Preferences Overview

Power PDF offers a range of preferences through the Options command in the File Menu. Items with an asterisk (*) are in Power PDF Advanced only. Here is a summary of the groups and choices:

 

Accessibility

In the Display page, adjust the colors used for document display to make them easier to read  for people visually impaired. For details see Document Colors Options.

In the Speech page set reading order and page range options for the screen reader.

 

Automation*

 

Comment

Restore comment defaults, set font attributes for text boxes and choose behavior for comments (for example, leave note fields blank or insert marked or covered text, set the author). For details see Comment Preferences.

 

Document

 

Edit object

Specify an image editor for editing embedded pictures.

 

Forms

Specify form preferences.

 

General

Specify a wide range of general preferences, arranged in many subcategories.

 

JavaScript

Enable or disable Javascript in the program.

 

Movie

Define a preferred media player for viewing movies, and set choices for subtitles, dubbed audio, captions and descriptions.

 

New Document

Make font, margin, page size and orientation choices for all new documents on the New Document panel.

In the E-mail Conversion panel, set the PDF format and the way handling attachments. These settings are applied when opening an e-mail file (.msg or .eml) directly in Power PDF or when archiving e-mails.

 

Security

Specify security preferences relating to servers, import or export settings and protect settings files.

 

Signatures

Specify signature preferences such as appearance, verification requirements, digital identities, and time stamping.

 

Read Aloud

Make language and other choices for reading texts aloud. The Read Aloud page provides controls related to Windows text-to-speech settings.

 

Spell check

Enable on-the-fly spell checking in comment texts, choose an underline color and one or more dictionaries to be used.