ABBYY PDF Transformer 3.0 is an easy-to-use yet powerful tool that delivers a versatile functionality in one application - PDF conversion, PDF creation and a range of options for combining, securing, and modifying PDF documents. ABBYY PDF Transformer 3.0 takes an intelligent approach to PDF conversion and with its core technology enhancements, offers highest conversion quality and accuracy. The new version supports ABBYY's unique ADRT® technology to intelligently reproduce structure and formatting of multipage documents.

Additionally, with its new capabilities for PDF protection and identification and powerful PDF compression technology, the new version enables users to readily prepare documents for archiving and sharing.

• Intelligent Re-creation of Document Formatting across Multiple Pages
  PDF Transformer 3.0 supports ABBYY's innovative Adaptive Document Recognition Technology (ADRT) which intelligently re-creates logical structure of documents across multiple pages and outputs PDF files in native Microsoft® Word or Excel formatting. With ADRT, the application accurately reproduces headers, footers, page numbering, footnotes, fonts, font styles, long tables, and captions to images across all pages of a document. Should any changes be applied to number of pages, footnotes or captions, they will be reflected at once within the entire multipage document.
• 184 Recognition Languages with Automatic Language Detection
  New version of ABBYY PDF Transformer delivers the widest language support - it can process documents in 184 languages including a variety of languages with Latin and Cyrillic alphabets, as well as Greek, Armenian, Hebrew, Chinese, Japanese, Thai, and multilingual documents. For more convenience, it also automatically detects document languages.
• New PDF Conversion & Creation Functions
  Conversion of Multiple PDFs with one Click
  To make document conversion even faster, ABBYY PDF Transformer 3.0 allows you to convert several PDF files simultaneously. You can simply open a folder, select required PDF files and convert them to Word, Excel or searchable PDF documents using the corresponding command in the right-click menu.
  
  Combining Multiple Files into One PDF
  With ABBYY PDF Transformer 3.0, you can now automatically combine several files of different format (such as Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, other PDF files) into one PDF document. Each file's content will begin with a new page in the resulting PDF.
  
  Appending New Files to Existing PDF
  ABBYY PDF Transformer 3.0 allows you not only create a PDF file but also easily modify already existing PDF document by appending new files to it including Microsoft Word, Excel, Visio, PowerPoint, HTML and TXT files. New content will automatically appear at the end of the PDF document. To do this, you simply need to select the file you wish to append and choose the option "ABBYY PDF Transformer 3.0 - Append to Existing PDF Document" in the right-click menu.
• Protection and Identification of PDF Documents
  Redaction of Sensitive Information
  All sensitive information can be easily erased from both text and image layers in PDF document, when using "Convert to Searchable PDF" option in PDF Transformer 3.0. Thus the confidential data, including metadata, will be not just visually hidden or made illegible but completely deleted from the file.
  
  Stamping and Bates stamping
  With ABBYY PDF Transformer, you can easily mark and identify documents with copyrights or status by applying customized stamps with any text, position and color.
  A new bates stamping feature also provides identification, protection and auto-increment numbering of valuable documents.
• ABBYY Screenshot Reader as a Bonus Application
  ABBYY Screenshot Reader is a convenient "quick OCR" utility which is able to easily capture screenshots and convert a screen images to text. It is a practical screenshot making tool that can as well extract short text parts, tables, or images from Web pages, flash presentations, Windows Explorer file menus, or error messages. Screenshot Reader is also helpful when you want to pull small quotes or a few sentences from a PDF or image file. Screenshot Reader is very popular and ABBYY sells it via online shop. If you are a registered user of PDF Transformer 3.0 you receive this application as a bonus.
• Other new features
  Powerful MRC Compression Technology for PDF
  PDF Transformer 3.0 supports ABBYY's new MRC Compression technology which enables you to compress PDF files up to 10 times depending on the file content. This powerful technology will help you to save memory space, as well as easily post PDF documents on the Web site or send them by e-mail.
  
  Saving of Selected Document Area to the Clipboard
  With ABBYY PDF Transformer 3.0 it is possible to send the content of a particular text or image area directly to the clipboard and to past it later into a document of any application for certain data editing or correction.
  
