| Features |
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3.0 |
3.5 |
| PDF Creation Features and Benefits |
| Single-step document creation from virtually all Windows applications. Create portable documents using your existing applications from Microsoft, Lotus, Corel, IBM, and others. |
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| One-click PDF creation from Microsoft Office including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint |
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| Convert web pages into PDF documents. Convert web pages into documents that may be shared and viewed offline. |
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| Combine documents. Merge pages such as web, spreadsheet, chart, and word processing into a single comprehensive document. |
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| High efficiency compression and optimization similar or exceeding that of Adobe® Acrobat. Produce platform independent document files that are easily transmitted and shared. |
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| Create portable versions of your documents that are viewed exactly as they were created. Preserve branding and impact and improve communication. Share your documents exactly as intended with layout, formatting, and images intact. |
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| Include one-click links to web pages and email addresses from within the PDF document. Readers of the document can respond or reference external information with a mouse click. |
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| Scan paper documents as a graphic directly into PDF documents. |
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| Extract Images and Content from existing PDF documents. Leverage existing content from existing PDF documents. |
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| Create PDF documents with optimizations for web download. PDF documents that are posted to the web will provide a shorter time to first page view for web users. |
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| Assembly options during PDF creation: append and/or insert to an existing PDF document. |
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| International Language Support |
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| Configuable Font embedding and subsetting to control the quality and the size of the finished PDF document. |
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| Securely deliver confidential information. Use password protection to control access, add security, and prevent others from printing or modifying your document. Configurable Security Permissions to control viewing, printing, annotating, and editing. |
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| Support for 40 bit and 128 bit Acrobat® compatible encryption and security features Document security - compatible with Acrobat 40 / 128 security. Restrict the ability to view, print, copy, extract, and modify document properties. |
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| Add Backgrounds and Watermarks |
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| PDF Creation Specifications and Features |
| Font support provides extended functionality that includes standard TrueType and Postscript Type 1 font support as well as extended international character sets such as Chinese and Japanese. |
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| Font embedding options: all fonts, non-standard Windows fonts, selected fonts. |
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| Font subsets, only embeds those characters actually used in the document. |
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| Allows selection of fonts to embed in document. |
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| Allows page scaling to reformat source documents to a more consumable size. |
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| Create image and/or text watermarks in the background of each page in the document. |
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| Include one-click links to web pages and email addresses from within the PDF document. |
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| Supports a default folder and/or file name for PDF documents. |
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| Automatic file naming with naming options and macro scripts. |
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| Add document properties such as authorship and document description information. |
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| Option to view document immediately after document creation. |
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| Option to execute user-defined application immediately after document creation. |
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| Extract document pages and create a new PDF document. |
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| Insert document pages in an existing PDF document. |
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| Sort and reorder pages in an existing PDF document. |
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| Created documents may be optimized to be viewed on the screen, as an eBook, or printed to a desktop or typesetting printer. |
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| Compression, optimization, scaling, and resolution parameters can be selected at PDF creation time. |
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| Documents default to compatibility with Acrobat® Reader® version 4 and later. |
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| Documents conform to the Adobe® Portable Document Format specifications. |
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| Documents conformable to all versions of the Adobe® Portable Document Format specifications. |
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| User interface internationalization in 14 languages |
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| Installable on desktops without printer connections. |
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| Linearize PDF documents for per-page web serving. |
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| IT and Administration Tools |
| Update manager that makes updates available for quick install. |
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| Repair Utility - Automatically detect problems and repair them |
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| Configurable update preferences |
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| Easy deployment with one serial number for whole enterprise. Lazy activation feature provides installation flexibility. |
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| Support for Windows Terminal Services and Citrix |
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