ARTS PDF Stamper Version 3.
ARTS PDF Stamper User Guide Contents Contents INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................. 4 1. 2. SETUP .......................................................................................................... 5 2.1. System Requirements ................................................................................ 5 2.2. Installation............................................................................................... 5 2.3.
ARTS PDF Stamper User Guide Contents 6.1. 6.2. View Log File ...........................................................................................29 Clear Log File...........................................................................................30 7. CONFIGURING PREFERENCES .......................................................................... 31 7.1. File Handling ...........................................................................................31 7.2. Defaults ..............
ARTS PDF Stamper User Guide Introduction 1. Introduction ARTS PDF Stamper is a plug-in for Adobe Acrobat for stamping text, watermarks and backgrounds to pages on a PDF document. With ARTS PDF Stamper, users can customize the content, appearance and action of each stamp as well as combining multiple stamps into one stamp profile. This includes aligning and setting the size of each stamp, or even making your stamps behave like hyperlinks.
ARTS PDF Stamper User Guide Setup 2. Setup 2.1. System Requirements Windows • • • • • • • • Intel® Pentium® processor or equivalent For Acrobat 5.0 users: Microsoft Windows 98 SE, ME, Microsoft® Windows NT® Workstation 4.0 with Service Pack 6, Windows® 2000 with Service Pack 2, Windows XP Professional or Home Edition, or Windows XP Tablet PC Edition For Acrobat 6.0 users: Microsoft Windows 98 SE, Microsoft® Windows NT® Workstation 4.
ARTS PDF Stamper User Guide Setup 3. 4. 5. 6. Open the CD and double click the Install file. Navigate to ARTS PDF Stamper. Click install. Follow the prompts to install ARTS PDF Stamper. Macintosh (.hqx) If you 1. 2. 3. 4. downloaded ARTS PDF Stamper, to install: Verify that Adobe Acrobat is not running. Decompress the distribution file provided. Execute the installation file. Follow the prompts to install ARTS PDF Stamper. Windows (CD-ROM) To install from a CD-ROM: 1.
ARTS PDF Stamper User Guide Setup 2.4. Registration ARTS PDF provide the option of registering your copy of ARTS PDF Stamper online. Online registration allows you to protect your serial number. In the event you lose or misplace your serial, we can locate and provide your serial to you on request. Registered customers will also receive important upgrade information and notification of product updates. 1. After activating your copy of ARTS PDF Stamper you will be prompted to register online.
ARTS PDF Stamper User Guide Setup Windows To install on a Windows platform: 1. Verify that Adobe Acrobat is not running. 2. Click Start > Settings > Control Panel. 3. Open Add/Remove Programs. 4. Select ‘ARTS PDF Stamper 3.0’ from the menu. 5. Click ‘Add/Remove’.
ARTS PDF Stamper User Guide Using ARTS PDF Stamper 3. Using ARTS PDF Stamper The main features of ARTS PDF Stamper are: • Stamp text on a PDF document. Use Text Stamp feature to create single or multi-line text stamps. Text stamps are often used for headers, footers and hyperlinks. A variety of Dynamic Text options are available to allow you to easily insert date, time, page numbers and document information such as Author, Title and Subject at runtime. • Stamp an Image on a PDF document.
ARTS PDF Stamper User Guide Using ARTS PDF Stamper 3.1. Starting ARTS PDF Stamper To use ARTS PDF Stamper, first locate the ARTS PDF Stamper tool button or menu item under the Acrobat Plug-in menu4. Use either the toolbar5 or the menu items from Acrobat’s menu to create, edit, mange or apply a stamp to a document. Once a stamp profiles is created, you can use it to easily stamp the active document by selecting it from either the tool button drop down or ‘Plug-ins > ARTS PDF Stamper’ menu.
ARTS PDF Stamper User Guide Using ARTS PDF Stamper 3.3. Toolbar ARTS PDF Stamper can be accessed from the ARTS PDF Stamper toolbar. Figure 3. The ARTS PDF Stamper toolbar 3.4. Stamp a document To apply a stamp, open a PDF document and select or create your desired stamp profile. To select a stamp either: • Open the Manage Stamps dialog and select the profile from the list. Click ‘Stamp’ to process. • Select a stamp profile from the ARTS PDF Stamper menu. • Click the drop down tool button.
