PDF-XChange Viewer

Version 2.0.41

© 2005-2009 Tracker Software Products Ltd

Tracker Software Products Ltd.,

Units 1-3, Burleigh Oaks.
East Street. Turners Hill.
RH104PZ.
United Kingdom.
http://www.docu-track.com

Mailto:[email protected]
PDF-XChange Viewer 2.0
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction ............................................................................................................... 6
1.1. IMPORTANT! FREE vs. PRO version .................................................................................... 7
1.1.1. What Version Am I Running? ................................................................................................................. 8
1.1.2. Safety Feature ......................................................................................................................................... 9
1.1.3. PRO Features List: Build 2.0.40.3 .......................................................................................................... 9
1.2. Notice! ................................................................................................................................... 10
1.3. Files List ................................................................................................................................ 10
1.4. Latest (available) Release Notes ......................................................................................... 10
1.5. Silent Installation.................................................................................................................. 10
1.6. Command Line option ......................................................................................................... 13
1.7. Keyboard Shortcuts ............................................................................................................. 14
2. PDF Viewer Overview ............................................................................................. 16
2.1. PDF Display Area ................................................................................................................. 17
2.2. Main Menu ............................................................................................................................. 17
2.2.1. File ......................................................................................................................................................... 18
2.2.1.1. Open................................................................................................................................................... 18
2.2.1.2. Open from URL... ................................................................................................................................ 19
2.2.1.3. Save ................................................................................................................................................... 19
2.2.1.4. Save As .............................................................................................................................................. 19
2.2.1.5. Save Copy As ..................................................................................................................................... 21
2.2.1.6. New Document... ................................................................................................................................ 21
2.2.1.6.1. From Blank Page... ........................................................................................................................ 21
2.2.1.6.2. From Text File... ............................................................................................................................ 22
2.2.1.6.3. From Image File... ......................................................................................................................... 26
2.2.1.6.4. From Scanner................................................................................................................................ 28
2.2.1.7. Send by Email..................................................................................................................................... 28
2.2.1.8. Close .................................................................................................................................................. 29
2.2.1.9. Close All ............................................................................................................................................. 29
2.2.1.10. Recent Files........................................................................................................................................ 29
2.2.1.11. Export ................................................................................................................................................. 30
2.2.1.12. Form Data........................................................................................................................................... 34
2.2.1.12.1. Import Data to Form....................................................................................................................... 34
2.2.1.12.2. Export Data from Form... ............................................................................................................... 34
2.2.1.13. Print... ................................................................................................................................................. 35
2.2.1.14. Document Properties... ....................................................................................................................... 41
2.2.1.15. Copy Full File Name............................................................................................................................ 43
2.2.1.16. Open Containing Folder... ................................................................................................................... 43
2.2.1.17. Exit ..................................................................................................................................................... 44
2.2.2. Edit ........................................................................................................................................................ 44
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2.2.2.1. Undo ................................................................................................................................................... 45

2.2.2.2. Cut...................................................................................................................................................... 45
2.2.2.3. Copy ................................................................................................................................................... 45
2.2.2.4. Paste .................................................................................................................................................. 45
2.2.2.5. Find .................................................................................................................................................... 46
2.2.2.6. Search ................................................................................................................................................ 47
2.2.2.7. Import All Settings from Data File…..................................................................................................... 49
2.2.2.8. Export All Settings to Data File… ........................................................................................................ 49
2.2.2.9. Reset All Settings to Defaults... ........................................................................................................... 50
2.2.2.10. Preferences ........................................................................................................................................ 50
2.2.2.10.1. General ......................................................................................................................................... 51
2.2.2.10.2. Color Management ........................................................................................................................ 53
2.2.2.10.3. Page Display ................................................................................................................................. 55
2.2.2.10.4. Rendering...................................................................................................................................... 56
2.2.2.10.5. Performance.................................................................................................................................. 57
2.2.2.10.6. Languages .................................................................................................................................... 58
2.2.2.10.7. File Associations ........................................................................................................................... 59
2.2.2.10.8. Registration ................................................................................................................................... 60
2.2.2.10.9. Accessibility................................................................................................................................... 61
2.2.2.10.10. Measurement ............................................................................................................................ 63
2.2.2.10.11. Identity ...................................................................................................................................... 63
2.2.2.10.12. JavaScript ................................................................................................................................. 64
2.2.2.10.13. Snapshot Tool ........................................................................................................................... 65
2.2.2.10.14. Commenting .............................................................................................................................. 66
2.2.2.10.15. Full Screen ................................................................................................................................ 67
2.2.3. View ....................................................................................................................................................... 68
2.2.3.1. Toolbars Menu .................................................................................................................................... 69
2.2.3.2. Status Bar ........................................................................................................................................... 69
2.2.3.3. Navigation Tabs .................................................................................................................................. 70
2.2.3.3.1. Navigation Tab Menu..................................................................................................................... 70
2.2.3.4. Bookmarks.......................................................................................................................................... 70
2.2.3.4.1. Bookmark Editor ............................................................................................................................ 72
2.2.3.4.2. Bookmark Properties & Actions ..................................................................................................... 73
2.2.3.5. Pages Thumbnails .............................................................................................................................. 76
2.2.3.6. Other Panes ....................................................................................................................................... 76
2.2.3.6.1. Layers ........................................................................................................................................... 76
2.2.3.6.2. Fields ............................................................................................................................................ 76
2.2.3.6.3. Comments..................................................................................................................................... 77
2.2.3.7. Actual Size.......................................................................................................................................... 78
2.2.3.8. Fit Page .............................................................................................................................................. 78
2.2.3.9. Fit Width ............................................................................................................................................. 78
2.2.3.10. Zoom To ............................................................................................................................................. 78
2.2.3.11. Go To ................................................................................................................................................. 79
2.2.3.12. Page Layout ....................................................................................................................................... 80
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2.2.3.13. Rotate View ........................................................................................................................................ 80

2.2.3.14. Full Screen ......................................................................................................................................... 80
2.2.4. Document .............................................................................................................................................. 80
2.2.4.1. Insert Pages ....................................................................................................................................... 81
2.2.4.2. Insert Empty Pages............................................................................................................................. 82
2.2.4.3. Extract Pages ..................................................................................................................................... 83
2.2.4.4. Replace Pages ................................................................................................................................... 85
2.2.4.5. Delete Pages ...................................................................................................................................... 85
2.2.4.6. Rotate Pages ...................................................................................................................................... 86
2.2.4.7. Crop Pages......................................................................................................................................... 87
2.2.4.8. Pages Transitions ............................................................................................................................... 88
2.2.5. Comments ............................................................................................................................................. 89
2.2.5.1. Flatten Comments... ............................................................................................................................ 89
2.2.5.2. Summarize Comments... ..................................................................................................................... 90
2.2.5.3. Export Comments to Data File............................................................................................................. 94
2.2.5.4. Show Comments List .......................................................................................................................... 95
2.2.6. Tools...................................................................................................................................................... 96
2.2.6.1. Basic Tools ......................................................................................................................................... 97
2.2.6.1.1. Hand Tool...................................................................................................................................... 98
2.2.6.1.2. Snapshot Tool ............................................................................................................................... 98
2.2.6.1.3. Select Tool .................................................................................................................................... 98
2.2.6.2. Zoom Tools......................................................................................................................................... 98
2.2.6.2.1. Zoom In ......................................................................................................................................... 98
2.2.6.2.2. Zoom Out ...................................................................................................................................... 98
2.2.6.2.3. Loupe Tool .................................................................................................................................... 99
2.2.6.2.4. Pan & Zoom Window ..................................................................................................................... 99
2.2.6.3. Comment & Markup Tools................................................................................................................. 100
2.2.6.3.1. Important! Please read! ............................................................................................................... 101
2.2.6.3.2. Container Properties.................................................................................................................... 101
2.2.6.3.3. Comment & Markup Example ...................................................................................................... 103
2.2.6.3.4. Stamps ........................................................................................................................................ 106
2.2.6.3.5. Sticky Note Tool .......................................................................................................................... 107
2.2.6.3.6. Notation Tools ............................................................................................................................. 110
2.2.6.3.6.1. Typewriter Tool ..................................................................................................................... 110
2.2.6.3.6.2. Textbox Tool ......................................................................................................................... 113
2.2.6.3.6.3. Callout Tool........................................................................................................................... 114
2.2.6.3.7. Text Highlighting Tools ................................................................................................................ 114
2.2.6.3.7.1. Highlight Tool ........................................................................................................................ 114
2.2.6.3.7.2. Crossout Tool........................................................................................................................ 115
2.2.6.3.7.3. Underline Tool....................................................................................................................... 115
2.2.6.3.8. Markup Tools............................................................................................................................... 116
2.2.6.3.8.1. Line and Arrow Tools ............................................................................................................ 116
2.2.6.3.8.2. Rectangle Tool ...................................................................................................................... 117
2.2.6.3.8.3. Oval (Circle) Tool .................................................................................................................. 117
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2.2.6.3.8.4. Polygon Line Tool ................................................................................................................. 117

2.2.6.3.8.5. Polygon Tool ......................................................................................................................... 118
2.2.6.3.8.6. Cloud Tool ............................................................................................................................ 119
2.2.6.3.8.7. Pencil Tool ............................................................................................................................ 119
2.2.6.3.8.7.1. Eraser Tool ................................................................................................................... 120
2.2.6.3.9. Show Comments And Markups Toolbar ....................................................................................... 120
2.2.6.3.10. Show Comments List ................................................................................................................... 121
2.2.6.4. Measuring Tools ............................................................................................................................... 122
2.2.6.4.1. Distance Tool .............................................................................................................................. 123
2.2.6.4.2. Perimeter Tool ............................................................................................................................. 126
2.2.6.4.3. Area Tool .................................................................................................................................... 129
2.2.6.5. Link Tools ......................................................................................................................................... 131
2.2.6.5.1. Rectangle Link Tool ..................................................................................................................... 132
2.2.6.5.2. Quadrilateral Link Tool................................................................................................................. 136
2.2.7. Window ............................................................................................................................................... 140
2.2.8. Help ..................................................................................................................................................... 144
2.2.8.1. About ................................................................................................................................................ 145
2.3. Toolbars Area ..................................................................................................................... 145
2.3.1. File Toolbar ......................................................................................................................................... 145
2.3.2. Rotate View Toolbar ........................................................................................................................... 146
2.3.3. Standard Toolbar ................................................................................................................................ 146
2.3.4. Zoom Toolbar...................................................................................................................................... 146
2.3.5. Find Toolbar ........................................................................................................................................ 147
2.3.6. Comment & Markup Toolbar .............................................................................................................. 148
2.3.7. Links Editor Toolbar ........................................................................................................................... 148
2.3.8. Measuring Toolbar .............................................................................................................................. 148
2.4. Navigation Bar .................................................................................................................... 149
3. FAQ's and HOW-TO's ........................................................................................... 150
3.1. Frequently Asked Questions ............................................................................................. 150
3.1.1. Form Drop Box Fields are not accepting typed-in content ............................................................... 150
3.1.2. I can't select text within my PDF ........................................................................................................ 150
3.1.3. I want to use my signature in a PDF .................................................................................................. 151
3.1.4. PDFs won't open in Firefox ................................................................................................................ 151
3.1.5. Why am I still getting evaluation watermarks on my PDF files ?...................................................... 151
3.2. HOW-TO Perform Common Actions ................................................................................. 151
3.2.1. HOW-TO Reorder Pages in a PDF using Thumbnail Drag & Drop .................................................... 151
3.2.2. HOW-TO Drag and Drop Pages Between PDFs ................................................................................. 153
3.2.3. HOW-TO Create User Stamps and Stamp Palettes ........................................................................... 158
3.2.3.1. HOW-TO Create a Stamp from an Image File ................................................................................... 161
3.2.3.1.1. HOW-TO Create Transparent Stamps ......................................................................................... 162
3.2.3.2. HOW-TO Create a Stamp from a PDF Document .............................................................................. 163
3.2.3.3. HOW-TO Create Stamp from Clipboard Image .................................................................................. 164

4. Tracker Software Products.................................................................................. 164

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4.1. Contact Us .......................................................................................................................... 165

4.2. Products .............................................................................................................................. 166
4.3. PDF-XChange Viewer Licensing ....................................................................................... 167
 Introduction 6

1. Introduction
Please note that from Build 2.0.39.x of the PDF-XChange Viewer our help files are provided in PDF format only – any
older Viewer Help files in ‘CHM’ HTML format are not up to date and should be considered to be out of date.

Tracker Software Products Ltd are the authors and publishers of a number of award winning software applications
and developer toolkits including the best selling PDF-XChange and PDF-Tools products for the creation and
manipulation of Adobe compatible PDF files.
Our tools are used by millions of clients around the world to work with the now ubiquitous Portable Document Format
(PDF) created by Adobe Inc and released as an open standard to provide a common means to present documents that
would always look the same when viewed on a user’s PC - even if the Viewing party did not have all the fonts and images
present on their own PC - could be contained within the PDF file to ensure common viewing.
To accompany the standard format, Adobe created a free viewer to ensure that anybody could view distributed PDF files
freely without requiring the purchase of any additional software - the viewer was made freely available.
To create PDF files the user could purchase Adobe Acrobat from Adobe direct or as the specification of PDF format was
freely available to competing software authors - software applications from 3rd parties quickly appeared and this healthy
competition along with the stability of a freely available viewer at no cost has ensured that the PDF format has now
become 'the' preferred method to share documents between Government agencies, departments privately and for
companies large and small.
Everybody was happy, Adobe was the philanthropic author of a world wide standard available to anyone, End users and
Suppliers could share all manner of documents and information and there was a healthy 3rd party software community
expanding the market and ensuring that inexpensive solutions for creating and manipulating PDF files was available, for
even the smallest business and private user - whilst Adobe remained at the top of the heap, providing heavyweight
commercial solutions for big business.
And then ... for some reason only known to Adobe, they decided that some functionality would be available to users of
their free Adobe Reader only if they used a product officially 'certified' to offer this functionality by Adobe - all competing
software applications would now have to apply to Adobe for a certificate or the new functionality would not be possible
with files made by competing and 'non' certified PDF creation and manipulation tools.
To be clear - we are not talking here about the creation of PDF files - but the ability to see and use files already created
and then to be viewed in Adobe's free PDF reader, most specifically commenting and annotation added to PDF files by
non-Adobe creation tools - these could not be read by the Free Adobe Reader !
Suddenly the 'Open' PDF format was not so open and it is our concern that Adobe will continue to extend this in the future
to regain some degree of control over who can create software with the ability to offer advanced PDF creation and
manipulation functionality - whereas in the past, the primary reason for the success of this standard format has been the
fact that any software company has been free to create products for the purpose without interference from any party -
including Adobe.
And that is why it has taken us almost 4 years to create the 'Free' PDF-XChange Viewer to allow PDF files created by any
software (not just ours or Adobe's) that adheres to the open PDF format specification as defined by Adobe - to take
advantage of these extended features.
However - we have not stopped there, we have added extra useful features and functionality that users have told us
they would find advantageous and we will continue to do so over the coming months and years - mostly free - but we
have also added advanced functionality to modify, manipulate and create new PDF files, that we make a modest charge
for, to allow us to continue in our endeavor's - however - feel free to restrict your use to the free functionality should you
not find the enhanced functionality of the paid for 'PRO' version of use to you.

We commit to not making any functions for viewing content a chargeable extra in the PDF-XChange Viewer and to
treat all files in the PDF format as equal - no matter with which tool they have been created - whether Adobe's, ours or
any other 3rd party software publishers - if the file has been created to conform and adhere to the PDF specification and
uses functions supported by our viewer - it will be viewable - irrespective of the origin of the creation Tools author.
We hope you find this viewer robust and reliable for your purposes - should you need help or support - please visit our
free user support forums. We welcome you ideas and suggestions on these forums as well.
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1.1. IMPORTANT! FREE vs. PRO version

Important Notes for the PDF-XChange Viewer Build 2.035 and later!
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
This is the very first build incorporating **NEW** features that required a paid-for License!
All the features you have been used to free - are still available as free functions and do not require a payment for license
to use without restriction - subject always to our License standard terms and conditions.
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Warning *** Warning *** Warning *** Warning !!!!!
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All features marked as 'PRO' can only be used in evaluation mode from the free version.
If you save the file after having used these PRO features, it will be altered to include
watermarks making it obvious it has been modified with an evaluation copy.
These watermarks CANNOT be removed!
Please ensure that you do not modify original documents using these evaluation features if
they cannot be recreated again and if it is important to you and cannot be reproduced !
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Do you already own a PDF-XChange Viewer PRO License? You may and may not know it !!!
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If you own PDF-XChange PRO V4 or PDF-Tools V4 your license and serial number are also valid for this new PDF-
XChange Viewer PRO FREE of charge.
o Simply copy your Version 4 serial number from your receipt and paste it into the Viewer option :
o Edit -> preferences -> Registration
o Your saved PDF files using the special 'PRO' features will then be saved without any trial watermarks !!!
Currently the new PDF-XChange PRO Viewer offers these additional Features :
o Add/Edit Bookmarks.
o Delete Pages.
Features coming soon to the PRO Viewer include:
o Scan Image to PDF
o Insert Image/Signature file to PDF page
o Merge PDF files
o Extract PDF Image content to Raster format
o Extract Formatted text
o Flatten PDF file
o Optimize PDF
o and much, much more ....
All the above extra functions will be available without charge to owners of :
o PDF-XChange Viewer PRO Version 2.0
o PDF-Tools Version 4
o PDF-XChange PRO Version 4
For further information, please Contact Us!
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1.1.1. What Version Am I Running?

If you are not sure whether your Viewer is running in FREE or PRO mode, simply open the About screen and check the
upper right edge:
If you see the word 'FREE' then you are running in the unregistered FREE mode, and you must be careful not to save the
PDF if you make certain kinds of changes to it.
If you see 'PRO' then you are running in the registered PRO mode and all functionality is open to you.

In addition, when running in FREE mode, many menu items will be marked with a special marker that indicates that the
specific feature is PRO mode:

If you see these markers then be very careful not to save your PDF if you don't want the watermarks to appear.

Version history and projected future features ...

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To check for the latest Version history - please see this page on our web site :
http://www.docu-track.com/home/prod_user/PDF-XChange_Tools/pdfx_viewer/history

For the status of features available in the PRO version (both current and up coming) see here:

http://www.docu-track.com/home/prod_user/PDF-XChange_Tools/PDF-XChange_Viewer_PRO/

1.1.2. Safety Feature

As a last resort, if you try to use a PRO feature in FREE mode, the following dialog will appear:

1) Click Yes and the feature will be used. If you then save the PDF it will have watermarks on each page.
2) Click No and the feature will not be used.

1.1.3. PRO Features List: Build 2.0.40.3

As from Build 40.3, the following PRO features and those functions available from the menu options listed are active and
will cause watermarks to be added to the saved PDF or printed document if any of these features have been used:
1) Drag & Drop Pages within or between documents.
2) File menu:
a) New document
b) Image and scanning importation to a new page/document
3) Document menu:
a) Insert
b) Extract
c) Delete
d) Rotate
e) Crop
4) Comments Menu:
a) Flatten Comments
b) Summarize Comments
5) Bookmark Editing (any)
6) Using Scaled Printing
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1.2. Notice!

PDF-XChange Viewer is a new and rapidly expanding product for Tracker Software Products, Ltd.
Due to the timing difference between the release of new versions of this product and the subsequent documentation, it is
possible that certain functions may be active but not completely documented in the download that you receive.
Where we know that certain functions will be available but are not active at the time of documentation, we have marked
these items with a legend in red such as:
N.B. This function was not available at the time of writing of this documentation revision.
Rest assured that we are aware of these and will be releasing new versions of the documentation as rapidly as we can to
stay abreast of the latest features of PDF-XChange Viewer!
This documentation is valid through version 2.00.4x.

1.3. Files List

The following files are required for correct operation of the PDF-XChange Viewer:

FILE NAME DESCRIPTION

PDFXCview.exe PDF-XChange Viewer executable

resource.dat Support file for PDFXCview.exe

gdiplus.dll No longer required

1.4. Latest (available) Release Notes

The latest release notes can be found at http://www.docu-track.com/home/prod_user/PDF-

XChange_Tools/pdfx_viewer/history.

To avoid delays – we often release a new build before the documentation is fully revised to ensure our clients
have access to the latest fixes and function updates, any changes that have been made can be viewed on the
above page and by necessity therefore may give information more up to date than that provided in this
document.

1.5. Silent Installation

Silently Installing the PDF-XChange PDF Viewer.

Our installers all support both 32 and 64 bit versions of MS Windows.

The latest downloads are available from our web site downloads page.

The PDF-XChange install file is downloaded as a 'ZIP' file from which you must extract the installer itself -:
PDFXVwer.exe
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Here is an example of the full command line string available:

Most items are optional unless otherwise stated

C:\PDFXVwer.exe /VERYSILENT /NORESTART /COMPONENTS= "PDFViewer,LiveUpdate,Help" /DIR="C:\Program

Files\PDF-XChange 3 Pro\PDF-XChange PDF Viewer\" /PDFV

Broken down into sections - these are the switches and what each does:

SWITCHES DESCRIPTION

MAIN install executable and path This is the full path to the installation executable, note it is the
(required) standard install executable - both silent and non silent
installations are available from the single executable.

C:\PDFXVwer.exe

/VERYSILENT Designates that the installation once started should be silent and
require no user interaction.

/SILENT Designates that the install should only request essential

information from the user once started.

/NORESTART Once the install is complete - no reboot will occur - but beware -
PDF-XChange may require a reboot before updates will take
effect.

/DIR=<full_path> The full path to install all required files to. It will be created if not
already available.

/DIR="C:\Program Files\PDF-XChange Viewer\"

If this parameter is not used, default installation folder or folder

where the program was previously installed will be used.

Please note that the path details must begin and end with double
quote marks (")

/Group=<group_name> The Windows 'Start Menu' folder in which to locate the Menu
options provided when installing PDF-XChange - this will always
be a 'Child' menu option of the default 'Programs Files' menu and
this cannot be changed.

/GROUP="Tracker Software\PDF-XChange 3 Pro"

Please note that the menu location path details must begin and
end with double quote marks (")

/COMPONENTS=<component_list> Specifies comma separated list of components for installation.

If this switch is specified only those components actually listed

will be installed, otherwise all components are installed. The
available components are:
- pdfviewer: installs the PDF-XChange Viewer. (Required)
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- LiveUpdate: installs the LiveUpdate feature. (Recommended)

- Help: Installs the Help file. (Recommended)
- Languagess (please note 'ss' is required): additional languages
of the localization.
- IEAddin: plug-in for Internet Explorer to view PDF files in a
browser.
- FFAddin: plug-in for FireFox/Opera/Safari to view PDF files in a
browser.

/COMPONENTS="pdfviewer,LiveUpdate,Help"

Please note that the component list must begin and end with
double quote marks (")

/PDFV If specified, PDF-XChange Viewer will be set as a default viewer

for PDF files after installation.

/PDFVINBROWSER If specified, PDF files will be viewed in a browser. It is available

only when the following switches are specified:
/PDFV
/COMPONENTS: IEAddin, FFAddin

/Key:<registration_key> Allows the license key to be specified during silent installation -

for live use. Without this information PDF-XChange Viewer will
function in free mode only.

/Key:"XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX"

/UserName:<user_name> Allows the registered username to be specified during silent

installation.

/UserName:"MY Name"

/Organization:<organization_name> Allows the Company details to be specified during silent

installation.

/Organization:"Tracker software"

/UserEmail:<email> Allows the users email address details to be specified during

silent installation.

/UserEmail:"[email protected]"

/Lang=<lang_id> Sets a language lang_id as the default language for the User
Interface. Possible values for lang_id are:
en (English), nl (Dutch), uk (Ukrainian), fr (French), gr (German),
it (Italian), sp (Spanish), ko (Korean), ch (Chinese), jp
(Japanese), fi (Finnish)
This may not be the complete list - please see the installation
folder. Check "C:\Program Files\Tracker Software\PDF-
XChange Viewer\pdf-viewer\Languages" for the up to date
list of supported language files.

Example (for German)

PDFXVwer.exe [other parameters] /LANG=gr [additional
parameters]

/NODESKICON If specified, no desktop icon will be created after the installation.

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/NOICONS Instructs Setup to initially check the Don't create a Start Menu
folder check box on the Select Start Menu Folder wizard page. In
silent mode it means that no program group will be created
(parameter /Group will be ignored, if specified).

1.6. Command Line option

The PDF-XChange Viewer may be started with a PDF file or URL name as the first item on the command line. This
facilitates starting the Viewer in File Associations or using Windows ShellExecute.
The form of the command line for using this option is:

PDFXCview.exe [command] [filename1] [[filename2] […[filenameN]]]

Where command can be one of the following commands:
/A "param=value[&param2=value[&...]"
/close[:save|discard|ask]
/print[:[default=yes|no][&showui=yes|no][&printer=<printername>][&pages=<pagesrange>]]
/printto[:[default=yes|no][&showui=yes|no][&pages=<pagesrange>]] <printername>
/exportp <setting_file_name>
/importp <setting_file_name>
/RegServer
/UnregServer

/A page=<page_number>

zoom=<scale>[,<left>][,
<top>]

view=<keyword>[,<posi Fit
tion>]
FitB
FitH,top
FitV,left
FitBH,top
FitBV,left

viewrect=<left>,<top>,<
right>,<bottom>

pagemode=bookmark|t
humb|none

PDFXCview.exe /A "page=10&zoom=200,,500" mypdffile.pdf

/close When this command is used, viewer will close files specified by arguments
<filename1>…<filenameN>. If any of these files was modified, behavior of
the viewer depends of command parameter (save, discard or ask). If
save parameter was used, documents which should be closed will be
saved. If discard was used – all modifications will be lost. And with ask
argument, viewer will ask what to do.
If all files opened into the viewer will be closed by /close command,
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application will be closed too.

/print When this command is specified, PDF file(s) specified by parameters

<filename1>…<filenameN> will be printed. Printing parameters differ
depending on arguments used:
default=yes|no If this argument is used and its value is yes,
viewer will reset printing settings before
printing documents. Otherwise if the last is
used, stored parameters will be applied.
Default value: yes.
showui=yes|no Defines if printing progress will be shown.
Default value: no.
printer=<printername> Specifies the printer on which documents
should be printed. If not specified, default
system printer will be used. Please note, if
printer name contains spaces or &
character, it should be enclosed into quotes.
pages=<pagesrange> Specifies the pages range(s) which should
be printed. Syntax of range is the same as
on print dialog. If argument is omitted, all
pages will be printed.
For example,
PDFXCView.exe /print:showui=yes c:\mydocument.pdf

/printto Almost the same command as /print, but destination printer should be
specified not as command argument, but as command line parameter
followed by /printto command.
For example:
PDFXCView.exe /printto "Raster-XChange" c:\mydocument.pdf

/exportp This command exports current viewer’s settings into the file specified by
setting_file_name parameter.

/importp This command imports viewer’s settings from the file specified by
setting_file_name parameter. Please note, all your current settings will be
overridden and lost.

filename1, filename2, … PDF file name(s) which should be opened, closed or printed. Please note,
filenameN if filename contains spaces, it should be enclosed into quotes ("")

/RegServer, /UnregServer Special commands used for registering and unregistering viewer’s COM
interfaces.

/makeassoc Makes PDF-XChange Viewer as default PDF-viewer.

/makeiassoc Enables displaying PDF in Internet Browsers by PDF-XChange Viewer.

/storeassoc Stores existing PDF-associated application (if it is not PDF-XChange

Viewer) that can be restored in the future.

/restoreassoc Restores a previously stored PDF-associated application.

Note that the PDF file/URL is represented by "%f" with double-quotes. These are necessary when the form of the file
name may have spaces or other symbols in it that otherwise prevent proper parsing of the command line.

At the current time there is no "print option" available on the command line.

1.7. Keyboard Shortcuts

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The Viewer supports a number of Keyboard Shortcuts, which are detailed in the table below:

COMMAND* KEYBOARD SHORTCUT COMMAND* KEYBOARD

SHORTCUT

Actual Size Ctrl+0 ("zero" not letter "O") Next Page Right

Bookmarks Ctrl+B Next View Alt+Right

Clear Delete Open... Ctrl+O (letter "O" not

numeric "zero")

Clockwise (CW) Ctrl+Shift+Num + Page... Ctrl+Shift+N

Close Ctrl+W Pages Thumbnails Ctrl+T

Comments Ctrl+M Paste Ctrl+V

Contents F1 Preferences... Ctrl+K

Copy Ctrl+C Previous Page Left

Counterclockwise Ctrl+Shift+Num - Previous View Alt+Left

(CCW)

Crop Pages... Ctrl+Shift+T Print... Ctrl+P

Cut Ctrl+X Properties Toolbar Ctrl+E

Delete Delete Redo Ctrl+Y

Delete Pages... Ctrl+Shift+D Rotate Pages... Ctrl+Shift+R

Document Ctrl+D Save Ctrl+S

Properties...

Fields Ctrl+I Save As Ctrl+Shift+S

Find Ctrl+F Search Ctrl+Shift+F

Find Next F3 Select All Ctrl+A

Find Previous Shift+F3 Select Entire Page Ctrl+A

First Page Home Show/Hide All Bars F11

Fit Page Ctrl+1 Show/Hide Text Ctrl+E

Formatting Toolbar

Fit Width Ctrl+2 Undo Ctrl+Z

Full Screen F12 Zoom In Ctrl+Num +

Last Page End Zoom Out Ctrl+Num -

Layers Ctrl+L Zoom To... Ctrl+Shift+M

Menu Bar F9

*The underlined letter is the Alt hotkey for the command when opened in a menu.

To create shortcut keys in the viewer one should right-click at the Tool Bars area and choose Customize... When the
Customize dialog appears, shortcut keys can be created by changing Properties in the Commands field.
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2. PDF Viewer Overview

When you first open the PDF-XChange Viewer, it looks like this:

Although daunting at first glance, it is really quite simple to use.

The screen is subdivided into five major bands. From top to bottom they are:
1) Menu Bar. The program main menu. See Main Menu.
2) Tool Bars. Toolbars for easy access to PDF display and modification tools.
3) Tab Bar. Shows all open documents. The selected document is displayed brightly; the rest are grayed out. There is a
round Close Document button to the right of each document name.
4) Thumbnails. List of active document pages presented as miniature pages.
5) Main Page Display Area. The area in which the PDF files are displayed. This occupies most of the window.
6) Options Bar. Controls for viewing and navigating the displayed PDF are here.
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2.1. PDF Display Area

1) The PDF document tab(s) permit quickly switching between loaded PDF files.
2) The Thumbnails & Bookmarks area allows you to quickly find
3) The Main PDF Page Display Area is where the actual PDF content pages are displayed.

2.2. Main Menu

The Main Menu is the primary control for the PDF-XChange Viewer. The functional areas are:

MAIN MENU DESCRIPTION

File File level operations including selecting files, document properties, forms data manipulation,
and printing.

Edit Editing functions on PDF files and forms. Also program preferences can be set here.

View Viewer information display control. Determines what PDF information is displayed and how.

Document Controls for Rotating, Deleting, or Cropping pages.

Comments Organizes the comments operations.

Tools Selection of the different PDF tools, including Hand, Snapshot, and Zoom controls.

Window Organizes the layout of the PDF file window(s) currently opened.
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Help Accesses help information about the viewer and its operation.

Each menu area and item is discussed in detail its own section in the help file.

2.2.1. File

The File menu controls the opening, saving, printing, and closing of PDF files, and the display of Document Properties.

2.2.1.1. Open...

Open calls the Windows Open File dialog box to allow selection of a PDF file to be viewed.
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Note that a thumbnail of the PDF and associated information is displayed to the right of the dialog box.
Select the file to be viewed and click the Open button.

2.2.1.2. Open from URL...

Open from URL... allows you to open PDF files over a network or the Internet.
When selected, the following dialog appears:

By entering a valid PDF URL in the entry field and clicking OK, the selected PDF will open.

2.2.1.3. Save

Save is only available if the currently displayed PDF file has been modified in any way.
Warning! It immediately saves the modified PDF over the original! There is NO warning of any kind!
If you wish to preserve the original file then use the Save As... option to save the modified version to a new file name.

2.2.1.4. Save As

Save As allows you to save the currently displayed PDF file to a different name. The file does NOT have to be modified
to use this setting.
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Enter the new file name in the File Name: field and click Save.
The Viewer will:
1) Save document with new name.
2) Close original file.
3) Open new saved document.
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2.2.1.5. Save Copy As

Save Copy As... opens the Save dialog with the File Name: field set to the name of the currently displayed PDF file with
the word "copy" appended. See below.

To save the file with this name, click Save; otherwise you may change the name as desired and click Save.

2.2.1.6. New Document...

New Document allows you to create a new PDF document from a blank page, from a text file, image file or directly from
scanner.
IMPORTANT! This is a PRO feature, see IMPORTANT! FREE vs. PRO version for more information.
Selecting this option first takes you to the New Document options submenu:

2.2.1.6.1. From Blank Page...

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Clicking the From Blank Page... option opens the New Empty Document dialog box:

1) Pages. Specifies the description of the pages in the new document.

a) Standard. Selecting this option allows you to choose the standard size of the page.
b) Custom. Selecting this option allows you to specify the size of the page.
c) Orientation. Sets the orientation of the page.
i) Portrait. The longer side of the page runs vertically.
ii) Landscape. The longer side of the page runs horizontally.
d) Count. Defines the number of empty pages to be created.

2.2.1.6.2. From Text File...

Clicking the From Text File... option opens the New Document from Text dialog box:
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1) Source Text Files. Selects the text files for the new document to be created from.
a) Add Files…. Opens the Create New Document… dialog box to select a text file from.
b) Add Folder…. Opens the Browse For Folder dialog box to select a text file from.
c) View…. Opens the chosen file so that you could view it.
d) Up. Moves the selected file up in the list.
e) Down. Moves the selected file down in the list.
f) Remove. Removes the selected file from the list.
g) Select File Options. Allows you to set the appropriate file options.
i) Text Encoding. Allows you to choose the appropriate text encoding.
ii) New Paragraph Mode. Defines the placing of the new paragraphs in the PDF document.
(1) Auto Detect.
(2) Each newline character starts a new paragraph.
(3) Double newline character starts a new paragraph, singles ignored.
(4) Double newline character starts a new paragraph, single converted.
h) Place File Mode. Allows you to choose the way each file will be placed.
i) Start each file from new paragraph.
ii) Start each file from new page.
2) Options…. Allows you to define additional settings of the text files.
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a) Paper.

i) Standard. Selecting this option allows you to choose the standard size of the page.
ii) Custom. Selecting this option allows you to specify the size of the page.
iii) Orientation. Sets the orientation of the page.
(1) Portrait. The longer side of the page runs vertically.
(2) Landscape. The longer side of the page runs horizontally.
iv) Margins. Margins adjust the size of the page by setting non-zero margins using the selected "user units." The
adjustments are:
(1) Left. The left margin is moved to the right by the amount specified in Units.
(2) Right. The right margin is moved to the left by the amount specified in Units.
(3) Top. The top margin is moved down by the amount specified in Units.
(4) Bottom. The bottom margin is moved up by the amount specified in Units.
b) Columns. Allows you to put the text files into columns and define the settings of the columns. The fields are self-
explanatory.
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c) File Header. Allows you to specify the file header options.

i) Use title header. Specifies the title header of each file. You may enter any valid name you like.
(1) In addition, clicking the Macros button opens a submenu of file name macros that you can use to
automatically generate file names. The fields are self-explanatory.
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(2) Format…. N.B. This function was not available at the time of writing of this documentation revision.
(3) Back color. Opens the standard color selection dialog to allow you to customize the background color for
the header.
ii) Draw line. Allows you to draw a line that would separate files one from another and specify the line’s
appearance.
(1) Place line above header. The line is placed above the header.

2.2.1.6.3. From Image File...

Clicking the From Image File... option opens the New Document from Images dialog box:
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3) Source. Selects the image files for the new document to be created from.
a) Add Files…. Opens the Open dialog box to select an image file from.
b) Add Folder…. Opens the Browse For Folder dialog box to select an image file from.
c) Import…. Opens a dialog box for the image to be scanned.
d) Up. Moves the selected file up in the list.
e) Down. Moves the selected file down in the list.
f) Remove. Removes the selected file from the list.
4) Page Size. Specifies the size of the pages in the new document.
a) Standard. Selecting this option allows you to choose the standard size of the page.
b) Custom. Selecting this option allows you to specify the size of the page.
c) Orientation. Sets the orientation of the page.
i) Portrait. The longer side of the page runs vertically.
ii) Landscape. The longer side of the page runs horizontally.
5) Margins. Margins adjust the size of the page by setting non-zero margins using the selected "user units." The
adjustments are:
a) Left. The left margin is moved to the right by the amount specified in Units.
b) Right. The right margin is moved to the left by the amount specified in Units.
c) Top. The top margin is moved down by the amount specified in Units.
d) Bottom. The bottom margin is moved up by the amount specified in Units.
6) Advanced…. Allows you to define additional settings to the new document.
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2.2.1.6.4. From Scanner...

Clicking the From Scanner... option opens the New Document from Scan Direct dialog box:

2.2.1.7. Send by Email

Send by Email... allows you to send a copy of the currently displayed PDF file to another user by email.
When you select this option, the PDF-XChange Viewer attempts to open the local MAPI client with the currently
displayed PDF file as its attachment:

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You may then add the recipient information and a message as desired.

2.2.1.8. Close

Close closes the currently displayed PDF file.

2.2.1.9. Close All

Close All closes all opened PDF files.

2.2.1.10. Recent Files

Recent Files displays a selection list of recently used files.

Clicking the pushpin to the right of the document name will "pin" the document to the list so that it won't "fall off" the list if
the maximum number of documents in the Recent Files list is exceeded.
You can change the number of items in the Recent Files list and other options using the Edit Preferences dialog.
When you mouse over a specific file from the list, the first page and other properties of the document are displayed:
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2.2.1.11. Export

Export allows you to export a selected page(s) or selected area of a page as an image file.
Selecting this option first takes you to the Export Options submenu:

At the current time only export to Image file is available.

Clicking the To Image... option opens the Export to Image dialog box:

The entries on this dialog box are:

1) Page Range. This selects the page(s) to be exported to image file(s). Valid options are:
a) All. The entire document will be exported.
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b) Current Page. Only the currently selected page will be exported.
c) Current View. Only pages appearing in the current view will be exported.
d) Selected Pages. Only pages selected in the Thumbnail list will be exported.
e) Selected Graphic. Only Graphic selected in the Thumbnail list will be printed.
f) Pages. Individual pages are indicated by their numbers beginning with 1. Sequential page ranges may appear as
hyphenated inclusive ranges, viz. 2-5 will select pages 2, 3, 4, and 5. Multiple page ranges may be specified,
separated from one another by commas.
g) Subset. This works in conjunction with the other Page Ranges to select groups based on order within the
document. Valid values are:
i) All pages. All of the specified pages are exported.
ii) Odd pages. Within the specified Page Range(s) only odd-numbered pages will be exported: 1, 3, 5, etc.
iii) Even pages. Within the specified Page Range(s) only even-numbered pages will be exported: 2, 4, 6, etc.
h) Reverse order. Checking this checkbox will reverse the order of pages in the export image file.
2) Save As. Selects the output image options to use for export. Valid options are:
a) Image Type is a drop box that allows you to select which export image file format to use. After selecting an image
type, you may click the Options... button to open a dialog box to tailor the output further. The options for each are
different, but are relatively self-explanatory if you examine them. Valid export image file formats are:

BMP Windows Bimap

DCX Multipage PCX

GIF Compuserve GIF

JBIG2 Joint Bi-level Image experts Group v2

JNG JPEG Network Graphic

JPEG Joint Photographic Experts Group

JPEG2000 JPEG 2000

PBM Portable Bitmap

PCX PC Paintbrush File Format

PGM Portable Graymap

PNG Portable Network Graphic

PPM Portable Pixelmap

TGA Truevision Targa

TIFF Tag Image File Format

WBMP Wireless Bitmap format

Options.... Clicking the Options... button opens an Image Saving Options dialog to change the default image format
details for the selected Image Type. For example, for TIFF files, the dialog looks like:
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b) Destination Folder selects the destination folder to receive the image files. Note that you may not simply type in
the destination folder. Clicking the Browse button opens the Browse for Folder dialog to select the destination
folder:

c) File Name specifies the name of the export file. You may enter any valid file name you like. In addition, clicking
the Macros button opens a submenu of file name macros that you can use to automatically generate file names.
This is especially useful for repeat jobs and to set the file numbering when single-page image files are being
generated for multiple document pages:
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i) Page Number. For single-page image files, such as BMP files, inserts the current PDF document page
number in the export file name. For multi-page image files (such as TIFF files), inserts the first selected PDF
document page number in the export file name.
ii) PAGE is a synonym for Page Number. This is often used in a "PAGE of PAGES" expression.
iii) PAGES inserts the total page count of the PDF document file in the export file name. This is often used in a
"PAGE of PAGES" expression.
iv) File Name inserts the PDF document file name in the export file name.
v) Date (MM-DD-YYYY) inserts the current date in the export file name, in month-day-year order. If this is not
appropriate, the next three items allow you to tailor your own date format.
vi) Year inserts the four-digit year in the export file name.
vii) Month inserts the two-digit month in the export file name.
viii) Day inserts the two-digit day of the month in the export file name.
ix) Time (HH-MM-SS) inserts the current time in the export file name, in hour-minute-second order. If this is not
appropriate, the next three items allow you to tailor your own time format.
x) Hour inserts the two-digit hour in the export file name. Hour is from 0 (midnight) to 23 (11PM).
xi) Minute inserts the two-digit minute in the export file name.
xii) Second inserts the two-digit second in the export file name.
xiii) Auto Number inserts a counting number in the export file name. This is most useful when exporting multiple
pages to single-page image files.
d) Export Mode determines how multiple PDF document pages are placed into multi-page export image files. Valid
choices are:
i) Save all pages to a single multi-paged image file. Self-explanatory.
ii) Save each page range to a separate multi paged image file. When Page Range is set to Pages, each
comma-separated range is placed in a different file.
iii) Save each page to a separate single paged image file. Each PDF document page is placed in a separate
export image file.
3) Graphic defines the parameters for mapping the PDF document page to the export image file format.
a) Page zoom sets the zoom percentage of the PDF page that is exported to image file format.
b) Resolution is measured in dots-per-inch (DPI). The higher the resolution, the better the picture quality, but the
larger the image file will be. Default is 300 DPI which seems to be a good compromise in most situations.
c) Page Background determines the color of the unmapped PDF page areas ("background") in the output image
file. You may select the color from the dialog box by clicking the color button.
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Once you have made the desired selections, click the Export... button to export the image(s), or Cancel to cancel the
operation.
When you select Export... a progress screen of the export operation is displayed.

2.2.1.12. Form Data

Form Data allows you to enter and retrieve data from Adobe Acrobat Forms.
Clicking this menu item opens a submenu of choices:

2.2.1.12.1. Import Data to Form...

N.B. This function was not available at the time of writing of this documentation revision.

2.2.1.12.2. Export Data from Form...

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Export Data from Form allows you to export data from an AcroForm to an Adobe Acrobat FDF file.
N.B. A PDF with Form data must be the Active document for this to work.
When you select this option, the following dialog appears:

The default name of the saved form data file is defined as %Docname-data.fdf, where %Docname is the name of the
Active document.
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Simply accept or specify the name you wish to use for the form data, and an Adobe Acrobat FDF format file will be
created.

