novaPDF v7
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novaPDF v7 User Manual
Copyright © 2011 Softland
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novaPDF
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Installing novaPDF
1.1.1
What edition to choose?
There are three licensing options for novaPDF: Lite, Standard and Professional.
novaPDF Lite implements the basic functionality of a printer driver, giving users the possibility to
create high-quality searchable PDF files from any Windows application. Main features:
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PDF/A Compliance. Creates PDFs compliant with PDF/A-1b specification for the RGB
colorspace.
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Merge PDF Files. Append or insert content to an existing PDF file.
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Document Information. Include title, author, keywords in your PDF file.
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PDF Viewer Options. You can control how the PDF file will be displayed after it's
generated in the default PDF viewer.
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Custom Save Options. Configure it to use predefined save settings.
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After Save Actions. Custom actions can be defined to be performed after the PDF was
successfully generated.
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Create Private Profiles. Define different profiles for future use, each with its own printing
settings.
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Import/Export Profiles. The printing profiles can be exported or imported into different
installations.
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Predefined/Custom Page Sizes. Choose a default page size (like Letter, Legal, A3, A4,
A5, A6, ...) or define your own.
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Fonts embedding and font subsets embedding - Fonts (TrueType, OpenType and
Type1) can be embedded in the PDF file to ensure perfect portability.
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Multi-language support - choose a language for the user interface
novaPDF Lite Server has all the features of novaPDF Lite plus:
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Network printer sharing - can be installed on one computer in a network environment
and used by any other computer in that network.
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Save PDF to Server - can save the PDF from a client computer directly to the server.
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Public Profiles - Define profiles on the server computer and they will automatically be
propagated to all client computers.
novaPDF Standard has all the features of novaPDF Lite plus:
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PDF Bookmarks - it can detect the headings in the printed document and add bookmarks
in the generated PDF files. You have to define the text attributes for the document headings
(font, size, style, color) and for the generated bookmarks.
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Create PDF links - recognizes links to files and formatted URLs (starting with "http://",
"www", "mailto:" or "ftp://") visible in the original document, and creates them in the
generated PDF file as links, so they can be opened by clicking them in the PDF viewer.
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Add-ins for Microsoft Office. novaPDF installs several add-ins for Microsoft® Office
applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) that allows one-click conversion to PDF.
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Graphics options - You can compress, downsample or convert text and graphics to reduce
PDF size.
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PDF Watermarks - You can define multiple image watermarks and add them to individual
pages or the entire PDF document.
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Page Left, Right, Top and Bottom Margins - You can set a margin region that will
remain empty when printing.
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Page zoom (1%-400% zoom factor) - You can zoom a page if you need advanced
settings of how the document should be positioned on the PDF page.
novaPDF Standard Server has all the features of all the features of novaPDF Lite Server and
novaPDF Standard
novaPDF Professional has all the features of novaPDF Standard plus:
