sales Report pdf Title Southwest Sales Report Author Gary Daniels Subject Sales Keywords Daniels Southwest Nevada New Mexico Arizona Created Modified Application Advanced PDF Producer Win2PDF 7 0 40 2 6 7 1460 3 http www win2pdf com PDF Version 1 4 Acrobat 5 x Location C Users Brian Documents Win2PDF Help Files Sample PDF files File Size 4 36 KB 4 466 Bytes Page Size 8 50x11 00in Number of Pages 1 Tagged PDF No Fast Web View No Information on controlling the document information from a custom application is available in Setting Document Information in the developer information se
3. P Win PDF Win2PDF User Guide 2013 Dane Prairie Systems LLC Win2PDF 2013 Dane Prairie Systems LLC All rights reserved No parts of this work may be reproduced in any form or by any means graphic electronic or mechanical including photocopying recording taping or information storage and retrieval systems without the written permission of the publisher Products that are referred to in this document may be either trademarks and or registered trademarks of the respective owners The publisher and the author make no claim to these trademarks While every precaution has been taken in the preparation of this document the publisher and the author assume no responsibility for errors or omissions or for damages resulting from the use of information contained in this document or from the use of programs and source code that may accompany it In no event shall the publisher and the author be liable for any loss of profit or any other commercial damage caused or alleged to have been caused directly or indirectly by this document Created May 2013 using Win2PDF Pro Contents l Table of Contents Part A O N a Part Il A O N Part Ill Foreword 1 Installing Win2PDF 4 Win2PDF and Win2PDF Pro ccccccsssseseeeeeeeeeceecennnnseeeeeseeccnnsnseeeeeenoocoasnsseeeeeeeoooansnssseeesaans 4 Win2PDF Terminal Server Edition and Win2PDF Pro Terminal Server Edition 5
4. 4 2 9 How to Automatically Name PDF files To automatically save PDF files without prompting you can turn on the Win2PDF Auto name feature This is enabled by first selecting the PDF Options button on the Win2PDF file save window Then navigate to the Document tab and you will see the following checkbox for Auto name Files Check Auto name files to create PDF files without prompting J Auto name Fies Auto name Folder C Users Brian Desktop 2013 Dane Prairie Systems LLC How To Articles 47 When this option is checked the Auto name Folder shows the location where the new PDF file will be saved This is the same directory location as the original file that is being printed it can be changed by navigating to a different file save location on the main Win2PDF file save window The name of the new PDF file will be the same as the original document with a date and time stamp included For example if your original document is named Sales Report x ls the PDF will be Sales Report Date Time pdf You will also see the following pop up window when this option is selected Win2PDF ome To stop auto naming files hold down the shift key while printing to Win2PDF or run Stop Win2PDF Auto name from the Start menu Once Auto name is enabled you will no longer see the Win2PDF file save window when you print To turn off the Auto name feature and resume prompting for the PDF file save you will ne
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6. More information on this problem is at the following location http support microsoft com default aspx scid kb en us 319114 Can Win2PDF set the file save path to point to original document No Unfortunately this isn t possible Win2PDF is a print driver and the application sends document information to the Win2PDF printer driver just like it s a paper printer The printing application usually but not always sends the document name to Win2PDF but it does not send the document path to Win2PDF Win2PDF does not have access to the source document location so it can t use it save the converted PDF 2013 Dane Prairie Systems LLC 92 Win2PDF 6 2 6 2 1 Developer Information Windows Printer Interface Win2PDF interfaces with an application using standard Windows printer APIs Whenever possible Win2PDF uses standard Windows APIs instead of defining new interfaces If you are a software developer and are developing an application that uses Win2PDF you can also control the output filename using the standard Win32 API To specify the file name you need to use the Microsoft defined DOCINFO structure and the StartDoc function Set the IpszOutput field of the DOCINFO structure to the fully qualified path name of the file and then pass the DOCINFO structure to the Win32 StartDoc function Using this method each file can be created using a unique name You can control the orientation resolution and other s
7. a registration reminder dialog will occasionally display The Win2PDF Pro install program can only be downloaded after you purchase the product If you already have Win2PDF evaluation version installed you do not need to uninstall Win2PDF before running the Win2PDF Pro install program If you have purchased Win2PDF you can enter your license code by following the instructions in Entering the Win2PDF license code Win2PDF Terminal Server Edition and Win2PDF Pro Terminal Server Edition To ensure that Win2PDF is installed for multi session use the Win2PDF install program should be run from the control panel Add Remove Programs Log in as an administrator and open Add Remove Programs and select on the Add New Programs icon and click on the CD or floppy button The Add New Programs wizard will ask you to insert the installation floppy or CD You can ignore this step and click Next On the next dialog click the Browse button and select the Win2PDF install program After the Win2PDF install has completed click Finish to close the Add New Programs wizard Once Win2PDF is installed it will be available to all local users and all terminal server users If you are evaluating Win2PDF you can start creating PDF documents immediately The evaluation version is fully functional but every PDF document will have an extra trailer page with Win2PDF product information If you have purchased Win2PDF you can enter your registratio
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10. unchecked the settings only apply to the next document created Test Button allows you to test create a PDF file with the file name and settings you ve configured 2013 Dane Prairie Systems LLC How To Articles 73 4 4 5 4 4 6 How to Enable troubleshooting options The fourth tab of the Win2PDF Admin Utility allows you to set various troubleshooting options Use these options only when directed by Win2PDF s technical support group ES Win2PDF Administrator Utility 126 o o z File Save Diog Ema M Use default PS to PDF converter 5 r I Disable PS Escapes PS to PDF path p ooo o F Use atemate ine drawing Use alteenate gradient fil rendering I Disable Print As Graphics for all forts Print extended Unicode as graphics Disable File Save dialog resizing Use ateenate encryption Win2PDF Pro Vector Resolution 1200 JPEG Quay 5 100 30 Win2PDF Temporary Folder How to Manage security settings The fifth tab of the Win2PDF Admin Utility allows you to set default security options These options are ONLY applicable to the Win2PDF Pro and Win2PDF Pro Terminal Server Edition TSE versions of the software 2013 Dane Prairie Systems LLC 74 Win2PDF 4 5 4 5 1 4 5 2 ES Win2PDF Administrator Utility 1 26 _ z3 File Save Dialog Emal Fie Name Troubleshooting Security Default user password V Allow user password to be changed D
11. Add a Background The existing watermark or background PDF file can contain any text or graphics but it most often used to apply a confidential or draft stamp on each page of a document To enable the watermark or background feature select the Add a Watermark or Add a Background option in the Win2PDF PDF Options dialog 2013 Dane Prairie Systems LLC 28 Win2PDF Description Document Security Watermark About None Add a Background appears behind page Add a Watermark appears on top of page From file Letterhead pdf Change When the watermark or background options are enabled a text box containing the name of the current watermark or background PDF file is shown below the options If you would like to change the file click the Change button and select a new watermark or background PDF file Win2PDF will always display the last used watermark or background PDF file when the feature is enabled Here is a YouTube video that shows how to set the security options 2013 Dane Prairie Systems LLC Using Win2PDF 29 Adding a watermark to a PDF file using Win2PDF Pro If the watermark or background PDF file contains more than one page only the first page will be applied to each page of the new document It s best to use a watermark or background PDF file that has the same page size as the newly created PDF file If the waterma
12. Courier Courier Bold Courier Oblique Courier BoldOblique Helvetica Helvetica Bold Helvetica Oblique Helvetica BoldOblique Times Roman Times Bold Times Italic Times BoldItalic Symbol ZapfDingbats When the PDF A format is selected all fonts including the font Adobe Reader built in fonts are automatically embedded in the PDF file 2013 Dane Prairie Systems LLC Frequently Asked Questions 87 5 8 What PDF Viewers can I use to open PDF files created by Win2PDF Win2PDF creates PDF files that conform to the published PDF file specification Any PDF viewer or PDF reader will be able to open view or print PDF files created by Win2PDF The most common PDF viewer application is the free Adobe Reader software This software can be downloaded from Adobe s web site here Adobe Reader There are numerous other 3rd party PDF viewer applications many of which have smaller downloads and load PDF files quicker than the Adobe Reader software Some additional viewers you may wish to try are Sumatra PDF Reader Evince for Windows 5 9 Is Win2PDF free Or dol have to pay for it Win2PDF is free to use for personal or noncommercial use but you must purchase the software to remove the extra page from each document Once you purchase the Win2PDF software you will be emailed a license code After the license code is entered the extra page will not appear on any new PDF files The Win2PDF license is
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14. PRAIRIE o Create PDF Files Quickly and Easily s PDP files tron Select Print from the File menu p any document and selec P f 2 oose mme Win2PDF Click for Live Help pE SS Print Ctrl P You will then be able to convert the HTML web page to a PDF copy of the page on your local hard drive 4 3 9 How to Convert an AutoCAD DWG to PDF In AutoCAD plot to a PDF as follows Command PLOT e Select Plot Device Tab e In the Plotter Configuration frame click the Properties button e A new dialog box opens e Select Device and Document Settings tab e If necessary highlight Custom Properties in the tree e Click the Custom Properties button e A new dialog box opens 2013 Dane Prairie Systems LLC 68 Win2PDF 4 4 4 4 1 e Select the Paper Orientation Note A e Click the Advanced button e A new dialog box opens e Highlight Paper Size in the tree e Select the paper size from the drop down list This is an important step Note B e Click OK 3 times to close the dialog boxes and save to a pc3 file if necessary e Back in the AutoCAD plot dialog select the Plot Settings tab In the Paper Size frame the paper size should have changed to the value set earlier at Note B Do not change the paper size here as this may produce inconsistent rotations sizes and offsets In the Drawing Orientation frame select
15. T 108 MiGrOSONM ACCESS vigas a eel eat a a aa aara a a aaan a aaia S e A Aae adaa Daaa 109 Part VII Dane Prairie Systems Company Information 112 Index 113 2013 Dane Prairie Systems LLC Foreword Foreword Make everything as simple as possible but not simpler Albert Einstein 2013 Dane Prairie Systems LLC Win2PDF 1 1 Installing Win2PDF Win2PDF and Win2PDF Pro If you are using a PC with the Windows 8 operating system please visit our help topic on How to install Win2PDF with Windows 8 If you are using a computer with any other supported operating system please use the following instructions to install your copy of Win2PDF To install Win2PDF download and run the Win2PDF setup program After you run the setup program you will have a new printer in the printers folder named Win2PDF Add a device Add a printer 4 Printers and Faxes 8 Canon MG8100 eFax 4 4 series Printer HP LaserJet 1020 Microsoft XPS Send To Document Writer OneNote 2010 Snagit 10 Win2PDF Win2PDF Model Win2PDF A Category Printer Status 0 document s in queue 2013 Dane Prairie Systems LLC Installing Win2PDF 5 1 2 1 3 If you are evaluating Win2PDF you can start creating PDF documents immediately The evaluation version is fully functional but every document will have an extra trailer page with Win2PDF product information Also
16. Win2PDF 5 21 1 Click Start and then click Run 2 In the Open box type sfc scannow and then click OK More information on the Windows system file checker is available at the following location http support microsoft com kbid 310747 Replace the Framedyn dil File 1 2 3 Click Start and then click Run In the Open box type osystemroot system32 dllcache and then click OK Right click framedyn dll and then click Copy on the shortcut menu that appears Click Start and then click Run In the Open box type systemroot system32 wbem and then click OK On the Edit menu click Paste If you are prompted to replace the existing file click Yes Verify System Variables 1 PANY Click Start right click My Computer and then click Properties on the shortcut menu that appears If you receive the following error message click OK rundll32 exe Unable To Locate Component This application has failed to start because framedyn dll was not found Re installing the application may fix this problem In the System Properties dialog box click the Advanced tab Click Environment Variables Under System variables click Path and then click Edit NOTE If no Path variable is listed click New In the Variable name box type Path In the Variable value box type the following SystemRoot system32 SystemRoot SystemRoot System32 wbem Click OK three times each time that you have the option