ARTS PDF Stamper User Guide Managing Stamps and Profiles 4. Managing Stamps and Profiles To activate the Stamp Management dialog, click the ARTS PDF Stamper tool button or select ‘Manage Stamps’ from the ‘Plug-ins > ARTS PDF Stamper’ menu item. ARTS PDF Stamper uses stamp profiles, allowing users to apply any combination of stamps in a single action. Stamp profiles also allow users to copy and share stamps between profiles.
ARTS PDF Stamper User Guide Managing Stamps and Profiles 4.1. Creating a new Profile To create a new Profile: 1. Open the Manage Stamp dialog. 2. Click ‘New Profile’. 3. Add stamps as required to this profile by clicking the ‘Add Stamp’ button (refer to Designing your stamp). 4. The stamp is automatically saved. 4.2. Creating a new Stamp To create a new Stamp: 1. Select the profile you want the stamp added to. 2.
ARTS PDF Stamper User Guide Managing Stamps and Profiles 4.5. Deleting Profiles /Stamps To delete a profile/stamp from the preview pane: 1. Right click the desired stamp or profile 2. Select ‘Delete Profile’ or ‘Delete Stamp’ from the popup menu. 3. Press ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ to confirm the delete action. Note: If the Profile contains several stamps, deleting the profile will delete all the stamps within the profile. Delete actions cannot be undone. 4.6.
ARTS PDF Stamper User Guide Managing Stamps and Profiles 4.8. Editing Stamps To edit an existing stamp, select the desired stamp and click the edit button. The Edit Stamp function allows users to modify the properties of individual stamps. Editing is disabled unless a profile is selected. More detail in section Designing Stamps. 4.9. Right Click Menus As mentioned above, a number of editing features are available by right clicking a stamp or profile. | CONTENTS | Figure 6. Right-click Profile menu.
ARTS PDF Stamper User Guide Designing Stamps 5. Designing Stamps The stamp design dialogs are used to tailor the content, alignment, spacing and placement of a stamp. These properties are described below. Figure 8.
ARTS PDF Stamper User Guide Designing Stamps 5.1. General Stamp Settings Settings common to text, image and PDF stamps are outlined in this section. 5.1.1. Layout • Units Select either ‘cm’, ‘mm’ or ‘inch’ from the drop down. • Horizontal Position Select the horizontal point of reference for the stamp. Adjust by entering a value in the text box. - From right (right justified): incrementing moves stamp to the left. - From left (left justified): incrementing moves stamp to the right.
ARTS PDF Stamper User Guide Designing Stamps 5.1.2. Pages Options Set which pages to stamp on by selecting a predefined range: All pages Odd pages Even pages First page Last page Alternatively, define your own page range, i.e. 2, 5, 9-16 or by page groups, stamp from page 2 every 4 pages, i.e. 2, 6,10,14. 5.1.3. Border and Outline Font Apply a rectangular border around the edge of your text, image or PDF stamp. Set the color, line style (dashed) and weight.
ARTS PDF Stamper User Guide Designing Stamps • Open File Opens the specified file. This file can be of any type, but only files with a *.pdf extension will be opened in Acrobat; all other file types will be opened in their default viewers. The path to the file can be configured using an absolute or relative address, see Absolute / Relative Addressing. • Open a web Link Clicking on the bookmark opens a web browser to the URL specified within the WWW Link textbox.
ARTS PDF Stamper User Guide Designing Stamps 5.1.5. Using Absolute / Relative Addressing When creating stamps that execute an open file or GoTo remote page action it is possible to specify whether to use absolute or relative file addresses. • Absolute Addressing Absolute Address is best used when it's likely that the stamped document may need to be moved or copied to a different location in the file system, without any target files moving in relation.
ARTS PDF Stamper User Guide Designing Stamps 5.2. Text Stamp Properties Figure 9. 5.2.1. Designing Text Stamps Line spacing When creating multi-line text stamps, alter this setting to adjust the space between lines. Lines are created using the enter key. Note: Line spacing adjustments will appear only in the preview pane or output file – not in this text box.
ARTS PDF Stamper User Guide Designing Stamps 5.2.2. Dynamic Text Dynamic Text is used to insert variable data (such as document information fields) and information that is calculated at runtime such as page numbers and time. To use dynamic text, select an item from the drop down list and press ‘Insert’. A specific macro to identify the dynamic text will be inserted into the text box.
ARTS PDF Stamper User Guide Designing Stamps 5.2.3. Font ARTS PDF Stamper allows you to customize the appearance of your text stamp. Choose from System or Standard fonts, change the color, size and even the underline style used. Note: Only one style can be set per stamp. • Font type Choose from either ‘System’ or ‘Standard’ font types. System refers to the fonts present on your computer. Standard fonts (also known as Base 14) are those native in Acrobat/Adobe Reader.