  Improved Table Reconstruction
  New PDF Transformer 3.0 delivers enhanced capability to re-create tables when converting PDFs to Word or Excel, including multipage tables and tables with colored areas.
  
  User Interface Improvements
  

  • New Panel with Page Thumbnails
    The user interface now includes a panel with page thumbnails that helps you to easily navigate between pages of a large PDF file and let you easily select pages you wish to have converted.
  • Flexible Placement of Panels
    To make your work with ABBYY PDF Transformer even more comfortable, the new interface also provides the ability to change the position of main interface panels according to individual preferences.
    

  Support for Latest Formats and Operating Systems
  ABBYY PDF Transformer 3.0 provides full support for the latest input/output file formats such as DOCX, XLSX, PPTX, PDF 1.7 and PDF/A.
  It is compatible with the newest operating systems including Windows Vista (32-bit or 64-bit) and Windows 2008 Server. In addition, this application supports Citrix@ and Windows Terminal Services.

ABBYY PDF Transformer 3.0 delivers a wide range of useful functions allowing you to easily convert PDF files to editable and searchable formats, create searchable PDF and PDF/A documents, combine different files into one document, append new files, protect your PDF documents and optimize them for archiving.

• PDF Conversion
  Intelligent Conversion Technology
  Based on ABBYY's award-winning optical character recognition (OCR) technology, PDF Transformer delivers superior quality of PDF conversion. By leveraging OCR, it accurately "reads" text on any type of PDF files (including image-only or scanned PDFs) in 184 languages. To optimize the conversion performance, the program also intelligently analyses a PDF file and its text layer and makes a decision as to whether or not OCR processing should be applied to the entire document.
  
  Processing of ALL Types of PDF Files
  ABBYY PDF Transformer processes any type of PDF file, including scanned (image-only) PDFs, searchable PDFs, password-protected PDFs (the program will prompt you to enter the correct passwords for content extraction), PDFs with text in non-standard encoding, and documents in the latest PDF 1.7 format.
  
  Accurate Re-creation of Document Layout and Formatting
  When converting PDF files, ABBYY PDF Transformer not only captures text but also re-creates all formatting elements - titles, tables, columns, pictures, charts, hyperlinks and internal links, etc. There's no need to retype or reformat your documents. In addition, PDF Transformer 3.0 supports ABBYY's revolutionary Adaptive Document Recognition Technology (ADRT®) which intelligently re-creates logical structure of documents across multiple pages and outputs PDF files in native Microsoft® Word formatting. It accurately reproduces headers, footers, page numbering, footnotes, fonts, font styles, and captions to images across all pages of a document. If you apply any changes to number of pages, footnotes or captions in your output document, they will be reflected at once within the entire document.
  
  Support for 184 Languages with Automatic Language Detection
  ABBYY PDF Transformer delivers the widest language support - it can process documents in 184 languages including a variety of languages with Latin and Cyrillic alphabets, as well as Greek, Armenian, Hebrew, Chinese, Japanese, Thai, and multilingual documents. The application also automatically detects document languages.
  
  Integrated with Microsoft Office Applications
  ABBYY PDF Transformer 3.0 is fully integrated with Microsoft Office applications. With the built-in PDF Transformer toolbar, you can access the program and convert PDFs directly from within Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook by simply clicking a button.
  
  One-Click Conversion from Windows Explorer
  Integrated with Windows Explorer, ABBYY PDF Transformer allows you to convert PDF files to editable documents or turn office documents into PDF files with a single mouse-click. Simply click with the right mouse click on the file and select the required option in the ABBYY PDF Transformer 3.0 menu.
  
  Conversion of PDF documents to Editable Formats
  ABBYY PDF Transformer is flexible tool, letting you transform a PDF file into your preferred format including Microsoft Word, Excel, HTML, RTF and TXT. It supports the latest Microsoft Office formats such as DOCX and XLSX.
  
  Conversion of Multiple PDFs with one Click
  To make document conversion even faster, ABBYY PDF Transformer 3.0 allows you to convert several PDF files simultaneously. You can simply open a folder, select required PDF files and transform them into Word, Excel or searchable PDF documents using the corresponding command in the right-click menu.
  