17. after sending 2 After you have sent the email with the PDF file to yourself then open the Mail app on the iPhone Touch the PDF file attachment to open the PDF file It will look something like this 2013 Dane Prairie Systems LLC 50 Win2PDF 6 39 AM PDF file attached PDFblog pdf 870 KB PDF Touch PDF file attachment to open 3 The PDF file can be opened and viewed with the iBooks app or you can use any number of other PDF capable viewers provided you have previously downloaded these apps to your device through the iTunes app store 2013 Dane Prairie Systems LLC How To Articles 51 a Cancel 4 If you want to use Adobe Reader for example just click on the Open In button and then you will be able to select Adobe Reader from the list of available apps 2013 Dane Prairie Systems LLC 52 Win2PDF L4 iBooks Cancel 4 2 12 How to Transfer a PDF to an Apple iPad The Apple iOS devices iPhone and iPad support viewing PDF files through their iBooks application and through a variety of other 3rd party apps such as the Adobe Reader for iOS app Win2PDF offers a convenient way to add documents to your iPad by emailing PDF files directly to yourself If you follow these steps you will be able to create and transfer PDF files to your iPad 1 Create a PDF file using Win2PDF and check the Send file option to send an email to
18. area Append Prepend Overlay the following PDF file after creation optional the settings allows you to automatically add an existing PDF file to the beginning of your PDF file Prepend or to the end of your PDF file Append or merged together on the same page Overlay Apply Background Foreground watermark PDF file after creation Win2PDF Pro optional this setting allows you to automatically apply a watermark PDF file When set to Background the PDF file will be placed under the new printed PDF file results useful for setting a company letterhead for example When set to Foreground the PDF file will be placed on top of the new printed PDF file results useful for applying a watermark that says Confidential for example The Exclude watermark from settings allows you to see pages at the beginning or end of the new document where the new watermark will not be applied For example if you had a cover page which should not have a watermark followed by a 20 page report which should have the watermark you can set the value to be Exclude watermark from 1 pages from the document start Apply to all users when this option is checked the settings apply to all users on the PC or server If it is unchecked the settings only apply to the current user Always use these settings when this option is checked the settings will be used until the Win2PDF Admin Utility is run and the settings are cleared If this option is
19. beginning of the document you can set a DWORD value in the registry named PDFExcludeWatermarkPre to the number of pages to exclude If you want to exclude the watermark from being applied to the end of the document you can set a DWORD value in the registry named PDFExcludeWatermarkPost to the number of pages to exclude The registry value is deleted after each document is created unless the persistent registry value is set A default watermark for all users can be specified by setting a string value named PDFDefaultWatermarkFile at HKEY_ LOCAL MACHINE Software Dane Prairie Systems Win2PDF This registry setting is not deleted after each document Mail Helper Application The Win2PDF Mail Helper application is an optional SMTP mail client that integrates with Win2PDF and supports sending email without user interaction This application can be downloaded from the Win2PDF support download site at http helpdesk win2pdf com index php Knowledgebase Article View 189 15 win2pdf mail helper download To email without user interaction you must have the Win2PDF Mail Helper application installed and configured you must set the email recipient address and you must enable the Send email no user interaction option The Win2PDF Mail Helper uses SMTP to send email and requires configuration to use an SMTP server You can use the Configure Win2PDF Mail Helper menu option to interactively set the ser
20. box is checked the Prepend and Append buttons will overwrite the original document with the new merged document This option should be used with caution since it cannot be undone If the Overwrite original file check box is not checked both the Prepend and Append buttons will display an additional dialog to choose a new file name as shown below In this case the original PDF file will not be modified 2013 Dane Prairie Systems LLC 14 Win2PDF 2 3 Save in ay Recent Places Desktop Libraries do Sample PDF files Name a Acme Invoice 13329 pdf aps Customer Contact List pdf T Dan S Review pdf ap December Sales Charts pdf aps December Sales Report pdf Expense Report Vegas 2011 pdf up Letterhead pdf bps New computer receipt pdf f em Date modified 9 9 2011 8 11 AM 9 9 2011 8 11 AM 9 9 2011 8 11 AM 9 9 2011 8 11 AM 9 9 2011 8 11 AM 9 9 2011 8 11 AM 9 9 2011 8 11 AM 9 9 2011 8 11 AM forl Southwest Sales Report pdf P Territory Map pdf FH Work calendar 2012 pdf 12 5 2011 10 35 AM 9 9 2011 8 11 AM 9 9 2011 8 11 AM File name Teritory Map 1 pdf Save as type Portable Document Format PDF Choose a new name for the merged PDF file If you selected options to View File Print File or Send File in the first file save dialog they will be performed after the file has been merged If you enabled encryption in Win2PDF Pro t
21. control actions to be taken after the document is created The value is named file options and its value can be a combination of the following values Action valu e Send email 0x01 View File 0x02 Send to palm 0x04 Set 40 bit 0x08 Win2PDF Pro encryption Set 128 bit 0x10 Win2PDF Pro encryption Enable URL 0x20 detection Delete email 0x40 Print File 0x80 Apply 0x20 Win2PDF Pro foreground 0 watermark Send email no 0x40 requires Win2PDF Mail Helper application user interaction 0 Apply 0x80 Win2PDF Pro background 0 watermark The values can be added together so if you wanted to send e mail enable URL detection and delete the file after sending you would set file options to 0x61 hexadecimal The 40 and 128 bit encryption options are only valid for Win2PDF Pro All values are deleted after each document is created unless the persistent registry value is set When the View File or Print File options are enabled the file is opened in the default file viewer specified by standard Windows file associations When Print File is enabled the file is sent to the printer named by a string registry value named PDFPrintToName or PDFDefaultPrinttoName at one of the standard registry locations The PDFPrintToName is automatically deleted after each job and the PDFDefaultPrintToName is persistent If PDFPrinttoName or PDFDefaultPrintToName are not present the file is printed on the default Windows p
22. files by printing To create an SVG file you ll just need to print to Win2PDF and then choose the Save as type to be Scalable Vector Graphics SVG 2013 Dane Prairie Systems LLC How To Articles VA When the SVG file is saved it will still have a svg file extension and it will be formatted Select Scalable Vector Graphics SVG as Save as type Portable Document Format PDF POF for Archiving PDF A XML Paper Specification XPS Tagged Image File Format TIFF POF image Only POF in compliance with the SVG standard 4 2 8 Some users may need to create a PDF file that cannot be searched by text This can be How to Create a non searchable image only PDF file 45 achieved by saving the PDF file as an image only To create a non searchable image only file you ll just need to print to Win2PDF and then choose the Save as type to be PDF Image Only PDF 2013 Dane Prairie Systems LLC 46 Win2PDF Select PDF Image Only PDF as the Save as type Portable Document Format PDF PDF for Archiving PDF A XML Paper Spec ication XPS Tagged image File Format TIFF Scalable Vector Graphics SVG The resulting PDF file will still be a standard PDF file but the text information in the original document will be converted to images This means that anyone doing a text search on PDF file will not be able to find any text matches
23. processing or communication is done on the print server There is no performance advantage to installing Win2PDF using printer sharing 2013 Dane Prairie Systems LLC Frequently Asked Questions 85 It is recommended that the Win2PDF printer be installed local to each PC instead of accessing it as a shared printer There are several limitations with the shared printer implementation which are v Win2PDF relies on some Windows components that are not available on all versions of Windows servers or clients The Win2PDF setup program checks for these components and installs them if necessary If Win2PDF is installed using printer sharing there is no opportunity to check for these components and Win2PDF may not function correctly if the components are missing As such users of Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 will need to manually download and install the Microsoft XPS Essentials Pack setup before connecting to the shared printer It is available for download from Microsoft s web site here http www microsoft com download en details aspx DisplayLang en amp id 11816 Windows Vista Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 does not need to install this separately as it is included with the core operating system v The Win2PDF Help files will not be installed for shared users They will only have access to the Win2PDF print driver and not any of the help topics v Printer sharing relies on Windows installation and update
24. send PDF files directly to your Kindle by following the instructions under How to email a PDF file after creating it and specifying the Kindle address recorded in step 3 as the email recipient Amazon charges fees for sending files to your Kindle for some devices e For Kindle devices with WiFi only no 3G there is no charge to receive PDF files The Kindle must be connected to a WiFi network to receive PDF files e Kindle devices with 3G Amazon charges a small fee to deliver the PDF files over 3G if the Kindle is not currently connected to a WiFi network To avoid fees on 3G Kindles you can use free kindle com as the email address to prevent PDF files from being delivered over 3G How to Transfer a PDF to an Apple iPhone The Apple iOS devices iPhone and iPad support viewing PDF files through their iBooks application and through a variety of other 3rd party apps such as the Adobe Reader for iOS app Win2PDF offers a convenient way to add documents to your iPhone by emailing PDF files directly to yourself If you follow these steps you will be able to create and transfer PDF files to your iPhone 1 Create a PDF file using Win2PDF and check the Send file option to send an email to yourself using any email account you can access through the native iPhone Mail app 2013 Dane Prairie Systems LLC How To Articles 49 Check Send file to attach PDF to new email message V Send file Delete
25. sold as a permanent license It will never expire and it does not require any subscription to use it 5 10 Is there an annual fee to use Win2PDF No When you purchase Win2PDF you will have a permanent non expiring license to use Win2PDF for the creation of PDF files There are no limits with regard to file size or the number of PDF files that may be created and there are no annual subscription fees 5 11 I can t activate my copy of Win2PDF If you get an error Cannot activate Win2PDF online Please contact support win2pdf com is it most likely an issue with your PC s security settings The Win2PDF activation process uses an internet connection to authenticate the license If your PC does not have an internet connection or if you have a firewall or security application blocking access to the server then we ll need to create a small offline activation program that you can use to license the software To create this program we ll need your order number or license code as well as the organization name this is licensed to You can either try to temporarily disable the firewall to complete the activation or you can send the license information to support win2pdf com to create the offline 2013 Dane Prairie Systems LLC 88 Win2PDF 5 12 5 13 5 14 5 15 5 16 activation program How can I control the PDF file name without prompting There are three options e You can use the registry as d
26. the feature will be disabled grayed out in the Win2PDF file save window For example if you checked the Disable Send PDF option the user would not be able to change this option through the main Win2PDF file save window interface How to Manage email settings The second tab of the Win2PDF Admin Utility allows you to set email options that are used when the Send PDF option is enabled on the Win2PDF file save window LS Win2PDF Administrator Utility 1 26 3 File Save Dialog Emal File Name Troubleshooting Secutly Default Subject Defauk To addresses Defout CC addresses Default body text Use Address Book to veiy addresses Apply Cancel Default subject the default subject line that will be filled in on the new email message e g The PDF file you requested is attached The PDF file name is automatically added to the beginning of the subject line so the previous example would be expanded to something like Invoice pdf The PDF file you requested is attached Default To addresses list of To email address to be automatically set in the new email message The value can be a single email address in the form someone somedomain com or multiple recipients separated by semicolon or 2013 Dane Prairie Systems LLC How To Articles 71 4 4 4 comma characters Default CC addresses list of CC carbon copy email address to be automatically set in the new
27. to new email message J Send file Delete after sending When you save the PDF file the file will automatically be attached as a new PDF file to your default MAPI e mail client e g Microsoft Outlook You can then address the e mail and send it as a file attachment If the Delete after sending option is checked the PDF file will be deleted from your hard disk after the e mail has been sent 4 2 4 Howto Create a PDF A file To create a PDF A file you ll just need to print to Win2PDF and then choose the Save as type to be PDF for Archiving PDF A 2013 Dane Prairie Systems LLC 42 Win2PDF 4 2 5 Select PDF for Archiving PDF A as A the Save as type WA PDF for Archiving PDF A XML Paper Spec ication XPS Tagged Image File Format TIFF Scalable Vector Graphics SVG PDF Image Only PDF When the PDF file is saved it will still have a pdf file extension but it will be formatted in compliance with the PDF A standard How to Create an XPS file XPS is a format created by Microsoft and it is the abbreviation of XML Paper Specification It is a page description language which can describe a single page ora document containing multiple pages The description includes all the text and graphics that appear on the page s Win2PDF has the ability to create XPS file by printing from any application To create an XPS file you ll just need to print to Win2PDF and