2.2.1.13. Print...

Print... allows you to print the contents of the currently selected PDF document to a selected printer.
Warning! Page Scaling functions are a PRO feature, see IMPORTANT! FREE vs. PRO version for more
information.
Clicking this option opens the Print dialog:

1) Printer selects the Printer on which to print the PDF document.

a) Name is a drop box of all available printers to allow you to select which printer to print to. The system default
printer is displayed when you first open the dialog box.
b) Properties. Click this button after selecting your printer to set the printer properties as desired.
c) Status and Type display additional printer information.
d) Copies. Specifies the number of copies to print. N.B. This only works for hardcopy printers. It is disabled for
"printer drivers" such as PDF-XChange.
e) Collate. When checked, the printer will be instructed to collate multiple copies. The exact interpretation of this is
up to the printer software. N.B. This only works for hardcopy printers. It is disabled for "printer drivers" such as
PDF-XChange.
f) Print to File. When this box is checked and the OK button is clicked, the following dialog appears:
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The My Documents folder and the name of the document with the extension ".prn" is the default for the print file, but may
be changed here. When you click Save, the document will be printed and saved to the indicated file. If you click Cancel,
the print job is not done.
2) Page Range. This selects the page(s) to be printed. Valid options are:
a) All. The entire document will be printed.
b) Current Page. Only the currently selected page will be printed.
c) Selected Pages. Only pages selected in the Thumbnail list will be printed.
d) Selected Graphic. Only Graphic selected in the Thumbnail list will be printed.
e) Current View. Only pages appearing in the current view will be printed.
f) Pages. Individual pages are indicated by their numbers beginning with 1. Sequential page ranges may appear as
hyphenated inclusive ranges, viz. 2-5 will select pages 2, 3, 4, and 5. Multiple page ranges may be specified,
separated from one another by commas.
g) Subset. This works in conjunction with the other Page Ranges to select groups based on order within the
document. Valid values are:
i) All pages. All of the specified pages will be printed.
ii) Odd pages. Within the specified Page Range(s) only odd-numbered pages will be printed: 1, 3, 5, etc.
iii) Even pages. Within the specified Page Range(s) only even-numbered pages will be printed: 2, 4, 6, etc.
h) Reverse order. Checking this checkbox will reverse the order of pages to be printed.
3) Page Scaling. Controls the fitting of the PDF document pages to the selected printer's physical page dimensions.
a) Scaling type. Controls the PDF page to printer margins.
i) None. The PDF will not be scaled but will appear on the page at 100%. This can result in loss of page data
by cropping.
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(1) Auto-rotate sheets. Pages whose aspect ratio differs significantly from the printer page may be rotated if
these results in a better fit. Example: printing a "landscape" page to a "portrait" paper size.
(2) Auto-centre pages in sheets. Automatically centers undersize PDF pages on the printer page.
(3) Choose paper source by PDF-page size. For a printer with multiple paper sources, the one closest in
size to the PDF document pages will be chosen.
ii) Fit to printer margins. The page is fitted within the printer's margins, and may be expanded as necessary.

(1) Auto-rotate sheets. Pages whose aspect ratio differs significantly from the printer page may be rotated if
these results in a better fit. Example: printing a "landscape" page to a "portrait" paper size.
(2) Auto-centre pages in sheets. Automatically centers undersize PDF pages on the printer page.
(3) Choose paper source by PDF-page size. For a printer with multiple paper sources, the one closest in
size to the PDF document pages will be chosen.
iii) Reduce to printer margins. Oversized pages are reduced to fit the printer margins, but undersized pages
will not be expanded.

(1) Page zoom. Allows you to enter the zoom percentage of the PDF pages.
(2) Auto-rotate sheets. Pages whose aspect ratio differs significantly from the printer page may be rotated if
these results in a better fit. Example: printing a "landscape" page to a "portrait" paper size.
(3) Auto-centre pages in sheets. Automatically centers undersize PDF pages on the printer page.
(4) Choose paper source by PDF-page size. For a printer with multiple paper sources, the one closest in
size to the PDF document pages will be chosen.
iv) Custom scale. Permits the user to print the PDF page after the page scale is set.
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(1) Page zoom. Allows you to enter the zoom percentage of the PDF pages.
(2) Auto-rotate sheets. Pages whose aspect ratio differs significantly from the printer page may be rotated if
these results in a better fit. Example: printing a "landscape" page to a "portrait" paper size.
(3) Auto-centre pages in sheets. Automatically centers undersize PDF pages on the printer page.
(4) Choose paper source by PDF-page size. For a printer with multiple paper sources, the one closest in
size to the PDF document pages will be chosen.
v) Tile large pages. Allows you to print a PDF page onto multiple sheets of paper if the page is larger than the
page sizes available on your printer.

(1) Page zoom. Allows you to enter the zoom percentage of the PDF pages.
(2) Overlap. Specifies the minimum amount of duplicated information you want printed on each tile for ease
in assembly. The Overlap option uses the unit of measure specified for the document. The value should
be greater than the minimum nonprinting margins for the printer.
(3) Auto-rotate sheets in composition. Pages whose aspect ratio differs significantly from the printer page
may be rotated if these results in a better fit. Example: printing a "landscape" page to a "portrait" paper
size.
(4) Auto-centre page in composition. Automatically centers undersize PDF pages on the printer pages.
(5) Show cut marks on sheets. Prints marks on each corner of a tiled page for ease of assembly. This
option is used in conjunction with the Overlap option. When you specify an overlapping edge and then
superimpose those edges, you can use the cut marks to line up the tiles.
(6) Show labels on sheets. Prints the tile coordinate on every sheet. Tile coordinates are used for
reassembling the tiles.
vi) Tile all pages. Allows you to print all PDF pages onto multiple sheets of paper.
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(1) Page zoom. Allows you to enter the zoom percentage of the PDF pages.
(2) Overlap. Specifies the minimum amount of duplicated information you want printed on each tile for ease
in assembly. The Overlap option uses the unit of measure specified for the document. The value should
be greater than the minimum nonprinting margins for the printer.
(3) Auto-rotate sheets in composition. Pages whose aspect ratio differs significantly from the printer page
may be rotated if these results in a better fit. Example: printing a "landscape" page to a "portrait" paper
size.
(4) Auto-centre page in composition. Automatically centers undersize PDF page.
(5) Show cut marks on sheets. Prints marks on each corner of a tiled page for ease of assembly. This
option is used in conjunction with the Overlap option.
(6) Show labels on sheets. Prints the tile coordinate on every sheet. Tile coordinates are used for
reassembling the tiles.
vii) Multiple pages per sheet. Multiple pages can be printed on the same sheet of paper.

(1) Pages per sheet. Allows you to choose the number of pages that will appear on one printed page.
(2) Page order. Defines the order of the PDF pages on the printer page.
(a) Horizontal. Places pages from left to right, top to bottom.
(b) Horizontal reversed. Places pages from right to left, top to bottom.
(c) Vertical. Places pages top to bottom, left to right.
(d) Vertical reversed. Places pages top to bottom, right to left.
(3) Auto-rotate sheets in composition. Pages whose aspect ratio differs significantly from the printer page
may be rotated if these results in a better fit. Example: printing a "landscape" page to a "portrait" paper
size.
(4) Auto-centre page in composition. Automatically centers undersize PDF pages on the printer page.
(5) Show page border. Draws the page boundary of PDF pages.
viii) Booklet. Allows you to create a booklet with pages arranged on sheets of paper so that they are in the
correct order when the paper is collated, folded, and stapled.

(1) Type. Defines the type of the booklet to be printed.

(a) Brochure.
(b) Book.
(2) Side(s). Determines which sides of the paper to print.
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(a) Both. Both sides of the paper are automatically printed. N.B. Your printer must support automatic
duplex printing.
(b) Front. Prints only those pages that appear on the front side of the paper.
(c) Back. Prints the pages on the back side of the paper.
(3) Gutter. Sets the size of the blank space at which two pages come together in a two-page spread.
(4) Auto-rotate page in cell. Pages whose aspect ratio differs significantly from the printer page may be
rotated if these results in a better fit. Example: printing a "landscape" page to a "portrait" paper size.
(5) Auto-centre page in cell. Automatically centers undersize PDF pages on the printer page.
(6) Right binding. Sets the right-to-left orientation for the text.
2) Print Options. Determines if extra elements will be printed as well as the basic text.
a) Print. This drop box selects which PDF elements to print. Valid values are:
i) Document. Prints only the PDF document without any markups.
ii) Document and Markups. Prints the PDF document with Markup annotations.
iii) Document and Stamps. Prints the PDF document with Stamp annotations.
iv) Form Fields Data Only. Prints the PDF document with Form Fields Data.
b) Print as Images. Converts all pages to images when printing.
c) Print as Grayscale. Causes all color information to be converted to grayscale image during printing.
d) Advanced. Opens the Advanced Print Setup dialog box:

i) Print Text as Curves. Allows the text to be printed as curves.

(1) Auto. When this option is selected, PDF-XChange Viewer decides what text should be printed as curves.
(2) For Embedded Fonts. Only embedded fonts are printed as curves.
(3) Always. Text is always printed as curves.
ii) Maximum resolution for Print as Images. Sets the maximum page resolution in pixels per inch (DPI) for
Print as Images. Default is 300 DPI which seems to be a good compromise in most situations. Valid values
are: 50, 72, 96, 100, 150, 300, 400, 600 DPI.
iii) Resolution for Gradient Fills. Sets the page resolution in pixels per inch (DPI) for Gradient Fills. Valid
values are: 50, 72, 96, 100, 150, 300, 400, 600 DPI.
iv) Print Notes and Popups. Prints the PDF document with Notes and Popups.
(1) Popups opacity. Sets the degree of opacity for Popups.
e) Print Sheets. Allows you to choose the sheets that will be printed.
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2.2.1.14. Document Properties...

Document Properties... opens a dialog to display additional information about the PDF document.
Note that this is display ONLY - you cannot modify these fields in any way.
There are three tabs on this dialog:
1) Description. This tab displays the descriptive information for the document. The fields are self-explanatory.

a) Note that Title, Author, Subject and Keywords may be changed as needed.
b) The Additional Metadata... button activates a dialog that shows customized Metadata fields that have been
added to the standard data.
From PDF Reference 1.7:
10.2.1 Document Information Dictionary
The optional Info entry in the trailer of a PDF file (see Section 3.4.4, “File Trailer”) can hold a document information
dictionary containing metadata for the document; Table 10.2 shows its contents. Any entry whose value is not known
should be omitted from the dictionary rather than included with an empty string as its value.
Please refer to PDF Reference 1.7, available as a free download from http://www.adobe.com/.
2) Security. This tab shows whether passwords are required for accessing this PDF and which operations are
permitted. A good knowledge of PDF security and permissions will be helpful in deciphering this information.
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3) Fonts displays the font information for the PDF document. This can be quite useful in resolving PDF display issues
across platforms, especially in the case of missing fonts.
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2.2.1.15. Copy Full File Name

Copies the fully-qualified file name of the active PDF to the Clipboard.

For example, the copied path name for the demo file used in this documentation is:

F:\Work\Help\Viewer\PDFVManual.pdf

2.2.1.16. Open Containing Folder...

Open Containing Folder allows you to open the folder containing the active PDF document in Windows Explorer.
When the folder opens, it does so with the active document selected:
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2.2.1.17. Exit

Exits the PDF-XChange Viewer program.

If you select this option with open PDF files that have been modified, you will be prompted whether or not to save the
changes.

2.2.2. Edit

The Edit menu items are concerned with modifying PDF information.
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Note that this only applies to Adobe Acrobat forms data.
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1) The Copy command is only active when something has been selected on a displayed PDF page.
2) The following Edit Menu commands are disabled:
a) Undo
b) Cut
c) Paste

2.2.2.1. Undo

(Disabled-coming in a later build.)

Undo reverses the last editing change made to the document.
N.B. This function was not available at the time of writing of this documentation revision.

2.2.2.2. Cut

(Disabled-coming in a later build.)

Cut stores a copy of the selected PDF area in the clipboard, and removes it from the document.
N.B. This function was not available at the time of writing of this documentation revision.

2.2.2.3. Copy

Copy stores a copy of an area of the active PDF page selected by the Select Tool into the clipboard.

2.2.2.4. Paste

(Not fully enabled-coming in a later build.)

Paste inserts the information from the clipboard at the selected location.
This function is partially realized in that you can mark and then copy PDF text using Ctrl+C, and then use Ctrl+V to paste
it into the text area of any of the Comment & Markup Tools, or into another application altogether.
N.B. The Paste menu item was not available at the time of the writing of this version of the documentation.
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2.2.2.5. Find

Find allows you to locate specific text within the currently selected PDF document.
When you select this entry, it activates the Find toolbar. If the toolbar is already active, it flashes it twice.

The controls on this toolbar are:

1) Search Function button. Activates the Search function.
2) Enter Text field. Enter the text you wish to find.
3) Previous Search Terms. Clicking this button drops a list of previous search terms.
4) Find Previous. Clicking this finds the selected text just before the current cursor position.
5) Find Next. Clicking this finds the selected text just after the current cursor position.
6) Find Options.

a) Whole Words Only. Searches the whole words.

b) Case-Sensitive. Searches the words distinguishing between upper-case and lower-case letters.
c) Include Bookmarks. Searches the text of any bookmarks, as viewed in the Bookmarks panel. N.B. This
function was not available at the time of writing of this documentation revision.
d) Include Comments. Searches the text of any comments added to the PDF, as viewed in the Comments panel.
N.B. This function was not available at the time of writing of this documentation revision.
e) Search. Starts searching.

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It should be noted PDF files created from solely Image based content (e.g. scanned to PDF) cannot be text searched -
there is no actual text within the PDF file - simply an image, even though the image may represent text. Such functionality
requires OCR (optical character recognition) functionality which is not currently available.

We hope to make this available in an subsequent release - late in 2008 or early 2009.

2.2.2.6. Search

Search opens a dialog box to allow searching for text in PDF documents that are text-based.
It differs from Find in that it will search either the active PDF document, or multiple PDF's in selected Folders. After the
search, you may click on a selection in the list to jump to that page.
When Search is opened the following window is displayed in a sidebar to the right of the main display area:

The controls on this screen are:

1) What word or phrase would you like to search for? Enter the text you wish to search for in this field.
2) Search Now. Click this button to begin searching.
3) Options. Sets various Search options.
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a) Whole Words Only. Searches the whole words.

b) Case-Sensitive. Searches the words distinguishing between upper-case and lower-case letters.
c) Include Bookmarks. Searches the text of any bookmarks, as viewed in the Bookmarks panel. N.B. This function
was not available at the time of writing of this documentation revision.
d) Include Comments. Searches the text of any comments added to the PDF, as viewed in the Comments panel.
N.B. This function was not available at the time of writing of this documentation revision.
e) Look in Sub-Folders. Includes searching in sub-folders.

4) Where would you like to search? Opens a drop-list of search locations:

a) The first item on this list is the currently selected PDF file.
b) The rest of the list are the standard folders and drives on which to search.
c) <Browse...> opens a screen to select a folder not found in the standard list:
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5) Clear. Clears the selected search criteria.

2.2.2.7. Import All Settings from Data File…

Import All Settings from Data File… imports the previously saved application’s settings from the data file.

2.2.2.8. Export All Settings to Data File…

Export All Settings to Data File… exports the application’s settings to the data file.
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2.2.2.9. Reset All Settings to Defaults...

Reset All Settings to Defaults... allows you to change the current application’s settings into default ones.
Clicking the Reset All Settings to Defaults... option opens the Reset All Settings dialog box:

2.2.2.10. Preferences

Preferences allows you to set default values for the PDF-XChange Viewer functionality.
There are 15 tabs on the Preferences… dialog:
1) General options allow you to modify Program Startup, Document Opening, Layout and Saving preferences.
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2) Color Management allows you to adjust color settings for PDF printing and display.
3) Page Display options allow you to condition how a PDF is initially displayed. The display may be modified by the
user as necessary.
4) Rendering allows you to adjust smoothing and contrast settings.
5) Performance options affect how well the program utilizes memory and other system resources to produce the best
display.
6) Languages allows you to localize your copy of the viewer to the language you are most comfortable with.
7) File Associations determines whether PDF-XChange Viewer will be used as the default viewer for PDF files or
whether another previously-installed application should be used.
8) Registration allows you to register your copy of the PDF-XChange Viewer.
9) Accessibility controls color options for displaying PDF pages for people with poor or limited eyesight.
10) Measurement determines the linear units to use for all displays.
11) Identity allows you to store frequently-used information about yourself that can be added to PDF's that you are
annotating. N.B. Such information is never exported without your knowledge and approval.
12) JavaScript controls the behavior of JavaScript execution within the PDF-XChange Viewer.
13) Snapshot Tool controls the behavior of the Snapshot Tool.
14) Commenting allows you to select two ways to copy circled text into Comments.
15) Full Screen controls the visual display of PDF pages when in Full Screen mode.

2.2.2.10.1. General

General options allow you to modify Program Startup, Document Opening, Layout and Saving preferences.
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1) Documents Layout. Determines how PDF documents will be displayed by the PDF-XChange Viewer.
a) Multiple Documents. The PDF-XChange Viewer may display multiple documents in the same instance.
i) Tabbed Documents. When checked, each document is under a tab visible at the top of the document
display area. When unchecked, you must use the Window menu to select which document to view.
b) Show close button for each tab. When Tabbed Documents is checked, this checkbox may be checked to
place a "close tab" icon on the right side of each tab, which will close that tab whether the tab is the active
document or not.
c) Single Document. Each instance of the program may display only a single document. Multiple instances must be
opened to display multiple documents.
2) Opening Documents. Determines how the PDF-XChange Viewer responds to Open commands.
a) Maximum number of documents in recent list. When checked, allows you to set the maximum number of
documents to be displayed in the File | Recent Documents list. It also activates the Clear List button, which
empties the list when clicked.
a) Destination Folder for Downloads from URLs. Selects the destination folder to receive downloads from URLs.
Note that you may not simply type in the destination folder. Clicking the Browse button opens the Browse for
Folder dialog to select the destination folder:

3) Saving Documents. Determines how the PDF-XChange Viewer responds to Save commands.
a) Set Document Save Method. This drop box allows you to specify which saving method(s) will be used to save a
modified document.
There are two modes for saving modified PDF's: Full and Incremental. Full mode simply replaces the old file with a copy
of the new, modified file. This can result in the loss of unmodified information, but results in minimal file size.
Incremental allows a file to be saved with both the original and modified data. The file size will be larger but all
information will be saved in both its original and modified forms.
Users should not have to wait for the entire file - which can contain hundreds of pages or more - to be rewritten each
time modifications to the document are saved. The PDF format allows modifications to be appended to a file, leaving the
original data intact. The addendum appended when a file is incrementally updated contains only those objects that were
actually added or modified, and includes an update to the cross-reference table. Incremental update allows an
application to save modifications to a PDF document in an amount of time proportional to the size of the modification
rather than the size of the file.
In addition, because the original contents of the document are still present in the file, it is possible to undo saved
changes by deleting one or more addenda. The ability to recover the exact contents of an original document is critical
when digital signatures have been applied and subsequently need to be verified.
i) Full Save or Incremental Save for Digitally Signed. Default and recommended.
ii) Always Full Save.
iii) Always Incremental Save.
b) Choose Destination for ‘Save As’ Documents. Selects the destination folder to receive ‘Save As’ Documents.
Clicking the Browse button opens the Browse for Folder dialog to select the destination folder:
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4) Application. Determines the applications’ settings of the PDF-XChange Viewer.

a) Show Splash Screen. When checked, the PDF-XChange Viewer splash screen will be displayed while the
program loads.
b) Allow Multiple Instances. When checked, selecting a new document will open it in a new instance of the PDF-
XChange Viewer (also called Single Document Interface or SDI); if unchecked, all documents open in the current
instance (also called Multiple Document Interface, or MDI).
c) Minimize to System Tray. When checked, the application will be minimized to system tray.

2.2.2.10.2. Color Management

Color Management allows you to adjust color settings for PDF printing and display. We recommend that only users with
experience in Windows color management make adjustments to these properties.
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1) Color Settings drop box determines whether Color Management is to be used or not. The valid options are:
a) Off. No color management will be used.
b) Custom. The remaining color settings will be used to condition the display of PDF images.
2) Working Spaces. Determine which specific settings apply to images saved with different color options.
a) RGB. Conditions display of images using RGB settings. Valid options are:
i) Monitor RGB - sRGB IEC61966-2.1. Default setting. sRGB is a RGB color space proposed by HP and
Microsoft because it approximates the color gamut of the most common computer display devices. Since
sRGB serves as a "best guess" for how another person's monitor produces color, it has become the standard
color space for displaying images on the internet. sRGB's color gamut encompasses just 35% of the visible
colors specified by CIE. Although sRGB results in one of the narrowest gamuts of any working space, sRGB's
gamut is still considered broad enough for most color applications.
ii) RICOH RUSSIAN-SC 040402.
iii) KODAK DC Series Digital Camera.
b) CMYK. Conditions display of images using CMYK settings. The only valid option at the current time is:
i) U.S. WEB Coated (SWOP) v2. Specifies adaptation to standard coated printing papers.
c) Grayscale. Conditions display of grayscale images. Valid options are:
i) Gray Gamma 2.2.
ii) Gray Gamma 1.8.
3) Conversion Options.
a) Engine. Determines which engine will be used for color space conversion. Valid values are:
i) Little CMS. LittleCMS is a CMM, a color management engine; it implements fast transforms between ICC
profiles.
ii) Microsoft ICM. Microsoft Windows Image Color Management system.
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2.2.2.10.3. Page Display

Page Display options allow you to condition how a PDF is initially displayed.
N.B. The display may be modified by the user as necessary.