  Manual Area Selection Tools for Advanced Users
  The interface includes a special toolbar for area-by-area definition of separate elements of a PDF file (including text, picture and table elements), which is helpful when converting PDFs with complex formatting. The program supports automatic and manual area definition modes such providing output documents (for example Microsoft Word) with the same formatting as the initial PDFs.
  
  Conversion of Selected Areas and Pages
  The intuitive interface allows you to select only relevant pages or areas for conversion and easily change the settings, if necessary. For even better navigation between pages of a long PDF file it offers a panel with page thumbnails.
  
  Saving Selected Document Areas to the Clipboard
  You can also send the content of a particular text or image area directly to the clipboard and to past it later into a document of any application for certain data editing or correction.
  
  Flexible Layout Retention Options
  ABBYY PDF Transformer provides the ability to easily set up the level of layout retention needed. You can save a document with the original layout or in "flowing" mode (both with or without pictures). When saving conversion results to Microsoft Excel, a user can also choose the "Ignore text outside tables" option that allows him to convert information contained in tables only.
• PDF Creation
  Creation of PDF Documents from Microsoft Office Applications
  ABBYY PDF Transformer adds a "Create PDF" button to the Office applications' tool bar. With a click of this button, you can create PDF file from the current Microsoft Word document, Excel table, PowerPoint presentation or Visio diagram.
  
  Print-to-PDF Function from Any Application
  ABBYY PDF Transformer 3.0 also lets you create a PDF file from any application that supports the "Print" function. Just print a document choosing PDF-XChange 4.0 for ABBYY printer in the Printer Name dialog box.
  
  Combining Multiple Files into One PDF
  With ABBYY PDF Transformer 3.0 you can automatically combine several files of different format (such as Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, other PDF files and more) into one PDF document. Each file's content will begin with a new page in the resulting PDF.
  
  Retention of Links, Hyperlinks and Metadata
  When creating a PDF file from a Microsoft Office document, the application accurately retains hyperlinks, internal links and document metadata such as author, title, subject, keywords, etc.
  
  Support for PDF/A Format
  ABBYY PDF Transformer 3.0 allows you to save your files in searchable PDF/A format which is a standard format for long-term archiving of electronic documents.
  
  Optimal Size of Created PDFs
  When creating PDFs with ABBYY PDF Transformer 3.0, you can choose the optimal size of created PDF file according to its intended use. Choose "Compressed PDF" in Creation options to produce a file optimal for on-screen viewing, e-mail and Internet, or save the document without compression for high-quality printing.
• PDF Adjustment and Protection
  Conversion of Scanned PDFs to Searchable PDF files
  ABBYY PDF Transformer 3.0 allows you to convert image-only (or scanned) PDFs to searchable PDFs in one step. By adding the text layer to image-only PDF files, ABBYY PDF Transformer makes these files available for key word searching. You can efficiently store and retrieve information scanned in PDF, like magazine articles, contracts, books, etc. on your computer.
  
  Powerful MRC Compression for PDF files
  When converting documents to searchable PDF, the program offers you a special option to compress the output file with ABBYY's unique MRC Compression technology which is capable to reduce the size of output PDF up to 10 times depending on the file content while keeping high level of readability and visual quality. The MCR compression technology identifies different layers of PDFs and effectively compresses them with the appropriate method for each area. Support for highly compressed searchable PDF is crucial for document archiving and enables you to save storage capacity on your computer to a considerable extent.
  
  Appending New Files to Existing PDF
  ABBYY PDF Transformer 3.0 allows you not only create a PDF file but also easily modify the existing PDF document by appending new files such as Microsoft Word, Excel, Visio, PowerPoint, HTML and TXT documents. New content will automatically appear at the end of the PDF document.
  To append a new file, you simply need to select the file in a folder and choose the option "ABBYY PDF Transformer 3.0 - Append to Existing PDF Document" in the right-click menu.
  
  Creation of Password-protected PDFs
  ABBYY PDF Transformer 3.0 supports PDF password-protection settings. You can create a secured PDF and set a document open password or permission passwords in order to prevent unauthorized document opening or to restrict certain operations such as printing, content extraction, editing and adding/removing pages.
  
