Power PDF Help
Welcome
Introduction
System requirements
Custom setup
Uninstall Kofax Power PDF
Getting started
About Portable Document Format
About PDF versions
XPS file support
About the program window
Hide and show program window components
About the Panel bar
About Create Assistant
About Convert Assistant
About Cloud connectors
User Interface
File menu
Help tab
Home tab
Edit tab
View tab
Comment tab
Advanced Processing tab
Security tab
Forms tab
Connectors tab
Advanced Edit tabs
Context-sensitive tabs and groups
Header & Footer tab
Comment format tabs
Home tab in Advanced Edit Mode
TypeWriter Format tab
Text Format tab
Tools tab
Font group
Paragraph group
Positioning group
Panels
About the panel bar in Advanced Edit mode
About the Convert Assistant toolbar
About Kofax PDF tabs in integrated applications
PDF Creation
About creating PDF files
Drag and drop files to Power PDF applications
How to create PDF documents
Create PDF files from the File menu
Create PDF files from the Start menu
Create PDF files from a Windows context menu
Create PDF files from a scanner
Create PDF files using the Print command
Create PDF files from Document Management Systems
About creating PDF files from integrated applications
Create PDF files in Microsoft Word
Create PDF files in Microsoft Excel
Create PDF files in Microsoft PowerPoint
Create PDF files in Microsoft Outlook
Create PDF files from Outlook email attachments
Create PDF files to become email attachments
About creation methods
Create one PDF per file
Combine files into a single PDF
Overlaying Files
Packaging files into one PDF
About saving
Saving created PDF files
Saving to Document Management Systems
Send PDF as email attachment
About archiving Outlook items
About archiving
Archive Outlook items into separate files
Merge Outlook items into one PDF
Create a PDF package from Outlook items
About archiving email attachments
Archive folders
Settings for PDF creation
Change common settings
Change printer driver settings
Create and modify a tagged PDF
Set image compression
Make PDF files searchable
Change overlay settings
Add metadata to a PDF
Define custom metadata fields
Profiles
About Create Assistant profiles
Create a new profile
Modify a PDF Create profile
Delete a profile
Create PDF in Internet browsers
PDF Editing
PDF editing overview
Export to Word or Excel and recreate a modified PDF
Viewing documents
Setting page display
Set up a page assembly
About zooming pages
Set up a Loupe View window
Rotating the page view
Change page size
Set initial view for a PDF document
About viewing options
Navigation in documents
Navigation in folders
Secure PDF
Security overview
About securing PDF
Password overview
Password security
Digital identities overview
About digital signatures
Time stamping a digital signature
Signatures overview
Add a signature scheme
Sign and certify documents
Verify digital signatures
Use handwritten signatures
Use DocuSign
Use Kofax SignDoc
Set signature preferences
Certificates overview
About certificate security
Create a self-signed certificate
Share security certificates
Envelopes overview
Create a custom envelope
Secure Delivery overview
Send PDF documents with secure delivery
Security settings overview
Security properties
Security preferences
Set up certificate security
About commenting a PDF
Commenting overview
About working with comments
Comment tab
Comments panel
Navigate in the Comments panel
Review comments
Export or import comments
About filtering and sorting comments
Print with comments
Spell check annotations
Migrate comments
About annotation tools and effects
About annotating and marking up documents
About annotation effects
Add a note
Reply to a note
Links
Create a link
Change link properties and actions
Text boxes and text editing
Create and edit text boxes and typewriter texts
Callouts
Change default annotation and markup object properties
About drawing objects
Drawing Tools
Use stamps
About marking up documents
Use markup tools
Annotation and markup object properties
About attachments
Attach a file or audio file as a comment
Forms
About PDF forms
Fill forms
Import and export form data
Prepare forms for distribution
Form elements
Form Controls panel
Create PDF forms
Create and edit form fields
Define tab order for form fields within a page
Form design for use with Form Typer
About moving form fields
Align form fields
Center form fields
Distribute form fields
Document operations
Document Properties
About proofreading and searchable PDF
Manage favorites
Print documents
Document Assembly
More document assembly tools
Collaboration meeting
Prepare for a LAN collaboration meeting
Join to a LAN collaboration meeting
Prepare for an online collaboration meeting
Join to an online collaboration meeting
Compare PDF documents
Compare PDF and Word documents
Split a document
Headers and Footers
About optimizing a PDF
About reducing a PDF
Remove document elements
About flattening documents
Create and modify a tagged PDF
Manage bookmarks and named destinations
Manage packages
Manage PDF portfolios
PDF handling in Internet browsers and mail systems
Send to fax via email
Run batch with sequences
Create and use a Table of Contents
Imposition
Save, export or import imposition
Set imposition layout
Set imposition media
Set marks and duplex
Imposition layout samples
Watermarks
Use an existing watermark
Create a custom watermark
Remove a watermark from a document page
Page operations
Use basic page operations
Work with thumbnails
About the Typewriter tool
About the Edit Text tool
Edit objects
Edit page contents
Advanced Edit Mode
Capitalize first words of sentences automatically
Define page actions
Use JavaScript
3D graphics
Embedded 3D objects toolbar
Embed 3D objects in your PDF
Model Tree panel
The 3D Object context menu
Multimedia
Add movies
Handle movies
Add sounds
Handle sounds
Measuring
About measurements
Measure distance between two points
Measure perimeter of a polygon or connected lines
Measure an area of a polygon
Reading PDF aloud
Read aloud preferences
About PDF tagging and reading aloud
Cooperation with Jaws
Read PDF
Searching and indexing
About searching
Fuzzy search
About search options
Match types
Patterns and masks
Search in the active document
Search in multiple documents
Search by patterns and masks
Search with index
Search with Boolean operators
About indexing PDF documents
Prepare to index PDF documents
Create a full text index
Rebuild or purge an index
Embed an index
About moving indexed PDF documents
Boolean operators
Search and markup text
Search in a folder
Search only in comments
Windows Desktop Search
Preferences
Preferences overview
Comment preferences
Connectors – preferences
Select the preferred iManage connector
Add iManage server and set session cache
Form preferences
General preferences
Security preferences
Signature preferences
Keyboard guide
Navigate in the Panel bar
Navigate in the View bar
Keyboard shortcuts by functional areas
Keyboard shortcuts by keystrokes
PDF Conversions
About PDF conversions
Convert pages in Power PDF
About Convert Assistant
About the Convert Assistant toolbar
Starting Convert Assistant
Start from the Windows Start Menu, taskbar or Windows Explorer
Start from Power PDF
Start from Microsoft Word
Start from Microsoft Excel or PowerPoint
Start from mail systems
Start from Internet browsers
About starting from a Document Management System
Views
Full View
Quick View
Left View
Preview panel
Processing modes and options
Processing modes
Select the processing mode
Standard panel
Legal panel
Spreadsheet panel
Form panel
Output formats and options
Output options panel
Conversion process
About the conversion process
Direct conversion
Convert area
Opening files
About opening files
Open files from your file system
Open files by drag-and-drop
Open files from the Cloud
Opening files from integrated programs
Preview files
Remove files from the file list
Define file order
About defining processing options
Define output options
Start the conversion
Cancel conversion
About saving converted files
Change the default output folder
Change the output file name
Save in Microsoft Word
Save to a Document Managing System
View source and result files
About editing after conversion in Word
Fonts in Word
Tables in Word
Frames and text boxes in Word
Columns in Word
Remove columns in Word
Add column breaks in Word
Remove column breaks in Word
Optical character recognition
Built-in OCR
Language selection
When to use OmniPage
PDF file types
Image-only PDF files
Non-standard encoding
Password-Protected PDF files
Technical information
Icons, error and warning messages about conversion
Error during saving to DMS
Features in Power PDF Advanced
DMS overview
Power PDF Advanced in a DMS
Create Assistant in a DMS
Convert Assistant in a DMS
DMS support
Open a file in a DMS
Save a file to a DMS
Insert pages into the current document from a DMS
Convert PDF and XPS files from Document Management Systems
Integration into DMS
About the iManage Add-on toolbar
Specify a SharePoint site name
Access CaseMap support
PDF Compliance Checker
Watched Folders and Scan Inboxes
Set up a watched folder
Use a watched folder
Set up a scan inbox
Use a scan inbox
Accessibility Checker
Set up and run an accessibility check
Address accessibility issues
Accessibility results - Document
Accessibility results - Page content
Accessibility results - Forms, tables and lists
Accessibility results - Alternate text and headings
Set up and run batch file conversions
Reading Order
About redaction and removing document elements
Redact content
Search and redact text
Set redaction properties
Use redaction codes
Remove document elements
Bates numbering
Headers and Footers
Add bates numbering
Remove Bates stamps
Bates numbering tutorial
Troubleshooting
Reader Mode
Troubleshooting for PDF Create
Troubleshooting for PDF Convert
Troubleshooting for Power PDF
Dialog boxes and panels
PDF Create
Bookmarks from Word
Combine Settings
Comments from Word
Compatibility Controls
Compression Controls
Cover sheet options
Destination Controls
Destination Settings
Document Settings
Embed Font Controls
File Exists!
Links from Word
MRC PDF Conversion Settings
Overlay
Overlay Settings
PDF Create Assistant
PDF Create Profiles
Power PDF Properties
Power PDF settings for Excel
Power PDF settings for PowerPoint
Power PDF settings for Word
Print Info
Save As
Searchable PDF Conversion Settings
Searchable MRC PDF Conversion Settings
Security Controls
Tags from Word
Watermark Controls
Web Optimizing Controls
Power PDF
About optimizing a PDF
Application languages
Area Tool
Attachments panel
Bookmarks panel
Clip Art panel
Cell Properties
Collaboration panel
Color
Comments panel
Comment preferences
Configure Signature Appearance
Destinations panel
Document Colors Options
Document Properties
Document Settings
Security settings
Distance Tool floating window
Envelope panel
Form Controls panel
Form preferences
General preferences
Headers and Footers
LAN Collaboration
Layers
Link Properties
Manage Trusted Identities
Model Tree panel
New Signature Scheme Wizard
OCR Settings
Output Options
Page Numbering
Page Properties
Pages panel
Password Security
PDF Settings
Perimeter Tool
Permissions
Product activation
Recent Files
Remove Document Elements
Read aloud preferences
Save As
Save As (File)
Search panel
Security panel
Security preferences
Settings
Settings (Web Page Conversion)
Sign/Certify panel
Signatures panel
Split Document
Stamps Panel
Tag panel
Table of contents settings
Text boxes and text editing
User Rights Settings
Watermarks panel
Word Options, Excel Options, and PowerPoint Options
PDF Convert
Form panel
Language selection
Legal panel
OCR Settings
Output options panel
Password dialog box
Word file open preferences
Preview panel
Spreadsheet panel
Standard panel
SharePoint access
Open from SharePoint
SharePoint sites
Connection Settings
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Preferences
Preferences
Power PDF offers a wide range of preferences grouped by functionality.
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