About Create Assistant

Create Assistant allows you to create PDF files from a set of source files coming from a variety of applications, including existing PDF files. Each file can be converted to a separate PDF, or a group of files can be combined, in listed order, into a single PDF. Files can also be overlaid or packaged.

You may start Create Assistant by either of the following:

• Click Start, then click All Programs. Click the Kofax Power PDF (Advanced) group, and then click Create Assistant.
• Right-click the Power PDF icon on the Windows taskbar, then click Create PDF in the shortcut menu.
• Call Create Assistant from integrated applications.

List of files

Use drag-and-drop or click the  Add  button to build a list of files in Create Assistant. As you click Add, it displays a drop-down menu, choose one of the menu commands:

• Click Open file to browse for files on your local computer.

• Click Open from DMS to browse for files on a Cloud storage site, a SharePoint server, or another Document Management System.

Use the Delete button to remove the selected files from the list.

Use the Clear button to remove all the files.

The removed files will not be deleted from your computer, only from the list.

Change the position of the selected document in the file order with the up and down arrows, or drag-and-drop the files.
 

Options for PDF creation
 

In the drop-down list right under the file list, you can choose from the following options:

• Create a PDF for each input document:Creates a separate PDF for each source document.

• Combine files into one PDF document: Combines the files in the given order to create a single PDF file, with a choice to have bookmarks created from the input file names.

• Overlay files as one PDF document: Pages in the newly created PDF will combine the page contents from the contributing files. Click Options to define the positioning of the overlay.

• Package files into one PDF document: Groups a set of files into a PDF package, creating PDF files from non-PDF source files. Each PDF file in a package can be opened and saved separately. Click Options to define which cover page should be used.

Profiles

In the  Profile selection box you can choose from the following predefined profiles:

• Standard Quality

• Draft Quality

• Publishing Quality

• Company Confidential

• Tagged PDF

• PDF with MRC Compression

• Searchable PDF

Click the Profiles button to open the PDF Create Profiles window, where you can change the profile settings and also create new profiles or delete existing ones.

Saving

The static text summarizes the current saving settings. Click the Saving button to modify the settings. For details see under Destination Settings.

When all is ready, click the Create button to start PDF creation.