  Redaction of Sensitive Information
  All sensitive information can be easily erased from both text and image layers in PDF document, when using "Convert to Searchable PDF" option. Thus all confidential information, including metadata, will be not just visually hidden or made illegible but completely deleted from the file.
  
  Stamping and Bates Stamping
  With ABBYY PDF Transformer, you can easily mark documents by applying customized stamps with any text, position and color. Additionally, the bates stamping feature offers identification, protection and auto-increment numbering of large volume documents so you can easily find them later.

Who Uses PDFs in Daily Work?
Business professionals and knowledge workers routinely need to convert PDF files into editable and searchable formats, create PDF and PDF/A files from Microsoft Office documents and adjust PDF documents according to their needs. Here are just a few examples:

• Lawyers or legal assistants who receive contracts, other legal documents and correspondence in PDF format and need to keep an overview. Adding Bates numbers to individual PDF documents will help them to identify later on each document with search funcitions. They may also need to redact sensitive information from PDF documents before they share them with others.
• Sales managers who send business proposals in PDF to customers by email. They often need to combine files from different applications like Microsoft® Word, Excel® or Visio into one PDF.
• Marketing managers who need to convert a complex table from a PDF report into Excel and analyze the data, save a marketing survey report to PDF or mark proposals with own stamps.
• PR managers who need to collect variety of magazine articles in searchable PDF document.
• Financial analysts who prepare analysis and presentations, which will be distributed as password-protected PDFs.
• Project managers who prepare complex diagrams in MS Visio. PDF is ideal format for presenting those flow charts in case the customers or colleagues do not have Visio installed.
• Consultants who repurpose PDF documents to generate textual report.
• Translators who translate PDF based content need to convert it to a Microsoft Word document first. Counting words function in Microsoft Word will help them to quickly provide an offering to their customers. Having both the original and target letters open in the same application makes working much more comfortable.
• Researchers who need to extend an existing PDF report with new findings before publishing or sharing.
• Students who prepare thesis or term papers and need to re-use information from PDF books or to submit their work in PDF format.
• Any person who applies for a new job and need to submit CV in PDF format per e-mail.

• System Requirements

  ABBYY PDF Transformer 3.0 requires the following:
  

  • PC with Intel® CoreT2/Pentium®/Celeron®/XeonT, AMD K6/TurionT/AthlonT/DuronT/SempronT or compatible processor (1 GHz or higher)
  • Operating System: Microsoft® Windows Vista®, Microsoft® Windows Server® 2003, Microsoft Windows Server® 2008, Windows XP.
    To work with localized interfaces, corresponding language support is required.
  • Memory: 512 MB RAM
  • Hard disk space: 500 MB for typical program installation and 512 MB for program operation
  • Video card and monitor (min. resolution 1024 by 768 pixels)
  • Keyboard, mouse or other pointing device

  Note: You must have the corresponding Microsoft Office application installed on your computer to be able to work with Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, and Microsoft Visio files.

• Supported Formats
  With ABBYY PDF Transformer 3.0
  

  • You can convert PDF to:
  • Microsoft Word 2007/2003/XP (DOC, DOCX)
  • Microsoft Excel 2007/2003/XP (XLS, XLSX)
  • Rich Text Format (RTF)
  • TXT
  • HTML
  • Searchable PDF/A (text under the page image)
  • Searchable PDF (text under the page image)

  • and create PDF from:
  • Microsoft Word (DOC, DOCX, RTF)
  • Microsoft Excel (XLS, XLSX)
  • Microsoft PowerPoint (PPT, PPTX)
  • Microsoft Visio (VSD, VSDX)
  • Any application via printing function

• What is ABBYY PDF Transformer 3.0?
  ABBYY® PDF Transformer 3.0 is an easy-to-use yet powerful tool that quickly and accurately converts PDFs to editable and searchable formats, creates PDFs from within Microsoft® Office applications and allows you to combine, modify and secure PDF documents. Based on ABBYY's intelligent technologies, PDF Transformer ensures superior conversion accuracy and provides quality results in no time.
• Who needs ABBYY PDF Transformer 3.0?
  If you work with PDF files or use the PDF format to share information and you find yourself in one of the following situations, you can use PDF Transformer to be more productive:
  
  

  1. You spend time retyping or cut-and-pasting PDF documents and want a more efficient way to extract content from PDF files so you can edit them.
  2. You need to quickly convert documents, such as contracts or price lists, into PDF files so you can send them out as PDF attachments.
  3. Your scanners can scan to PDF images and you want to make those files searchable.
  4. You need to optimize your archives of incoming PDFs by adding to them bates numbers and saving them with up to 10:1 compression
  5. Your want to make your document management process quicker and easier with multiple PDF conversion and creation
• Can I try the product before buying it?
  Yes. ABBYY offers a free trial version of PDF Transformer 3.0. The trial version contains all the features of the full-license version and you can try it risk-free for up to 15 days (starting from the first launch). During the trial period a total amount of 50 documents with export of no more than 2 pages at a time may be converted. All PDF files created in the Trial version of the program will have special trial stamps on each page.
• Do I get free technical support?
  All registered ABBYY customers are entitled to free technical support. Detailed information about technical support terms and conditions as well as contact list can be found at
  
  http://www.abbyy.com/support/
• I have ABBYY PDF Transformer 2.0. What is the difference between version 2.0 and 3.0?
  There are many new and enhanced features in PDF Transformer 3.0. The new version adds such professional functions for business users as stamps, bates stamping and redaction of sensitive information. It is also includes some technological improvements:
  
  

  • ABBYY ADRT® Technology allowing to convert PDF documents with original layout, style and formatting attributes, such as keeping headers, footers and page numberings in native MS formatting.
  • New ABBYY MRC Technology which reduces the file size of PDF up to 10 times (depending upon the content of the document).
  • ABBYY PDF Transformer supports 184 recognition languages including Hebrew, Chinese, Japanese and Thai and provides an automatic detection of the document language (or several languages).

  The program also allows multiple PDF conversion and creation - you can create PDF by combining several files from different MS Office applications and convert several PDFs simultaneously. In addition, ABBYY PDF Transformer provides more control over the conversion process with its new user-friendly interface.
  To find more detailed description about all new features please, see What's New page.

• What is OCR and why does PDF Transformer use OCR technology for PDF conversion?
  OCR stands for Optical Character Recognition. ABBYY PDF Transformer uses ABBYY's OCR technologies for intelligent PDF files processing to ensure high conversion quality. OCR is also required to process PDFs with text in non-standard encoding and to convert PDF images created by scanners or MFPs into Microsoft Office documents or searchable PDF files. More about OCR.
• What is ADRT and why does PDF Transformer use ADRT technology for PDF conversion?
  ADRT® (Adaptive Document Recognition Technology) is ABBYY's breakthrough technology which reproduces the logical internal structure of an entire document. ADRT ensures higher quality retention of document layouts and makes OCR intelligent enough to deliver documents in native Microsoft Office document formatting. Thanks to ADRT technology, PDF Transformer 3.0 preserves original structure and layout of a document - headers and footers, page numbers, footnotes, fonts and font style, images/table/diagrams, links and hyperlinks. So you do not need to recreate all these elements and reformat the document after conversion.
• I have ABBYY FineReader. Do I need ABBYY PDF Transformer?
  ABBYY PDF Transformer is the optimal addition to ABBYY FineReader. While FineReader is a professional OCR program that provides professional conversion of scanned documents, digital camera images and PDF files, into editable formats, PDF Transformer will let you as well create new PDFs out of standard applications, adjust existing PDF files or combine them together.
• Can I use ABBYY PDF Transformer 3.0 if I do not have Microsoft Office installed, since I use an office suite from another vendor?
  Yes. PDF Transformer makes information from your PDF files available for editing in most modern office programs. Once converted to RTF (Rich Text Format), the document can be opened in any text processing application, including such programs as Word Perfect or OpenOffice.org. In addition, you are still able to save the conversion results in other formats supported by PDF Transformer like HTML or TXT. With PDF Transformer you can also create PDFs from any application that supports the Print function by using PDF-XChange 4.0 for ABBYY printer.
• What is ABBYY Screenshot Reader?
  Screenshot Reader is a convenient "quick OCR" utility which is able to quickly capture screenshots and convert a screen images to text. It is a practical screenshot making tool that can as well extract short text parts, tables, or images from Web pages, flash presentations, Windows Explorer file menus, or error messages. Screenshot Reader is also helpful when you want to pull small quotes or a few sentences from a PDF or image file. Screenshot Reader is very popular and ABBYY sells it via online shop. If you register PDF Transformer 3.0 you receive this application as a bonus.
• Which types of PDF files does ABBYY PDF Transformer 3.0 convert?
  ABBYY PDF Transformer 3.0 can process any type of PDF files, including image only PDFs created by scanners or multifunction and all-in-one peripherals, and PDFs with non-standard encoding, tagged PDF, PDF/A.
• Can I specify areas I need to convert in large documents or do I have to process the whole document?
  ABBYY PDF Transformer 3.0 allows you to do both. You can scroll through the file before conversion and select desired pages. The product is also equipped with an area selection tool that identifies areas on a page and you can choose and adjust the areas needed.
• Can I convert a password-protected PDF file?
  The program follows security settings. You will need to enter the password in order to process password protected file. If the file is protected by a User password, and "content copying or extraction" is allowed, you may convert the PDF file after entering the User password. If "content copying or extraction" is not allowed, only the Author (Owner) of this PDF file can convert it, after entering the Author (Owner) password.
• I need to convert PDF to Excel. How will the table appear in the outcome file?
  ABBYY PDF Transformer 3.0 includes an improved table reconstruction system and saves content in the same order and layout as they appear in the source file. This can be extremely helpful if you need to edit or correct in Excel financial documents available in PDF. The option "Ignore the text outside tables" allows saving just the tables" without the surrounding text.
• Which languages does ABBYY PDF Transformer 3.0 support?
  ABBYY PDF Transformer supports 184 languages, including English, German, French, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Russian, Hebrew, Chinese, Japanese, Thai and many others. Moreover, ABBYY PDF Transformer supports multilingual PDF conversion and provides now an automatic detection of the appropriate document language (or several languages). Of course you can select the document language manually as well.
• How do I convert PDF email attachments into editable formats?
  ABBYY PDF Transformer is integrated with Microsoft Outlook, and you can convert a PDF directly from Outlook. Click on Convert PDF toolbar button in Outlook and the PDF email attachment will open in the desired application, bypassing the download to Adobe Reader.
• What compression ratio does ABBYY PDF Transformer 3.0 allow me to reach?
  Existing PDFs can be adjusted using MRC compression technology. Mixed Raster Content (MRC) compression technology makes it possible to compress a file up to 10 times (depending on file content). MRC Technology is based on the image segmentation methods aimed to improve the size of the PDF file without lost of readability. During the decomposition of an image objects on a foreground and background planes are separated into different layers, and the most effective compression algorithm is used for each separate layer.
• I have confidential information in my documents. How do I remove it from the file?
  Convert your PDF to Searchable PDF and use Redaction Tool to remove all sensitive information from both text and image layers in PDF document. This means the redacted data, including metadata, are not only visually hidden or made illegible, but are actually deleted from the file and cannot be detected even by desktop search function.
• I have a lot of incoming PDF documents. How do I improve their organization and identification?
  All incoming documents can be stored in archives and identified later using unique marks in the documents - so called Bates stamps. You can state date and time, static text and bates numbers. In case of heavy workflow it is quite easy to find a necessary document via its own number among hundred thousand of other items stored in the same area.
• I need to mark a document to show its status or belonging to a particular company or an author. Can I add stamps to my documents?
  Stamping is used to mark and identify documents with copyrights by putting a company name or legal copyright on them. PDF Transformer 3.0 allows you to add text in frame as a stamp on the page and choose its position and color while converting PDF to searchable PDF.
• Can I create a single PDF from several files?
  With ABBYY PDF Transformer 3.0, you will be able to create one PDF from several documents belonging to different Microsoft Office applications.
• I need to add a new document to already existing PDF. Can I perform it with PDF Transformer 3.0?
  You can append any Microsoft Office document to any of your existing PDF documents. The necessary content will appear at the end of existing PDF file.
• Does PDF Transformer 3.0 create PDF files?
  With ABBYY PDF Transformer 3.0 you can create PDF files directly from a Microsoft Word document, Excel table, PowerPoint presentation, Visio diagram. You can as well create PDFs from any application supporting the printing function by using the printer driver.
• What is the quickest way to create a PDF file?
  From Windows Explorer, simply right-click on the file and select "ABBYY PDF Transformer 3.0 -> Create PDF. To create PDF from a document that is currently open, click "Create PDF" from the embedded PDF Transformer toolbar in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, or Visio.
• Can I create a PDF file and e-mail it directly without saving the PDF document in my files?
  In Windows Explorer simply click on the document and select "Create PDF and e-mail". The software will automatically launch your Outlook and open in new message with the created PDF attached. For a document that is currently open, you can do the same by clicking the "Create and e-mail PDF" button on the PDF Transformer toolbar embedded in Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Visio.
• Which options are available when creating a PDF file?
  When creating PDF directly from Microsoft Office applications you can set Open or Permission passwords in order to prevent unauthorized opening of documents or to restrict certain operations with created PDF file. Also you can select the size of the resulting PDF file depending on its further use and decide if you want to enable Bates Stamping to easily identify your documents later.
• What if I need more options for PDF creation?
  Use the "print-to-PDF" function, choosing PDF-XChange 4.0 for ABBYY printer in the Printer Name dialog box. In this case advanced options for PDF creation will be available, including customized paper size, flexible graphic compression options, font embedding settings, adding watermarks, overlay options and many others (see Properties for the PDF-XChange 4.0 for ABBYY printer in the Print dialog box).
• My Word document has a table of contents page. Will PDF Transformer keep it "active" in the final PDF file?
  When creating PDFs, ABBYY PDF Transformer 3.0 retains internal links and hyperlinks. This means that if your document contains a table of contents, footnotes or links to web sites, they will be replicated in the resulting PDF file.
• I need to distribute a PowerPoint presentation. Can I convert PowerPoint presentations to PDF?
  Yes. You can create a PDF file using the PDF Transformer toolbar or from your PowerPoint presentation and then save it to disk or send it by e-mail right away. Use PDF-XChange 4.0 for ABBYY printer to save 2,3,4 slides per page or other presentation handouts in PDF format. By saving your presentation in PDF, you protect the content against changes as well as limit the resulting attachment size of your email if you want to forward it.
• What are the graphics resolution and compression in the created PDF files?
  IABBYY PDF Transformer allows selecting among two output PDF sizes based on the different graphics resolution and compression options: "compressed PDF" and "non-compressed PDF". You can choose one of the options depending on the purpose of the final PDF file.
• Which types of PDFs exist?
  Currently there are nine PDF versions: PDF 1.0-PDF 1.7 extended. These versions differ by support of various types of content and other features.
  
  Several subsets of PDF format are standardized under ISO:
  

  • PDF/A for long-term archiving
  • PDF/X for the printing and graphic arts
  • PDF/E for engineering drawings
  • PDF/UA and tagged PDF for universal accessibility
• What are the supported versions of Adobe Acrobat?
  PDF Transformer contains Adobe Acrobat PDF Library and will open any PDF version. On the creation side the product supports Acrobat versions 1.3-1.7. By default the created PDFs will have version 1.3 or 1.4 (depending on file content) to support maximal compatibility with other programs. If you wish to select another version, you can do it by selecting PDF-XChange 4.0 for ABBYY as your printer in Print functions and defining the version in Properties.
• What is a PDF/A format?
  PDF/A is a file format for the long-term archiving of electronic documents so that created PDF files will be available for viewing and printing appropriately for years to come.
• What is a Searchable PDF?
  Searchable PDF is a PDF which contains searchable and selectable text. Text from searchable PDF files can be used during indexing, full-text search (including desktop search) and is also available for coping using Adobe Reader and other PDF viewers.