Open the File Menu and select New.
Creating PDF files through Create Assistant
Choose From Files in the panel display, then any of the last three options in the drop-down list to call the Create Assistant with you choice already set:
Create Multiple Files
Combine Multiple Files
Overlay Multiple Files
This allows you to build up a file list, choose a profile and make other settings before beginning PDF creation.
Creating PDF files directly without Create Assistant
Choose From Files in the panel display, then choose the first option in the drop-down list:
Direct Creation from Files
An Open file dialog box appears. Keep All files as file type or select one file type, then one or more suitable input files. PDF creation in most cases occurs using current settings. If you accept All files, no settings can be made. If a single file type is selected, only the following offer settings: bmp, jpeg, pcx, png, tiff, for example to choose PDF version and file quality.
Note
Multiple files can be selected, even if they were created in different applications. Each file will be saved to a separate PDF and displayed in separate document windows.
Current settings are used, as defined in the Kofax PDF Create Properties dialog box that you can access through File > Print. In this case, profiles are not available.
Creating a Blank PDF
First go to File > Options > New Document and check that the page size, default margins and font choices are suitable.
Then go to File > New and choose Blank PDF in the panel display.
Creating a PDF from Clipboard Contents
Go to File > New and choose From Clipboard in the panel display. Existing settings are used.
Creating a PDF from scanner input
Go to File > New and choose From Scanner in the panel display and choose an option from the drop-down list:
Scan New
Scan to Existing
Scan and Markup
If this is the first time that you are using a specific scanning device with the program, you have to configure it through the Scanner Setup Wizard.
You may convert a complex Web page to a PDF document.
To convert a Web page to PDF, do the following:
1. Go to File > New and choose From Web Page to start the Create PDF from Web Page dialog box.
2. Enter the required URL or click Browse and locate the HTML starting page with the standard file open dialog box.
3. Adjust basic setting in the Settings section:
3.1. Either specify the depth of link processing in the Get only numeric box, or select the Get entire site option to follow internal links throughout an unlimited number of levels.
3.2. Optionally, select Stay on the same path.
3.3. Optionally, select Stay on the same server to ignore links referring to external pages.
4. Optionally, click Settings to start the Web Page Conversion Settings dialog box, and specify page properties and scaling options.
5. Click Create to start the conversion. You may click Stop any time to cease the discovery and conversion process.
The PDF document remains opened after the conversion, you should save it manually.
Note: Partial conversion results remain, even if you did break the process.