1) Initial View. Determines the settings of the page’s initial view.

a) Restore the last Used view.... When checked, opens the document exactly as it was displayed when last
closed.
b) Default View. Determines which parts of the PDF display are visible for the newly-opened document. The view
may be changed by the user. Valid values are:
i) Automatic. Uses the page display information from the PDF to determine how the PDF is displayed.
ii) Page Only. Display only the page. No panels are displayed.
iii) Bookmarks Panel and Page. Displays Bookmarks and PDF pages.
iv) Thumbnails Panel and Page. Displays Thumbnails and PDF pages.
16) Page Display. Determines how the PDF is initially displayed.
c) Initial Display.
i) Restore last used layout and zoom of pages from Recent List when opening. When checked, AND you
are opening a file listed on the Recent Files list, use the page display settings last used for that document.
ii) Default Page Layout. Determines how the pages are arranged and whether to use continuous scrolling or
discrete paging. The view may be changed by the user. Valid values are:
(1) Automatic. Uses the page display information from the PDF to determine how the PDF is displayed.
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(2) Single Page. Only displays a single page at a time. It is not possible to scroll the pages to see part of one
and part of another.
(3) Continuous. May display parts of two or more pages simultaneously.
(4) Facing. Pages are displayed side by side in pairs, but only two pages may be scrolled.
(5) Continuous - Facing. Pages are displayed side by side and more than two pages may be scrolled.
iii) Default Zoom. Determines how the pages are initially fitted to the display window. The view may be changed
by the user. Valid values are:
(1) Automatic. Uses the page display information from the PDF to determine how the PDF is displayed.
(2) 100%. Page is displayed as Actual Size.
(3) 50%. Page is displayed half-size.
(4) 12.5%. Page is displayed one-eighth size.
(5) 8.3%. Page is displayed one-twelfth size.
(6) Actual Size. Page is displayed actual size.
(7) Fit Page. Page is fitted into display area so entire page is displayed.
(8) Fit Width. Page is fitted into display area so page width is displayed. This usually results in some of the
page not being visible without scrolling.
(9) Fit Visible. Page is displayed without margins.
d) Use Resolution. Page resolution in pixels per inch (DPI). Valid values are:
i) Automatic: 96. Standard display monitors are 96 DPI.
ii) 72.
iii) 96.
iv) 100.
v) 120.
vi) 150.
vii) 300
The following checkboxes determine how the PDF page itself is to display.
e) Display art, trim, bleed boxes. When checked, any art, trim, or bleed boxes defined for a document are
displayed.
f) Display transparency grid. When checked, the grid behind transparent objects is displayed.
g) Display large images. When checked, the large images are displayed.
h) Create Links from URLs. When checked, URLs on the PDF pages become "active" and may be clicked to bring
up additional content.

2.2.2.10.4. Rendering

Rendering options allow you to adjust smoothing and contrast settings.

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1) Smoothing. Results in a "softer" look but some fine detail may be lost.
a) Smooth line art. Applies smoothing to remove abrupt angles in lines.
b) Smooth text. Applies smoothing to the text.
c) Smooth images. Applies smoothing to minimize abrupt changes in images.
2) Text Rendering.
a) Text Gamma. Allows you to change the contrast of the text.

2.2.2.10.5. Performance

Performance options affect how well the program utilizes memory and other system resources to produce the best
display.
N.B. Unless you know what you are doing, we suggest leaving all options set to Automatic.
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1) Memory Usage. This determines the amount of system memory used by the Viewer, in percent of Physical memory.
The minimum used will be 40Mb, the amount specified by Automatic. Allocating more than this may improve Viewer
performance, but possibly at the expense of overall system performance.
2) Threads Usage. The values are Automatic, 1, 2, 4, 8. We strongly recommend leaving these set to Automatic.

2.2.2.10.6. Languages

Languages allows you to localize your copy of the viewer to the language set you are most comfortable with. This adjusts
all controls and labels to use the selected language.
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Options are:
1) Set to users Default Regional Settings.
2) Use PDF-XChange Viewer Default Language (English). This selects the application language which is English.
3) Choose Custom Language. Allows the user to select which alternate language to use from a list. Note that there are
more languages available than indicated here. Please contact Tracker Software Products Ltd. for more information.

2.2.2.10.7. File Associations

File Associations determines whether PDF-XChange Viewer will be used as the default viewer for PDF files or whether
another previously-installed application should be used.
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1) Make Default PDF Viewer. Click this button to make PDF-XChange Viewer the system default viewer for PDF files.
2) Display PDF in Browser. Uses PDF-XChange Viewer as the PDF viewer control inside Internet Explorer and
FireFox. N.B. A Plug-in for Opera is in development.
3) Restore File Associations. Click this button to make a previously-installed application the system default viewer for
PDF files.

2.2.2.10.8. Registration

Registration allows you to register your copy of the PDF-XChange Viewer. When you enter this information, your
Viewer's PRO features will be activated.
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1) Registration Info.
a) Name. The name of the party to whom this copy of the Viewer belongs.
b) Organization Name. The name of the Organization (Company, etc.) to which the registering party belongs.
(Optional.)
c) E-mail Address. The email address of the registering party.
d) Registration Key. The valid registration key provided to the registering party when they purchase the PRO
version. When set to Trial, the program runs in the FREE Evaluation Mode.
Please see IMPORTANT! FREE vs. PRO version for additional information.
2) Hide restricted, 'PRO' functions in the Free Viewer version. While running in 'FREE' mode, this checkbox is
displayed. When checked, items labeled 'PRO' in the menus and dialog boxes will not be displayed, thus preventing
accidentally modifying the PDF in a way that would cause the watermarks to appear in the PDF when saved.
3) Hide AD Bar. When the program has been registered and is running in 'PRO' mode, the above prompt changes to
this checkbox. When checked, the ad bar in the upper right corner is removed from the main screen:

2.2.2.10.9. Accessibility

Accessibility controls color options for displaying PDF pages for people with poor or limited eyesight.
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1) Override Document Colors. When checked, PDF document colors will be overridden and the other controls on the
screen become active.
2) There are three options for changing the screen display:
a) Use Windows Color Scheme. Use the color scheme from Windows accessibility options.
b) Use Predefined High-Contrast Color Scheme. When checked:
i) You may select one of four predefined schemes:
(1) Green text on Black background.
(2) Yellow text on Black background.
(3) White text on Black background.
(4) Black text on White background.
ii) Change the color of line art as well as text. When checked, line art changes to match the text colors.
However, other images are not affected.
c) Use Custom Color Scheme. When selected, the following controls become active:
i) Page Background. This opens the standard Color Selection dialog to assist you in selecting a page
background color.
ii) Text Color. When checked, this allows you to open the standard Color Selection dialog to assist you in
selecting a text color.
iii) Line Art. When checked, this activates the following two controls:
(1) Fill Color. This opens the standard Color Selection dialog to assist you in selecting a Line Art Fill color.
(2) Stroke Color. This opens the standard Color Selection dialog to assist you in selecting a Line Art Stroke
color.
3) Only change the color of black text or line art. When checked, color changes will only occur for text and line art
that appear as black on white. Other color combinations will not change.
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2.2.2.10.10. Measurement

Measurement determines the linear units to use for all displays.

Valid values are:

1) Centimeters.
2) Inches.
3) Millimeters.
4) Picas equal 1/72 of a foot and so to 1/6 inch. There are 12 points in the pica.
5) Points. 1/72 inch.

2.2.2.10.11. Identity

Identity allows you to store frequently-used information about yourself that can be added to PDF's that you are
annotating.
N.B. Such information is never exported without your knowledge and approval.
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The fields are self-explanatory.

2.2.2.10.12. JavaScript

JavaScript controls the behavior of JavaScript execution within the PDF-XChange Viewer.
N.B. Use of JavaScript capabilities is a programmer-level task! You have been warned.
JavaScripts may be embedded in PDF documents and activated by either AcroForm controls or by events generated by
manipulating the document in various ways.
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1) JavaScript. Enables or disables JavaScript actions.

a) Enable JavaScript Actions. Checking this checkbox allows JavaScript to execute within the specified PDF
document. If unchecked, the next checkbox becomes active.
b) Show warning when JavaScript action executes. When Enable JavaScript Actions is not checked, checking
this box will pop up a warning screen when a JavaScript attempts to execute.
2) JavaScript Console. Enables or disables the JavaScript console. The JavaScript console is a part of the JavaScript
environment that allows you to view an embedded JavaScript and also allows you to execute JavaScript commands.
a) Enable JavaScript Interactive Console. Checking this checkbox enables the JavaScript console integral to the
PDF-XChange Viewer.
b) Show Console on Errors and Messages. When checked, the JavaScript console will be activated if the
JavaScript being executed either encounters an error or if it displays a message.
c) Font. Specifies the Font to use when displaying the JavaScript console.
d) Font Size. Specifies the size of the Font to use when displaying the JavaScript console.

2.2.2.10.13. Snapshot Tool

This screen controls the behavior of the Snapshot Tool.

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1) Snapshot Images Options. These control the images produced by the Snapshot Tool.
a) Use Fixed Resolution for snapshot images. When checked, all snapshot images will be produced at the
resolution specified by the Resolution drop box. Valid values are: 72, 96, 100, 150, 300, 400, 600, 1200, and
2400 DPI.
b) Make snapshot images as Grayscale. Checking this checkbox converts the image from colored to grayscale.
This can reduce the image size quite a lot especially at higher resolutions.
2) Snapshot Sounds. Controls the sounds made when the snapshot control is clicked to produce the snapshot.
a) Do not play the special snapshot sounds. When checked, the snapshot sounds are suppressed.

2.2.2.10.14. Commenting

Commenting allows you to select two ways to copy text into Comments.
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1) Viewing Comments Options.

a) Show text indicators. Show text indicators when you place the pointer over a comment that includes a pop-up
note.
b) Enable tooltips. Shows a tooltip containing the author name, comment status, and two lines of the text when you
place the pointer over a comment that includes a pop-up note.
2) Making Comments Options.
a) Copy encircled text into Drawing comment pop-ups. For drawing-type comments, encircled text will be copied
into the pop-up comment, where it can be edited or further commented on.
b) Copy selected text into Highlight, Cross-Out, and Underline comment pop-ups. When using the Selection
Tool, selected text will be copied into the pop-up comment, where it can be edited or further commented on.

2.2.2.10.15. Full Screen

Full Screen controls the visual display of PDF pages when in Full Screen mode.
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Full Screen mode is often used for presentations where a speaker may have the PDF pages displayed by a projector.
1) Background Color. Opens the standard color selection dialog to allow you to customize the background color for the
display. The default is black background.
2) Mouse Cursor. Determines the behavior of the mouse cursor after display. There are three options:
a) Hidden after delay. The cursor "disappears" after a short delay. It reappears if the mouse is moved.
b) Always visible. The cursor remains visible at all times.
c) Always hidden. The mouse disappears immediately after display.

2.2.3. View

The View menu determines what PDF information is displayed and how.
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Note that Thumbnails, Bookmarks, and Comments may be "grabbed" and docked either as "Panes" (along the top of
the PDF Display area), "Bars" (along the left or right sides of the PDF Display area) or left floating.

2.2.3.1. Toolbars Menu

The Toolbars submenu selects or deselects the following toolbars:

Please see the Zoom Toolbar item for more information.

2.2.3.2. Status Bar

When the Status Bar toggle is checked, the Status bar at the bottom of the page is displayed with document and display
information.
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Unchecking the Status Bar item disables and removes the Status bar at the bottom of the page. This may be desirable if
you need to see more of the PDF page, although the change is minor.

2.2.3.3. Navigation Tabs

When the Navigation Tabs toggle is checked, the Navigation Tabs above the PDF display area appear and may be used
to switch between two or more PDFs.
Unchecking the Navigation Tabs toggle removes the Navigation Tabs above the PDF display area. This may be
desirable if you need to see more of the PDF page, although the change is minor.

2.2.3.3.1. Navigation Tab Menu

If you right-click on a document tab, the following menu appears:

1) Close This Tab. Closes the selected document.

2) Close All Tabs But This. Closes all documents except the one under this tab.
3) Copy Full File Name. As Copy Full File Name.
4) Open Containing Folder. As Open Containing Folder....

2.2.3.4. Bookmarks

Clicking the Bookmarks item shows the Bookmarks pane. If the Thumbnails pane is displayed, this hides it.
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The Bookmarks pane has a Bookmark Editor Toolbar at the top of the page that will allow you to add, change, or
remove Bookmarks from the active document. See Bookmark Editor for more information.
The Bookmarks Tree below the Editor Toolbar contains the list of Bookmarks for the active document.
Right-clicking any bookmark brings up the Bookmark pop-up menu:

The menu options are:

1) Go to Bookmark. Changes the current displayed page to the one the bookmark points to.
2) New Bookmark. Create a new bookmark. See Bookmark Editor.
3) Delete Bookmarks. Deletes all selected bookmarks.
4) Rename. Renames current bookmark.
5) Set Destination. Sets the bookmark to point to the currently selected page.
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6) Set Current Appearance as Default. Sets the default appearance of all bookmarks to match the currently-selected
bookmark.
7) Apply Default Appearance. Applies the default appearance to the selected bookmark(s).
8) Zoom In Bookmarks. Enlarges bookmark font size.
9) Zoom Out Bookmarks. Reduces bookmark font size.
10) Wrap Long Bookmark Titles. Toggling this on allows long bookmark text to wrap to multiple lines. If this is
unchecked, then long bookmarks will take up only one line but will appear truncated in the bookmarks pane.
11) Bookmarks Properties.... See Bookmark Properties.

2.2.3.4.1. Bookmark Editor

The Bookmark Editor feature allows you to Add, Change, or Delete bookmarks in the active document's Bookmark tree.
IMPORTANT! This is a PRO feature, see IMPORTANT! FREE vs. PRO version for more information!
The Editor is controlled by the Bookmark Editor Toolbar:

Each Button on the toolbar has a tooltip that appears if you hover the mouse over the button, so if you cannot remember
which button does what, the tooltip will help to remind you.
In addition, each button also has a keyboard shortcut associated with it:

OPERATION KEYBOARD SHORTCUT ACTION

Zoom In: Enlarge Num + (numeric keypad + sign) Enlarges font size of all bookmarks

Zoom Out: Reduce Num - (numeric keypad - sign) Reduces font size of all bookmarks

New Bookmark Insert Inserts a new bookmark after the selected bookmark
Other New Bookmark options are:
Shift+New - add bookmark before currently selected
Ctrl+New - add a bookmark as a last child of currently
selected (if current bookmark has no children, a new
one will be added)
Shift+Ctrl+New - add a bookmark as a first child of
currently selected bookmark.

Edit Bookmark <none> Opens Bookmark Properties screen. See Bookmark

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Properties.

Delete Bookmark Delete Deletes selected bookmark(s). More than one

bookmark may be selected for deletion.

Ensure Visibility <none> Ensures that the selected bookmark will be visible
when the document is opened.

2.2.3.4.2. Bookmark Properties & Actions

The Bookmark Properties screen may be opened either by selecting a Bookmark in the Bookmark list and clicking the
Bookmark Edit button, or simply right-clicking the selected Bookmark.
IMPORTANT! This is a PRO feature, see IMPORTANT! FREE vs. PRO version for more information.
1) The Appearance tab defines how the Bookmark looks when displayed in the Bookmarks pane:

a) Title Text. The text to be displayed in the Bookmarks pane.

b) Style. Selects the font style to use. Valid values are:
i) Normal.
ii) Bold.
iii) Italic.
iv) Bold and Italic.
c) Color. Opens the standard color dialog to select the color of the Bookmark text.
2) The Actions tab defines the action(s) to be performed when the Bookmark is selected.
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3) The Actions list lists the action(s) to be performed when the Bookmark is selected. At the top of the list is an editor
toolbar for the Actions list:
a) Up. Moves the selected action up in the list.
b) Down. Moves the selected action down in the list.
c) Add.... Adds a new Action to the list to be selected.
d) Edit.... Edits the selected Action.
e) Delete. Deletes the selected Action.
f) Reset. Resets the Action list, removing all changes.
When Add or Edit is selected, the New/Edit Action dialog is opened. Two actions are available:
(1) New Action: "Go to a page in this document". Sets the page number and view magnification you want
in the current document.
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(a) Destination Properties.

(i) Page. Set the page of the document to select when the bookmark is activated.
(ii) X. Sets the vertical position on the page in PDF coordinates that measure upwards from the
bottom of the page. The Unit of Measure is the one set on the Edit | Preferences | Measure tab.
The Inherit checkbox means to inherit the X coordinate from the previous view.
(iii) Y. Sets the horizontal position on the page in PDF coordinates that measure from left to right.
The Unit of Measure is the one set on the Edit | Preferences | Measure tab. The Inherit checkbox
means to inherit the Y coordinate from the previous view.
(iv) Use Zoom Level. Zoom level (magnification) of the page when opened. This may be a selected
% of page size; a standard PDF "Fit" value; or Inherit, which means inherit the Zoom level from
the previous view.
(v) Use Rectangle. When selected, specifies the size of the display rectangle in the Unit of Measure
is the one set on the Edit | Preferences | Measure tab.
(vi) Fix Up. N.B. This function was not available at the time of writing of this documentation revision.
(vii) Preview. When clicked, the left side shows the way the page will be displayed depending on the
settings in Destination Properties.
(b) Other Buttons.
(i) Out. Zoom out (reduce) the display page size.
(ii) In. Zoom in (enlarge) the display page size.
(iii) Use Current View. Use the display values of the current page in the main display.
(iv) OK. Saves the changes and exits.
(v) Cancel. Discards the changes and exits.
(2) New action: "Open a web link". Provides the URL of the destination web page.
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A link can be edited at any time. It is possible to change its hotspot area or associated link action, delete or resize the link
rectangle, or change the destination of the link.
Changing the properties of an existing link affects only the currently selected link. If a link isn’t selected, the properties will
apply to the next link you create.
The properties of several links at once can be changed if you drag a rectangle to select them using the Link tool or the
Select Object tool.
To move the link rectangle, drag it. To resize the link rectangle, drag any corner point.

2.2.3.5. Pages Thumbnails

Clicking Pages Thumbnails displays the thumbnail display. If the Bookmarks pane is displayed, then thumbnails are
hidden.

2.2.3.6. Other Panes

In addition to Bookmarks and Thumbnails, there are other panes that may be shown or hidden.

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1) Layers correspond to what Adobe calls "Optional content." Selecting this option opens a pane within the PDF
display area that displays the optional content layers.
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2) Fields are found within Adobe Acrobat Forms. Selecting this option opens a pane within the PDF display area
that displays the Form fields.
3) Comments displays a list of Comments, Annotations and Markups.

2.2.3.6.1. Layers

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Layers correspond to what Adobe calls "Optional content." Selecting this option opens a pane within the PDF display
area that displays the optional content layers.

2.2.3.6.2. Fields

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Fields are found within Adobe Acrobat Forms. Selecting this option opens a pane within the PDF display area that
displays the Form fields. Note that the fields are listed alphabetically, not in the order they may appear to be in on the
page.
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Each field is identified by its name and type. You may click on a field to highlight its entry in the pane, or double click a
field in the pane to highlight the form field.

2.2.3.6.3. Comments

Comments displays a list of Comments, Annotations and Markups:

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This displays a list of all Annotations by page. Note that you can go to the page and Annotation by clicking on the
comment in this list.
Clicking on an Annotation also opens the appropriate toolbar for the comment.

2.2.3.7. Actual Size

Actual Size sets the Zoom percentage to 100%, forcing the PDF page to display at actual size.

2.2.3.8. Fit Page

Fit Page fits the entire PDF page within the borders of the view pane.

2.2.3.9. Fit Width

Fit Width fits the PDF to the width of the view pane. Scroll bars are provided to enable you to scroll the PDF page as
desired.

2.2.3.10. Zoom To

Zoom To... opens a dialog box to allow you to select or enter the zoom percentage to use to display the PDF pages.
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2.2.3.11. Go To

Selecting Go To opens the Page Selection submenu:

The options are:

1) First Page. Moves the view to the top of the first page of the document. If you are on the first page, this option is
disabled.
2) Previous Page. Moves the view to the top of the previous page of the document. If you are on the first page, this
option is disabled.
3) Next Page. Moves the view to the top of the next page of the document. If you are on the last page, this option is
disabled.
4) Last Page. Moves the view to the top of the last page of the document. If you are on the last page, this option is
disabled.
5) Page.... Opens a dialog box to allow you to enter a page number:

6) Previous View. Moves to the previous view. If you are on the first view, this option is disabled.
7) Next View. Moves to the next view. If you are on the last view, this option is disabled.
8) Previous Document. Moves to the previous document. If you are on the first document, this option is disabled.
9) Next Document. Moves to the next document. If you are on the last document, this option is disabled.
10) Pages Navigation Toolbar.
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2.2.3.12. Page Layout

Page Layout determines how pages are arranged in the PDF document pane.
Selecting Page Layout opens the layout submenu:

1) Single Page. Only one page at a time is displayed. To change pages you must use the Go To menu or the page
selection toolbar.
2) Continuous. The pages are displayed as a scrollable pane. This allows you to view the bottom of one page and the
top of the next simultaneously.
3) Facing. Two pages are displayed side by side. The left page is always an even-numbered page and the right page is
the next odd-numbered page.
4) Continuous - Facing. The pages are displayed two-up as a scrollable pane. This allows you to view the bottom of
one page and the top of the next simultaneously.
5) Pages Layout Toolbar. Shows or hides Pages Layout Toolbar.
6) Show Cover Page in Facing Mode.

2.2.3.13. Rotate View

Rotate View rotates the PDF page view by 90 degrees clockwise or counterclockwise.

2.2.3.14. Full Screen

Full Screen alters the display to display only the PDF document pages. It temporarily hides the screen borders, title bar,
menu, status and toolbars. Pressing ESC restores the normal screen display.

2.2.4. Document

The Document menu allows you to Insert, Extract, Replace, Delete, Rotate, or Crop pages, or set page transition
modes.
Warning! If you are running in FREE mode, using any function from this menu except Rotate Pages will cause
the saved PDF to have unremovable watermarks!

IMPORTANT! These functions are mostly PRO feature's, see IMPORTANT! FREE vs. PRO version for more
information!
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Insert Pages allows you to insert pages from another PDF into the current document. PRO function.
Insert Empty Pages allows you to add empty pages into the current document. PRO function.
Extract Pages allows you to extract selected pages from the current PDF to one or more PDF files. PRO function.
Replace Pages is not active in this version of the program. PRO function.
Delete Pages allows you to delete selected pages from the current PDF. PRO function.
Rotate Pages allows you to rotate selected pages of the current PDF clockwise, counterclockwise, or inverted.
Crop Pages allows you to crop the active document's pages. PRO function.
Page Transitions is not active in this version of the program. PRO function.

