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Compatibility
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Compatible with (but does not require) Adobe® Acrobat® or Acrobat® Reader
Compatible with Microsoft® Windows® XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7
Compatible with Microsoft Office 2003, 2007 and 2010
Certified with Citrix® and Windows Terminal Services (thin client deployment/use)
Toolbar and/or menu shortcuts for Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Internet Explorer and Outlook
Right-click shortcut for Windows Explorer
Right-click shortcut for Internet Explorer
Support for viewing and annotating PDF within Internet Explorer, Firefox and Chrome
Customisable toolbars within Internet Explorer, Firefox and Chrome
Supports connectors for Microsoft SharePoint services and servers, Autonomy iManage WorkSite, OpenText DocsOpen, Connectivity Solutions (eDocs/Hummingbird), LiveLink and LexisNexis CaseMap
Converts PDF files to speech (audio) files for personal media players
Supports JavaScript
Support for movies and audio embedded in a PDF
Support for Microsoft Silverlight
Support for Windows 7 Jump Lists
Support for 3D content embedded in a PDF
Configuration tools for customisable network deployment
API capabilities (programming interface)
PDF creation
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Converter
Professional
Enterprise
Create industry-standard PDF files from all PC applications and popular image formats
Create PDF documents from any application that prints
Create PDF documents directly from your scanner
One-click professional scanning with auto find-and-mark technology; automatically find words in the scanned document and mark them with redaction (black-out) highlights, underlines or cross-out
Support for WIA, TWAIN or ISIS scanners
One-step PDF creation from Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint
Create and send PDF-to-email attachment with Microsoft Outlook
One-step PDF creation and archive of Microsoft Outlook and Lotus Notes emails
One-step PDF creation of web pages from within Internet Explorer
Batch create PDF from multiple files and file types
Create a single PDF document by merging multiple files
Support for creating PDF version 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6 and 1.7 files
Create ISO-standard PDF-A files
Create tagged PDF files
Create and send PDF packages
Create and send PDF portfolios
Create PDF-MRC high compression colour PDF image files (up to eight times smaller)
PDF Create Assistant desktop utility or similar
Customisable PDF creation profiles
Overlay (merge) multiple document pages into one PDF page
Merge PDF image files with PDF text files
Insert pre-made and custom watermarks at creation
Apply security settings at creation
Add custom headers and footers to PDF documents (page numbering)
Adjust compression levels for smaller files
Preserve hyperlinks, bookmarks and comments from Microsoft Word
PDF security
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Converter
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Enterprise
Add passwords with 40-, 128- and 256-bit secure encryption and permission controls to PDF files
PDF self-sign digital signatures
Microsoft Crypto API/third-party digital signature compatibility
Inspect document to remove comments and metadata (private data)
Drag-and-drop security profiles to quickly and easily secure documents
Redaction of text from PDF files
Redaction of image zones from PDF files
Redaction text properties including colour, redaction codes and custom overlay text
PDF conversion
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Enterprise
Converts PDF to Word (.doc, .docx)
Converts PDF to Excel worksheets (.xls, .xlsx)
Converts PDF to Excel workbooks (.xls, .xlsx)
Converts multipage PDF table or spreadsheet into a single Microsoft Excel document
Converts PDF to PowerPoint 2007 (.pptx)
Converts PDF to WordPerfect (.wpd)
Converts PDF to XPS (.xps)
Converts XPS to PDF
Converts PDF files without running Microsoft applications
Auto-detects scanned (image) PDF files and offers to convert them to searchable PDF files
Converts scanned (image) PDF files to searchable PDF files (text over image)
Converts scanned (image) PDF files to editable PDF files
Converts scanned (image) PDF files to editable target formats
Converts scanned colour (image) PDF files to compressed MRC-PDF files (average eight times smaller)
Batch conversion of PDF files to target formats (PDF Converter Assistant)
Combine batch conversion of PDF files into a single document (PDF Converter Assistant)
Superior conversion accuracy with OmniPage® OCR engine
PDF Converter Assistant desktop utility or similar
Retains columns, tables, images and graphics (.doc, .docx, .wpd)
Retains linked text flow of columns within a document (.doc, .docx, .wpd)
Retains headers and footers (.doc, .docx, .wpd)
Legal pleading conversion with stamp and line numbering options (PDF Converter Assistant)
Retains number formats in Excel (currency, percentage, etc.)
