New! Support for Livelink ECM - Enterprise Server 9.7.0
Besides Hummingbird Enterprise, Interwoven WorkSite and Hummingbird DOCSOpen, a fourth Document Management System, LiveLink ECM from OpenText Corporation is also supported.
New! Enhanced DMS functionality
In Hummingbird Enterprise and Interwoven WorkSite, the integration of the client applications allows PDF files to be created directly from a Document Management System.
New! Document Management System support
DMS client side integration is provided for Hummingbird and iManage. LiveLink ECM from OpenText Corporation is also supported. An automation API for system integration is offered.
New! Redacting and document inspection
Sensitive words or objects in PDF files can be blacked out so they are neither readable nor searchable. This redaction can be done by manual selection or searching defined texts. Document inspection allows removal of comments, attachments, document properties etc, which may include confidential information.
New! Lexis-Nexis CaseMap support
Support is introduced for the CaseMap legal storage system and for Bates stamping – automatically assigning unique identifiers to pages in a set of documents. New legal stamps and clipart are provided.
New! Bates stamping
Improved header and footer controls include macros for Bates stamping and other document indicators.
Improved! Speed
Already up to 3 times faster at creating PDF files than alternative products, the new version delivers significant performance improvements which will make you more productive than ever: 52% faster application launch speed, Up to 60% faster Print speeds, Up to 300% faster at creating PDF than alternatives
Improved! The most accurate conversion ever
Through a collaboration with Microsoft, Nuance was the first-ever to enable the conversion of PDF documents back into fully-formatted Microsoft Office formats, and simply delivers the best conversion available today. That makes the 20% improvement in conversion accuracy in the new release even more astounding. Better still, we've added the ability to convert to PowerPoint and XPS, and significantly enhanced converting to Microsoft Excel.
New! Microsoft Windows Vista and Office 2007 ready
PDF Converter Professional was the first PDF solution designed specifically to meet the needs and new look & feel of Vista. Supported Vista features include 32- and 64-bit, native Vista look & feel, PDF creation that is compliant with the new Vista print sub-system, ability to create XPS from PDF and convert PDF back into XPS and support of the Office 2007 formats.
New! XPS input and output
Load XPS files and convert them to editable formats, or convert your PDF files into XPS. XPS files are handled in their native format. No other software component is required for the conversions.
New! Converting to Office 2007 file formats
On Windows Vista and Windows XP with installed .NET Framework, the program generates .DOCX, .XLSX and .PPTX format files. The conversion can be performed without having Office 2007 installed on the computer.
New! Packages and envelopes
PDF packages can be opened and the individual PDF files and their attachments can be accessed and saved individually. New attachments can be added to PDF files inside a package. Files can be grouped inside packages as PDF files or in envelopes in their original file types.
Improved! ISO PDF/support
The International Standards Organization (ISO) has officially published the specification for 19005-1 PDF/A, a specification of PDF for the long-term preservation of archived documents. PDF Converter Professional has made significant improvements in its support of this important new PDF specification, as well as PDF 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, and 1.7.
New! 1.7 PDF support
Support for creating PDF files that are compliant with Adobe® specifications 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, and 1.7 gives you the greatest flexibility in working with PDF. Add to that support for PDF/A, and the ability to open nearly any PDF, and you have a complete PDF solution in PDF Converter Professional 5.
New! Open a broader range of file types
PDF Converter Professional 5 is able to load XPS, PS and EPS files and create PDF files from them.
New! Support for handling PDF packages
PDF packages help you group related files, maybe of differing file types, making it easier to handle them e.g. send them by e-mail. A PDF package is a single PDF 1.7 file that contains a set of PDF files created from the input files.
New! Archiving mails, attachments and other Outlook items
It is possible to archive selected Microsoft Outlook items or an entire Outlook folder with or without subfolders. Different archiving methods are available. Outlook items can be stored in separate PDF files, merged into one PDF file or transferred to a PDF package.
Improved! Enhanced document mark-up
Annotations now have “sticky" settings streamlining the process of commenting. An active markup tool has also been added to add notes or strikeout text on the fly from simple keyboard commands.
New! PDF document comparison, splitting, extraction and imposition
Compare two versions of a PDF document to quickly pin-point changed text or objects. Split a large PDF into smaller ones by given criteria, to make it easier to distribute. Extract certain pages from a PDF according to criteria you define. Use imposition to prepare a PDF for submission to a printing house.
New! Table of contents
Insert a Table of Contents into a PDF, based on the bookmark hierarchy. This provides navigation when the document is printed and bookmarks are no longer available.
Improved! Stamps and watermarks
New stamps are offered and custom stamps can be created – even including dynamic elements. Additionally a transparency setting can be applied to images, stamps or watermarks.
New! Windows Desktop Search (WDS)
PDF Converter Professional 5 augments the WDS operating system search facility, so it can also search text in PDF files – even image-only files.
New! Measurement tools
Distance, perimeter and area tools are available for on-screen measuring. When the PDF contains a scale drawing, you can enter its scaling so these tools show the distances or areas represented inside the drawing.