2.2.4.1. Insert Pages

Insert Pages allows you to insert pages from another PDF into the current document.
IMPORTANT! This is a PRO feature, see IMPORTANT! FREE vs. PRO version for more information.
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1) Source. Selects the source PDF for the pages to insert.

a) From File. Selecting this option allows you to enter a file name.
i) File. Field to enter fully-qualified path name of PDF file to select pages from.
ii) Browse.... Opens a standard Open File dialog box to select a PDF file to select pages from.
b) From Already Opened Document. Selecting this option allows you to select one of the other PDF files already
open in the Viewer. The Drop list allows you to select one of the currently-open PDF files.
2) Source Page Range. Specifies the page(s) to be inserted. Possible choices are:
a) All. All pages will be inserted.
b) Pages. Individual pages are indicated by their numbers beginning with 1. Sequential page ranges may appear as
hyphenated inclusive ranges, viz. 2-5 will select pages 2, 3, 4, and 5. Multiple page ranges may be specified,
separated from one another by commas.
c) Insert. This works in conjunction with the other Page Ranges to select groups based on order within the
document. Valid values are:
i) All Pages. All of the specified pages are inserted.
ii) Even Pages Only. Within the specified Page Range(s) only even-numbered pages will be inserted: 2, 4, 6,
etc.
iii) Odd Pages Only. Within the specified Page Range(s) only odd-numbered pages will be inserted: 1, 3, 5, etc.
3) Destination. Specifies where in the current document to insert the selected pages.
a) Location. Determines if the selected pages will be inserted Before or After the target page.
b) First Page. Selects the first page as the target page.
c) Last Page. Selects the last page as the target page.
d) Page. Allows you to select a target page from a spin box of all possible pages.

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Insert Empty Pages allows you to insert empty pages into the current document.
IMPORTANT! This is a PRO feature, see IMPORTANT! FREE vs. PRO version for more information.

1) Pages. Specifies the description of the pages to insert.

a) Standard. Selecting this option allows you to choose the standard size of the inserted page.
b) Custom. Selecting this option allows you to specify the size of the inserted page.
c) Orientation. Sets the orientation of the page.
i) Portrait. The longer side of the page runs vertically.
ii) Landscape. The longer side of the page runs horizontally.
d) Count. Defines the number of empty pages to be inserted.
2) Destination. Specifies where in the current document to insert empty pages.
a) Location. Determines if the empty pages will be inserted Before or After the target page.
b) First Page. Selects the first page as the target page.
c) Last Page. Selects the last page as the target page.
d) Page. Allows you to select a target page from a spin box of all possible pages.

2.2.4.3. Extract Pages

Extract Pages allows you to extract selected pages from the current PDF to one or more PDF files.
IMPORTANT! This is a PRO feature, see IMPORTANT! FREE vs. PRO version for more information.
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2) Page Range.
a) All. All pages will be extracted.
b) Selected Pages. Only selected pages will be extracted.
c) Current Page. Only the current page will be extracted.
d) Pages. Individual pages are indicated by their numbers beginning with 1. Sequential page ranges may appear as
hyphenated inclusive ranges, viz. 2-5 will select pages 2, 3, 4, and 5. Multiple page ranges may be specified,
separated from one another by commas.
e) Apply To. This works in conjunction with the other Page Ranges to select groups based on order within the
document. Valid values are:
i) All Pages. All of the specified pages will be extracted.
ii) Even Pages Only. Within the specified Page Range(s) only even-numbered pages will be extracted: 2, 4, 6,
etc.
iii) Odd Pages Only. Within the specified Page Range(s) only odd-numbered pages will be extracted: 1, 3, 5,
etc.
3) Options. Specifies handling of pages. None, either or both checkboxes may be selected.
a) Delete Pages After Extraction. The selected pages will be deleted from the current document after they are
extracted. Use with care.
b) Extract Pages As Separate Files. Extracts each page into a separate file.
i) When checked, the pages will be extracted to separate files named and located according to the Save As
fields.
ii) When unchecked, the pages will be extracted to a new tab in the Viewer. NO file is created at this time! The
new tab has an asterisk next to an assigned file name. To save the extracted pages, use the File | Save As
menu option to assign a folder and file name to the extracted pages.
4) Save As. Specifies file name(s) to use for the extracted page(s).
a) Destination folder. Specifies the fully-qualified name of the folder to receive the new single-page PDF files.
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b) Browse.... Opens a standard Save Folder Dialog. This dialog allows you to select an existing folder or create a
new one as needed.
c) File name. Specifies a macro-based file name to use for the created file(s). The default value is <File Name>-
<Page Number> which specifies that the files will use the name of the current document from which the pages
are being extracted, and appends a dash followed by the page number of the page within the original document.
This macro should always contain the <Page Number> macro for creating multiple unique files.
d) Macros. Clicking this button will open a menu of possible file naming macros to simplify building unique file
names based on a number of criteria. The fields are self-explanatory.

2.2.4.4. Replace Pages

Replace Pages is not active in this version of the program. PRO function.

2.2.4.5. Delete Pages

Delete Pages allows you to select pages to be deleted from the active PDF.
IMPORTANT! This is a PRO feature, see IMPORTANT! FREE vs. PRO version for more information.

1) Page Range. There are three ways that page(s) may be selected for deletion:
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a) Selected Pages. If you select one or more pages in the Thumbnails display, this option will be available. Clicking
OK will cause those selected pages to be removed.
b) Current Page. Selecting this option will cause the current page of the active document to be deleted.
c) Pages. This option allows you to enter Page Range(s). Individual pages are indicated by their numbers beginning
with 1. Sequential page ranges may appear as hyphenated inclusive ranges, viz. 2-5 will select pages 2, 3, 4, and
5. Multiple page ranges may be specified, separated from one another by commas.
i) Delete. When Pages is selected, this drop box becomes active. The valid values are:
(1) All Pages. All pages in the specified range(s) will be removed.
(2) Even Pages Only. Only EVEN numbered pages will be removed. If you specify a range of "1-5", only
pages 2 and 4 will be removed.
(3) Odd Pages Only. Only ODD numbered pages will be removed. If you specify a range of "1-5", only
pages 1, 3, and 5 will be removed.
2) OK. Click OK to execute the specified page deletion operation.
3) Cancel. Click Cancel to cancel the deletion operation.

2.2.4.6. Rotate Pages

Rotate Pages allows you to rotate pages with more control than the simple toolbar controls.

1) Direction. Determines how to rotate the pages. There are three options:
a) Clockwise 90 degrees.
b) Counterclockwise 90 degrees.
c) 180 degrees.
2) Page Range. Allows you to select the page(s) for rotation.
a) All. Rotates all pages in the currently displayed PDF document.
b) Selected Pages. Rotates pages selected in the Thumbnail display in the currently displayed PDF document.
c) Current Page. Rotates the current page of the currently displayed PDF document.
d) Pages. This option allows you to enter Page Range(s). Individual pages are indicated by their numbers beginning
with 1. Sequential page ranges may appear as hyphenated inclusive ranges, viz. 2-5 will select pages 2, 3, 4, and
5. Multiple page ranges may be specified, separated from one another by commas.
e) Rotate. Specifies what pages are to be rotated.
i) The first drop box selects pages based on odd or even numbering within the Pages Range.
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(1) All Pages. All pages in the specified range(s) will be rotated.
(2) Even Pages Only. Only EVEN numbered pages will be rotated. If you specify a range of "1-5", only
pages 2 and 4 will be rotated.
(3) Odd Pages Only. Only ODD numbered pages will be rotated. If you specify a range of "1-5", only pages
1, 3, and 5 will be rotated.
ii) The second drop box selects pages based on current orientation - Portrait or Landscape - within the Pages
Range.
(1) Pages of Any Orientation. All pages will be rotated.
(2) Portrait Pages. Only pages with portrait orientation will be rotated.
(3) Landscape Pages. Only pages with landscape orientation will be rotated.

2.2.4.7. Crop Pages

Crop Pages allows you to crop the active document's pages based on setting Margins for the individual boxes.
This is most often necessary if the PDF is being used to transmit information for printing or faxing and user control over
the information display must be maintained.
IMPORTANT! This is a PRO feature, see IMPORTANT! FREE vs. PRO version for more information.

1) Crop Margins.
a) Show All Boxes. Irrespective of the box selected by the Box drop box, all boxes are displayed as rectangles
using their assigned colors:

BOX NAME COLOR

Crop Box Black

Bleed Box Blue

Trim Box Green

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Art Box Red

b) Box. Selects which box to display and adjust margins. Possible choices are:
i) Crop Box. A rectangle, expressed in default user space units, defining the visible region of default user
space. When the page is displayed or printed, its contents are to be clipped (cropped) to this rectangle and
then imposed on the output medium in some implementation-defined manner.
ii) Bleed Box. A rectangle, expressed in default user space units, defining the region to which the contents of
the page should be clipped when output in a production environment. Default value: the value of Crop Box.
iii) Trim Box. A rectangle, expressed in default user space units, defining the intended dimensions of the
finished page after trimming. Default value: the value of Crop Box.
iv) Art Box. A rectangle, expressed in default user space units, defining the extent of the page’s meaningful
content (including potential white space) as intended by the page’s creator. Default value: the value of Crop
Box.
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For a further discussion, refer to PDF Reference sixth edition, Adobe Portable Document Format Version 1.7, Section
10.10.1, “Page Boundaries”.
c) Margin Controls. Margin controls adjust the size of the selected box by setting non-zero margins using the
selected "user units." The adjustments are:
i) Left. The left margin is moved to the right by the amount specified in Units.
ii) Right. The right margin is moved to the left by the amount specified in Units.
iii) Top. The top margin is moved down by the amount specified in Units.
iv) Bottom. The bottom margin is moved up by the amount specified in Units.
v) Units. The units of measure to use for the margin movements. Valid values are Centimeters, Inches,
Millimeters, Picas, and Points.
vi) Constrain Proportions. When adjusting margin values, adjusting one margin will adjust all settings by an
equal amount.
vii) Set To Zero. When clicked, all margin settings are set to zero.
viii) Revert To Original. When clicked, all margins settings are restored to their original values before
adjustments were made.
ix) Set To White Margins. When clicked, the margins will be set to bound the smallest area that includes all of
the page information.
2) Page Range. This selects the page(s) to be cropped. Valid options are:
a) All. All pages will be cropped.
b) Selected Pages. Only selected pages will be cropped.
c) Current Page. Only the current page will be cropped.
d) Pages. Individual pages are indicated by their numbers beginning with 1. Sequential page ranges may appear as
hyphenated inclusive ranges, viz. 2-5 will select pages 2, 3, 4, and 5. Multiple page ranges may be specified,
separated from one another by commas.
e) Apply to. This works in conjunction with the other Page Ranges to select groups based on order within the
document. Valid values are:
i) All pages. All of the specified pages will be cropped.
ii) Even Pages Only. Within the specified Page Range(s) only even-numbered pages will be cropped: 2, 4, 6,
etc.
iii) Odd Pages Only. Within the specified Page Range(s) only odd-numbered pages will be cropped: 1, 3, 5, etc.
3) Remove White Spaces. Automatically sets the cropping margins so that the white spaces at the edges of the page
are cropped.

2.2.4.8. Pages Transitions

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N.B. This function was not available at the time of writing of this documentation revision.

2.2.5. Comments

The Comments menu allows you to Flatten, Summarize, Export Comments to Data File or Show Comments List.

2.2.5.1. Flatten Comments...

Flatten Comments... hides any content that is not visible when the flattening operation is executed and consolidates all
layers.
IMPORTANT! This is a PRO feature, see IMPORTANT! FREE vs. PRO version for more information.

1) Page Range. Allows you to select the page(s) with the comments for flattening.
a) All. All pages with the comments will be flattened.
b) Selected Pages. Only selected pages will be flattened.
c) Current Page. Only the current page with the comments will be flattened.
d) Pages. Individual pages are indicated by their numbers beginning with 1. Sequential page ranges may appear as
hyphenated inclusive ranges, viz. 2-5 will select pages 2, 3, 4, and 5. Multiple page ranges may be specified,
separated from one another by commas.
e) Apply To. This works in conjunction with the other Page Ranges to select groups based on order within the
document. Valid values are:
i) All Pages. All of the specified pages with the comments will be flattened.
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ii) Even Pages Only. Within the specified Page Range(s) only even-numbered pages will be flattened: 2, 4, 6,
etc.
iii) Odd Pages Only. Within the specified Page Range(s) only odd-numbered pages will be flattened: 1, 3, 5,
etc.
2) Options. Valid options are:
a) Non-Printable. Defines a certain action for non-printable comments.
i) Flatten. Non-Printable comments will be flattened.
ii) Left As Is. Non-Printable comments will be left as they are.
iii) Remove. Non-Printable comments will be removed.
b) Form Fields. Defines a certain action for form fields.
i) Flatten. Form fields will be flattened.
ii) Left As Is. Form fields will be left as they are.
iii) Remove. Form fields will be removed.

2.2.5.2. Summarize Comments...

Summarize Comments... allows you to get a summary of all the comments associated with a PDF to view them as a
new PDF Document, Rich Text Format, Plain Text or Web Page.
IMPORTANT! This is a PRO feature, see IMPORTANT! FREE vs. PRO version for more information.
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1) General. Allows you to set the general options for summarizing comments.
a) Group by. Defines the parameters by which the comments can be grouped. Valid values are:
i) Page. The comments are grouped by page.
ii) Type. The comments are grouped by type.
iii) Author. The comments are grouped by author.
iv) Date. The comments are grouped by date.
v) Subject. The comments are grouped by subject.
b) Sort by. Defines the parameters by which the comments can be sorted within a group. Valid values are:
i) Page. The comments are sorted by page.
ii) Type. The comments are sorted by type.
iii) Author. The comments are sorted by author.
iv) Date. The comments are sorted by date.
v) Subject. The comments are sorted by subject.
c) Exclude replies. When specified, the replies to the comments are not included into the summary.
d) Include invisible comments. When specified, the invisible comments are included into the summary.
2) Page Range. Allows you to select the page(s) with the comments to be summarized.
a) All. All pages with the comments will be summarized.
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b) Selected Pages. Only selected pages with the comments will be summarized.
c) Current Page. Only the current page with the comments will be summarized.
d) Pages. Individual pages are indicated by their numbers beginning with 1. Sequential page ranges may appear as
hyphenated inclusive ranges, viz. 2-5 will select pages 2, 3, 4, and 5. Multiple page ranges may be specified,
separated from one another by commas.
e) Subset. This works in conjunction with the other Page Ranges to select groups based on order within the
document. Valid values are:
i) All pages. All of the specified pages with the comments will be summarized.
ii) Odd pages. Within the specified Page Range(s) only odd-numbered pages with the comments will be
summarized: 1, 3, 5, etc.
iii) Even pages. Within the specified Page Range(s) only even-numbered pages with the comments will be
summarized: 2, 4, 6, etc.
3) Output. Depending on the type of the comment summary output, the paper and layout options are changed
correspondingly.
a) Type. PDF Document (*.pdf).

i) Options. Valid options are:

(1) Paper. Selecting this option allows you to choose the standard size of the page.
(2) Layout. Determines how pages are arranged in the PDF document pane.
(3) Place each group on separate pages. Allows you to place each group of summarized comments on
separate pages.
(4) Advanced. N.B. This function was not available at the time of writing of this documentation revision.
b) Type. Rich Text Format (*.rtf).

ii) Options. Valid options are:

(1) Paper. Selecting this option allows you to choose the standard size of the page.
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(2) Place each group on separate pages. Allows you to place each group of summarized comments on
separate pages.
(3) Destination Folder Name. Selects the destination folder to receive the comments. Note that you may
not simply type in the destination folder. Clicking the Browse button opens the Browse for Folder dialog
to select the destination folder:

(4) File Name. Specifies the name of the export file. You may enter any valid file name you like. In addition,
clicking the Macros button opens a submenu of file name macros that you can use to automatically
generate file names. This is especially useful for repeat jobs and to set the file numbering when single-
page image files are being generated for multiple document pages:

c) Type. Plain Text (*.txt).

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iii) Options. Valid options are:

(1) Text Encoding. Allows you to choose the appropriate text encoding.
(2) Destination Folder Name. Selects the destination folder to receive the comments. Note that you may
not simply type in the destination folder. Clicking the Browse button opens the Browse for Folder dialog
to select the destination folder.
(3) File Name. Specifies the name of the export file. You may enter any valid file name you like. In addition,
clicking the Macros button opens a submenu of file name macros that you can use to automatically
generate file names. This is especially useful for repeat jobs and to set the file numbering when single-
page image files are being generated for multiple document pages.
d) Type. Web Page, complete (*.html).

iv) Options. Valid options are:

(1) Destination Folder Name. Selects the destination folder to receive the comments. Note that you may
not simply type in the destination folder. Clicking the Browse button opens the Browse for Folder dialog
to select the destination folder.
(2) File Name. Specifies the name of the export file. You may enter any valid file name you like. In addition,
clicking the Macros button opens a submenu of file name macros that you can use to automatically
generate file names. This is especially useful for repeat jobs and to set the file numbering when single-
page image files are being generated for multiple document pages.
4) View New Document after Creation. Allows you to view the document after summarizing comments.

2.2.5.3. Export Comments to Data File...

Export Comments to Data File... allows you to export comments in order to publish or send them to someone.
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2.2.5.4. Show Comments List

Selecting this option opens a scrollable list of all comments above the PDF Display Area, in the "Other Panes" area:

As you select different comments, the PDF Display will reposition to the correct place in the document.
The toolbar at the top allows you to do several things:
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1) Allow you to expand (+) or contract (-) any group in the list.

2) Allow you to scroll up and down the list of comments.

3) Allows you to generate a reply to the selected comment.

4) Opens comment properties.

5) Deletes the selected comment, or the selected comments Group.

6) Allows you to summarize comments.

7) Allows you to group comments in the list by several different criteria:

a) By Type.
b) By Page.
c) By Date.
d) By Author.

2.2.6. Tools

The Tools menu activates features to manipulate the PDF document display.

Selecting Basic Tools submenu allows selection of one of four options:

Selecting the Zoom Tools submenu allows selection of one of four options:
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The Comment & Markup menu hosts the eight Markup tools, plus the Stamps submenu and the Show Drawing
Toolbar option:

Selecting Measuring Tools submenu allows selection of one of four options:

Selecting Link Tools submenu allows selection of one of three options:

2.2.6.1. Basic Tools

Selecting Basic Tools submenu allows selection of one of four options:

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See the subtopics for a description of each tool.

2.2.6.1.1. Hand Tool

Hand Tool activates the "Hand Tool" and changes the cursor to a hand.
Hand Tool mode permits you to "grab" the PDF page and move it within the pane by clicking and dragging the page you
can also select another page as it comes into view as you scroll through a file and reselect an alternate page and
effectively scroll through the entire file in this way by changing the 'grabbed' page area or indeed the page selected.

2.2.6.1.2. Snapshot Tool

Snapshot Tool (Camera Icon) permits copying a rectangular area of a PDF page or the entire visible page area to the
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clipboard as a Bitmap, which can be pasted into a bitmap editor such as Microsoft Paint or indeed any other Windows
application that allows the copy/pasting of content from the Windows clipboard.
When selected, the cursor is changed to a Camera icon. Clicking on a page will copy the entire page, or you may click-
and-drag to outline a rectangular area of the page. When you release the left mouse button, the outlined area will be
copied to the clipboard as a bitmap. Clicking on the Hand or Select tools will clear the selection.

2.2.6.1.3. Select Tool

The Select Tool allows you to select text on the screen for editing using the Edit menu items.
N.B. Only Copy Edit menu function was available at the time of writing of this documentation revision.

2.2.6.2. Zoom Tools

Selecting the Zoom Tools submenu allows selection of one of four options:

See the subtopics for a description of each tool.

2.2.6.2.1. Zoom In

Zoom In increases the Zoom percentage, enlarging the PDF page within the pane.

2.2.6.2.2. Zoom Out

Zoom Out decreases the Zoom percentage, shrinking the PDF page within the pane.
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2.2.6.2.3. Loupe Tool

The Loupe Tool opens a special dialog window that is linked to a scrollable, resizable rectangular are that acts as a
cursor and permits the selection of a portion of the PDF page/file.

The selected area can be resized and its contents view size zoomed larger or smaller to suit. Further - like the main
'snapshot' tool - the defined Loupe content area can also be copied to the clip board and used as required.

The toolbar at the bottom of the page allows you to change the zoom percentage, and clicking the Snap shot (camera)
icon in the lower right corner of the Loupe screen copies the displayed area to the clipboard as a bitmap.

2.2.6.2.4. Pan & Zoom Window

When this is selected, the Pan & Zoom Window appears:

The Pan & Zoom window shows a representation of the current page(s) with a Blue rectangle that shows the area being
displayed in the main window in a reduced form. You may use the Hand control to move the blue rectangle and the main
display window will automatically follow that movement.
1) The control bar at the bottom of the window shows the current display area's zoom factor. The green + and - buttons
may be used to change the zoom factor, or you may click the down arrow to open a list of standard zoom factors:
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2) The blue buttons navigate to the various pages of the currently displayed PDF document.
3) The Camera button allows you to make a snapshot of the highlighted area of the page.

2.2.6.3. Comment & Markup Tools

The Comment & Markup menu hosts:

1) the Stamps submenu.
2) the Sticky Note tool.
3) the three Notation tools.
4) the three Text Highlighting tools.
5) the nine Markup tools.
6) the Show Stamps Palette option.
7) the Show Comment And Markup Toolbar option.
8) the Show Comments List option.
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Note that it is entirely possible to add Stamps, Sticky Notes, and Markups to a document, save them, and then
remove them at a later time!

2.2.6.3.1. Important! Please read!

All of the Comment & Markup Tools have one thing in common: they each support TWO different Properties screens;
one for the "contents" and a common one for the "container".
1) If you right-click on a container, you will get the common container pop-up menu:

See Container Properties for additional information on this common menu and its items.
2) To access the Contents Properties pop-up, you must first double-click on the contents inside the container. Each
tool has its own contents properties, and will be discussed with the tool.
3) Some Comment & Markup Tools also support Property Toolbars for both the container and contents. See the
individual tools for examples of these.

2.2.6.3.2. Container Properties

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The Container Properties menu allows you to:

Delete. Delete the annotation container (and contents).
Set Current Properties As Default. Set the current properties as the default for all future containers of this type.
Properties... If you select the Properties... item, the following screen appears:
1) The General tab allows you to enter additional information about the notation.

2) The Appearance tab allows you to adjust the container's visual appearance.
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3) The Advanced button allows you to either set the current container's Appearance properties to the default values, or
to set the default values for future containers of this markup.

