PDF Master User Guide

Quick Start Guide

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PDF Master User Guide

Welcome to PDF Master, the brand new powerful PDF reader! PDF
Master offers you an easy way to view, annotate, edit, convert,
compress, combine, fill and sign, and secure your PDF documents. This
user guide will help you quickly master all features. Go ahead now!

Content

Open PDF .........................................................................................3

Create PDF .......................................................................................3

View PDF .......................................................................................... 4

Annotate PDF....................................................................................5

Edit PDF ............................................................................................ 7

Organize Pages ................................................................................7

Convert PDF .....................................................................................8

Secure PDF.......................................................................................9

Others ............................................................................................. 10

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Open PDF

1. Launch PDF Master and go to the Homepage, then click Open File or Drag
and Drop files from folder;

2. Or click File in the top left corner of the reading page -> Open File;
3. Or choose a PDF file and right-click on it, tap Open with, select PDF Master;

Create PDF

1）Create from Office

PDF Master allows you to quickly create a PDF from Microsoft Word, Excel, and
PPT.

1. launch PDF Master and click Create PDF in the homepage;

2. Choose a Word/Excel/PPT/Text from your folder and tap Open.

2）Create from Scanner

To scan a paper document to PDF using PDF Master, go to Homepage -> Drop-
down Create PDF -> Choose Import from Scanner.

3）Create from New Blank Page

You can also create a new blank page to fully customize the appearance and
content of your document.

Go to Homepage -> Drop-down Create PDF -> choose New Blank Page.

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View PDF

1）Display Mode

Click View Settings on the lower right corner, then select Single Page, Two Page,
Read Mode, Book Mode, and Full Screen in the right panel.

2）Outline

The outline helps the reader quickly understand the document's structure and
thought, making your PDF more organized. To create or edit outlines, follow the
steps below:

1. Click Outline on the left sidebar;

2. Tap + icon to add an outline for the current page;
3. Or right-click on the text you have selected and tick Add Outline to create an
outline for the current page;
4. To add a sub-item, right-click on an outline -> Add Sub Item, then create a sub-
item under the outline;
5. To edit outlines, right-click on the outline to Rename, Remove, Promote, Demote,
Change Destination, etc.

3）Bookmark

Click Bookmark on the left sidebar, tap + icon to add a bookmark for the current
page.

4）Zoom in/out

By zooming in/out, you can resize the page to the most appropriate size.

1. Click Zoom in/out on the lower right corner to adjust the view;
2. Or select a specific zoom value by dropping down the scale.

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Annotate PDF

The rich annotation tools will help you to mark up the significant content and note
your own thoughts smoothly. Varies from highlight, underline, pen, text, note to link,
stamp, and signature, PDF Master offers you a perfect solution for commenting PDF
documents. Just click Annotation on the toolbar to show all the comment tools.

1）Highlight

With a highlighting tool, you can make the important sentences or paragraphs stand
out on your PDF.

2）Underline

Draw a line below the text for emphasis.

3）Strikethrough

Delete the unwanted part with Strikethrough.

4）Freehand

Add freehand handwriting just like you do with a pen.

5）Text

Add your own idea with a text box! Click on any place in the document to start typing.

6）Sticky Note

The sticky note tool allows you to insert a yellow note icon on the PDF page. If you
want to keep a beautiful layout, click Sticky Note to add extra content. You can also
change the color and style of the icon.

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7）Shape

Insert Rectangle, Circle, Line, and Arrow to your PDFs. In the right properties panel,
you can change the fill and border color.

8）Link

Redirect a text or an area to the needed destination page.

To create a link, click Link on the toolbar -> Drag a rectangle where you want to
create a link -> Enter the page number in the right panel.

9）Stamp

Stamp allows you to add status to documents such as Approved, Draft, Final, etc.

10）Signature

Sign PDFs with signature from Image/Keyboard/Trackpad.

To insert a signature, click Signature on the toolbar -> Tap + in the right panel ->
Choose from Image/Keyboard/Trackpad.

11）Export & Import Annotation

Annotations can be transferred between documents using the export and import
features.

Click Annotation on the left sidebar -> Tap More -> Select Import Annotations /
Export Annotations to XFDF.

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Edit PDF

1) Compress PDFs

Large documents may be limited in size when uploaded on different platforms. The
compress tool helps you to reduce the PDF size for fast submission or file sharing.