New! Include and handle 3D objects
Three-dimensional objects can be rotated, spun, panned, zoomed and viewed from different perspectives. Animations in the object can be played and the measurement tools can be used with 3D objects. The program allows you to embed 3D objects in PDF files. You can view, modify and export the model tree that defines the object structure.
Improved! Improvements in Text-to-Speech
Nuance RealSpeak Solo is offered for nine languages, compared to just one previously. You can now have PDF text read aloud paragraph-by-paragraph, not just page-by-page.
New! Movie and audio files
You can embed movie and sound files in the PDF and control how they will be played.
New! Profiles for creating PDF files
With the Searchable PDF profile Searchable PDF files can be created from image files or Image-only PDF files using OCR for extracting text from images. The PDF with MRC Compression profile is useful for creating compressed PDF files from documents scanned to image files. It has most value for documents with grayscale or color pictures or backgrounds. You can choose how to balance image quality against file size. Creation of Searchable MRC PDF with the combination of both features is also possible.
Improved! Extended tagging
Tags can now be applied to individual objects in the document.
Improved! PDF security
Security set-up is streamlined with a simple drag and drop security profile mechanism, plus support for custom signature and security schemes. Digital signatures can now be automatically time stamped.
PDF Creation Features
Industry-standard PDF
Creates 100% industry-standard PDF files that can be read, printed, or processed by popular PDF viewer programs - such as Nuance PaperPort Professional and Adobe Acrobat and Acrobat Reader. Supports PDF versions 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 1.7 and ISO PDF/A.
Support for PDF packages
Wrap-up multiple documents and file types into a single PDF package. Managing document security and transferring files has never been easier
PDF-A support
The PDF-A archiving standard ensures today's PDF files will be able to display and print appropriately for years to come. A new PDF-A button can turn any PDF file into the archive format instantly. Creates PDF files that are compliant with the new public specification from the International Standards Organisation, 19005-1 PDF/A.
Superior creation speed
Produces PDF files up to 300% faster than alternatives.
Small native file sizes
Creates PDF files that are dramatically smaller than the original document. Supports industry-standard compression options, including loss-less, JPEG 2000 and enables optimisation for the Web.
PDF file size optimiser
The PDF Optimiser allows you to minimise the size of files without compromising the quality. A host of size reduction approaches from down sampling, to compression, and unembedding fonts, allow documents to be ideally sized for sharing and archiving.
PDF Create Assistant
The PDF Create Assistant makes it a breeze to batch process documents and set up profiles so you have batch settings pre-configured for different types of documents.
Passwords and security
Secure PDF files by requiring others to know a password in order to view or print a document. 40-bit and 128-bit encryption can also be applied to a PDF file with the user able to control whether the document can be viewed, printed, edited, copied or annotated. Security Profiles can be created so that applying security to your documents can be as simple as a drag-and-drop.
Built-in digital signature capability
Unlike other PDF solutions, PDF Converter Professional includes everything you need to digitally sign documents for protection and authentication of information. No certificate from a third-party vendor is necessary.
Automated batch creation
The PDF Create Assistant makes it fast and easy to create PDF documents - from multiple files and multiple file types at the same time. Use drag & drop to add files to a batch, or simply select a range of pages you wish to turn into PDF files.
Merging documents
Select a range of original files or different types and have them copied as PDF files - into separate PDF files, into a single combined PDF document, or grouped within a PDF Package. You can also merge multiple documents into a single PDF file page-by-page, which is ideal for merging letter text into a letterhead template document, or to merge form data into a form template.
Watermarks and stamps
Apply watermarks and stamps to your documents from a pre-made library or create your own. Custom watermarks can be applied from other PDF files or created from within the PDF Create Assistant.
Advanced font embedding, graphics and page size controls
Supports font embedding for all standard and non-standard fonts, shading and transparency conversions. Select the graphics resolution and control PDF page size and orientation. Supports the creation of custom page sizes and automatically scales in inches, millimeters and points.
Automatic PDF-to-email
Choose to have PDF files automatically added as an attachment to an email message simplifying the sharing of documents over the Internet.
Advanced Outlook integration
Users can easily turn individual email messages into PDF, or archive complete folders of email into PDF. File attachments within the email message can be automatically attached in their native format to the PDF or converted to PDF pages that are appended to the mail body.
Document Management System integration
Support for operating with and within the Hummingbird, Interwoven, and Open Text document management systems allows direct file-saving to and from the DMS.
Thin Client Citrix and Windows terminal services support
Putting PDF Converter Professional on every desktop is affordable and easy. The product supports a configurable push install and management using MSI, and also supports running over Citrix and Microsoft Windows Terminal Services thin client environments.
International language support
Supports international double-byte character sets enabling creation of PDF documents using almost any Latin, Cyrillic or Asian character set.
Does not require Adobe Acrobat or Reader
Create and view PDF files without the need for any additional PDF creation or viewing software.
