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ABBYY PDF Transformer 2.0 User’s Guide Contents What Is ABBYY PDF Transformer? .................................................................................... 3 What's New in ABBYY PDF Transformer 2.0 ..........................................................................................................................................................................3 Supported Formats ...................................................................................................................
ABBYY PDF Transformer 2.0 User’s Guide What Is ABBYY PDF Transformer? ABBYY PDF Transformer is built on the world–renowned Optical Character Recognition (OCR) system ABBYY FineReader, which makes ABBYY PDF Transformer the most versatile PDF conversion solution capable of handling all types of PDF. Main features: 1. PDF conversion ● ABBYY PDF Transformer allows you to convert all types of PDF files into DOC, RTF, XLS, HTML, TXT, and Searchable PDF formats, preserving their original formatting.
ABBYY PDF Transformer 2.0 User’s Guide Keeping Document Properties ABBYY PDF Transformer 2.0 now retains additional document properties, such as Title, Author, Subject, and Keywords, when converting PDF files to Searchable PDF, DOC/RTF, XLS, and HTML formats. These properties can be used by the operating system and other software for indexing and searching saved files.
ABBYY PDF Transformer 2.0 User’s Guide Installing and Running ABBYY PDF Transformer 2.0 This section contains information required to install and run ABBYY PDF Transformer 2.0. The ABBYY PDF Transformer CD–ROM includes a setup program which will guide you through the setup process. System Requirements ABBYY PDF Transformer 2.0 requires the following: 1. PC with Intel® Pentium®/Celeron®/ Xeon™, AMD K6/Athlon™/Duron™ or compatible processor. Processor must be 200 MHz or higher. 2.
ABBYY PDF Transformer 2.0 User’s Guide 3. Click Change or Remove Programs, select ABBYY PDF Transformer 2.0 in the list of installed programs, then click Change. 4. In the Custom Setup dialog box, select the required components. 5. Follow the instructions of the setup program. Note: When installing additional components, be sure to select the folder into which you earlier installed ABBYY PDF Transformer 2.0. To remove ABBYY PDF Transformer 2.0 from your computer: 1.
ABBYY PDF Transformer 2.0 User’s Guide ABBYY PDF Transformer 2.0 Activation and Registration ABBYY is concerned about software piracy and takes measures to protect its intellectual property rights. Software piracy is detrimental both to software manufacturers and end users. When buying a legal software copy, users can be sure that they obtain a quality product without any changes or alterations introduced by a third party. Illegal products are never safe. You may need to activate ABBYY PDF Transformer 2.
ABBYY PDF Transformer 2.0 User’s Guide Activation and Registration Privacy Policy Activation Privacy Policy To enable the program to operate in full–function mode, you may need to activate the program. During activation, the ABBYY PDF Transformer Activation Wizard creates a unique Installation ID that represents the configuration of your PC at the time of activation.
ABBYY PDF Transformer 2.0 User’s Guide PDF Security Settings PDF, or Portable Document Format, is a widely used electronic document format. Files in this format look and print the same on all platforms, due to the detailed information they contain about the formatting, character sets, and graphics used in a particular document. However, the back–side of these advantages is the inability to edit text inside PDF files, change its formatting, or work with numerical data. ABBYY PDF Transformer 2.
ABBYY PDF Transformer 2.0 User’s Guide Converting PDF Documents ABBYY PDF Transformer is an easy–to–use tool for converting entire PDF documents or just selected PDF pages into other formats, such as Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, HTML, RTF, TXT, or Searchable PDF. The flow chart below schematically shows the document conversion process: The appearance and properties of the output document are determined by the conversion options selected.
ABBYY PDF Transformer 2.0 User’s Guide The output document will be saved in the format of your choice and opened in the corresponding application. Note: 1. Clicking the Transform button will open the conversion dialog box displaying a progress bar, tips, and warning messages issued during conversion. To open a page for which a warning message has been issued, simply click the page number. 2.
ABBYY PDF Transformer 2.0 User’s Guide 2. If the look of the output document differs very much from the original, try altering the conversion options and/or selecting text, table, and picture areas manually. For more information, see Improving Conversion Results. Converting PDF Files From Within Microsoft Outlook When you install ABBYY PDF Transformer 2.0, the setup program integrates it with Windows Explorer and with Microsoft Office.
ABBYY PDF Transformer 2.0 User’s Guide ●The selected options (output format, the document language, layout retention options); ●Tips and warning messages. To open a page for which a warning message has been issued, simply click the page number. Note: If the look of the output document differs very much from the original, try altering the conversion options and/or selecting text, table, and picture areas manually. For more information, see Improving Conversion Results.
ABBYY PDF Transformer 2.0 User’s Guide Options available when converting to Microsoft Excel Thee options allow you to save tables in a convenient format: ● Ignore text outside tables The output XLS file will only retain the tables of the original PDF file. The rest of the text will not be converted. • Transform numeric values to numbers The numeric values contained in the PDF files will be converted to Microsoft Excel numbers, allowing you to perform arithmetic operations on numeric cells.
ABBYY PDF Transformer 2.0 User’s Guide Tip. If a PDF document is written in more than three languages, try converting it fragment by fragment. First select only text areas written in one language and specify their language and the appropriate page range (see Selecting and Adjusting Areas Manually for details). Next select and convert the text areas written in another language, etc. 2. In the Processing mode field, select Process PDF as image. ABBYY PDF Transformer 2.
ABBYY PDF Transformer 2.0 User’s Guide 3. Release the mouse. The selected area will be enclosed in a frame. Adjusting an area Changing area type Right–click the area you wish to change and select the required area type on the shortcut menu. Adjusting area borders 1. Position the mouse cursor on the border you wish to move. 2. Hold down the left mouse button and drag the border to the desired location. 3. Release the mouse.
ABBYY PDF Transformer 2.0 User’s Guide Renumbering areas 1. Click . 2. Select the areas in the order in which you wish their contents to appear in the output document. Remove an area Select the area you wish to remove and press DEL or Right–click an area and select Delete Area on the shortcut menu. Delete all areas Click . This will remove all the areas from the current page. or Select all the areas and press DEL.
ABBYY PDF Transformer 2.0 User’s Guide Creating PDF Documents ABBYY PDF Transformer is an easy–to–use tool for creating PDF documents from Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, HTML, RTF, Microsoft Visio, and TXT documents. The flow chart below schematically shows the process of converting documents from DOC, RTF, XLS, PPT, HTML, VSD, or TXT into PDF: * – The resulting document will be opened in your default PDF viewing application. ABBYY PDF Transformer 2.
ABBYY PDF Transformer 2.0 User’s Guide Creating PDF Documents From Windows Explorer When creating PDF files from Windows Explorer, the program will use the options that you selected during the previous session with ABBYY PDF Transformer 2.0 launched from Windows Explorer. 1. Open Windows Explorer and right–click the desired DOC, RTF, XLS, HTML, PPT, VSD, or TXT file. On the shortcut menu, select ABBYY PDF Transformer 2.
ABBYY PDF Transformer 2.0 User’s Guide 3. Security PDF security settings restrict access to the PDF file: ● Document Open Password This password protects the PDF document from unauthorized opening. The user needs to enter the password in order to open the file. Select Restrict opening, enter a password and confirm it. The password you type will be displayed as dots in the Document Open Password field of the Restrict Opening dialog box.
ABBYY PDF Transformer 2.0 User’s Guide How to Buy How to Buy ABBYY Products You can buy ABBYY software products from ABBYY's on–line store. You can also contact our resellers worldwide. For the complete list of resellers, please see www.abbyy.com/resellers. If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to contact the ABBYY office responsible for your region. For more information about ABBYY products, please visit www.abbyy.com/products.
ABBYY PDF Transformer 2.0 User’s Guide Western Europe All other regions Customers from Austria, Benelux, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Ireland, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland or other Western European countries, please contact: ABBYY Europe GmbH Phone: +49 89 511 159 0 Fax: +49 89 511 159 59 Address: Anglerstrasse 6, 80339 Munich, Germany E–mail: sales@abbyy.com Support e–mail: support@abbyyeu.com Web: http://www.abbyy.
ABBYY PDF Transformer 2.0 User’s Guide Technical Support Should you have any questions about installation or use of ABBYY PDF Transformer, please first consult the documentation provided with the program (User's Guide and Help) and visit the technical support pages on our website. If, however, your questions remain unanswered, please contact the ABBYY technical support service at support@abbyy.com.