2.2.6.3.3. Comment & Markup Example

This is an example of creating a Comment or Markup using the Annotation feature by adding a pop-up to an Oval
markup. The steps apply to ALL comment and markup tools.
1) Select the Oval Tool from the toolbar or menu. This displays a thin crosshair cursor.
2) Position the cursor at the upper left corner of the area you want to mark, and then left-click and drag the cursor to the
lower right position.
3) When you release the mouse button a blue "bounding rectangle" will appear. If you move the cursor to the corners or
edges of the blue rectangle, the cursor will change to standard resizing arrow, enabling you to adjust the boundaries
of the oval to more closely match the area of interest. If you move the cursor inside the blue rectangle then it will
change to a four-way arrow cursor, allowing you to click-and-drag the entire oval to a new location without changing
its size. The blue rectangle will disappear when the document is saved.
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4) If you press Ctrl-E a floating Markup Toolbar appears. See Show Comments And Markups Toolbar for more
information.
5) In addition, if you right-click with the four-way arrow cursor visible, the following pop-up menu becomes visible.

The menu items are:

a) Open Pop-Up Note. Opens a new or existing note for the item. Your user name and the date and time of the
note are automatically entered. You may now enter any text you wish in the lighter portion of the note.

b) Reset Pop-Up Note Location. Selecting this allows you to position the cursor in the pop-up heading and then
click-and-drag the pop-up to a more convenient location.
c) Delete. Deletes the Markup and note.
d) Add Reply. Adds a reply area to the Note.

e) Set Current Properties as Default. Sets the properties of the current markup as default for new markups of the
same type.
a) Properties.... Opens a window that allows you to change the properties of the markup shape and note. There are
two tabs on this dialog:
i) General. This tab allows you to change the heading fields of the markup.
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ii) Appearance. This tab allows you to change the markup area to something more useful.

iii) The Advanced button opens the following menu.

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(1) Preview. Allows you to view the change of the markup’s appearance before you commit to its current
properties.
(2) Locked. Allows you to block the ability of changing the properties of the markup.
(3) Set Current Properties as Default. Sets the current properties as the default ones for all future markups
of this type.
(4) Apply Default Properties. Allows you to apply the default properties for the markup.

2.2.6.3.4. Stamps

The Stamps submenu allows you to apply standard stamps to the currently displayed PDF document page.
You may select the stamp type in one of two ways:
1) By mousing over the Stamp Tool menu item. This opens the following submenu of stamp types:

Simply select the stamp type you want to use, which will set the cursor to a "stamp" cursor.
2) By selecting the Show Stamps Palette option near the bottom of the menu a selection list of available stamps
organized by Palette type will be opened:
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Simply click on the desired stamp type you want to use, which will set the cursor to a "stamp" cursor.
3) After selecting the stamp type, position the cursor at the upper left corner of the position where you want to place the
stamp, and click:

4) After placing, you may click-and-drag the stamp to a better position. You may also resize the stamp by click-and-
dragging any of the 4 small boxes at the corners of the stamp.

Adding New Stamps

It is also possible to import Images in various formats to create your own Stamps, for example you could scan your
signature into a file to allow you to then 'Stamp' a document with your physical signature - however - should you do this -
we strongly recommend you use the 'Flatten Comments' option to ensure your signature is not easily interfered with in
the final PDF once distributed.

N.B. See Comment & Markup Example for additional information on manipulating the Stamp properties.

2.2.6.3.5. Sticky Note Tool

The Sticky Note Tool adds a Sticky Note wherever you need one for commenting.
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Simply select the tool and a "sticky note cursor" appears. Place the cursor where you want the note and click it and a pop-
up note appears:

2) You may move the note by clicking on the frame and dragging the note where you like.
3) You may edit the pop-up note by clicking inside the light colored area and typing whatever text you like.
4) You may click Ctrl-E to display the Sticky Note toolbar:

5) You may also change the properties of the note by right-clicking inside the frame (yellow area in the example) and the
following menu appears:

a) Add Reply opens a reply area under the main text area of the note so others can add additional text or
comments.
b) Delete Reply deletes the reply if there is one.
c) Reset Pop-Up Note Location allows you to move the pop-up note if necessary.
d) Set Current Properties as Default sets the default properties for Sticky Notes to the current settings.
e) Properties... opens the Properties dialog for this Sticky Note. There are two tabs on this dialog:
i) General. This tab allows you to change the heading fields of the Sticky Note.
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ii) Appearance. This tab allows you to change the Sticky Note icon to something more useful.

iii) The Advanced button opens the following menu.

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(1) Preview. Allows you to view the change of the Sticky Note’s appearance before you commit to its
current properties.
(2) Locked. Allows you to block the ability of changing the properties of the Sticky Note Tool.
(3) Set Current Properties as Default. Sets the current properties as the default ones for all future
comments of this type.
(4) Apply Default Properties. Allows you to apply the default properties for the Sticky Note Tool.

2.2.6.3.6. Notation Tools

2.2.6.3.6.1. Typewriter Tool

The Typewriter Tool allows you to enter text comments into a PDF page:

1) Click the Typewriter Tool button and then click the starting position for the text entry. Then just type.
2) Press Enter to start a new line.
3) If you right-click on the typed text you open the following menu:

4) Cut allows you to remove selected typed text and copies it to the clipboard.
5) Copy copies selected typed text to the clipboard.
6) Paste copies clipboard text to the location as typed text.
7) Text Formatting opens the following submenu of formatting options:
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a) You may also use the following hot keys to format the text entry:
i) Ctrl+B - Bold
ii) Ctrl+I - Italic
iii) Ctrl+U - Underline
iv) Ctrl+S - Strikeout
v) Ctrl+Shift++ - Superscript
vi) Ctrl+Shift+- - Subscript
b) The Typewriter Toolbar supports additional options for selecting Font and Size. Press Ctrl-E to activate the
toolbar:

c) Note that this toolbar supports:

i) Font Name.
ii) Font Size.
iii) Bold toggle.
iv) Italic toggle.
v) Underline toggle.
vi) Strike Through toggle.
vii) Left Justified Text.
viii) Centered Text.
ix) Right Justified Text.
x) Text Color.
8) Show/Hide Text Formatting Toolbar. Allows you to make the Text Formatting Toolbar visible or invisible.
9) Delete. Deletes the following notation tool.
10) Set Current Properties as Default. This allows you to set the currently selected Font, Font size etc as the default
font/size etc - whenever you select the Typewriter tool.
11) Properties.... Opens the Properties dialog for Typewriter Tool. There are two tabs on this dialog:
i) General. This tab allows you to change the heading fields of the Typewriter Properties.
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ii) Appearance. This tab allows you to change the Typewriter Properties icon to something more useful.

iii) The Advanced button opens the following menu.

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(1) Preview. Allows you to view the change of the Typewriter’s appearance before you commit to its current
properties.
(2) Locked. Allows you to block the ability of changing the properties of the Typewriter Tool.
(3) Set Current Properties as Default. Sets the current properties as the default ones for all future
comments of this type.
(4) Apply Default Properties. Allows you to apply the default properties for the Typewriter Tool.

2.2.6.3.6.2. Textbox Tool

The Textbox Tool allows you to add text on a page in a text box.

1) To use the tool, click the tool in either the menu or the toolbar, and a cross cursor will appear at the upper left corner
Drag the resulting text box away from the click point and the arrow will appear.
2) Click inside the box to begin typing text.
In addition, right-clicking inside the box restores the small resizing boxes, permitting you to change the size of the text
box.
You may also attach a sticky note to this annotation. See Sticky Note Tool for additional information.
3) The Textbox Toolbar supports additional options for selecting Font and Size. Press Ctrl-E to activate the toolbar:

Note that this toolbar supports:

a) Font Name.
b) Font Size.
c) Bold toggle.
d) Italic toggle.
e) Underline toggle.
f) Strike Through toggle.
g) Left Justified Text.
h) Centered Text.
i) Right Justified Text.
j) Text Color.
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TIP - Whilst editing existing page content is for the most part - not currently possible - replacing existing content
is...
For example - if you want to cover up some existing text or content on a PDF page - use the text box tool to apply
replacement content (or no content if required) set the background color to match the existing page and also set the box
borders to match - and then 'Flatten' the box and content so it cannot be moved or erased to reveal the original content.

2.2.6.3.6.3. Callout Tool

The Callout Tool allows you to add a text box with an arrow pointing to a selected location on the page.

1) To use the tool, click the tool in either the menu or the toolbar, and a cross cursor will appear.
2) Move the cursor to where you want the point of the arrow to appear.
3) Click, and then drag the resulting text box away from the click point and the arrow will appear.
4) The small boxes are places you may grab with the cursor to adjust the look and size of the arrow and text box.
5) Click inside the box to begin typing text.
In addition, right-clicking inside the box restores the small boxes, permitting you to change the look and size of the arrow
and text box.
You may also attach a sticky note to this annotation. See Sticky Note Tool for additional information.
The Callout Toolbar supports additional options for selecting Font and Size. Press Ctrl-E to activate the toolbar:

Note that this toolbar supports:

a) Font Name.
b) Font Size.
c) Bold toggle.
d) Italic toggle.
e) Underline toggle.
f) Strike Through toggle.
g) Left Justified Text.
h) Centered Text.
i) Right Justified Text.
j) Text Color.

2.2.6.3.7. Text Highlighting Tools

2.2.6.3.7.1. Highlight Tool

The Highlight Tool permits you to highlight text within the PDF document, and works like the Select Tool.

Note however that you cannot Highlight image based text !

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For example if you scan a page to PDF - there is no text in that file can be modified - only image based content !

To use the Highlight Tool, click on the menu item, and a selection cursor will appear. Click and drag the selection cursor
over the text to be highlighted. When you release the mouse button, the selected text will then appear to be highlighted
with color, like a highlighter pen.
Right-clicking inside the highlighted area will open the Sticky Note pop-up menu. See Sticky Note Tool for more
information.
N.B. If you select the Delete option from the Sticky Note pop-up menu, only the highlighting will be deleted. The
underlying text is not changed in any way!

2.2.6.3.7.2. Crossout Tool

The Crossout Tool permits you to appear to cross out selected text.

Note however that you cannot Crossout image based text !

For example if you scan a page to PDF - there is no text in that file can be modified - only image based content !

To use the Crossout Tool, click on the menu item, and a selection cursor will appear. Click and drag the selection cursor
over the text to be crossed out. When you release the mouse button, the selected text will then appear to be crossed out.
Right-clicking inside the crossed out area will open the Sticky Note pop-up menu. See Sticky Note Tool for more
information.
N.B. If you select the Delete option from the Sticky Note pop-up menu, only the crossouts will be deleted. The
underlying text is not changed in any way!

2.2.6.3.7.3. Underline Tool

The Underline Tool permits you to underline selected text.

Note however that you cannot Underline image based text !

For example if you scan a page to PDF - there is no text in that file can be modified - only image based content !
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To use the Underline Tool, click on the menu item, and a selection cursor will appear. Click and drag the selection cursor
over the text to be underlined. When you release the mouse button, the selected text will then appear to be underlined.
Right-clicking inside the underlined area will open the Sticky Note pop-up menu. See Sticky Note Tool for more
information.
N.B. If you select the Delete option from the Sticky Note pop-up menu, only the underlining will be deleted. The
underlying text is not changed in any way!

2.2.6.3.8. Markup Tools

The eight Markup Tools allow you to insert shapes in the currently displayed PDF document page. Along with the
Typewriter Tool they allow you to annotate the document in many creative ways.
After you complete any shape using one of the tools, you may then annotate it with a pop-up message!
See Markup Example for a general discussion of how to use the Markup Tools and Annotations.

2.2.6.3.8.1. Line and Arrow Tools

The Line and Arrow Tools are simply two forms of the same markup control.

For both tools, click the appropriate button and a small cross-hair cursor appears. Select the starting point and then click-
and-drag the cursor to the ending point. For the Arrow tool, an arrow head appears at the end of the arrow when drawn.
After drawing the line or arrow, you may add a pop-up note. See Markup Example for more information.
You may adjust the ends of the line or arrow by selecting Properties... from the pop-up menu, and setting the Line
Starting and Line Ending Styles for the Start or End of the line:
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2.2.6.3.8.2. Rectangle Tool

The Rectangle Tool allows you to draw a rectangle on the currently displayed PDF document page.

To draw the Rectangle, click the Rectangle button and a small cross-hair cursor appears. Position the cursor at the
upper left corner of the area you want to mark, and then left-click and drag the cursor to the lower right position. When
you release the mouse button a blue "bounding rectangle" will appear overlaying the rectangle. This will disappear when
the document is saved.
After drawing the rectangle, you may add a pop-up note. See Markup Example for more information.

2.2.6.3.8.3. Oval (Circle) Tool

The Oval (Circle) Tool allows you to draw ovals and circles on the currently displayed PDF document page.
See Markup Example for an example of using the Oval (Circle) Tool.

2.2.6.3.8.4. Polygon Line Tool

The Polygon Line Tool is an extension of the basic Line Tool that allows you to draw multiple connected line segments:
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To draw the Polygon Line , click the Polygon Line Tool button and a small cross-hair cursor appears. Select a starting
point and click-and-drag the cursor to the next point. When you get there, click again to start a new segment that is
automatically connected to the first. Repeat until you reach your stopping point. After you click the last point, right-click to
bring up a menu with two choices:
Complete completes the Poly Line. A blue polygon appears to show you the bounded area. This will not appear
after you save the PDF.
Cancel cancels and erases the line.
After you complete the Line, you may add a pop-up note. See Markup Example for more information.
You may adjust the ends of the line or arrow by selecting Properties... from the pop-up menu, and setting the Line
Starting and Line Ending Styles for the Start or End of the line:

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The Polygon Tool draws a polygon outline around selected parts of the PDF page to highlight them:

To draw the polygon, click the Polygon markup button and a small cross-hair cursor appears. Click a series of points
around the area of interest to draw the outline. After you click the last point, right-click to bring up a menu with two
choices:
Complete completes the outline. A blue polygon appears to show you the bounded area.
Cancel cancels and erases the outline.
After you complete the Polygon, you may add a pop-up note. See Markup Example for more information.
You may also adjust the Properties of the Polygon by selecting Properties....

2.2.6.3.8.6. Cloud Tool

The Cloud Tool draws a "cloud" outline around selected parts of the PDF page to highlight them:

To draw the cloud, click the Cloud markup button and a small cross-hair cursor appears. Click a series of points around
the area of interest to draw the cloud outline. Note that for best results you should click the area in a clockwise motion.
You are not restricted to using a rectangle and you are not restricted to four sides at right angles. After you click the last
point, right-click to bring up a menu with two choices:
Complete completes the outline. A blue polygon appears to show you the bounded area.
Cancel cancels and erases the cloud outline.
After you complete the Cloud markup, you may add a pop-up note. See Markup Example for more information.
You may also adjust the Properties of the Cloud by selecting Properties....

2.2.6.3.8.7. Pencil Tool

The Pencil Tool allows you to draw a freehand shape on the document.
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After you complete the Pencil shape, you may add a pop-up note. See Markup Example for more information.
You may also adjust the Properties of the Pencil shape by selecting Properties....

2.2.6.3.8.7.1. Eraser Tool

In conjunction with the Pencil tool, an Eraser tool has been added that permits you to erase any part of a Pencil-drawn
annotation.

2.2.6.3.9. Show Comments And Markups Toolbar

Each Comment type has an associated floating Properties toolbar that can be activated by pressing Ctrl-E or selecting
this option on the Comment & Markup menu.
The Properties toolbar has many of the same formatting options that right-clicking the comment has, but not all of them.
The ones on the Properties toolbar's are those found on the Appearance menu.
For example, the following is the Property toolbar that appears when the Typewriter Tool is selected and Ctrl-E is
pressed:

The corresponding Properties screen that appears looks like:

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But the General tab is NOT on the toolbar.

To access these properties you must still right-click the comment to get this screen.

2.2.6.3.10. Show Comments List

Selecting this option opens a scrollable list of all comments above the PDF Display Area, in the "Other Panes" area:
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As you select different comments, the PDF Display will reposition to the correct place in the document.
The toolbar at the top allows you to do several things:

1) Allow you to expand (+) or contract (-) any group in the list.

2) Allow you to scroll up and down the list of comments.

3) Allows you to generate a reply to the selected comment.

4) Opens comment properties.

5) Deletes the selected comment, or the selected comments Group.

6) Allows you to summarize comments.

7) Allows you to group comments in the list by several different criteria:

a) By Type.
b) By Page.
c) By Date.
d) By Author.

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Selecting Measuring Tools submenu allows selection of one of four options:

See the subtopics for a description of each tool.

2.2.6.4.1. Distance Tool

Distance tool permits measuring the distance between two points.

To measure the distance between two points, click the Distance tool markup button and a small cross-hair cursor
appears. Select the starting point and then click-and-drag the cursor to the ending point. The measurements appear in
the tool dialog box in the process of dragging the cursor.

After you click the last point, drag the dimension line to figure out the leader line and then click again. The tool dialog box
reflects the final measurements of the distance and scale ratio of the dimension line.
After you complete the Line, you may add a pop-up note. See Markup Example for more information.

If you right-click on the dimension line you open the following menu:
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1) Open Pop-Up Note. Opens a new or existing note for the item. Your user name and the date and time of the note are
automatically entered. You may now enter any text you wish in the lighter portion of the note.
2) Reset Pop-Up Note Location. Selecting this allows you to position the cursor in the pop-up heading and then click-
and-drag the pop-up to a more convenient location.
3) Delete. Deletes the following dimension line and the note.
4) Add Reply. Adds a reply area to the note.
5) Set Current Properties as Default. This allows you to set the currently selected properties as default for Distance
tools of the same type.
6) Properties.... Opens the Properties dialog for Distance tool. There are two tabs on this dialog:
a) General. This tab allows you to change the heading fields of the Dimension Line Properties.

b) Leader Line. Allows you to change the properties of the Dimension Line.
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c) Appearance. This tab allows you to change the Dimension Line Properties icon to something more useful.

d) The Advanced button opens the following menu.

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i) Preview. Allows you to view the change of the Dimension Line’s appearance before you commit to its
current properties.
ii) Locked. Allows you to block the ability of changing the properties of the Dimension Line Tool.
iii) Set Current Properties as Default. Sets the current properties as the default ones for all future Dimension
Lines of this type.
iv) Apply Default Properties. Allows you to apply the default properties for the Dimension Line Tool.
7) Flip Line. Allows you to turn the dimension line around.
8) Restore Caption Placement. Allows you to return caption to its former placement.
9) Delete Label. Deletes a text label from the dimension line.
10) Edit Label. Allows you to add a text label to the dimension line.

2.2.6.4.2. Perimeter Tool

Perimeter tool allows you to measure a set of distances between multiple points.
To measure the distance between multiple points, click the Perimeter tool markup button and a small cross-hair cursor
appears. Select a starting point and click-and-drag the cursor to the next point. When you get there, click again to start a
new segment that is automatically connected to the first. Repeat until you reach your stopping point. The measurements
appear in the tool dialog box in the process of dragging the cursor.

After you click the last point, right-click to bring up a menu with two choices:
Cancel cancels and erases the Dimension Poly Line.
Complete completes the Dimension Poly Line.
The tool dialog box reflects the final measurements of the perimeter and scale ratio of the Dimension Poly Line.
After you complete the line, you may add a pop-up note. See Markup Example for more information.
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If you right-click on the Dimension Poly Line you open the following menu:

1) Open Pop-Up Note. Opens a new or existing note for the item. Your user name and the date and time of the note are
automatically entered. You may now enter any text you wish in the lighter portion of the note.
2) Reset Pop-Up Note Location. Selecting this allows you to position the cursor in the pop-up heading and then click-
and-drag the pop-up to a more convenient location.
3) Delete. Deletes the following dimension line and the note.
4) Add Reply. Adds a reply area to the note.
5) Set Current Properties as Default. This allows you to set the currently selected properties as default for Distance
tools of the same type.
6) Properties.... Opens the Properties dialog for Distance tool. There are two tabs on this dialog:
a) General. This tab allows you to change the heading fields of the Dimension Polyline Properties.
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b) Appearance. This tab allows you to change the Dimension Polyline Properties icon to something more useful.

c) The Advanced button opens the following menu.

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i) Preview. Allows you to view the change of the Dimension Polyline’s appearance before you commit to its
current properties.
ii) Locked. Allows you to block the ability of changing the properties of the Dimension Polyline Tool.
iii) Set Current Properties as Default. Sets the current properties as the default ones for all future Dimension
Polylines of this type.
iv) Apply Default Properties. Allows you to apply the default properties for the Dimension Polyline Tool.
7) Delete Label. Deletes text label from the dimension line.
8) Edit Label. Allows you to add text label to the dimension line.

2.2.6.4.3. Area Tool

Area tool allows you to measure the area within the line segments that you draw.
To measure the area within the line segments that you draw, click the Distance tool markup button and a small cross-
hair cursor appears. Click a series of points around the area of interest to draw the outline. The measurements appear in
the tool dialog box in the process of dragging the cursor.

After you click the last point, right-click to bring up a menu with two choices:
Cancel cancels and erases the line.
Complete completes the Poly Line. A blue polygon appears to show you the bounded area. This will not appear
after you save the PDF.
The tool dialog box reflects the final measurements of the distance and scale ratio of the dimension line.
After you complete the Line, you may add a pop-up note. See Markup Example for more information.
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If you right-click on the dimension line you open the following menu:

1) Open Pop-Up Note. Opens a new or existing note for the item. Your user name and the date and time of the note are
automatically entered. You may now enter any text you wish in the lighter portion of the note.
2) Reset Pop-Up Note Location. Selecting this allows you to position the cursor in the pop-up heading and then click-
and-drag the pop-up to a more convenient location.
3) Delete. Deletes the following dimension line and the note.
4) Add Reply. Adds a reply area to the note.
5) Set Current Properties as Default. This allows you to set the currently selected properties as default for Distance
tools of the same type.
6) Properties.... Opens the Properties dialog for Dimension Polygon Tool. There are two tabs on this dialog:
a) General. This tab allows you to change the heading fields of the Dimension Polygon Properties.

b) Appearance. This tab allows you to change the Dimension Polygon Properties icon to something more useful.
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c) The Advanced button opens the following menu.

i) Preview. Allows you to view the change of the Dimension Polygon’s appearance before you commit to its
current properties.
ii) Locked. Allows you to block the ability of changing the properties of the Dimension Polygon Tool.
iii) Set Current Properties as Default. Sets the current properties as the default ones for all future Dimension
Polygons of this type.
iv) Apply Default Properties. Allows you to apply the default properties for the Dimension Polygon Tool.
7) Delete Label. Deletes text label from the dimension line.
8) Edit Label. Allows you to add text label to the dimension line.