28. 1020 Microsoft XPS Send To Document Writer OneNote 2010 Snagit 10 Win2PDF Win2PDF Model Win2PDF A Category Printer Status 0 document s in queue To use Win2PDF just select Print from any application and then choose the printer named Win2PDF You will then be able so save the document as a PDF file 4 2 How to use Win2PDF 4 2 1 Howto View a PDF file after creating it To view a PDF file after creating it just select the View file option on the Win2PDF file save window 2013 Dane Prairie Systems LLC How To Articles 39 Check View file to open PDF file after saving When you save the PDF file the file will automatically be opened with your default PDF viewer application which is typically the free Adobe Reader software 4 2 2 How to Print a PDF file after creating it To print a copy of the PDF file to a paper printer after creating it just select the Print file option on the Win2PDF file save window 2013 Dane Prairie Systems LLC 40 Win2PDF Check Print file to print copy of file to default printer When you save the PDF file the file will automatically be sent to your default printer 4 2 3 How to Email a PDF file after creating it To email the PDF file after creating it just select the Send file option on the Win2PDF file save window 2013 Dane Prairie Systems LLC How To Articles 41 Check Send file to attach PDF
29. Byte Underline As Byte fFStrikeOut As Byte fFCharSet As Byte fFOutPrecision As Byte fClipPrecision As Byte fQuality As Byte fPitchAndFamily As Byte fFaceName As String LF_FACESIZE Fy FH FH Fh Fh Fh Fh ee ee 2013 Dane Prairie Systems LLC 106 Win2PDF End Type Private Type DOCINFO cbhSize As L ong lpszDocName As String lpszOutput As String lpszDatatype As String fwType As L End Type ong Private Declare Function CreateFontIndirect Lib gdi32 Alias _ CreateFontIndirectA lpLogFont As LOGFONT As Long Private Declare Function SelectObject Lib gdi32 _ ByVal hdc As Long ByVal hObject As Long As Long Private Declare Function DeleteObject Lib gdi32 _ ByVal hObject As Long As Long Private Declare Function CreateDC Lib gdi32 Alias CreateDCA _ ByVal lpDriverName As String ByVal lpDeviceName As String ByVal lpOutput As Long ByVal lpInitData As Long As Long Private Declare Function DeleteDC Lib gdi32 ByVal hdc As Long As Long Private Declare Function TextOut Lib gdi32 Alias TextOutA _ ByVal hdc As Long ByVal x As Long ByVal y As Long ByVal lpString As String ByVal nCount As Long As Long or Boolean Private Declare Function StartDoc Lib gdi32 Alias StartDocA _ ByVal hdc As Long lpdi As DOCINFO As Long Private Declare Function EndDoc Lib gdi32 ByVal hdc As Long As Long
30. EST PDF enable 128 bit encryption Win2PDF Pro only and automatic url detection SaveWin2PDFDword file options amp H30 set a master password SaveSetting Dane Prairie Systems Win2PDF master password abracadabra set the PDF document title SaveSetting Dane Prairie Systems Win2PDF PDFTitle Hello World sample set landscape orientation Printer Orientation vbPRORLandscape output some text Printer Print hello world Printer Print www win2pdf com save the PDF file Printer EndDoc End Sub The following example demonstrates how to append to an existing PDF file Private Sub Command2_Click set the output file name to create original PDF file SaveSetting Dane Prairie Systems Win2PDF PDFFileName Ge TEST PDE output some text Printer Print hello world save the PDF file Printer EndDoc Append new text to original PDF file assign original PDF file SaveSetting Dane Prairie Systems Win2PDF PDFAppendFile c TEST PDF set new output file to maintain the original PDF file SaveSetting Dane Prairie Systems Win2PDF PDFFileName c AppendedTest PDF Printer Print 2nd page added Printer EndDoc End Sub The following example enables the Send PDF option sets the email subject sets the email address sets the email body text and then creates the PDF file enable sending the PDF file 2013 Dane Prair
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32. Portrait or Landscape Note that this orientation selection overrides orientations that were set at Note A or Note B e Click OK to plot How to use the Win2PDF Admin Utility How to Install the Win2PDF Admin Utility The Win2PDF Admin Utility is a free download used for managing Win2PDF settings disabling Win2PDF features setting defaults for all users setting automatic email and file save features and troubleshooting To download this software visit the Win2PDF Admin Utility page in our technical support section Once you have downloaded this file double click the setup file to install After it has been installed you will be able to access the Win2PDF Admin Utility by going to 2013 Dane Prairie Systems LLC How To Articles 69 4 4 2 Start gt Programs gt Win2PDF gt Win2PDF Admin Utility gt Win2PDF Admin Utility gt Win2PDF Administrator Utility Windows Start Button How to Manage file save window settings The first tab of the Win2PDF Admin Utility allows you to set defaults for the initial default path and watermark Win2PDF Pro feature only and to customize the options that are available on the main Win2PDF file save window y Win2PDF Administrator Utility 1 26 T 2s TY File Save Dialor Emal Fie Nama Troubleshooting Securty Default path on fist use i Default watermark PDF file Disable Send PDF I Disable document bit
33. Properties Paste Shortcut Undo Move g Runas administrator Add Printer Server Properties MS Publisher Color Printer 3 Select the Forms tab Microsoft XPS Docurnent Writer Win2PDF 17 2013 Dane Prairie Systems LLC 18 Win2PDF 2 4 3 la i Print Server Properties Forms Ports Drivers Advanced Forms on VISTADEY a 10x14 11x17 Form pame My custom Fore Create a new form Define a new form by editing the existing name and measurements Then cick Save Form Form description measurements Units Metric Engish Paper size Printer area margins Width 10 00 Left 0 00in Top 0 00in Height 11 00in Bight 0 00in Bottom 0 00in 1ixt v ave Form 4 Check the Create a New Form box and fill out the Form Description and Paper Size fields It is best to leave the Printer Area Margins fields as 0 5 Select Save Form and close the window Your form should now be available to Win2PDF How to create a custom paper size in Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 To create a custom page size in Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 1 Open the Devices and Printers folder from the Windows 7 Start menu Select the printer named Win2PDF and then click on the menu option Print Server Properties 2013 Dane Prairie Systems LLC Using Win2PDF 19 e Hardware and Sound gt De
34. Reports pdf Price List 2005 pdf Save as type Portable Document Format PDF X Cancel My Network Help PDF Options v View PDF Bae rc All values are deleted after each document is created unless the persistent registry value is set 6 2 9 Automatically Executing an Application You can automatically execute an application after the document is created by creating a string registry value named Post Action in any of the standard registry locations The application must be specified using the full path name and the document can be passed to the application by using a s in the command line For example setting Post Action to C Program Files Adobe Reader 8 0 Reader acrord32 exe 3s would launch Acrobat Reader after the document is created It is important to enclose the file name with quotation marks since the file may contain spaces The registry value is deleted after each document unless the persistent value is set 6 2 10 Watermark Options When the Apply foreground watermark or Apply background watermark options are enabled the watermark PDF file can be specified by setting a string value named PDFWatermarkFile in the registry at any of the standard registry locations 2013 Dane Prairie Systems LLC 102 Win2PDF 6 2 11 By default the watermark is applied to all pages in the newly created document If you want to exclude the watermark from being applied to the
35. Server 2003 To create a custom page size in Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 2013 Dane Prairie Systems LLC 16 Win2PDF 2 4 2 1 Open the Printers and Faxes folder 2 Under the File menu select Server Properties Add Printer Set Os Faxing 3 Select the Forms tab amp Print Server Properties Forms Ports Drivers Advanced Forms ox CRAIGZ N 10x14 11x17 11x17 Fom name My custom paper sce F Create a new foem Define a new foem by editing the existing name and measurements Then cick Save Fom Form desception measurements Units O Mettic Engish Pape sze Printer seen magns Width 10 00in Left 0 00in Top 0 00in Height 11 00in Right 0 00 Bottom 0 00 n 4 Check the Create a New Form box and fill out the Form Description and Paper Size fields It is best to leave the Printer Area Margins fields as 0 5 Select Save Form and close the window Your form should now be available to Win2PDF How to create a custom paper size in Windows Vista To create a custom page size in Windows Vista 1 Open the Printers folder 2013 Dane Prairie Systems LLC Using Win2PDF vorite Links Dropbox Documents Pictures Music More MS Publisher Color Printer Microsoft XPS Document Writer Win2POF 2 Right click in the background of the printers folder and select Run as administrator gt Server
36. Sub 4 Run the Project and click API with Printer object This will print a single page to the current default printer with Printer Object and xyz printed normally and Hello World printed rotated 180 degrees 5 Click Pure API This will print a single page to the current default printer with 2013 Dane Prairie Systems LLC 108 Win2PDF 6 3 2 Hello World printed normally and rotated 180 degrees Crystal Reports The following Visual C example shows how to print a document to Win2PDF using Crystal Reports void CPrinting PrintPDF LPTSTR sPrintType int iPrintMethod _TCHAR sFileName PE_FILE PATH LEN short hJob 0 PEPrintOptions PrintOptions PEOpenEngine hJob PEOpenPrintJob d pics32 pics32 live quote rpt PrintOptions StructSize PE_SIZEOF_PRINT_OPTIONS PrintOptions startPageN 1 PrintOptions stopPageN l PrintOptions nReportCopies 1 PrintOptions collation PE COLLATED _tcscpy sFileName D temp test pdf Here is the PDF file name tcscpy PrintOptions outputFileName sFileName ESetPrintOptions hJob amp PrintOptions EOutputToPrinter hJob 1 EStartPrintJob hJob TRUE ECloseEngine j tuo tO WU DO The same example using Visual Basic follows Public Function printAPIReport RptName As String rptPath As String outPath As String As Boolean Dim PrintO
37. TIFF or TIF Tagged Image File Format e SVG Scalable Vector Graphics 2013 Dane Prairie Systems LLC 96 Win2PDF If a file already exists at the location specified by PDFFileName it will be overwritten If you want to prevent files from being overwritten you can add a single asterisk character to the file name to specify a wildcard If a wildcard character exists it will be replaced by a sequential number so that documents are never overwritten If you want to create a unique document name you can use a single character in the file name The character will be expanded to include a sequence of numbers based on the current date and time If you create the PDFFileName registry value as a REG_EXPAND_SZ instead of a REG_SZ type the file name will be expanded from environment variables The environment variables are specified with characters at the beginning and end of the variables as in Y HOMEPATH If the environment variable does not exist the first character will be expanded by a sequences of numbers based on the date and time as described previously The REG_EXPAND_SZ option is not available from the Visual Basic SaveSetting command The DATE and TIME environment variables are not expanded by this option Win2PDF sets the current PDF document title in an environment variable named PDFTitle You can use this in combination with a REG_EXPAND_SZ environment variable to set the f
38. Win2PDF 7 Terminal Server Edition more info Win2PDF Pro 7 Service Pack Win2PDF Pro users only more info Download now Older versions of Win2PDF and upgrade information is available on the update page S ACCREDITED f 3 ee ode gilable for public download due to export restrictions concerning the ase C oe sem a nioad j E ail to recerve this A Rating How to Install a PDF writer First you ll need to download the Win2PDF PDF writer software You can download the latest versions of the Win2PDF and Win2PDF Terminal Server Edition PDF converters from our web page here http www win2pdf com download download htm After you have downloaded the setup file for the Win2PDF PDF writer to your hard disk double click on the file to start the installation wizard 2013 Dane Prairie Systems LLC How To Articles 37 eS Setup Win2PDF Welcome to the Win2PDF Setup Wizard This will install Win2PDF 7 on your computer It is recommended that you close all other applications before continuing Click Next to continue or Cancel to exit Setup Click on the Next gt button and follow the prompts to install the software After it has been installed you will see a printer named Win2PDF in the printers folders 2013 Dane Prairie Systems LLC 38 Win2PDF Add a device Add a printer 4 Printers and Faxes 8 Canon MG8100 series Printer HP LaserJet
39. an character sets Is it legal to create PDF files with Win2PDF Yes Adobe Systems Inc created the PDF file format and owns the copyrights on the data structures operators and written specification for PDF Adobe wishes to make PDF an open standard so they have given permission to anyone to write software that creates PDF files The have also given royalty free licenses to the patents if used to create PDF files Information on this policy is in section 1 7 of the PDF specification published by Adobe and also at http partners adobe com public developer support topic legal notices html Can Win2PDF append to an existing PDF file Yes Win2PDF can append or prepend to an exiting PDF file Please see Merging to an existing PDF file When installing Win2PDF I m get the error message AddPrinter error 126 This AddPrinter error 126 can occur if either of the following conditions is true e The SYSTEMROOT System32 Wbem framedyn dll file is missing or damaged Or e The Windows Path environment variable does not point to the SYSTEMROOT System32 Wbem folder To correct the problem use one of the following methods Run the Windows system file checker The Windows system file checker will scan all protected Windows files and verify their versions If it detects any files that have been replaced or damaged it will repair the files To run the system file checker 2013 Dane Prairie Systems LLC 90