Retains hyperlinks (.doc, .docx, .wpd, .xls, .xslx)
Thumbnail preview of PDF document pages for conversion
Specify page(s) and range of pages to convert
Extract tables from a PDF file and place into Excel or Word
Converts manually selected an area within a PDF file into a table
Convert a select area of a page using OCR and convert to Word, Excel, PowerPoint, WordPerfect – for scanned (image) PDF files as well as PDF “normal” files
Convert and save PDF to audio file
PDF viewing and editing
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Enterprise
Pattern Search – perform intelligent “Looks Like” search to quickly find content, like phone numbers and email addresses, via an alphanumeric pattern rather than exact text; choose from predefined patterns or create your own patterns for patient IDs, product codes or any information that follows any alpha-numeric pattern
Automatically highlight, cross-out, or underline search results for faster, easier PDF review and editing
Automatically highlight, cross-out, underline or redact search results for faster, easier PDF review and editing
PDF viewing of all PDF types
Instant access to frequently-used PDF files and online PDF files (URLs) with Favourites menu
Side-by-side document comparison (PDF to PDF)
Side-by-side document comparison (PDF to Word)
Save, track and open revisions within a PDF document
View and navigate page thumbnails
Manage pages in a document (reorder, new, insert, extract, crop, rotate, copy and delete)
Assemble documents in document assembly view (insert, extract, replace, delete, split, renumber, manage headers/footers, drag-and-drop pages); assemble documents as easily as shuffling paper on your desk
Tabbed document previews lets you see all your document pages in a floating dialogue box to make the most of your screen real estate
Batch process multiple documents at a time with varied commands (insert, extract, and delete pages; apply watermarks and stamps; search and redact; inspect document; migrate comments; and print)
Add, manage, view and navigate document bookmarks
Create a table of contents from bookmarks
Add, manage, view and navigate document destinations
Add, manage, view and navigate document comments
Familiar comment and markup tools (notes, text boxes, typewriter, callouts, highlight, text underline, cross-out, stamps)
Spellchecking for comments
Migrate comments from one PDF file to another for ease of collaboration and review
Drawing (comment) tools including lines, rectangles, pencil, oval, polygon, cloud)
Grids, snap-to-grids and custom drawing guides
Measuring tool (with “Save as comment”)
Print with comments
Add, manage, view and navigate document digital signatures
Organise and manage a library of clipart
Organise and manage a library of stamps
Organise and manage a library of watermarks
Organise and manage a library of PDF package envelopes
Organise and manage a library of security profiles
Organise and manage a library of digital signatures
Advanced search and indexing for documents, text within a document, comments and bookmarks
Edit, cut, copy and paste text
Move, resize, rotate, flip, order, group, set transparency, cut, copy and paste graphics and images
Document splitting by page range, blank page, page contents, bookmarks or file size
Extraction by page range, blank page, page contents or bookmarks
Manage document layers: turn on/off, show/hide and lock/unlock layers in PDF files created by programs such as AutoCAD and Microsoft Visio; select and merge layers, view and modify properties of layers and even control layers for printing
PDF Optimiser for reduced file sizes
Custom actions for bookmarks or hyperlinks (open a file, play a sound, go to a web page, etc.)
Attach application files or sounds to a PDF
PDF Optimiser to compress PDF documents’ elements
Read document aloud – text-to-speech capability
Bates stamping with advanced formatting and page positioning
PDF forms
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Automatic conversion of a PDF file into a fillable PDF form
Intelligent creation of checkboxes and radio buttons
Support for dynamic XFA forms (XML forms architecture)
Draw and edit form controls (text fields, buttons, drop down lists, checkboxes and radio buttons)
Edit text and object attributes (font, colour, line weight, display and print options)
Digital signatures for forms
Custom actions on form objects (import form data, play a sound, open a file, open a web page, etc.)
JavaScript support
Set tab order for form fields