2.2.6.5. Link Tools

Selecting Link Tools submenu allows selection of one of three options:

See the subtopics for a description of each tool.

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2.2.6.5.1. Rectangle Link Tool

Rectangle Link Tool allows you to create a link in order to jump to other locations in the same document or to websites.
To create a Rectangle Link, click the Rectangle Link Tool markup button and a small cross-hair cursor appears. Position
the cursor at the upper left corner of the area you want to mark, and then left-click and drag the cursor to the lower right
position.

When you release the mouse Link Properties dialog will be opened automatically.
If you right-click on the dimension line you open the following menu:

2) Delete. Deletes the following dimension line and the note.

3) Select All. Allows you to select all the links in the document.
4) Align Left Edges. N.B. This function was not available at the time of writing of this documentation revision.
5) Align Right Edges. N.B. This function was not available at the time of writing of this documentation revision.
6) Align Top Edges. N.B. This function was not available at the time of writing of this documentation revision.
7) Align Bottom Edges. N.B. This function was not available at the time of writing of this documentation revision.
8) Align Horizontal Centers. N.B. This function was not available at the time of writing of this documentation revision.
9) Align Vertical Centers. N.B. This function was not available at the time of writing of this documentation revision.
10) Distribute Horizontally. N.B. This function was not available at the time of writing of this documentation revision.
11) Distribute Vertically. N.B. This function was not available at the time of writing of this documentation revision.
12) Make Same Width. N.B. This function was not available at the time of writing of this documentation revision.
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13) Make Same Height. N.B. This function was not available at the time of writing of this documentation revision.
14) Make Same Size. N.B. This function was not available at the time of writing of this documentation revision.
15) Set Current Appearance as Default. This allows you to set the currently selected appearance properties as default
for Link Tools of the same type.
16) Apply Default Appearance. Applies the default appearance to the selected link(s).
17) Properties.... Opens the Properties dialog for the Link Tool. There are two tabs on this dialog:
a) The Appearance tab defines the link's style, thickness, color and highlight mode.

b) The Actions tab defines the action(s) to be performed when the link is selected.
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At the top of the list is an editor toolbar for the Actions List:
i) Up. Moves the selected action up in the list.
ii) Down. Moves the selected action down in the list.
iii) Add. Adds a new action to the list to be selected.
iv) Edit.... Edits the selected action.
v) Delete. Deletes the selected action.
vi) Reset. Resets the Action List, removing all changes.
When Add is selected, the New Action dialog is opened. Two actions are available:
(1) Add "Go to a page in this document". Sets the page number and view magnification you want in the
current document.
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(a) Destination Properties.

(i) Page. Sets the page of the document to select when the link is activated.
(ii) X. Sets the vertical position on the page in PDF coordinates that measure upwards from the
bottom of the page. The Unit of Measure is the one set on the Edit | Preferences | Measure tab.
The Inherit checkbox means to inherit the X coordinate from the previous view.
(iii) Y. Sets the horizontal position on the page in PDF coordinates that measure from left to right.
The Unit of Measure is the one set on the Edit | Preferences | Measure tab. The Inherit checkbox
means to inherit the Y coordinate from the previous view.
(iv) Use Zoom Level. Zoom level (magnification) of the page when opened. This may be a selected
% of page size; a standard PDF "Fit" value; or Inherit, which means inherit the Zoom level from
the previous view.
(v) Use Rectangle. When selected, specifies the size of the display rectangle in the Unit of Measure
is the one set on the Edit | Preferences | Measure tab.
(vi) Fix Up. N.B. This function was not available at the time of writing of this documentation revision.
(vii) Preview. When clicked, the left side shows the way the page will be displayed depending on the
settings in Destination Properties.
(b) Other Buttons.
(i) Out. Zoom out (reduce) the display page size.
(ii) In. Zoom in (enlarge) the display page size.
(iii) Use Current View. Use the display values of the current page in the main display.
(iv) OK. Saves the changes and exits.
(v) Cancel. Discards the changes and exits.
(2) Add "Open a web link". Provides the URL of the destination web page.
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A link can be edited at any time. It is possible to change its hotspot area or associated link action, delete or resize the link
rectangle, or change the destination of the link.
Changing the properties of an existing link affects only the currently selected link. If a link isn’t selected, the properties will
apply to the next link you create.
The properties of several links at once can be changed if you drag a rectangle to select them using the Link tool or the
Select Object tool.
To move the link rectangle, drag it. To resize the link rectangle, drag any corner point.
c) The Advanced button opens the following menu.

i) Preview. Allows you to view the change of the link’s appearance before you commit to its current properties.
ii) Locked. Allows you to block the ability of changing the properties of the Rectangle Link Tool.
iii) Set Current Properties as Default. Sets the current properties as the default ones for all future links of this
type.
iv) Apply Default Properties. Allows you to apply the default properties for the Rectangle Link Tool.

2.2.6.5.2. Quadrilateral Link Tool

Quadrilateral Link Tool allows you to create a link in order to jump to other locations in the same document or to
websites.
To create a Quadrilateral Link, click the Quadrilateral Link Tool markup button and a small cross-hair cursor appears.
Select a starting point and click-and-drag the cursor to the next point. When you get there, click again to start a new
segment that is automatically connected to the first. Repeat until you create a quadrilateral.

When you release the mouse Link Properties dialog will be opened automatically.
If you right-click on the dimension line you open the following menu:
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1) Delete. Deletes the following dimension line and the note.

2) Select All. Allows you to select all the links in the document.
3) Align Left Edges. N.B. This function was not available at the time of writing of this documentation revision.
4) Align Right Edges. N.B. This function was not available at the time of writing of this documentation revision.
5) Align Top Edges. N.B. This function was not available at the time of writing of this documentation revision.
6) Align Bottom Edges. N.B. This function was not available at the time of writing of this documentation revision.
7) Align Horizontal Centers. N.B. This function was not available at the time of writing of this documentation revision.
8) Align Vertical Centers. N.B. This function was not available at the time of writing of this documentation revision.
9) Distribute Horizontally. N.B. This function was not available at the time of writing of this documentation revision.
10) Distribute Vertically. N.B. This function was not available at the time of writing of this documentation revision.
11) Make Same Width. N.B. This function was not available at the time of writing of this documentation revision.
12) Make Same Height. N.B. This function was not available at the time of writing of this documentation revision.
13) Make Same Size. N.B. This function was not available at the time of writing of this documentation revision.
14) 14) Set Current Appearance as Default. This allows you to set the currently selected appearance properties as
default for Link Tools of the same type.
15) Apply Default Appearance. Applies the default appearance to the selected link(s).
16) Properties.... Opens the Properties dialog for the Link Tool. There are two tabs on this dialog:
a) The Appearance tab defines the link's style, thickness, color and highlight mode.
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b) The Actions tab defines the action(s) to be performed when the link is selected.

At the top of the list is an editor toolbar for the Actions List:
i) Up. Moves the selected action up in the list.
ii) Down. Moves the selected action down in the list.
iii) Add. Adds a new action to the list to be selected.
iv) Edit.... Edits the selected action.
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v) Delete. Deletes the selected action.

vi) Reset. Resets the Action List, removing all changes.
When Add is selected, the New Action dialog is opened. Two actions are available:
(1) Add "Go to a page in this document". Sets the page number and view magnification you want in the
current document.

(a) Destination Properties.

(i) Page. Sets the page of the document to select when the link is activated.
(ii) X. Sets the vertical position on the page in PDF coordinates that measure upwards from the
bottom of the page. The Unit of Measure is the one set on the Edit | Preferences | Measure tab.
The Inherit checkbox means to inherit the X coordinate from the previous view.
(iii) Y. Sets the horizontal position on the page in PDF coordinates that measure from left to right.
The Unit of Measure is the one set on the Edit | Preferences | Measure tab. The Inherit checkbox
means to inherit the Y coordinate from the previous view.
(iv) Use Zoom Level. Zoom level (magnification) of the page when opened. This may be a selected
% of page size; a standard PDF "Fit" value; or Inherit, which means inherit the Zoom level from
the previous view.
(v) Use Rectangle. When selected, specifies the size of the display rectangle in the Unit of Measure
is the one set on the Edit | Preferences | Measure tab.
(vi) Fix Up. N.B. This function was not available at the time of writing of this documentation revision.
(vii) Preview. When clicked, the left side shows the way the page will be displayed depending on the
settings in Destination Properties.
(b) Other Buttons.
(i) Out. Zoom out (reduce) the display page size.
(ii) In. Zoom in (enlarge) the display page size.
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(iii) Use Current View. Use the display values of the current page in the main display.
(iv) OK. Saves the changes and exits.
(v) Cancel. Discards the changes and exits.
(2) Add "Open a web link". Provides the URL of the destination web page.

A link can be edited at any time. It is possible to change its hotspot area or associated link action, delete or resize the link
rectangle, or change the destination of the link.
Changing the properties of an existing link affects only the currently selected link. If a link isn’t selected, the properties will
apply to the next link you create.
The properties of several links at once can be changed if you drag a rectangle to select them using the Link tool or the
Select Object tool.
To move the link rectangle, drag it. To resize the link rectangle, drag any corner point.
c) The Advanced button opens the following menu.

i) Preview. Allows you to view the change of the link’s appearance before you commit to its current properties.
ii) Locked. Allows you to block the ability of changing the properties of the Quadrilateral Link Tool.
iii) Set Current Properties as Default. Sets the current properties as the default ones for all future links of this
type.
iv) Apply Default Properties. Allows you to apply the default properties for the Quadrilateral Link Tool.

2.2.7. Window

Window activates a pull down of window options. These control how the various windows are arranged on your screen.
PDF Document display control is on the View menu.
Window menu is activated when Tabbed Documents from the Edit > Preferences > General and Navigation Tabs
from the View menu are unchecked.

1) Cascade. Arranges the windows so that the title bar of each window is visible.
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2) Tile Horizontally. Arranges all open Minitab windows horizontally so they fit next to each other on the desktop and
do not overlap.
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3) Tile Vertically. Arranges all open Minitab windows vertically so they fit next to each other on the desktop and do not
overlap.
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4) Arrange Icons. Arranges icons along the bottom of the Minitab window if these were rearranged.
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5) Close All Documents. Closes all the open PDF files.

2.2.8. Help

Help opens the Help menu.

1) Contents. Opens this help file.

2) Home Page. Takes you to the Tracker Software Products, Ltd. site.
3) Report a Problem. Opens a dialog to permit you to report a problem directly to Tracker Software Products, Ltd. by
email:
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Please ensure you include all relevant info in your message and whenever possible leave all the options above checked.
A sample PDF file is usually an essential item in any problem report !

4) Support Forum. Opens a link to the Tracker Software Products, Ltd. support forums.
Please note - you must register (free) to login and View the Forums - otherwise you will not see the full forums list of
previously reported issues and answers etc - or be able to posy problems of your own and receive support.
5) Check for Updates.... Clicking this option will automatically check for the presence of a PDF-XChange Viewer
software update.
6) About PDF-XChange Viewer.... Opens a dialog box that displays version and license information for the PDF-
XChange Viewer.

2.2.8.1. About

2.3. Toolbars Area

The Toolbars area hosts all but the Navigation Bar.

2.3.1. File Toolbar

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1) Clicking the Open button opens the File Open dialog box. Clicking the down arrow opens the Recent Files drop
list.
2) Clicking the Save button saves the modified file, as per the File Save menu item.
3) Clicking the Print Document button (Printer icon) opens the File Print... dialog.
4) Clicking the Email button (mail icon) opens the Send by Email... dialog.

2.3.2. Rotate View Toolbar

1) Clicking the Rotation buttons rotates the PDF view clockwise or counterclockwise 90 degrees.

2.3.3. Standard Toolbar

1) Clicking the Hand Tool button switches to the Hand Tool.

2) Clicking the Snapshot Tool button switches to the Snapshot Tool.
3) Clicking the Select Tool button switches to the Select Tool.

2.3.4. Zoom Toolbar

1) Clicking the Zoom... button causes the named Zoom action to take place.
2) Clicking the Zoom... Down Arrow allows you to change the action of the Zoom button to one of four options:

3) Zoom In is the same as clicking the Zoom In button. See below.

4) Zoom Out is the same as clicking the Zoom Out button. See below.
5) Loupe activates a viewer/magnifier function that allows you to slide a variable sized selection rectangle around the
screen and view the contents in a separate window. This can perform a magnification feature depending on the
Loupe settings:
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6) Pan & Zoom Window opens a small window that allows you to see the entire page and what part you are viewing in
the main display.

7) Clicking the Actual Size button sets the PDF page to its actual size within the view pane. This is the same as
selecting 100% in the Zoom drop list. This may result in the page exceeding the limits of the viewable space;
however, scroll bars are provided to enable you to scroll the PDF page as desired.

8) Clicking the Fit Page button fits the entire PDF page within the borders of the view pane.

9) Clicking the Fit Width button fits the PDF to the width of the view pane. Scroll bars are provided to enable
you to scroll the PDF page as desired.

10) Clicking the Zoom Out button decreases the Zoom percentage; clicking the Zoom In button
increases the Zoom percentage. You may also use the Zoom drop box to select standard zoom settings or to enter
any zoom percentage you need.

2.3.5. Find Toolbar

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Find allows you to search for text in the PDF document. Note that this is for text-based PDFs only. PDF's consisting of
scanned images of pages cannot be searched at the current time. The controls on this bar are:
1) Binoculars button. This button opens the document Search pane.
2) Search Field. Enter the text to search for in this field, and press the Previous button or Next button to find the
previous or next occurrence of the text. The down arrow maintains a list of prior search terms.
3) Previous button. Locates the previous occurrence of the Search Field.
4) Next button. Locates the next occurrence of the Search Field.
5) Options button.

a) Whole Words Only. Searches the whole words.

b) Case-Sensitive. Searches the words distinguishing between upper-case and lower-case letters.
c) Include Bookmarks. Searches the text of any bookmarks, as viewed in the Bookmarks panel. N.B. This function
was not available at the time of writing of this documentation revision.
d) Include Comments. Searches the text of any comments added to the PDF, as viewed in the Comments panel.
N.B. This function was not available at the time of writing of this documentation revision.
e) Search. Starts searching.

2.3.6. Comment & Markup Toolbar

These tools are used to add various comments to the document during markup operations.
See the Comment & Markup menu section for more information on the Markup tools.

2.3.7. Links Editor Toolbar

1) Clicking the Rectangle Link Tool button switches to the Rectangle Link Tool.
2) Clicking the Quadrilateral Link Tool button switches to the Quadrilateral Link Tool.

2.3.8. Measuring Toolbar

3) Clicking the Distance Tool button switches to the Distance Tool.

4) Clicking the Perimeter Tool button switches to the Perimeter Tool.
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5) Clicking the Area Tool button switches to the Area Tool.

2.4. Navigation Bar

The Status Bar at the bottom of the document displays information about the PDF and also permits changing certain
options.

1) The Options button opens the following menu:

a) The View options displays the following menu:

i) Bookmarks opens the Bookmarks pane, and hides the Thumbnails pane.
ii) Pages Thumbnails opens the Thumbnails pane, and hides the Bookmarks pane.
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iii) Layers correspond to what Adobe calls "Optional content." Selecting this option opens a pane at the top of
the PDF display area that displays the optional content layers.
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iv) Fields are found within Adobe Acrobat Forms. Selecting this option opens a pane at the top of the PDF
display area that displays the Form fields.
v) Comments displays a list of Comments, Annotations and Markups.
vi) Document Options Toolbar. Shows or hides Document Options Toolbar.
vii) Pages Navigation Toolbar. Shows or hides Pages Navigation Toolbar.
viii) Pages Layout Toolbar. Shows or hides Pages Layout Toolbar.
ix) Launch Toolbar. Shows or hides Launch Applications Toolbar.
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b) Full Screen (F12) alters the display to display only the PDF document pages. It temporarily hides the screen
borders, title bar, menu, status and toolbars. Pressing ESC restores the normal screen display.
c) Show/Hide All Bars alternately toggles the display of the toolbars.
d) Document Properties. Opens a dialog to display additional information about the PDF document. See
Document Properties.
2) The Fields Pane and Highlight Form Fields buttons only appear if the document contains Acrobat Form Fields.
Clicking the Fields Pane button opens a scrollable list of the form fields in the Panes area:

3) Clicking the Highlight Form Fields button causes all form fields to become highlighted.
N.B. At the time of writing this documentation, this feature was not yet active.
4) The Navigation controls permit moving about in the document. The blue arrows move by pages and the green
buttons move by views.

3. FAQ's and HOW-TO's

Here we have tried to provide some answers to often asked questions ...

3.1. Frequently Asked Questions

3.1.1. Form Drop Box Fields are not accepting typed-in content

It may sometimes appear that form drop box fields do not accept typed-in content.
This was a bug in releases of the Viewer prior to build 37 that caused this to happen.
If you experience this in build 37 or later, you should be aware that AcroForms support two kinds of drop boxes. One kind
allows you to type in a new selection that does not appear in the list of choices; the other only allows you to select from
the list of choices.
If you encounter this condition, please try to contact the creator of the form to verify which kind of drop box they are using.

3.1.2. I can't select text within my PDF

The usual cause of this is that the "text" is not text at all, but either an embedded "image" of text or text drawn as "curves"
and not using fonts at all.
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3.1.3. I want to use my signature in a PDF

The easiest way to do this is to create your signature as an image file, then create a Stamp of that image. Stamps may
be inserted into your documents as desired.
Please see:
HOW-TO Create User Stamps and Stamp Palettes
HOW-TO Create a Stamp from an Image File
HOW-TO Create Transparent Stamps

3.1.4. PDFs won't open in Firefox

If Firefox won’t open 'local' PDF's but offers to download ...

Try this :
1) Open Firefox
2) In the Address Bar type in "about:config" and press enter
3) In the "Filter" field type in "plugin"
4) Look for a line that reads "plugin.disable_full_page_plugin_for_types"
5) If this line exists, right-click on it and select "Reset", or just edit the value to remove "application/pdf", leaving the
remaining stuff in place.
If that line doesn't exist, then obviously this fix won't help.

3.1.5. Why am I still getting evaluation watermarks on my PDF files ?

There are a number of possible causes for this - here are the most common:

Question : I purchased the PDF-XChange Viewer PRO - but when I create new PDF files from MS Office and other
software I get your evaluation watermarks on every page with a 'click to buy' stamp?

Answer : The PDF-XChange Viewer is not designed to create new PDF files from external document formats such as MS
Word or other software - to achieve this you need one of our 'Virtual' Printer Driver based products - such as PDF-
XChange Lite, Standard or PRO - please email us to discuss how to best provide you with the correct product.

Question : I purchased the PDF-XChange Viewer PRO - when I use any PRO feature in the Viewer such as move/delete
pages - I get evaluation watermarks ...

Answer : The simplest way to correct this is copy your PDF-XChange PRO or Viewer PRO serial number from your
receipt (begins with PXP40- or PXP41- or PVP20-....) and then open the PDF-XChange Viewer and paste the serial
number into the Menu option 'Edit -> Preferences -> Registration ' - as appropriate - never type your serial number -
always copy/paste to avoid errors.

If you have other problems related to the above - please contact us

3.2. HOW-TO Perform Common Actions

3.2.1. HOW-TO Reorder Pages in a PDF using Thumbnail Drag & Drop
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The order in which pages appear in a PDF may be changed by "dragging and dropping" pages in the Thumbnail pane.
IMPORTANT! This is a PRO feature, see IMPORTANT! FREE vs. PRO version for more information.
To perform this operation:
1) Open the selected document in the Viewer.
2) Open the Thumbnails pane by pressing Ctrl+T or selecting Pages Thumbnails from the View menu.
3) In the Thumbnails pane, select the pages you want to move by clicking on them. To select a group of pages use
Ctrl+Click on each page:
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4) Click and hold on one of the selected pages, then drag the cursor to the desired location. Note that the Drag Pages
Cursor changes to an arrow with an attached image of the pages being moved.

5) When dragging the pages, an orange drop location bar will appear between the pages indicating where the selected
pages will be dropped.
6) Dragging pages may be repeated as many times as necessary to move all the desired pages to their new locations.

3.2.2. HOW-TO Drag and Drop Pages Between PDFs

Beginning in build 37, the Viewer supports copying selected pages between PDF's using Drag & Drop between the
Thumbnails panes of the two documents.
(This is similar to HOW-TO Reorder Pages in a PDF using Thumbnail Drag & Drop but works between 2 documents.)
IMPORTANT! This is a PRO feature, see IMPORTANT! FREE vs. PRO version for more information.
To perform this operation:
1) Open both documents in the Viewer so that the documents are shown in the Tab pane. Select the Tabs pane by
selecting Pages Thumbnails from the View menu, or pressing the Ctrl+T keyboard combination.
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2) Select the pages in the document that you wish to move:

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3) Click, hold and drag the selected page(s) to the tab for the "To"document. This will automatically activate the
"To"document and its Thumbnails pane. Do not "drop" the dragging cursor on the tab! Note that when you drag
the pages, the cursor expands into a "mini-thumbnail" of the pages. The upper left corner of the "mini-thumbnail" is
the cursor's "hot spots."
 FAQ’s and HOW-TO’s 156

4) Once the "To" tab activates, drag the pages back to the "To" document's thumbnails pane, and then drag them where
desired in the Thumbnails pane. An orange bar indicates where the drop will take place. Note that dragging the arrow
near the bottom or top of the Thumbnails pane will scroll the thumbnails in that direction.
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5) When you release the left mouse button, the following dialog appears:
 FAQ’s and HOW-TO’s 158

a) Click Yes to drop the copied pages to the specified location.

b) Click No to abort the operation.

3.2.3. HOW-TO Create User Stamps and Stamp Palettes

Beginning with build 37, the PDF-XChange Viewer allows users to create their own Stamps and to group them into user-
defined Palettes. The usual order is to create a stamp palette for you own stamps, create stamps in the palettes, and
finally use your stamps.
In order to create stamps or a palette to hold them, you must access the Stamps Palette screen. You may do this in two
ways:
1) Select Show Stamps Palette from the Tools | Comment & Markup Tools menu.

2) Click the Drop arrow on the Stamp toolbar and select Show Stamps Palette.
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Either way will open the Stamps Palette dialog:

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The Stamps Palette dialog is divided into two major parts.