40. ange of pages kwi 3 Save the results of this print and select the first file name sample1 pdf 4 When prompted you can either append add to the end or prepend add to the beginning to merge your new pages with the first set of pages you printed Select Append and choose the file name newsample pdf Using this technique you can effectively combine both files sample1 pdf and sample2 pdf into a new PDF file called newsample pdf 4 3 How to Print from a Specific Application 4 3 1 How to Convert a Microsoft Word 2010 Doc to PDF To print from Microsoft Word 2010 first open the document you wish to convert in Microsoft Word 2010 Select Print from the File menu and choose the printer named Win2PDF and then 2013 Dane Prairie Systems LLC 60 Win2PDF 4 3 2 click on the Print button Choose Win2PDF as the printer Printer Pr tr p opertie Select Print from the File menu You will then be presented with the Win2PDF file save window and you can save the doc or docx Microsoft Word document as a PDF file How to Convert a Microsoft Excel 2010 XLS to PDF To print from Microsoft Excel 2010 first open the xls or xlsx document you wish to convert in Microsoft Excel 2010 Select Print from the File menu and choose the printer named Win2PDF and then click on the Print button If you are creating a document from an Excel workbook that contains multip
41. command line options 5 configure 74 Creating a PDF file 10 credit card 32 Crystal Reports 108 custom paper sizes 15 16 18 Customize interface 69 D Dane Prairie Systems Company Information 112 default CC 70 default email body 70 default email subject 70 default file name 71 default file save location 69 default password 73 default security 73 Default Settings 20 default To 70 default watermark 71 default watermark PDF location 69 Delete after sending 10 40 deploying Win2PDF 5 desktop 80 DEVMODE 92 Disable options 69 DOCINFO 92 Document Information 22 Document Security 24 download 68 74 76 78 DWG 67 e mail address 99 e mail subject 99 embeds 14 encryption 73 Encryption Level 24 Excel 60 88 extractapage 56 extract pages 56 2013 Dane Prairie Systems LLC 114 Win2PDF oe FAQ 84 fax number 112 filename port 88 file options 98 fonts 14 86 GMail 55 74 H Hotmail 55 74 HTML 65 66 iBooks 48 52 image only 45 install 76 install Win2PDF 4 Internet Explorer 66 iPad 52 iPhone 48 K keycode 33 Keywords 22 A ee legal 89 license 78 license code 33 78 license key 78 linearized PDF 88 mail helper 74 mailing address 112 MAPI 55 master password 24 Merge Options 97 merge PDF 58 Merging 12 89 metro 80 Microsoft Excel 60 N noncommercial use 87 non expiring license 87 non searchable 45 Ox Outlook 63 Outlook Web Acces
42. ction Document Security Win2PDF Pro supports the standard security options and permissions available in the PDF file format 2013 Dane Prairie Systems LLC Using Win2PDF 25 a PDF ans Description Document Security Watermark About Encryption Level Permissions V Allow the document to be printed No encryption 40 bit encryption W Allow text and graphics to be copied 128 bit encryption V Allow the document to be modified Passwords Password to open the document User Master eeccce Password to change security settings The Encryption Level setting controls the type of encryption used in the PDF file The 40 bit encryption is compatible with Acrobat Reader 4 0 and above and the 128 bit encryption is compatible with Acrobat Reader 5 0 and above For best security the 128 bit encryption option is recommended The Permissions setting controls restrictions that can be placed on the PDF file To prevent printing of a PDF file uncheck the Allow the document to be printed option To prevent the text and graphics from being copied from the PDF file uncheck the Allow text and graphics to be copied option To prevent the document from being modified in a PDF editor uncheck the Allow the document to be modified option The PDF file format allows two types of passwords a user password and a master
43. df com download download htm It is not necessary to uninstall Win2PDF before running the new setup program 2013 Dane Prairie Systems LLC Win2PDF Win2PDF Pro users should use the Win2PDF Pro Service Pack download If you purchased a license of Win2PDF before October 2009 and have a 16 digit number license code you can upgrade to Win2PDF 3 5 for free The Win2PDF 3 5 download is available at http www win2pdf com support updates htm To upgrade to Win2PDF 7 there is a one time upgrade fee Win2PDF 7 fully supports the Windows 7 and it includes additional file save formats including PDF A TIFF and Microsoft s XPS file formats For more information on Win2PDF 7 please visit the Win2PDF 7 product page 2013 Dane Prairie Systems LLC 10 Win2PDF 2 1 Using Win2PDF Creating a PDF XPS TIFF or SVG File The Win2PDF installation creates a printer in the printers folder named Win2PDF Here is a YouTube video that shows a brief introduction to Win2PDF How to create a PDF file with Win2PDF An Overview To create a PDF document e Open a document from a Windows application MS Word Excel Internet Explorer etc e Print the document as you normally do but select the Win2PDF printer e You will be prompted to enter the name of the document as shown on this screen 2013 Dane Prairie Systems LLC Using Win2PDF 11 Savein PDF F
44. does not support Windows 95 98 ME Win2PDF 7 installs as a print driver and this print driver only works with Windows XP Windows Vista Server 2003 Server 2008 and Windows 7 Win2PDF 7 uses some features of Windows that are not available in Windows NT and Windows 2000 Win2PDF 3 5 is still supported and does work with Windows NT and Windows 2000 2013 Dane Prairie Systems LLC 86 Win2PDF 5 5 5 6 5 7 Does Win2PDF support Windows 8 Yes Win2PDF fully supports Windows 8 and Windows 8 Pro Win2PDF does not support Windows RT Does Win2PDF 64 bit editions of Windows Yes Win2PDF fully supports all versions of Windows 64 bit editions The Win2PDF setup program includes both 32 bit and 64 bit versions of Win2PDF and the setup program automatically detects the current version of Win2PDF and installs the 64 bit edition if necessary There isn t a separate Win2PDF setup program for 64 bit platforms Win2PDF has been tested with and fully supports the following 64 bit Windows platforms e Windows XP x64 edition Windows Server 2003 x64 editions Windows Vista x64 editions Windows Server 2008 x64 editions Windows Server 2008 R2 x64 editions Windows 7 x64 editions Windows 8 x64 editions Windows Server 2012 What type of fonts does Win2PDF support When creating a standard PDF Win2PDF 7 automatically embeds all fonts except for the 14 fonts that are built into Adobe Reader These include e
45. e I Disable Delete alter sending I Disable document author l Disable View PDF l Disable Change watermark I Disable Print PDF Disable Optimize mage file sze Disable Send to Palm Disable Apoly Watermark Apply Cancel ee Sa J k Default path on first use this is the location that Win2PDF will use for the initial file save location You will need to enter the full path in this box e g C Users Bob Documents You can use environment variables such as USERPROFILE 2013 Dane Prairie Systems LLC 70 Win2PDF 4 4 3 Documents PDF Files This value will only be used the first time that the Win2PDF file save window appears If the user changes the save to folder through the interface Win2PDF will remember that new location on the next use This file location is saved with respect to each application e g Word files will always save to the last saved location for Word prints Excel files will always be saved to the last save location for Excel prints etc Default watermark PDF file Win2PDF Pro feature only This allows you to set the default watermark PDF file This fill will always be set until the user changes the file and then the new file will be remember for successive uses until change If you click on the button you will be able to browse and select the default watermark PDF file Disable feature When any of these options are checked
46. e PDF file This sample assumes that Win2PDF is set as the default printer create first PDF file from report rpt_OriginalReport SaveSetting Dane Prairie Systems Win2PDF PDFFileName c tempReport pdf DoCmd OpenReport rpt_OriginalReport acNormal Set registry to append 2nd report to PDF file just created SaveSetting Dane Prairie Systems Win2PDF PDFFileName c MergedReports pdf SaveSetting Dane Prairie Systems Win2PDF PDFPrependFile c tempReport pdf print second report rpt_ReportToAppend DoCmd OpenReport rpt_ReportToAppend acNormal The following sample shows how to email without user interaction using the Win2PDF Mail Helper application You need to install and configure the Win2PDF Mail Helper application before running this code The SaveWin2PDFDword routine used in this example is listed in Using the Printer 2013 Dane Prairie Systems LLC 110 Win2PDF object This sample assumes that Win2PDF is set as the default printer Dim stDocName As String enable sending the PDF file with no user interaction SaveWin2PDFDword file options amp H420 set the outp SaveSetting Dane Prairie txt_PDFFileName laddress stDocName txt Emai lmessage ut file name SaveSetting Dane Prairie txt_email SaveSetting Dane Prairie 1Subject SaveSetting Dane Prairie txt_email Systems Win2PDF PDFFileName Syst
47. ecessary w2pdf exe VERYSILENT NORESTART The Win2PDF install only has to reboot if you are upgrading a previous installation of Win2PDF SUPPRESSWARNINGS nowarnings Instructs Setup to suppress Win2PDF specific warnings that can occur when installing on terminal servers such as the following message Server operating system detected If you decide to purchase Win2PDF and intend on using the product in a multi user server based application you must purchase a server license of Win2PDF 2013 Dane Prairie Systems LLC Installing Win2PDF 7 SUPPRESSMSGBOXES Instructs Setup to suppress message boxes Only has an effect when combined with SILENT and VERYSILENT The default response in situations where there s a choice is Yes in a Keep newer file situation No in a File exists confirm overwrite situation Abort in Abort Retry situations Cancel in Retry Cancel situations Yes continue in a DiskSpaceWarning DirExists DirDoesntExist NoUninstallWarning ExitSetupMessage ConfirmUninstall situation Yes restart in a FinishedRestartMessage UninstalledAndNeedsRestart situation 5 message boxes are not suppressible The About Setup message box The Exit Setup message box The FileNotInDir2 message box displayed when Setup requires a new disk to be inserted and the disk was not found Any error message box displayed before Setup or Uninstall could read the command line pa
48. ed to either hold down the SHIFT key when printing to Win2PDF or go to the Windows Start menu and go to the Win2PDF program group There you will be able to select Stop Win2PDF Auto name as shown below From Start menu select Stop Win2PDF Auto name to turn off file saving without prompting There are more advanced ways to customize the automatic file save options including changes to the file name date and time stamps For more information please visit the 2013 Dane Prairie Systems LLC 48 Win2PDF 4 2 10 4 2 11 How to Manage file name settings section of the How to use the Win2PDF Admin Utility section of our online help How to Email a PDF to Kindle The Amazon Kindle ebook reader supports PDF files through Amazon s Kindle Personal Documents Service Win2PDF offers a convenient way to add documents to your Kindle by emailing PDF files directly to your Kindle In order to use this service you must first tell Amazon to accept email from your email address Use the following steps to enable email to your Kindle 1 Go to your Kindle Personal Documents Settings page 2 Under Approved Personal Document E mail List add your email address 3 Under Send to Kindle E Mail Settings find and record your Kindle s email address This address should end in kindle com This is the address that you will send PDF files to Once the Amazon Personal Document Settings have been configured you can
49. efault master password 4 Allow master password to be changed Defaut Encryption Level F Allow enctyption level to be changed Defaut part permission v Allow print permission to be changed Default copy permission 4 Allow copy permission to be changed zj Defaut modiy peeniesion xj Allow modly pemission to be changed l Apply Cancel ee J i Default feature These boxes allow you to set default passwords or other security features in the Win2PDF file save window Allow feature to be changed When these checkboxes are enabled checked it will allow the user to change these values in the Win2PDF file save window When these checkboxes are disabled unchecked it will not allow the user to change these values The features will appear grayed out in the interface How to use the Win2PDF Mail Helper Utility How to install the Win2PDF Mail Helper Utility The Win2PDF Mail Helper application is an optional SMTP mail client that integrates with Win2PDF and supports sending email with or without user interaction This application can be downloaded from the Win2PDF support download site at http helpdesk win2pdf com index php Knowledgebase Article View 189 15 win2pdf mail helper download After you have downloaded this file double click on it and it will install to your PC How to configure the Win2PDF Mail Helper Utility You can open the Win2PDF Mail Helper Utility b
50. email message The value can be a single email address in the form someone somedomain com or multiple recipients separated by semicolon or comma characters Default body text the default body text in the new email message e g Please find the attached PDF file Thanks Use Address Book to verify addresses When this option is checked the list of email addresses will be checked against your current address book This can improve the reliability of sent email in some environments but may cause the email client to display a warning window How to Manage file name settings The third tab of the Win2PDF Admin Utility allows you to set default file name options and to set merging and watermark features to the file save p el c x L3 Win2PDF Administrator Utility 1 26 File Save Dialog Emal File Name Troubleshooting Secuity POF file name finclude full path Run the following program alter PDF creation optional open Z the following PDF file alter creation optional l Apply Back wound Z watermark PDF file after creation Win2PDF Pro optional f Apply to al users W Always use these settings Test Apply Cancel Ma PDF file name include full path Use the button to browse for an existing PDF file or use the PDFTitle variable to pick up the file name from the original document For example if you want to place the files in a folder named PDF Files on
51. ems Win2PDF PDFMailRecipients Systems Win2PDF PDFMailSubject Systems Win2PDF PDFMailNote rpt_Report_to_EMail DoCmd OpenReport stDocName acNormal 2013 Dane Prairie Systems LLC 112 Win2PDF Dane Prairie Systems Company Information DANE PRAIRI YSTEMS Lc Information on Win2PDF is available at http www win2pdf com For help on our products including technical support visit http www win2pdf com support tech_ support htm or send e mail to support win2pdf com For sales inquiries send e mail to sales win2pdf com Our fax number is 612 435 4926 Our mailing address is Dane Prairie Systems LLC P O Box 24491 Minneapolis MN 55424 0491 2013 Dane Prairie Systems LLC Index 113 Index sA g 128 bit encryption 24 oy ee 40 bit encryption 24 Access 109 acrobat distiller 84 activation 33 AddPrinter error 126 89 Adobe Reader 87 Affixa 55 Allow text and graphics to be copied 24 Allow the document to be modified 24 Allow the document to be printed 24 annual subscription fee 87 append 12 89 97 Apple iOS device 52 Apple iOS devices 48 Application Settings 20 Apply watermark 27 98 101 Asian character sets 89 Author 22 Auto name 46 AutoCAD 67 Automatically name 46 bitmap image quality 88 Ee Cannot activate Win2PDF online 87 cannot be searched 45 combine PDF 58
