Quick Start Guide

Thank you for choosing PDF Creator Plus. The following pages will guide you through your
first steps in using PDF Creator Plus on your computer.

Upon installation, two PDF Creator Plus icons are placed on your desktop for easy access
in the future.

 PDF Creator Plus application icon

Sending documents to PDF Creator Plus is simple. If you can print a document, you can
send it to PDF Creator Plus.

How do I create a PDF using PDF Creator Plus?

Free Support:

Free unlimited support is offered for the 30-day evaluation period and/or 60 days from date
of purchase.

We pride ourselves on providing the best support and the fastest response time in the
industry, generally responding on average within 2 hours. Please submit the support
request form or email your issues to [email protected] or call us at 1-800-883-
7980 or 613-224-6894 to speak to a support representative directly.

Website: http://www.peernet.com/pdfcreator/index.html
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Step 1 - Send your documents to PDF Creator Plus

Open any document. Select File – Print. Select PDF Creator Plus from the list of
available printers and click OK.

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The PDF Creator Plus application opens a new project, displaying the pages of your
document.

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To add pages from other types of documents, simply open the desired program and repeat
step 1. Leave PDF Creator Plus open in the background while you do this.

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The PDF Creator Plus application appears again, this time prompting where in the project
to add the new pages.

From the Incoming Document dialog, choose where to add the pages. By default, the pages
are appended to the end of the project.

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How to Include Microsoft Word Outline Information

If you want to maintain the outline and hyperlink information in a Microsoft Word document,
you need to use the Save As PDF add-in from the toolbar (or menu) instead of printing the
document directly to the printer.

For Word 2007, the toolbars are now replaced with a tabbed ribbon. The Save As PDF
add-in is located on the Add-Ins tab of the ribbon.

On versions of Word prior to Office 2007, the Save As PDF add-in creates a new custom
toolbar as well as adding a new menu item, Save As PDF under the File menu.

The Save As PDF Add-In launches the PDF Bookmark Creation Settings dialog which
allows you to customize the outline of your PDF file. The outline information in PDF Creator
Plus is used to create the Bookmarks tab in Adobe.

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From this dialog, choose what outline level, from 1 to 9, to assign each available style in the
document. Changes made here are only used during the Save As PDF Add-In process.
They do not affect the current styles and formatting in the document.

When you are satisfied with the settings, click the OK button to start the Save As PDF
process. A progress dialog displays feedback on what step of the process is currently being
done. You will see different parts of the document being selected as the Save As PDF Add-
In moves through the document and processes each page.

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When finished, the PDF Creator Plus application will launch and display the document as a
new project. Any document styles that were assigned an outline level will be displayed in
the Outline tab of the Navigation view.

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Step 2 (Optional) – Annotate pages with outline information,

Use the powerful annotation tools to add notes, emphasize important areas, and mask out
sensitive information on any page.

Create headings, bookmarks and hyperlinks to be included when you create PDF using the
Outline and the Hyperlink tool. These tools can also be used to modify any existing
outline information included in the project when using the PEERNET Microsoft Word Save As
PDF Add-In.

Click the ellipse button on the Annotation toolbar to select the ellipse tool. Move the
mouse pointer to the Design window. Click and hold the left mouse button while you drag
an ellipse around some important text. To change the thickness of the ellipse, click the
annotation object with the right mouse button and select Properties. On the Line tab, set
the desired line thickness.

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Step 3 (Optional) – Organize your pages and save the project

Move any page simply by dragging it to a new location in the thumbnail view. You can move
multiple pages at once by clicking Page – Move Range.

Rotate any page from the view toolbar. Simply click or . You can rotate all of the
pages in the project by clicking Page – Rotate All.

Add a cover page by clicking Page – Insert Blank. Use the annotation tools to create the
title.

Delete any unwanted pages by highlighting them in the thumbnail view and pressing
Delete. To delete multiple pages, click Page – Delete Range.

When you are done, save the project for working on later. If you require a hard copy, you
can print the project to any installed printer.

Step 4 – Create PDF or other file format

To convert the project to PDF, TIFF, or JPEG, click the appropriate button on the toolbar.

To convert the project to EMF or BMP, select File – Create Other File…

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Choose where you want to save the file and click Save. By default, files are saved in My
Documents.

By default, PDF Creator Plus generates a searchable multi-page PDF document that includes
any Outline information as PDF bookmarks, as well as maintaining any hyperlinks in the
project.

* For complete details, please refer to the User Guide.

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The first time that PDF Creator Plus is launched the following licensing window will appear.

To proceed with an Evaluation press Try. PDF Creator Plus evaluation version will
automatically be activated to operate for 30 days on all supported platforms. All features
are fully functional, however all outputs are stamped with the phrase “Evaluation Copy”.

This window will continue to pop up once per day during the evaluation period showing the
number of days remaining.

To remove the Evaluation Copy watermark or when you have completed your evaluation
you can proceed to purchase PDF Creator Plus by pressing the License Now button.

Please refer to the following web page and or documentation for more details on PDF
Creator Plus 2.0

Frequently Asked Questions http://www.peernet.com/pdfcreator/faq.html

Free unlimited support is offered for the 30-day evaluation period and/or 60 days from date
of purchase. Please submit the support request form or email your issues to
[email protected] or call us at 1-800-883-7980 or 613-224-6894 to speak to a
support representative directly.

Website: http://www.peernet.com/pdfcreator/index.html

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