1) The Collections List. The three Collection editing buttons at the top of the list are:
a) Create New Stamps Collection. When you click this button, you create a new stamp palette item within the
Stamp Palettes List:

N.B. Each new collection is stored in a PDF that is created and maintained in the User's My Documents folder
by the Viewer.
b) Delete Selected Collection. This deletes the selected Stamp collection.
c) Edit Selected Collection. Allows you to change the name of the selected Stamp collection.
2) The Stamps contained in the selected Collection. The buttons at the top of the Stamps area are:
a) Enlarge Thumbnails. Enlarges the size of the thumbnail images in the Stamps area.
b) Reduce Thumbnails. Reduces the size of the thumbnail images in the Stamps area.
c) Delete Selected Stamp. Deletes the selected stamp from the collection.
d) Create Stamp from Image. Creates a stamp from a selected image file. See HOW-TO Create a Stamp from an
Image File for further information.
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e) Create Stamp from PDF Document. Creates a stamp from a selected PDF document page. See HOW-TO Create
a Stamp from a PDF Document for further information.
f) Create Stamp from Clipboard Image. Creates a stamp from an image contained in the clipboard. See HOW-TO
Create Stamp from Clipboard Image for further information.
g) Edit Selected Stamp. Allows you to change an existing stamp's name.

3.2.3.1. HOW-TO Create a Stamp from an Image File

1) Open the Stamps Palette dialog, as indicated: HOW-TO Create User Stamps and Stamp Palettes, and select the
appropriate Collection to receive the new stamp.
2) Click the Create Stamp from Image button. This will open the Open dialog to select the image to use for the stamp:

Note that there are a large number of image file types you may select from. Click the Files of Type drop box to see a list
of all supported file types.
3) Select the image you want to use to create the new stamp, and click the Open button. The new Stamp will be created:
 FAQ’s and HOW-TO’s 162

4) The name initially assigned is the file name of the image. To change it, select the new Stamp and click the Edit
Selected Stamp button. This will display the dialog:

5) Enter a new name for the Stamp and click OK; or click Cancel if you decide not to change the Stamp's name:

3.2.3.1.1. HOW-TO Create Transparent Stamps

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If transparent stamps are needed you should use the PNG image file format, and set transparency using the alpha
channel.
The older GIF "transparent color" is not supported, but many image editors support reformatting a transparent GIF to an
alpha channel PNG.

3.2.3.2. HOW-TO Create a Stamp from a PDF Document

Creating a stamp from a PDF document relies on having a PDF containing images that can be used to make stamps,
generally one per page.
1) Open the Stamps Palette dialog, as indicated: HOW-TO Create User Stamps and Stamp Palettes, and select the
appropriate Collection to receive the new stamp.
2) Click the Create Stamp from PDF Document button. This will open the Insert Stamp dialog to select the image to
use for the stamp. In this case we are using a PDF with 12 pages, each holding a single stamp image.

3) Set the Stamp Info Title to the desired title, and click OK; or click cancel to abort the process.
4) The new stamp appears in the Stamp collection:
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N.B. The steps above may be repeated for each image in the PDF you wish to convert to stamps.

3.2.3.3. HOW-TO Create Stamp from Clipboard Image

Creating a stamp from a clipboard relies on having an image already in the clipboard, perhaps from an image editor such
as Microsoft Paint.
1) Open the Stamps Palette dialog, as indicated: HOW-TO Create User Stamps and Stamp Palettes, and select the
appropriate Collection to receive the new stamp.
2) Click the Create Stamp from Clipboard Image button. This will immediately create a stamp from the Clipboard
image:

3) You may click the Edit Selected Stamp button to rename the Stamp as desired.

4. Tracker Software Products

165 PDF-XChange Viewer 2.x

Who are we and what do we do ?

We at Tracker Software Products take great pride in the software products we create and distribute. We sell our products
directly, via Distributors, Resellers and OEM partners - in some cases with our products and larger partners these
products are sold under different labels and names than those we sell directly, this is to allow our partners to build a
following for their own brand and protect their future.
However - no matter how our products reach you, we want you to experience the best results possible - please do contact
us if for any reason you are dissatisfied or have a suggestion how we can improve our product offerings.
You may also be interested in related products available from us - in the following brief topics you will find details of how
to contact us, request support and summary details of the products available from us for both 'End Users' and Software
Development tools for other Software developers to utilize in their product offerings.
Please do contact us if you cannot find the information you require within this manual/help file.

4.1. Contact Us

How to Contact Us ...

Head Office

Tracker Software Products Ltd.

Units 1-3 Burleigh Oaks
East Street Turners Hill,
RH10 4PZ Sussex
England.
Tel: +44(0)1342-719150 Sales/Administration
(pls do not use for support issue's)
Fax:+44(0)1342-718060

North America

Canada

Tracker Software Products

6017 StoneHouse Place
Duncan. BC V9L 5M8
Canada

Tel: +1 250 597 2811 Sales/Administration

(pls do not use for support issue's)
Fax: +1 250 597 2811

++++++++++++++++

Our Web Site : http://www.docu-track.com

We also have offices and representatives in several other locations including : United States, France, Germany and
Ukraine - in some instances after an initial contact with our UK office you may be referred to one of these locations if
appropriate.
To contact us for support related issues:
Please see this FAQ page before contacting our support department - it may save you the task !
We recommend you use our Web Based User Support Forums and scan the existing library of questions and answers, if
you don't find a suitable response then feel free to post your own - all questions receive an answer within 1 business day
at worst!
If for any reason you have difficulty linking to the forum or feel it is inappropriate for your needs then please email
[email protected] , we regret we cannot answer support requests via telephone without a valid support contract. The
number above is answered by administration staff who are not trained to assist with technical problems.
 Tracker Software Products 166

To Contact us for Sales/Administration related issues:

[email protected] End User, Developer and OEM.
[email protected]
All this information and a good deal more is available via our web site and the links provided.
Magazine reviews and press requests.
We are keen to assist in any way possible - please contact our sales department for any information or help you may
require.

4.2. Products

Products Offered By Tracker Software Products Updates Can be downloaded from our Update's page at our Web
site

End User/Retail Products

You can Purchase Direct from our web site and be using any of our products the same day!
PDF-XChange - Create fully native Adobe compatible PDF Files from virtually any Windows 32 Bit software
application
PDF-XChange Viewer (Free and PRO Versions) View, Mark-up and Manipulate PDF files and much more !
PDF-Tools - Create and manipulate Adobe PDF Files and batch Convert Images to PDF Files and more ...
Raster-XChange - Create and manipulate Image files from any Windows document or application.
TIFF-XChange Create and manipulate TIFF files from any Windows document or application.

Software Developers SDK's and other Products

You can Purchase Developer SDK's from our web site and be using any of our products the same day!
PDF-XChange - Create fully native Adobe compatible PDF Files from your application output.
PDF-Tools - Create and manipulate Adobe PDF Files and batch Convert Images to PDF Files and more ...
PDF-XChange Viewer SDK - Embed PDF viewing directly wihtin your software applications
Image-XChange SDK - Print, Convert, Scan and View Imaging formats!
Raster-XChange SDK - Create and manipulate Image files from any Windows document or application.
TIFF-XChange SDK - Create and manipulate TIFF files from any Windows document or application.
OCR-XChange - Add Optical Character Recognition functionality to your applications - coming late 2008

Trial Versions
All of our products are available as fully functional evaluation downloads for you to try before you buy - usually printing a
demo watermark/stamp to differentiate between output created with the evaluation or licensed versions. We recommend
that all users test the product they wish to buy first - thus ensuring you only buy when you are satisfied that the product
meets your needs.
Trial versions are available from our web site :
For more details visit our web site or contact us by email.
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4.3. PDF-XChange Viewer Licensing

Tracker Software Products Ltd – PDF-XChange PDF Viewer End User License Agreement Versions 2.x.

PDF-XChange Viewer
This License Agreement details your rights and entitlement to use the PDF-XChange Viewer, please read it carefully
and treat it as valuable Property.

This Agreement is between you (either an individual or an entity) and Tracker Software Products Ltd, (hereinafter called ‘Tracker’)
Tracker is willing to grant you the following the rights to use the Software known as PDF-XChange Viewer and its accompanying
documentation (collectively, the ‘Software’) only if you agree to be bound by all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement,
relevant to the version in use as distinguished by the term ‘End User.’ If you are not willing to agree to any of the terms of this
Agreement, Tracker is unwilling to grant you a license and you should not open the sealed media package or distributed software
files if it was supplied by electronic distribution.
Instead you must promptly return any sealed media packaging and documentation or in the case of electronic distribution delete it
completely from any storage media you may have saved it to.

This software is provided for your use free of charge, provided you are the End User and do not intend to incorporate it into any
other product or software package intended for resale or distribution for any purpose whatsoever other than as provided for in this
license. Should you wish to distribute the PDF-XChange Viewer for any purpose, whether for commercial gain or not – please email
Tracker at [email protected] and provided you receive no direct commercial or financial gain from such distribution – such
permission will usually be granted ‘free’ - promptly.

1.Ownership: The Software is and shall remain a propriety product of Tracker. Tracker and Tracker’s suppliers shall retain
ownership of all Copyrights, Patents, Trademarks, Trade Names, Trade Secrets and other proprietary rights relating to or residing in
the Software. Except for the license grant provided in Section 2, you shall have no right, title or interest in or to the Software. The
Software is licensed, not sold, to you for you to use only under the terms of this Agreement. If you agree to be bound by all of the
terms of this Agreement you will only own the media (if any) on which the Software may have been provided, not the Software
itself.

2.Grant of License: Tracker grants you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, restricted right to use the Software, for your
own internal personal or business uses provided you or your Business are end user’s, not software developer’s or distributors to end
users - subject to the terms of this license Agreement. This license does not allow accessing of the API of the software – even if you
have a developer’s kit – this is an END USER version ONLY of the software – not a developer software tool, should you wish to utilise
a version of this product within another software application (directly or indirectly - you must purchase and license a software
development kit intended specifically for this purpose, available from Tracker Software Products. You understand that Tracker may
update the Software at any time and in doing so incurs no obligation pursuant to this Agreement to furnish such updates to you.

We welcome all Magazine, Printed Publications. Software Download sites etc in facilitating the distribution of this software freely –
provided no re-engineering occurs of the installer or components and no added charge is made for the distribution – other than any
usual publishers subscription or News stand fees etc for their publication.

3.Restrictions: I) TRACKER RESERVES ALL RIGHTS IN THE SOFTWARE NOT EXPRESSLY GRANTED TO YOU. II) EXCEPT AS
PERMITTED IN SECTION 2, YOU MAY NOT USE, COPY, MODIFY, CREATE DERIVATIVE WORKS OF, SELL, DISTRIBUTE, ASSIGN,
PLEDGE, SUB LICENSE, LEASE, LOAN, RENT, TIMESHARE, DELIVER, ELECTRONICALLY TRANSMIT OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THE
SOFTWARE, NOR PERMIT ANY THIRD PARTY TO DO ANY OF THE FOREGOING. III) YOU MAY NOT REMOVE FROM THE SOFTWARE,
OR ALTER ANY OF THE TRADEMARKS, TRADE NAMES, LOGO’S, PATENT OR COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR MARKINGS, OR ADD ANY OF
THE FOREGOING TO THE SOFTWARE. IV) YOU MAY NOT DERIVE OR ATTEMPT TO DERIVE ANY OF THE SOURCE CODE BY ANY
MEANS, NOR PERMIT A THIRD PARTY TO DO SO. V) YOU MAY NOT REVERSE ENGINEER, DECOMPILE, DISASSEMBLE, OR
TRANSLATE THIS SOFTWARE OR ANY PART THEREOF. VI) NO LICENSES ARE GRANTED UNDER THIS LICENSE AGREEMENT UNDER
ANY PATENTS OF IMAGES. IF YOU BELIEVE YOU NEED ANY SUCH LICENSES YOU MUST CONTACT ANY THIRD PARTIES YOURSELF
DIRECTLY TO OBTAIN THEM.

4.Limited Warranty: Tracker does not warrant that the functions contained in the Software will meet your requirement or that the
operation of the Software will be uninterrupted or error free (it is finished ‘As Is’ and without warranty as to performance or results).
Tracker warrants that the media that the Software is supplied on will be free from defect for a period of thirty (30) days from the
receipt of the Software or in the case of Electronic Supply that the ‘wrapper’ the Software is contained in, shall be complete and
without defect on our end of the connection. We cannot warranty however that it will be received in the same condition as the
means of supply is beyond our absolute control. This Limited Warranty shall be void if failure of the Software to conform with the
Warranty has resulted from improper installation, misuse, testing, neglect, accident, fire or other hazard or any breach of this
Agreement. This warranty is limited to you and is not transferable. No Tracker Supplier, agent or employee is authorized to make
any changes, modifications, alterations, extensions or additions to this limited Warranty. This Software is not warranted against
 Tracker Software Products 168

infringement of any third part patents. Tracker has done no investigation as to infringement, and you agree that you will assume the
risk of any such infringement from your use of Software.

5.No Other Warranties: OTHER THAN THE FOREGOING LIMITED WARRANTY, WHICH IS MADE SOLELY BY TRACKER AND NOT BY
ANY OTHER TRACKER SUPPLIER, THIS SOFTWARE IS BEING LICENSED TO YOU ‘AS IS’ WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND.
TRACKER AND ITS SUPPLIERS DISCLAIM AND REJECT ALL OTHER WARRANTIES EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT
LIMITATION THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT OF
THIRD PARTY RIGHTS. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE DISCLAIMER OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES, SO THE ABOVE
DISCLAIMER MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU, IN WHICH CASE THE DURATION OF ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES IS SIXTY (60) DAYS FROM
THE DATE THE SOFTWARE IS RECEIVED BY YOU. THIS WARRANTY GIVES YOU SPECIFIC LEGAL RIGHTS; YOU MAY HAVE OTHER
LEGAL RIGHTS, WHICH VARY FROM JURISDICTION TO JURISDICTION.

6.Limitation Of Liability: TRACKER’S AGGREGATE LIABILITY IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT AND THE SOFTWARE,
REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF ACTION GIVING RISE TO SUCH LIABILITY (WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE), SHALL
NOT EXCEED THE LICENSE FEES PAID BY YOU TO TRACKER UNDER THIS AGREEMENT. NO TRACKER SUPPLIER’S SHALL HAVE ANY
LIABILITY WHATSOEVER UNDER THIS AGREEMENT. TRACKER AND ANY OF TRACKER’S SUPPLIERS SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY
INDIRECT, EXEMPLARY, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION
LOST PROFITS), EVEN IF TRACKER OR SUCH SUPPLIER HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME
JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES
SO THE ABOVE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. TRACKER SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIMS OF THIRD
PARTIES RELATING TO THE SOFTWARE. THE LIMITED WARRANTY, LIMITED REMEDIES AND LIMITED LIABILITY PROVISIONS
CONTAINED IN THIS AGREEMENT ARE FUNDAMENTAL PARTS OF THE BASIS OF TRACKER’S BARGAIN HEREUNDER, AND TRACKER
WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE SOFTWARE TO YOU ABSENT OF SUCH LIMITATIONS.

7:Free & Trial Versions: Where the Software is provided free on a permanent, semi permanent, limited use or trial basis all the
terms relating to licensing shall be identical, save that you accept there has been no financial gain on Tracker’s part and as such you
use the Software without warranty or guarantees of any kind. The risk is entirely yours and you acknowledge this. You agree to
indemnify us against all claims by you or any third party for any reason whatsoever. You accept that we have provided the Software
for your sole benefit and have received nothing to our benefit and as such cannot be held responsible in any way and for any reason.

8.Termination: You may terminate this Agreement at any time. This Agreement shall terminate automatically upon breach of any
term of this Agreement. Upon termination you shall destroy the Software and any backup copy you made pursuant to this
Agreement.

9.Government End Users: This paragraph applies only if you are a branch or agency of the U.S. government. The Software is
comprised of ‘Commercial Computer Software’ and ‘Commercial Computer Software Documentation’ as such terms are used in 48
C.F.R. 12.212 (Sept 1995) and is provided to the Government I) for acquisition by or on behalf of civilian agencies, consistent with
the policy set forth in C.F.R. 12.212 or II) for acquisition by or on behalf of units of the Department of Defence, consistent with the
policies set forth in 48 C.F.R. 227-7202-1 (Jun 1995) and 227-7202-3(Jun 1995).

10.General: This Agreement shall for all purposes be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of England.

If any of the provisions of this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unenforceable for any reason, the
remaining provisions hereof shall be unaffected and remain in full force and effect. This Agreement is the final, complete and
exclusive Agreement between the parties relating to the subject matter hereof, and supersedes all prior or contemporaneous
understandings and agreements relating to such subject matter, whether oral or written, and may not be amended except by writing
executed by both parties.

11. Copyright: This Software and all accompanying documentation are copyrighted and Tracker reserves all rights.

The accompanying End User License Agreement specifies the terms and conditions governing use of this product
Copyright © 2001-6 Tracker Software Products Ltd, Units 1-3, Burleigh Oaks, East Street, Turners Hill, West Sussex. England.RH10 4PZ
http://www.docu-track.com email: [email protected]
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

All Other Trademarks/Copyrights acknowledged & are the property of their respective owners, including: Zlib by Marl Adler & Jean-Loup
Gailly, Little CMS by Marti Maria and IPG (C) 1991-98.

Interested in providing translation to your localised language if not available already ?

Please email [email protected]
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Index
A
Accessibility, 61
Acroform, 34
Acroform Fields Pane, 76
Actual Page Size, 78
Admintrator, 10
Adobe Forms, 34
Annotation's Pane, 77
Anti Clockwise, 80
Area Tool, 129
Arrow Tool, 116
Author, 41

B
Basic Tools, 97
Bitmap, 30
BMP, 30
Bookmark Editor, 72
Bookmark Options, 70
Bookmark Properties, 73
Bookmarks, 70
Boomark Actions, 73
Browser integration, 59

C
Callout tool, 114
Check for Updates, 144
Clockwise, 80
Close All, 29
Cloud Tool, 119
Colour Management, 53
Command line, 13
Commenting & Markup example, 103
Commenting Defaults, 66
Commenting Tools, 100
Comments, 76
Comment's Pane, 77
Contact, 165
Contact Us, 165
Container Properties, 101
Continuous Facing page, 80
Continuous Page, 80
Cooments to Data File, 89
Copy, 45
Counter Clockwise, 80
Crop Pages, 80
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Crossout Tool, 115

Cut, 45

D
DCX, 30
Default PDF Viewer, 59
Delete Pages, 80
Display Area, 17
Distance Tool, 123
Document properties, 41

E
Edit/Replace Content, 113
Email, 28
Eraser Tool, 120
Exit, 44
Export, 30
Export Comments, 89, 94
Export Forms Data, 34
Export to Image, 30
Extract Pages, 80

F
Facing page, 80
Fields, 76
File Associations, 59
File Listing, 10
Files listing, 29
Find, 46
Fit Page, 78
Fit Width, 78
Flatten, 89
Flatten Comments, 89
Fonts List, 41
Form, 34
Form Fields Pane, 76
Full Save, 51
Full Screen, 80
Full Screen defaults, 67

G
Go To, 79

H
Hand Tool, 97, 98
Hide Pro Functions, 60
Highlight Tool, 114
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I
Identity (defaults), 63
Image, 30
Import Forms Data, 34
Import Images to Stamps, 106
Incremental Save, 51
Insert Empty Pages, 80
Insert Pages, 80

J
Javascript Setup, 64
JPEG, 30
JPG, 30

K
Keyboard Shortcuts, 14
Keywords, 41

L
Languages, 58
Layers, 76
Layers Pane, 76
License, 167
Licensing registraion, 60
Line Tool, 116
Loupe, 98
Loupe Tool, 99

M
Main Menu, 17
Markup Tools, 116
Markup tools., 100
Markup's Pane, 77
Maxiumum Documents in recent files list, 51
Measuring Tools, 123
Meaurement, 63
Memory Setup, 57
Multiple installs, 10
Multiple Instances, 51

N
Naviagtion Tab Toggle On/Off, 70
Navigation Bar, 149
Navigation Tab, 70
Network install, 10
Notation tools., 100
Notes on Commenting Options, 101
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O
OCR, 46
Open, 18
Open Containing Folder, 43
Open Files source Folder, 43
Open from URL, 19
Other Panes, 76
Other Products, 166
Outlines, 70
Oval Tool, 117
Overview, 16

P
Page Display Options, 55
Page Layout, 55, 80
Page Thumbnails, 76
Page Transitions, 80
Pan & Zoom, 98, 99
Paste, 45
PDF Version, 41
Pencil Tool, 119
Perimeter Tool, 126
PNG, 30
Poly Line Tool, 117
Polygon Tool, 118
Preferences, 50
Print, 35
Pro Version features, 9

R
Recent Files, 29
recent files list, 51
Rectangle Tool, 117
Release Notes, 10
Rendering, 56
Replace Pages, 80
Report a Bug, 144
Report a Problem, 144
Restore View Settings, 55
Rotate Pages, 80
Rotate View, 80

S
Saftey, 9
Save, 19
save As, 19
Save Copy, 21
Search, 47
Security, 41
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Select tool, 98
Select Tool, 97
Serial Number, 60
Set Default Typewriter Font, 110
Show Comment And Markup Toolbar option., 100
Show Comments, 89, 120, 121
Show Comments List, 95
Show Comments List option., 100
Show Markups, 120
Show Splash Screen, 51
Silent Installation Options, 10
Single Page, 80
Snapshot Tool, 65, 97, 98
Stamps, 106
Stamps submenu., 100
Status Bar, 69
Sticky Note Tool, 107
Sticky Note tool., 100
Subject, 41
Summarize, 89
Summarize Comments, 90

T
Tabbed Interface, 51
Text Highlighting tools., 100
Textbox Tool, 113
Threads, 57
TIFF, 30
Toolbar, 69
Toolbar Toggle On/Off, 69
Toolbars, 145
Tracker Software Products, 165
Typewriter Options, 110
Typewriter Properties, 101

U
Underline Tool, 115
Undo, 45
URL, 19

V
Version, 8
View, 18
View options, 68

Z
Zoom Defaults, 55
Zoom in, 98
Zoom out, 98
Zoom To, 78
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Zoom Tools, 98