52. erver 88 web based email 55 Win2PDF Admin Utility 68 Win2PDF Mail Helper 74 98 Win2PDF support 84 win2pdf update 7 win2pdf upgrade 7 Win32 API 88 92 105 Windows 8 76 78 86 Windows 8 app 80 Windows 95 85 Windows 98 85 Windows Live 64 74 Windows ME 85 Word 59 workbook 88 worksheets 88 X x64 86 XML Paper Specification 42 XPS 10 42 Y Yahoo Mail 55 74 2013 Dane Prairie Systems LLC This document was created with Win2PDF available at http www win2pdf com The unregistered version of Win2PDF is for evaluation or non commercial use only This page will not be added after purchasing Win2PDF
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56. ettings using the Win32 API and the DEVMODE structure as defined in the Microsoft Platform SDK The Microsoft Knowledgebase article Q167345 available at http support microsoft com default aspx scid kb EN US Q167345 describes how to change printer settings using the Win32 API Using the registry Registry Overview Win2PDF looks for registry values at the following locations and in the following order HKEY_CURRENT_USER Software VB and VBA Program Settings Dane Prairie Systems Win2PDF HKEY_CURRENT_USER Software Dane Prairie Systems Win2PDF and HKEY_ LOCAL MACHINE Software Dane Prairie Systems Win2PDF The first registry location is used for the Visual Basic SaveSetting function From Visual Basic you can call SaveSetting with the following parameters to control Win2PDF SaveSetting Dane Prairie Systems Win2PDF Value Name Value Where ValueName and Value will depend on the Win2PDF setting to control The SaveSetting command only works with Win2PDF registry settings that use a string type The HKEY_CURRENT_USER registry location is useful if you want the setting to apply only to the current user This is especially important when using Win2PDF in a multi user environment such as Windows Terminal Services The HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE location is useful if you want the setting to apply to all users or if your application is only going to be used with a single user 2013 Dane Prairie Sy
57. file name was specified by using PDFFileName For example if you have an existing PDF file named filel pdf and you would like to create a new PDF file named file2 pdf with the contents of file1 pdf at the beginning of the new file you would set PDFPrependFile to file1 pdf and PDFFileName to file2 pdf Alternatively if you wanted to the contents of file1 pdf to be at the end of the new file you would set PDFAppendFile to file1 pdf and PDFFileName to file2 pdf By default the PDFPrependFile and PDFAppendFile entries are removed from the registry after each PDF file is created and you must add the values each time you print If you want to prevent the values from being removed after each document you can create a DWord value named persistent at one of the standard registry locations Setting Document Information You can set the PDF document subject title author and keywords by creating string values named PDFSubject PDFTitle PDFAuthor and PDFKeywords in the registry at any of the standard registry locations These are the same values as described in the Document Information All values are deleted after each document is created unless the persistent registry value is set 2013 Dane Prairie Systems LLC 98 Win2PDF 6 2 5 Enabling encryption email view and print PDF Options You can create a DWORD value in the registry at any of the standard registry locations to
58. ge the default printer setting you need to change the setting in the Printing Preferences dialog You can find this by opening the printers folder right clicking on the Win2PDF icon and choosing Printing Preferences 2013 Dane Prairie Systems LLC Using Win2PDF 21 Select Printing preferences Printing preferences 2 6 Resolution The default resolution for bitmaps is 300 DPI You can change the default resolution by opening the Printers folder right clicking on the Win2PDF icon and opening Printing Preferences The resolution Print Quality setting us under the Advanced section of this dialog 2013 Dane Prairie Systems LLC 22 Win2PDF 2 7 2 7 1 Win2PDF A Advanced Options E m Win2PDF A Advanced Document Settings 6 4 Paper Output a Paper Size Letter phic ey ApS SA 300 x 300 dots per inch Lz ff2 Document Options Interleaving Off Best for viewing Images JPG Minimum compression Increasing the resolution will improve the quality of bitmap images but it will also increase the document size Win2PDF Pro Settings Document Information Win2PDF Pro can set the document information such as Title Author Subject and Keywords This information is entered in the PDF Options dialog of the Win2PDF File Save dialog 2013 Dane Prairie Systems LLC Using Win2PDF 23 PDF Option Lo
59. he merged file will be encrypted Win2PDF cannot append or prepend to an existing PDF file that is already encrypted Fonts When creating a standard PDF Win2PDF 7 automatically embeds all fonts except for the 14 fonts that are built into Adobe Reader These include Courier Courier Bold Courier 0blique Courier BoldOblique e Helvetica e Helvetica Bold 2013 Dane Prairie Systems LLC Using Win2PDF 15 Helvetica Oblique Helvetica BoldOblique Times Roman Times Bold Times Italic Times Bolditalic Symbol ZapfDingbats When the PDF A format is selected all fonts including the font Adobe Reader built in fonts are automatically embedded in the PDF file 2 4 Paper Sizes Win2PDF supports the following paper sizes US Letter US Legal 4A0 US Letter Small A4 Small US Legal Small Tabloid 11x17in A Size 8 5x11in B Size 11x17in C Size 17x22in D Size 22x34in E Size 34x44in Arch A 9x12in Arch B 12x18in Arch C 18x24in Arch D 24x36in Arch E 36x48in In addition Win2PDF supports user defined custom or user defined paper sizes The steps required to create a custom paper size vary depending on the version of Windows How to create a custom paper size in Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 How to create a custom paper size in Windows Vista How to create a custom paper size in Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 2 4 1 How to create a custom paper size in Windows XP or Windows
60. ie Systems LLC Developer Information 105 6 3 1 2 replace the file options with amp H421 to email with no user interaction using the Mail Helper application SaveWin2PDFDword file options amp H21 set the email subject optional SaveSetting Dane Prairie Systems Win2PDF Subject set the recipient email address optional SaveSetting Dane Prairie Systems Win2PDF billg microsoft com set the email body text optional SaveSetting Dane Prairie Systems Win2PDF requested PDF file is attached set the PDF file name SaveSetting Dane Prairie Systems Win2PDF test pdf output some text Printer Print hello world Printer Print www win2pdf com save the PDF file Printer EndDoc Using the Win32 API PDFMailSubject Test PDFMailRecipients PDFMailNote PDFFileName The Wo The Microsoft Knowledgebase article Q175535 has information on using the Win32 API from Visual Basic The Win32 API can be used when the Printer object does not provide the necessary functionality 1 Create a Standard EXE project in Visual Basic 6 0 Form1 is created by default 2 Add 2 CommandButtons to Form1 3 Add the following code to the General Declarations section of Form1 Option Explicit Private Const LF_FACESIZE 32 Private Type LOGFONT lfHeight As Long Width As Long Escapement As Long Orientation As Long Weight As Long Italic As
61. ile name to the document title For example if a PDFFileName entry with a REG_EXPAND_SZ type is set to c PDFTitle pdf Win2PDF will create a document using the document specified title without displaying a file save dialog and it will never overwrite an existing file If the application needs to determine when Win2PDF has finished creating the document it can use PDFPostFileName instead of PDFFileName The behavior of PDFPostFileName is identical to PDFFileName except the registry value is not deleted by Win2PDF until the document has been created The application can monitor the existence of this registry value to determine if Win2PDF is still processing the document 2013 Dane Prairie Systems LLC Developer Information 97 6 2 3 6 2 4 Merge Options You can prepend or append and existing file with the newly created file by creating a string value in the registry at any of the standard registry locations If you would like to add an existing PDF file to the beginning of the newly created file you can create a string value named PDFPrependFile and set it to the full path of the existing PDF file If you would like to append an existing PDF file to the newly created file you can create a string value named PDFAppendFile and set it to the full path of the existing PDF file You can specify both a PDFPrependFile and a PDFAppendFile at the same time and both options are only used if the output
62. iles T Recent Places Amazon com CNN Company Email Excel a receipt pdf article pdf Invoice pdf archive pdf spreadshe 2222p Libraries July 2009 Personnel Policy Price List Inventory pdf Reports pdf Memo pdf 2009 pdf u Computer File name Price List 2009 pdf Portable Document Format foe XML Paper Specification XPS Tagged Image File Format TIFF Scalable Vector Graphics SVG nint file The default file name is supplied by the sending application You can choose the format using the Save as type options Win2PDF supports the following formats e PDF Portable Document Format e PDF A Portable Document Format for Archiving PDF A 1b ISO 19005 1 2005 e XPS XML Paper Specification e TIFF Tagged Image File Format e SVG Scalable Vector Graphics You can choose a number of optional actions to take after the document is created by selecting the check boxes The options include e View File Opens the file in the default viewer after the file is created e Print File Prints the file to the default printer after the file is created This option is only available when Win2PDF is not the Windows system default printer e Send File Opens a new email message using the default MAPI compliant email client and attaches the file to the message The email program is specified in the Internet Options icon in the Windows control panel If the Win2PDF Mail Helper application is instal
63. in2PDF Mail Helper Application is an optional SMTP mail client that integrates with Win2PDF and supports sending email without user interaction 6 2 7 Controlling Encryption Options To set the security permissions you can create a DWORD value named security permissions at any of the standard registry locations The DWORD value must be named security permissions and the value is defined by Adobe in the PDF specification available from http partners adobe com asn tech pdf specifications jsp The following table from this specification defines the privileges Bit Position Meaning 1 2 Reserved must be 0 3 Print document 4 Modify contents of document other than text annotations and interactive form fields 5 Copy text and graphics from document 6 Add or modify text annotations and interactive form fields 7 8 Reserved must be 1 9 Fill in existing form fields 10 Extract text and graphics for Accessibility 11 Assemble the document 12 Allow high resolution printing 13 32 Reserved must be 1 2013 Dane Prairie Systems LLC 100 Win2PDF The default value is Oxfffffffc For example to create a PDF document that doesn t allow printing you need to set bit position 3 to a 0 so you would set the security permissions to Oxfffffff8 The following table lists common combinations of security permissions Disable printing Oxfffffffs Disable copying Oxffffffec Disable modifying O
64. le worksheets selecting the Entire workbook option from the Excel print dialog will create a separate document for each worksheet If you would like to have all worksheets in a single document you can select multiple worksheets before printing to the Win2PDF printer 2013 Dane Prairie Systems LLC How To Articles 61 Choose Win2PDF as the printer Printer Win2PDF ER Print Entire Workbook Select Print Set Print Entire from the File Workbook menu You can select multiple worksheets by holding down the shift or control key while clicking on the sheet tab Select the Print command from the File menu and make sure Active sheet s is enabled in the Excel print dialog More information on selecting multiple worksheets is available at http office microsoft com en us assistance HP052024921033 aspx Alternatively if you select print to file from the Excel print dialog all worksheets will be created in a single document 4 3 3 Howto Convert a Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 PPT to PDF To print from Microsoft Powerpoint 2010 first open the ppt or pptx document you wish to convert in Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 Select Print from the File menu and choose the printer named Win2PDF and then click on the Print button 2013 Dane Prairie Systems LLC 62 Win2PDF pP Choose Win2PDF as the printer Printer CEE re Printer Properties Select Print fro
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66. le to new Font Dim di As DOCINFO Structure for Print Document info OutString Hello World Set string to be rotated Set rotation in tenths of a degree i e 1800 180 degrees 1f 1fEscapement 1800 lf 1lfHeight DESIREDFONTSIZE 20 Printer TwipsPerPixelY hFont CreateFontIndirect 1f Create the rotated font di cbSize 20 Size of DOCINFO structure di lpszDocName My Document Set name of print job Optional Create a printer device context hPrintDe CreateDC Printer DriverName Printer DeviceName 0 0 result StartDoc hPrintDc di Start a new print document result StartPage hPrintDc Start a new page Select our rotated font structure and save previous font info hOldfont SelectObject hPrintDc hFont Send rotated text to printer starting at location 1000 1000 result TextOut hPrintDc 1000 1000 OutString Len OutString Reset font back to original non rotated result SelectObject hPrintDc hOldfont Send non rotated text to printer at same page location result TextOut hPrintDc 1000 1000 OutString Len OutString result EndPage hPrintDc End the page result EndDoc hPrintDc End the print job result DeleteDC hPrintDc Delete the printer device context result DeleteObject hFont Delete the font object End Sub Private Sub Form_Load Command1l Caption API with Printer object Command2 Caption Pure API End