PDF Conversion Features
Precise conversion of PDF into popular word processing formats
Instantly Convert PDF files into fully formatted Microsoft Word and Corel WordPerfect documents that look just like the originals — complete with text, columns, tables and graphics.
Spreadsheet conversions
Convert PDF files into Microsoft Excel spreadsheets and retain accounting, currency, percentage, date, time and other special formatting that makes it much easier to perform calculations or change data on a converted spreadsheet.
Convert to Office 2007 formats
Convert your PDF files into the Microsoft Office 2007 files formats — .docx, .xlsx, .pptx
Convert to Microsoft XPS
Now you can open and view XPS files within PDF Converter Professional 5, or convert your PDF files into XPS format.
Convert legal documents
Turn PDF document pleadings into Microsoft Word and Corel WordPerfect documents with a single click.
Convert PDF files into Excel workbooks
Now you can convert multiple Excel spreadsheets to a single workbook.
Convert PDF forms into Microsoft Word forms
PDF Converter Professional includes Logical Form Recognition™ (LFR), advanced form conversion technology used by the IRS, Secret Service and other leading organizations that allow PDF forms to be turned into Microsoft Word forms that can be edited or filled.
Convert PDF files into PowerPoint
Now you can convert your PDF files into PowerPoint slides.
RealSpeak Text-to-Speech
Our award winning RealSpeak text-to-speech technology adds the power of speech to PDF files! Any PDF document can now be clearly and naturally read aloud or turned into audio files for your Apple iPod or other portable audio device, and newly added playback controls make it easier than ever to read or repeat specific sections of your document.
PDF Converter Assistant
The PDF Converter Assistant makes it a breeze to batch process documents and set up profiles so you have batch settings pre-configured for different types of documents. Accelerate the PDF conversion process PDF by eliminating the need to open the document in its native application.
PDF thumbnail preview and page ranges
Converting only a few pages from a long PDF document is now a breeze. Quickly preview the pages within a PDF file and select a specific page or page range for the conversion process.
Support for PDF passwords and encryption
Use passwords to access and convert protected PDF files when additional document security is required.
Turn scanned (image) PDF files into searchable PDF files
PDF Converter Professional processes files that are created from scanners or image applications, converting them from “image-only" or static files into editable, searchable PDF files.
Microsoft Application Integration
Developed in collaboration between Microsoft and Nuance, PDF Converter Professional is seamlessly integrated into the "File Open" menu in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Short cut buttons and right mouse access is available within Microsoft Word, Outlook, Internet Explorer, Windows Explorer and the Microsoft Windows desktop.
PDF Editing Features
Design and publish fill able PDF forms
The amazing FormTyper feature automatically discovers form fields and check-boxes, adding standard PDF form elements to your form without changing the original. You can also manually add form elements, including buttons, checkboxes, digital signature fields and more. Full attribute settings are also supported.
Reorder, cut, copy and paste pages
PDF page thumbnails and assembly tools allow you to easily manipulate pages in a PDF document to rearrange, add or delete pages with drag & drop ease.
Copy text, graphics and more into Microsoft Office
Have you ever wanted to use a chart or graphic in a PDF within a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation? Now you can with PDF Converter Professional - just select the area to copy, then paste into Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and more.
Select, edit, cut, copy and paste text within PDF documents
Text tools provide an easy way to add, delete, move or modify text within a PDF file. Change colors, fonts, or point sizes with only a few mouse clicks.
Select, resize, cut and paste images
Easily add, delete, move, reshape or resize images, including individual graphical elements in pie and bar charts without having to manipulate the entire graphic.
Add comments and markup documents
Streamline group collaboration using sticky notes and highlighting tools that allow you to emphasize text or certain portions of documents during the creation or review process.
Merge comments
Eliminate the need to review 5 different versions of the same document in order to assimilate everyone’s comments. With the Merge Comments feature you can create a single “master" document and accept or reject change once.
Print with comments
Display and print comments to get a convenient synopsis of changes that result when collaborating on PDF documents.
Add and edit bookmarks and hyperlinks
Add bookmarks and hyperlinks to your documents to quickly find a place in a document or embed a link to important information eliminating wasted time spent searching for information.
Create a table of contents
Using your bookmarks you can create a Table of Contents page within your PDF files that links to each section of your document.
Attach application files, audio and video files
Make your PDF files more complete and dynamic by adding application, audio or video files.
Search for text or files
Use a key word or phrase to find documents on your workstation or network quickly and efficiently.
Additional Features
Document splitting
Split large PDF files into smaller documents that are easier to share.
Document inspection
Inspect documents to remove metadata and other hidden information from your files.
Document comparison
Side-by-side document comparison streamlines the review process.
Measurement tools
Now you can measure elements on your file for distance, perimeter, or area readings.
PDF favorites
Mark online PDF Files as PDF Favorites to ensure you get the most recent form or document revision, or create collections of commonly used documents for quick reference.
3-D Support
Embed and View 3-D content within your PDF files.
Redaction
Permanently black out and remove “sensitive" information such as social security numbers, addresses, and salaries.
Bates Stamping
Apply bates numbering to your documents for proper organisation