1. Click Tools on the toolbar -> Select Compress;

2. Or tap File on the top left corner -> Choose Compress;

3. Or click Compress in Quick Tools from Homepage -> Open a file from a
folder;

4. Choose from Large File Size, Standard File Size, Small File Size or Minimum
File Size.

2) Merge Multiple PDFs

1. Click Tools on the toolbar and tap Merge;

2. Or click File on the top left corner and choose Merge PDF Files;
3. Or Click Merge in Quick Tools from Homepage;

4. Add files by clicking + or Dragging and dropping-> Tap Merge;

5. If you want to add a folder, click Add File on the bottom left corner of the pop-
up window, then tick Add Folder.

Organize Pages

1) Delete, Rotate, Copy, Paste, Cut Pages

Page Editor enables you to Rotate / Copy / Paste / Cut / Delete pages. You can
select multiple pages by holding Command⌘.

1. Click Page Edit on the toolbar to pull down the menu;

2. Tap Rotate Left or Rotate Right to rotate selected pages;

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3. Tap Delete to delete the selected pages.

4. Or you can right-click on the selected pages to Copy/Paste/Cut pages.

2) Crop Pages

The crop pages tool lets you trim PDF margins to change page size.

1. Click Tools on the toolbar and tap Crop;

2. Select Crop Current Page or Crop All Pages to auto-crop white margins;

To customize the crop area:

1. Click Annotation on the toolbar and choose Content Selection;

2. Drag a crop area;
3. Tap Crop.

Convert PDF

1) PDF to Office

The powerful converter helps you convert PDF to Word/PPT/Excel without changing
the fonts and layouts.

1. Click Convert on the toolbar to pull down the menu;

2. Select target formats: To Word (.docx), To PPT (.pptx), To Excel and set
Page Range;
3. Click Convert and choose an output folder to start PDF converting;
4. Or go to Homepage and choose PDF to Word, PDF to PPT, PDF to Excel in
Quick Tools, select a file from your folder and begin to convert.

2) PDF to Other Format

Besides Microsoft Office documents, the converter also enables you to turn a PDF to
RTF, CSV, HTML, and Text.

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1. Click Convert on the toolbar to pull down the menu;

2. Select target formats: To RTF, To CSV, To HTML, To Text and set Page
Range;
3. Click Convert and choose an output folder to start PDF converting.

3) PDF to Image

You can convert PDF to JPEG, JPG, PNG, GIF, TIFF, TGA, BMP, JPEG-2000.

1. Click Convert on the toolbar to pull down the menu;

2. Tap To Image;
3. Or go to Homepage, tap PDF to Image in Quick Tools;
4. Select image formats and set Page Range;
5. Click Convert and choose an output folder to start PDF converting.

4) Image to PDF

By using PDF Master, you can easily combine all the pictures into a PDF without
damaging quality. Creating a separate PDF for each image is also feasible.

1. Launch PDF Master and click Image to PDF in Quick Tools;

2. Select images from your folder, hold Ctrl to choose multiple images;

3. Choose Create PDF for each image or Merge as One PDF Document;
4. Tap Save as PDF.

Secure PDF

1) Set Password

PDF Master offers you a fast way to set passwords and permission for confidential
documents so that your data remains safe.

1. Click Tools on the toolbar and select Security -> Set Password;

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2. Or go to Homepage, Click Security in Quick Tools and choose a file from a

folder;

3. Tick Document Open Password to protect PDFs from unauthorized access;

4. Tick Document Permission Password to prevent illegal copying or printing;

5. After entering passwords, click Encrypt;

6. Tap Save in the upper left corner to save the security settings.

2) Remove Password

1. Click Tools on the toolbar and select Security;

2. Choose Remove Password (If the file has been protected by a permission
password, enter the permission password first);

3. Tap Remove in the pop-up window to remove security settings.

Others

1) Share PDF

Easily share your PDFs by clicking Share on the top right corner.

2) Print PDF

With PDF Master, you can directly print your PDF documents with ease. Click Print
on the top right corner, after setting the printing parameters, click Print.

Have a try

Use PDF Master to edit your documents now! If you have any questions or
suggestions, please feel free to contact us, we will keep improving our products!

E-mail: [email protected]

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