67. led the Mail Helper application will be opened to send the email instead of the default MAPI client e Delete after Sending Deletes the document after it has been sent using the Send 2013 Dane Prairie Systems LLC 12 Win2PDF 2 2 PDF option You can use the file save dialog to browse to a new location before saving the document Win2PDF remembers this location and will use the same location the next time you create a document Merging to an existing PDF file If you select a PDF file in the file save dialog that already exists Win2PDF will display the following dialog Win2PDF File Save N i Temtory Map pdf already exists Prepend Append Replace Cancel Overwrite original file The Prepend button will create a new document containing the existing PDF file and will insert the new document information at the beginning of the file The Append button will create a new document containing the existing PDF file and will add the new document information to the end of the file The Replace button will overwrite the existing PDF file and the Cancel button will cancel the PDF creation without affecting the existing PDF file Here is a YouTube video that shows how to append to an existing PDF file 2013 Dane Prairie Systems LLC Using Win2PDF 13 How to append to an existing PDF file using Win2PDF If the Overwrite original file check
68. m the File menu You will then be presented with the Win2PDF file save window and you can save the ppt or pptx Microsoft PowerPoint document as a PDF file 4 3 4 Howto Convert a Microsoft Publisher 2010 PUB to PDF To print from Microsoft Publisher 2010 first open the pub document you wish to convert in Microsoft Publisher 2010 Select Print from the File menu and choose the printer named Win2PDF and then click on the Print button 2013 Dane Prairie Systems LLC How To Articles 63 Choose Win2PDF as the printer Printer Select Print from the File menu You will then be presented with the Win2PDF file save window and you can save the pub Microsoft Publisher document as a PDF file 4 3 5 Howto Convert a Microsoft Outlook 2010 email to PDF To print from Microsoft Outlook 2010 first open the email you wish to convert Select Print from the File menu and choose the printer named Win2PDF and then click on the Print button 2013 Dane Prairie Systems LLC 64 Win2PDF Print Choose Win2PDF as the printer Win2PDF DP peasy WS bi Select print from the file menu You will then be presented with the Win2PDF file save window and you can save the email as a PDF file 4 3 6 How to Convert a Windows Live email to PDF To print from Microsoft Outlook 2010 first open the email you wish to convert Select Print from the File menu and choose the printer na
69. me Name Company License Code 2013 Dane Prairie Systems LLC 80 Win2PDF 4 6 3 4 6 4 If you entered the information correctly you should see a success message as follows r Dane Prairie Systems Product Licens Activation successful New documents created by Win2PDF will no longer include the trailer page on each document How to print to a PDF file with a Windows 8 desktop app from a Windows 8 desktop application works the same as it did with Windows 7 Vista or XP applications Here s a short video that shows Win2PDF creating a PDF file from a Windows 8 desktop app How to print to Win2PDF from Windows 8 desktop apps How to print to a PDF file from a Windows 8 style app The key differences with printing to Windows 8 style apps are 2013 Dane Prairie Systems LLC How To Articles 81 1 Printers are accessed as Devices which can be found in the Charm bar You can access the Charm bar by moving the cursor to the right side of the screen and swiping up in a Windows 8 style app 2 From Devices you choose the printer named Win2PDF and then print Immediately after printing you will receive a notification in the upper right corner of the screen The printer requires your attention Go to the desktop to take care of it 3 Click on this notification This will bring you to the desktop where you will see the
70. mechanisms Most printer drivers use standard Microsoft port monitors but Win2PDF uses a custom port There have been several reported bugs in the Windows printer sharing relating to printer drivers with custom port monitors and there are a large number of combinations of Windows versions and service pack levels for the print server and clients including variations for 32 bit and 64 bit clients and servers Only some combinations are tested with Win2PDF and based on past experience there may be problems with other combinations Since the installation and update process is handled entirely by Windows these issues can be difficult to isolate and troubleshoot In contrast when Win2PDF is installed directly on each PC the installer detects the operating system and CPU architecture and installs the correct version of the print driver along with any other necessary files It is not necessary to install the Microsoft XPS Essentials Pack separately Also the help files will be installed locally and there aren t any issues with updates due to the custom port For these reasons we strongly encourage deployment as a local printer install instead of printer sharing To ease deployment concerns for orders of 50 licenses or more we provide a pre registered volume license installer This together with the silent install options is the preferred way of deploying Win2PDF to a large number of PCs 5 4 Does Win2PDF support Windows 95 98 ME No Win2PDF
71. med Win2PDF and then click on the Print button 2013 Dane Prairie Systems LLC How To Articles 65 ep En Select print from the file menu You will then be presented with the Win2PDF file save window and you can save the email as a PDF file 4 3 7 Howto Convert HTML files to PDF To convert HTML files to a PDF document you ll just need to open and print to Win2PDF using any Windows browser e g Internet Explorer Firefox Chrome etc First open the HTML file or load the web site page in your browser window Then select Print from the web browser s File menu 2013 Dane Prairie Systems LLC 66 Win2PDF 4 3 8 File Edit F t Te et Ne We 7 DANE PRARIE Ne Create PDF Files Quickly and Easily a p 4a PDF files from any Windows applicat ia Select Print from the File menu ap Click for Live Help a J You will then be able to convert the HTML web page to a PDF copy of the page on your local hard drive How to Convert an Internet Explorer page to PDF To convert HTML files to a PDF document you ll just need to open and print to Win2PDF using any Windows browser e g Internet Explorer Firefox Chrome etc First open the HTML file or load the web site page in your browser window Then select Print from the web browser s File menu 2013 Dane Prairie Systems LLC How To Articles 67 DANE
72. n code by following the instructions in Entering the Win2PDF license code Deploying Win2PDF If you are deploying Win2PDF to a large number of computers 50 Dane Prairie Systems can create a customized version of the Win2PDF install program that will automatically enter license codes and company information for each installed copy of Win2PDF There are also silent install flags available for the deployment which are documented below The following command line options are supported by the Win2PDF setup program 2013 Dane Prairie Systems LLC Win2PDF SILENT VERYSILENT 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 is not displayed Everything else is normal so for example error messages during installation are displayed and the startup prompt is if you haven t disabled it with the SP command line option explained above 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 NORESTART Instructs Setup not to reboot even if it s necessary If you invoke the install with the following command line it will bypass all user intervention hide the progress bar and it will not reboot even if n
73. n send multiple print jobs if it has multiple sheets with different print areas Even though only one file is being printed the application i e Excel breaks up the file into different print jobs and sends them separately to the printer This typically results in multiple prompts for a file name and multiple PDF files being created In Win2PDF 7 5 and later version there is an Auto merge feature to handle this 2013 Dane Prairie Systems LLC Frequently Asked Questions 89 5 17 5 18 5 19 5 20 situation With Auto merge enabled all of the sheets in the workbook are merged automatically into a single PDF file if the file being printed has the same base file name and is printed in rapid succession In Win2PDF 7 and earlier versions you will need to save the files separately or manually merge the files together You can do this by selecting the worksheets that you want to print by holding down the shift or control key while clicking on the sheet tab Select the Print command from the File menu and make sure Active sheet s is enabled in the Excel print dialog More information on selecting multiple worksheets is available at http office microsoft com en us assistance HP052024921033 aspx Alternatively if you select print to file from the Excel print dialog all worksheets will be created in a single document Does Win2PDF support Asian character sets Yes Win2PDF fully supports Asi
74. normal Win2PDF file save window 4 Then you can set the file name and save the PDF as you normally would If you click View file and your default PDF viewer is a Windows 8 style app such as Microsoft Reader then it will open up back in the Windows 8 full screen interface Here s a short video that shows Win2PDF creating a PDF file from a Windows 8 style app How to print to Win2PDF from Windows 8 style apps 2013 Dane Prairie Systems LLC 84 Win2PDF 5 1 5 2 5 3 Frequently Asked Questions Win2PDF Support on the Internet There are also many common problems and solutions listed in the knowledge base section of the Win2PDF support page If your question is not answered here you may submit a question from this site What is the difference between Win2PDF and the Adobe PDF Writer The original version of Adobe Acrobat included two ways to create PDF files Adobe PDF Writer and Adobe Distiller The Adobe PDF Writer was a Windows printer driver that directly converted Windows graphics commands into PDF Adobe Distiller was a Postscript to PDF converter If you printed to the Adobe Distiller printer it first converted the graphics to a Postscript file and then Adobe Distiller converted the Postscript to PDF The two step conversion processes used by Adobe Distiller was slower but usually produced smaller and better quality PDF files The original version of Win2PDF released for Windo
75. ntee on all orders How to Submit a Purchase Order Purchase orders can be faxed to 612 435 4926 For sales inquiries send e mail to sales win2pdf com Our mailing address is Dane Prairie Systems LLC P O Box 24491 Minneapolis MN USA 55424 0491 2013 Dane Prairie Systems LLC Purchasing Win2PDF 33 3 3 How to Enter the Win2PDF license code If you are using a PC with the Windows 8 operating system please visit our help topic on How to license Win2PDF with Windows 8 If you are using a computer with any other supported operating system please use the following instructions to license your copy of Win2PDF After you have received a license code through email you can enter the Win2PDF license code by running Start gt Programs gt Win2PDF gt Enter Win2PDF License The following window will appear Dane Prairie Systems Win2PDF Pro Version 7 00 Copyright 2009 Dane Prairie Systems LLC This is a fully functional version for non commercial or evaluation use only You can purchase the product at any time at http 4 wuww winzpdf com Once purchased and licensed the product does not display this notice and does not add the product information page to the end of each document understand that may use this product for non commercial or evaluation use and that any other use requires purchase of a license Agree Cancel Click on the Enter license code butt
76. ny of the string registry values as a REG_EXPAND_SZ instead of a REG_SZ type the value will be expanded from environment variables The environment variables are specified with characters at the beginning and end of the variables as in YHOMEPATH The REG_EXPAND_SZ option is not available from the 2013 Dane Prairie Systems LLC Developer Information 95 Visual Basic SaveSetting command The DATE and TIME environment variables are not expanded by this option The registry methods are not safe when used with programs that have multiple threads or multiple processes that access Win2PDF For these types of programs you need to ensure that only one thread or process has access to Win2PDF at a time by using a Windows critical section or mutex The Windows printer interfaces do not have these limitations When multiple instances of Win2PDF are installed Win2PDF first looks in the registry locations based on the instance name of Win2PDF This allows separate settings for different instance of Win2PDF For example if the current instance of Win2PDF is named Win2PDF Copy 1 the following registry locations would be checked before the standard registry locations HKEY_CURRENT_USER Software VB and VBA Program Settings Dane Prairie Systems Win2PDF Copy 1 HKEY_CURRENT_USER Software Dane Prairie Systems Win2PDF Copy 1 and HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE Software Dane Prairie Systems Win2PDF Copy 1
77. o SMTP Port set to 587 and o This server requires a secure connection SSL TLS should be checked O To use the Win2PDF Mail Helper with Yahoo Mail set the following o SMTP Mail Server Name set to smtp mail yahoo com o Use SMTP authentication is checked and user name and password set using your Yahoo email address including yahoo com and password o SMTP Port set to 465 and o This server requires a secure connection SSL TLS should be checked To use the Win2PDF Mail Helper with Windows Live Hotmail or Outlook com set the following o SMTP Mail Server Name set to smtp live com o Use SMTP authentication is checked and user name and password set using 2013 Dane Prairie Systems LLC 76 Win2PDF 4 6 4 6 1 your Windows Live Hotmail email address including live com hotmail com or outlook com and password o SMTP Port set to 587 and o This server requires a secure connection SSL TLS should be checked How to use Win2PDF with Windows 8 How to install Win2PDF with Windows 8 Win2PDF 7 5 is available for download from our Win2PDF download page This version of Win2PDF will support Windows 8 on all Intel based computers Currently Win2PDF will not work with the Windows 8 RT version for ARM based devices To install Win2PDF download and run the Win2PDF setup program After you run the setup program you will have a new printer in the Devices and P
78. ocumented in the Developer Information section under Specifying an output file name e You can use the Win32 API as documented in the Developer Information section under Windows Printer Interface e You can use the Win2PDF Admin Utility to set the file name as documented under How to Automatically Name PDF files Does Win2PDF create PDF files that are optimized for web downloading PDF files created with Win2PDF can be used on web pages but they are not linearized PDF files How can I improve the quality of bitmap images You can increase the default resolution to improve the quality of bitmap images To do this open the printers folder right click on the Win2PDF icon and select Printing Preferences You can increase the default resolution under the Advanced tab to improve the bitmap quality but this will also increase the document size For more information see Resolution Can Win2PDF be used on a web server Usage on a server requires a Win2PDF Terminal Server Edition TSE license of Win2PDF For an example of Win2PDF on a web server see the demo from the North Coast Idea Company at http www ncidea com fmwvr aspx Information on using a printer from a web server from the Microsoft knowledge base is at http support microsoft com kb g184291 Is it possible to print multiple worksheets in a single Excel workbook to a single pdf file Some applications including Microsoft Excel ca
79. on and enter your name company and registration code exactly as they are listed in your email receipt Enter License If you purchased the product on wwy win2pdf com a license code was included in the email receipt Please enter your name company and license code EXACTLY as they appear in the email receipt If you have not purchased the product yet click cancel You can enter the license code at a later time Name Company License Code 2013 Dane Prairie Systems LLC 34 Win2PDF If you entered the information correctly you should see a success message as follows New documents created by Win2PDF will no longer include the trailer page on each document 2013 Dane Prairie Systems LLC 36 Win2PDF 4 1 4 1 1 How To Articles How to install Win2PDF How to Download a PDF converter You can download the latest versions of the Win2PDF and Win2PDF Terminal Server Edition PDF converters from our web page here http www win2pdf com download download htm The trial versions of this PDF converter are available for free and are not time limited The trial version will add an extra page to each printed PDF file until the software is purchased and then the extra page will be removed from any new PDF files eee With PDF ag DANE PRAIRIE Click on the Download Now Download now link Win2PDF 7 more info Download now
80. password The user password is used to open the document and the master password used to encrypt the security options When a user password is set Acrobat Reader displays the following prompt when you open the PDF file 2013 Dane Prairie Systems LLC 26 Win2PDF sis ADOBE READER X Open a Recent File Acrobat com Services Cu Password i Southwest Sales Report pdf is protected Please enter a Document Open Password Enter Password You must always enter a master password when security options are enabled Itis recommended that passwords be at least 8 characters long and contain at least 1 number The password and permissions options are only available when the Encryption Level is set to 40 or 128 bit encryption Here is a YouTube video that shows how to set the security options 2013 Dane Prairie Systems LLC Using Win2PDF 27 2 7 3 Enabling security options in PDF with Win2PDF Pro Information on controlling the encryption options from a custom application is available in in the developer information section An administrator can disable or change the default value for any of the security settings using the Win2PDF Admin Utility available for download at Applying a watermark Win2PDF Pro can overlay an existing PDF file on newly created PDF files Add a Watermark or place and existing PDF file behind text and graphics on newly created PDF files
81. ptions As PEPrintOptions Dim hjob As Integer PEOpenEngine hjob PEOpenPrintJob rptPath amp RptName PrintOptions StructSize PE_SIZEOF_PRINT_OPTIONS PrintOptions StartPageN 1 PrintOptions stopPageN 1 PrintOptions nReportCopies 1 PrintOptions collation PE_COLLATED PrintOptions outputFileName c Temp TEST PDF amp Chr 0 PESetPrintOptions hjob PrintOptions PEOutputToPrinter hjob 1 U EStartPrintJob hjob True U ECloseEngine 2013 Dane Prairie Systems LLC Developer Information 109 6 3 3 End Function Microsoft Access The following example shows the basic code to open and print an Access report to Win2PDF This example uses SaveSetting to set the PDF file name and will suppress the Win2PDF File Save dialog Private Sub cmd_PrintToWin2PDF_Click This code assumes that Win2PDF is set as the default printer On Error GoTo Err_cmd_PrintToWin2PDF_Click Dim stDocName As String set the output file name SaveSetting Dane Prairie Systems Win2PDF PDFFileName c AccessTest pdf stDocName Report to be converted DoCmd OpenReport stDocName acNormal Exit_cmd_PrintToWin2PDF_Click Exit Sub Err_comd_PrintToWin2PDF_Click sgBox Err Description Resume Exit_cmd_PrintToWin2PDF_Click End Sub The following example shows how to merge two Access reports into a singl
82. r in another PDF Reader application 2 Select Print and choose a range of pages and Win2PDF as the printer 2013 Dane Prairie Systems LLC 58 Win2PDF 4 2 16 Select Win2PDF as the printer Pages 2 4 Select a range of pages we 3 Save the results of this subset of pages as a new PDF file e g newfile pdf 4 Repeat step 2 to print a different page or range of pages note You can even use a different PDF file 5 Save the results of the new subset of page s and select the same file name e g newfile pdf 6 When prompted you can either append add to the end or prepend add to the beginning to merge your new pages with the first set of pages you printed Using this technique you can effectively reorder or rearrange the pages of an existing PDF file and save the results to a new PDF file How to Combine existing PDF files using Adobe Reader You can use the printing capability with a PDF Reader application to merge or combine two or more PDF files Here is the general procedure to use if you wanted to combine samplel pdf and sample2 pdf into a new document called newsample pdf 1 Open the sample2 pdf file in Adobe Reader 2013 Dane Prairie Systems LLC How To Articles 59 2 Select Print and choose a range of pages if desired and Win2PDF as the printer Select Win2PDF as the printer Pages 2 4 Select a r
83. rameters Any message box displayed by Code support function MsgBox LOG Causes Setup to create a log file in the user s TEMP directory detailing file installation and Run actions taken during the installation process This can be a helpful debugging aid For example if you suspect a file isn t being replaced when you believe it should be or vice versa the log file will tell you if the file was really skipped and why The log file is created with a unique name based on the current date It will not overwrite or append to existing files The information contained in the log file is technical in nature and therefore not intended to be understandable by end users Nor is it designed to be machine parseable the format of the file is subject to change without notice LOG filename Same as LOG except it allows you to specify a fixed path filename to use for the log file If a file with the specified name already exists it will be overwritten If the file cannot be created Setup will abort with an error message 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 1 4 Updating Win2PDF If you purchased a license of Win2PDF after September 2009 and have a 20 character alphanumeric license code you can download and install the latest version of Win2PDF 7 for free at http www win2p
84. rinter 2013 Dane Prairie Systems LLC Developer Information 99 6 2 6 Setting email Options When the Send email or Send email no user interaction options are enabled you can set the email address by creating a string value in one of the standard registry locations named PDFMailRecipients The value can be a single email address in the form someone somedomain com or multiple recipients separated by semicolon or comma characters You can also set one or more CC or BCC email addresses by setting a string value named PDFMailCCRecipients or PDFMailBCCRecipients in one of the standard registry locations Some email clients require a SMTP string in front of the address such as SMTP someone somedomain com Win2PDF can verify the addresses using the default address book if a DWORD value named PDFMailResolveNames is set to 1 in one of the standard registry locations This can improve the reliability of sent email but may cause the email client to display a warning dialog You can set the e mail subject field by creating a string value named PDFMailSubject and you can fill in the body text of the message by creating a string value named PDFMailNote All values are deleted after each document is created unless the persistent registry value is set Windows MAPI email clients such as Microsoft Outlook or Outlook Express will not let you send email without user interaction The W
85. rinters folder named Win2PDF i Ea lt Hard Devices and Print v Search Devices and Printers p Add a device Add a printer See what s printing Manage default printers gt v gt Devices 4 gt Multimedia Devices 6 4 Printers 5 HP Officejet Pro Microsoft XPS Send To L7700 Series Document Writer OneNote 2013 Win2PDF State Default Status 0 document s in queue Model Win2PDF A Category Printer If you are evaluating Win2PDF you can start creating PDF documents immediately The evaluation version is fully functional but every document will have an extra trailer page with Win2PDF product information Also a registration reminder dialog will 2013 Dane Prairie Systems LLC How To Articles 77 occasionally display The Win2PDF Pro install program can only be downloaded after you purchase the product and the download link will be included in your purchase receipt If you already have Win2PDF evaluation version installed you do not need to uninstall Win2PDF before running the Win2PDF Pro install program If you have purchased Win2PDF you can enter your license code by following the instructions in Entering the Win2PDF license code 2013 Dane Prairie Systems LLC 78 Win2PDF 4 6 2 Howto license Win2PDF with Windows 8 To enter the license code on a Windows 8 PC or tablet you ll first need to find the Enter Win2PDF License app from the Window
86. rk or background file has a different page size it will be scaled and centered on the page of the newly created PDF file You can create the watermark or background PDF file using Win2PDF and any Windows application such as Microsoft Word If you are using Win2PDF Pro the watermark or background PDF file must not be encrypted Some sample watermark and background PDF files and the corresponding Word documents are available on the download section of the support web site at Information on controlling the watermark options from a custom application is available in in the developer information section An administrator can disable or set a default watermark PDF file for all users with the Win2PDF Admin Utility available for download at 2013 Dane Prairie Systems LLC 32 Win2PDF 3 2 Purchasing Win2PDF How to Purchase Win2PDF with a credit card You can purchase Win2PDF online at the http www win2pdf com web site We accept all major credit cards Visa MasterCard American Express and use secure order pages After you have purchased Win2PDF you will receive an e mail receipt containing a license code You enter this license code as described in Entering the Win2PDF license code to remove the extra page from each document If you are purchasing Win2PDF Pro you will receive a link to download the Win2PDF Pro setup program as part of your email receipt There is a 60 day money back guara
87. s 55 Outlook com 74 Overwrite existing file 12 D Paper Sizes 15 PDF converter 36 PDF for Archiving 41 PDF Options 22 PDF reader 87 PDF viewer 87 PDF writer 36 84 PDF A 41 PDFAppendFile 97 PDFAuthor 97 PDFDefaultFileName 95 PDFDefaultPrintToName 98 PDFFileName 95 PDFKeywords 97 PDFMailNote 99 PDFMailRecipients 99 PDFMailSubject 99 PDFPostFileName 95 PDFPrependFile 97 PDFPrintTtoName 98 PDFSubject 97 PDFTitle 97 PDFWatermarkFile 101 Permissions 24 2013 Dane Prairie Systems LLC Index 115 perpetual license 87 persistent 93 Powerpoint 61 prepend 12 89 97 Print file 39 Print PDF 10 98 Print Quality 21 print server 84 print Windows 8 80 printer object 103 Publisher 62 R rearrange pages 57 REG_EXPAND_SZ 95 regcode 33 registration code 33 reorder pages 57 Resolution 21 O Save file without prompting 46 Save PDF without prompting 46 SaveSetting 92 103 109 Scalable Vector Graphics 44 security 73 Sendemail 98 Send file 40 55 Send PDF 10 Send to palm 10 98 serial 33 serial number 33 setup 76 shared printer 84 silent install flags 5 smtp 74 Specifying an output file name 88 StartDoc 92 Subject 22 SVG 10 44 aTa technical support 112 TIFF 10 43 Tite 22 troubleshooting 73 U user defined page sizes 15 16 18 user password 24 View file 38 View PDF 10 98 Visual Basic 103 W watermark 27 101 web optimized PDF 88 web s
88. s 8 Start screen You can either locate it visually as a tile on your Start screen or you can use the Search charm to find this application Here is a short video showing how the Enter Win2PDF License app is used to license your copy of Win2PDF How to license your copy of Win2PDF in Windows 8 Once you start the Enter Win2PDF License app the following window will appear 2013 Dane Prairie Systems LLC How To Articles 79 Dane Prairie Systems Win2PDF Pro Yersion 7 00 Copyright 2009 Dane Prairie Systems LLC This is a fully functional version for non commercial or evaluation use only You can purchase the product at any time at http www win2pdf com Once purchased and licensed the product does not display this notice and does not add the product information page to the end of each document understand that may use this product for non commercial or evaluation use and that any other use requires purchase of a license Agree Cancel Click on the Enter license code button and enter your name company and registration code exactly as they are listed in your email receipt If you purchased the product on www winzpdf com a license code was included in the email receipt Please enter your name company and license code EXACTLY as they appear in the email receipt IF you have not purchased the product yet click cancel You can enter the license code at a later ti
89. s deleted after the document has been created Prevents registry values from being deleted when it is set to a non zero value Sets the document title Sets the document author Sets the document subject Sets the document keywords Enables encryption e mail view and print PDF options Disables options from the file save dialog Automatically executes the application specified after PDF creation Sets the user password Win2PDF Pro Sets the master password Win2PDF Pro Sets the email To recipient addresses when the Send PDF option is enabled Sets the email CC recipient addresses when the Send PDF option is enabled Sets the email BCC recipient addresses when the Send PDF option is enabled Sets the email subject when the Send PDF option is enabled Sets the email body text when the Send PDF option is enabled Verifies email addresses using the default address book Sets the watermark PDF file Sets the default watermark PDF file for all users Prevents the watermark from being applied to the first number of pages of a document Prevents the watermark from being applied to the last number of pages of a document Sets a specific printer instead of the Windows default printer with print file file_options are set Sets a default specific printer instead of the Windows default printer with print file file_options are set Sets a document scaling percent 1 999 100 indicates no scaling If you create the a
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92. stems LLC Developer Information 93 After the document is created the registry value will be deleted by Win2PDF If you would like the setting to apply to all documents without having to add the registry value for each document you can create a non zero registry value named persistent to one of the locations listed above This will prevent Win2PDF from deleting the value after each document The following Win2PDF settings can be controlled from the registry 2013 Dane Prairie Systems LLC 94 Win2PDF Value Name Type PDFFileName String PDFDefaultFileNam String a PDFPostFileName String persistent Dword PDFTitle String PDFAuthor String PDFSubject String PDFKeywords String file options Dword disabled options Dword Post Action String user password String master password String PDFMailRecipients String PDFMailCCRecipient String S PDFMailBCCRecipie String nts PDFMailSubject String PDFMailNote String PDFMailResolveNam String es PDFWatermarkFile String PDFDefaultWaterma String rkFile PDFExcludeWaterm Dword arkPre PDFExcludeWaterm Dword arkPost PDFPrintToName String PDFDefaultPrintToN String ame PDFDocumentScalin Dword g Description Controls the output file name Is automatically deleted after each document Controls the output file name Is not automatically deleted after each document Same as PDFFileName but i
93. then choose the Save as type to be XML Paper Specification XPS 2013 Dane Prairie Systems LLC How To Articles 43 Select XML Paper Specification XPS A as Save as type Portable Document Format PDF PDF for Archiving PDF A Tagged image File Format TIFF Scalable Vector Graphics SVG PDF image Only PDF When you click Save the file will be saved as an Microsoft xps file 4 2 6 How to Create a TIFF file TIFF Tagged Image File Format is a file format for storing images and scanned document information Win2PDF has the ability to create TIFF file by printing from any application To create an TIFF file you ll just need to print to Win2PDF and then choose the Save as type to be Tagged Image File Format TIFF 2013 Dane Prairie Systems LLC 44 Win2PDF a Select Tagged Image File Format TIFF as Save as type k yp ta ENESTAS s j Portable Document Format PDF POF for Archiving PDF A XML Paper Spec ication XPS Scalable Vector Graphics SVG PDF image Only POF When you click Save the file will be saved as a tiff file 4 2 7 How to Create an SVG file Scalable Vector Graphics SVG is an XML based file format for describing two dimensional vector graphics The SVG specification is an open standard that has been under development by the World Wide Web Consortium W3C since 1999 and Win2PDF has the ability to generate SVG
94. tlook Web Access Affixa resides in the background and acts as a connector to these web based email services When you use the Send file feature in Win2PDF it automatically creates a web email message with the PDF attached More information on Affixa and its products can be found at www affixa com How to Extract pages from a PDF file Because Win2PDF installs as printer it does not have a native editing program However you can use the printing capability with a PDF Reader application to extract a page or series of pages in a PDF file Here is the general procedure to use 1 Open the original PDF file in Adobe Reader or in another PDF Reader application 2 Select Print and choose a range of pages and Win2PDF as the printer 2013 Dane Prairie Systems LLC How To Articles 57 Select Win2PDF as the printer Pages 2 4 Select a range of pages 3 Save the results of this subset of pages as a new PDF file e g newfile pdf Using this technique you can effectively extract the pages of an existing PDF file and save the results to a new PDF file 4 2 15 How to Reorder or Rearrange pages in a PDF file Because Win2PDF installs as printer it does not have a native editing program However you can use the printing capability with a PDF Reader application to reorder or rearrange pages in a PDF file Here is the general procedure to use 1 Open the original PDF file in Adobe Reader o
95. ver settings or you can use the following registry settings in any of the standard registry locations Value Typ Description Name e PDFMailFro StrinUsed to fill in the from field in the email header m g PDFMailServ StrinSMTP server name erName g PDFMailUser StrinIf authentication is used the user name for the SMTP server Name g PDFMailPass StrinIf authentication is used the password for the SMTP server word PDFMailAuthStrin1 if authentication is used by the SMTP server 0 otherwise entication g 2013 Dane Prairie Systems LLC Developer Information 103 6 3 6 3 1 6 3 1 1 Programming Environments Visual Basic 6 0 Using the Printer object The Visual Basic printer object greatly simplifies sending output to a printer The following is a very simple example of creating a PDF and specifying the output file name Private Sub Commandl1_Click set the output file name SaveSetting Dane Prairie Systems Win2PDF PDFFileName c TEST PDF output some text Printer Print hello world save the PDF file Printer EndDoc End Sub Win2PDF supports all of the standard Printer object methods and properties A more advanced example requires some support routines for writing a Dword value to the registry The following code must be added to the declarations section of the sample form Option Explicit Private Const REG_DWORD As Long 4 Private Const HKEY_CURRENT_USER
96. vices and Printers Add a device Add a printes See what s printing Print server properties gt 2 Click on Print j Server Properties l i ay A a Se Fax Canon MG8100 eFaxdA HP LaserJet 1020 Microsoft XPS series Printer Document Writer Send To Snagit 10 OneNote 2010 1 Select Win2PDF Printer Win2PDF Mode Win2PDF A te Printer 0 docur r mm Print Server Properties Forms Porte Dewers Secuny Advanced Forms on BRIAN HPPC n N 3 Save Form name 7 542 Win2PDF Form form F Create a new form SOES east im b 1 Check the Create a measuremer new form box and give form a name Form description M s Units Metric English Paper size Printer area margins Width 75 Left 0 00in Top 0 00in Height 14 Right 0 00in Bottom 0 00in 2 Set Paper Size dimensions Py Change Form S 3 Select Save Form and close the window Your form should now be available to Win2PDF Here is a short video showing how to create and use this custom paper size 2013 Dane Prairie Systems LLC 20 Win2PDF 2 5 How to create a custom paper size with Windows 7 Application Settings Vs Default Settings Many applications have the ability to change the printer settings from the print dialog or from a page setup dialog If you change a setting from an application it will not change the default setting To chan
97. ws NT in March of 2000 was very similar in architecture to the original Adobe PDF Writer Win2PDF also directly converted Windows graphics commands into PDF and was very fast when compared to Adobe Distiller Starting in Adobe Acrobat 6 Adobe discontinued support for Adobe PDF Writer and Adobe Distiller became the default Adobe PDF Printer Starting in Win2PDF 7 the architecture of Win2PDF changed to make use of the Microsoft XML Paper Specification feature that is built in to Windows Vista Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 Win2PDF 7 now creates an XPS file and then converts the XPS file to PDF This allows Win2PDF 7 to handle fonts and graphics better than older versions of Win2PDF Can I use Win2PDF as a shared printer on a print server Yes with certain caveats First the pricing and licensing requirements are the same as the standard edition of Win2PDF Each PC that installs Win2PDF as a local printer or accesses the Win2PDF printer from a shared print server requires a license of Win2PDF Standard Edition It is not based on concurrent users each PC that has access to Win2PDF will need a license Second Win2PDF differs from most printer drivers in that all operations are done locally on the PC or server where Win2PDF is installed This is true both when Win2PDF has been installed using the Win2PDF setup program and when Win2PDF has been installed using printer sharing If Win2PDF has been installed using printer sharing no
98. xffffffrf4 Disable printing amp copying Oxffffffes8 Disable printing amp modifying OxfffffffO Disable copying amp modifying Oxffffffe4 Disable printing amp copying amp modifying Oxffffffe0 You can set passwords by creating String values named user password or master password to password protect documents The passwords are only used if encryption is enabled in the file options setting All registry values are deleted after each document unless the persistent value is set The security permissions and passwords are only valid for Win2PDF Pro 6 2 8 Disabling File Save Options The file save options such as View PDF Print PDF and Send PDF can be disabled by adding a DWORD value to the registry named disabled options at any of the standard registry locations The options are specified using the same table as the file options The values can be added together so if you wanted to disable the send PDF and delete after sending options you would set disabled options to 0x41 hexadecimal 2013 Dane Prairie Systems LLC Developer Information 101 Win2PDF file save Save in PDF files J ex fv Address Book pdf Go To Last Folder Visited Amazon com Receipt pdf Company Receipt pdf A Email from Mom pdf Excel spread sheet graph of profits pdf July 2005 Inventory pdf Memo on Electronic Documents pdf A Microsoft Word Document term paper pdf PDF Article pdf A Personnel
99. y going to Start gt Programs gt Win2PDF gt Win2PDF Mail Helper for Windows XP Vista and Windows 7 users or by accessing the Configure Win2PDF Mail Helper start tile in Windows 8 Once opened the user interface will look like this 2013 Dane Prairie Systems LLC How To Articles 75 a SMTP Server Settings Win2PDF Mail Helper 1 12 el za C Use the default MAPI client Use the Win2PDF Mail Helper SMTP Mail Server Name smtp gmai com Email Address From Your_Name gnail com IV Use SMTP authentication Mail Server User Name Your Name Mail Server Password SMTP Port default 25 587 V This server requires a secure connection SSUTLS OK Cancel j If Use the default MAPI client is selected Win2PDF will send the email using the default email program typically Microsoft Outlook Windows Live Mail Thunderbird or other native Windows Mail application installed on the computer This is the default option If Use the Win2PDF Mail Helper is selected Win2PDF will use the Win2PDF Mail Helper to send the email This will bypass the default Windows email program on your PC like Outlook Windows Live Mail or Thunderbird To use the Win2PDF Mail Helper with GMail set the following SMTP Mail Server Name set to smtp gmail com o Use SMTP authentication is checked and user name and password set using your GMail email address including gmail com and password
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101. your C drive you would type the following in the Admin Utility c PDF Files PDFTitle pdf The current date and time can be added to the file name using the PDFDate and PDFTime environment variables in a similar manner If an existing PDF file with the same name exists in the folder it will be overwritten To prevent files from being overwritten append a character to the name as in 2013 Dane Prairie Systems LLC 72 Win2PDF c PDF Files SPDFTitle pdf This will append a number to the PDF file if an existing PDF file is already in the destination folder If you wanted to save the file as a different file type like xps or tif you just need to add the appropriate file extension in this box e g substitute c TIFF Files PDFTitle tif in the above example To save a file as PDF A add a pdfa extension to the file The file created will have a pdf extension but it will be in the PDF A format Make sure to check the Always use these settings before clicking apply You will have to run the Win2PDF Admin Utility again and remove the file name when you want to create PDF files interactively Run the following program after PDF creation optional this setting allows you automatically launch a program after the PDF file has been created For example if you wanted to add the PDF file to a document management program you d just need to specify the command line to this program in this
102. yourself using any email account you can access through the native iPad Mail app 2013 Dane Prairie Systems LLC How To Articles 53 i Check Send file to attach PDF to ti new email message V Send file Delete after sending 2 After you have sent the email with the PDF file to yourself then open the Mail app on the iPad Touch the PDF file attachment to open the PDF file It will look something like this m ATET F 7 53 AM 7 wonm PDF file attached POF POF biog pat 635 KB Touch PDF file attachment to open 3 The PDF file can be opened and viewed with the iBooks app or you can use any number of other PDF capable viewers provided you have previously downloaded these apps to your device through the iTunes app store 2013 Dane Prairie Systems LLC 54 Win2PDF 7 54 AM POFA the PDF file for Archiving n Pd Select Open In to choose app otherthan a iBooks A e thes What is PDF A How do I make a PDF A file 4 If you want to use Adobe Reader for example just click on the Open In button and then you will be able to select Adobe Reader from the list of available apps 2013 Dane Prairie Systems LLC How To Articles 55 C iBooks F Adobe Reader PDFIA the PDF file for Archiving i PDI pe al POF file Fi W9 Ignition What is PDF A E Borders a sroully f PDF A Tu emained

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