ARTS PDF Stamper User Guide Designing Stamps 5.2.4. Adding Bates Numbers Numbers in Bates format contain padded zeros. When applied, like page numbers, a Bates number increment by one throughout the document collection. In ARTS PDF Stamper, Bates numbers can be implemented using the $BatesNo[1] and $BatesTotalPages macros. Bates Properties: • Fixed Length The fixed length (number of padded zeros) is configured in the options window.
ARTS PDF Stamper User Guide Designing Stamps Figure 10. Inserting Bates Dynamic Text 8. To set the length of the bates number, go to ‘Edit > Preferences > ARTS PDF Stamper’ and adjust the ‘BATES fixed length’ to the desired length. Figure 11. Bates Length 9. Change other properties for your text such as the layout, font style or action. 10. Click ‘OK’ to save your stamp and return to the main ARTS PDF Stamper window. 11. Select the profile name so that the profile is highlighted. 12.
ARTS PDF Stamper User Guide Designing Stamps 5.2.5. Adding Page Numbers To add page numbers (i.e. “Page 1 of 10”): 1. Open the PDF document you wish to stamp. 2. Open ARTS PDF Stamper from Adobe Acrobat’s Plug-ins Menu ‘plug-ins > ARTS PDF Stamper > Manage Stamps’ or click on the ‘Manage Stamps’ toolbar button. 3. Click on the ‘New Profile’ button and a new profile will be added. 4.
ARTS PDF Stamper User Guide Designing Stamps 5.3. Image/PDF Stamp Settings ARTS PDF Stamper allows you to apply image or PDF stamps to your documents. Note: Image and PDF stamps share a number of similar properties. Some properties common to both are described in this section. Figure 13.
ARTS PDF Stamper User Guide Designing Stamps Figure 14. Designing PDF Stamps 5.3.1. Size Adjust this setting to resize your image or PDF. The adjustment affects both horizontal and vertical ratios. Note: Changing the scale of your image/PDF may affect image quality. 5.3.2. Page Number (PDF Stamps only) Adjust this setting to choose which page number of the PDF document to use for the PDF stamp. Note: The total number of pages is validated by the selected PDF.
ARTS PDF Stamper User Guide Logging 6. Logging To enable logging, open the ARTS PDF Stamper preferences dialog7 and ensure that the checkbox to enable logging is selected. Figure 15. Enable logging preference 6.1. View Log File To view the log file, from Acrobat menu: Plug-Ins > ARTS PDF Stamper > Logging > View log The log file records processing details. One log file is used to record details from all stamp processes.
ARTS PDF Stamper User Guide Logging If any unexpected errors occur, refer to the log file for debugging details. Please contact techsupport@artspdf.com if the problem persists. Note: The log file will only be created if the “Enable Logging” option is checked in the ARTS PDF Stamper Preferences. 6.2. Clear Log File Selecting to run the Clear Log File feature will erase the log file saved previously.
ARTS PDF Stamper User Guide Configuring Preferences 7. Configuring Preferences ARTS PDF Stamper preferences can be accessed from the Acrobat menu: • On Windows, go to ‘Edit > Preferences > ARTS PDF Stamper’. • On Macintosh, go to ‘Acrobat > Preferences > ARTS PDF Stamper’. Figure 16. Preferences Dialog 7.1. File Handling • Write stamp to new file Creates a new file to apply stamp on. • Enable logging Choose to keep a log of all the processes in a text file.
ARTS PDF Stamper User Guide Batch Processing 8. Batch Processing Acrobat’s Batch Processing allows you to perform ARTS PDF Stamper functions across multiple files or folders rapidly and automatically. The Help file in Adobe Acrobat describes Batch Processing as “allowing you to create and execute a series of commands on one document, several documents, or an entire collection of documents in one automated process.” Batch Processing with ARTS PDF Stamper allows you to: 1.
ARTS PDF Stamper User Guide Batch Processing To create a batch process for ARTS PDF Stamper, follow these steps: 1. Open Adobe Acrobat. 2. In Acrobat 5.0, from the file menu go to ‘File > Batch Processing’ to open the Batch Processing dialog. In Acrobat 6.0 Professional, from the file menu go to ‘Advanced > Batch Processing’ to open the Batch Processing dialog. 3. Create a New Sequence; choose a meaningful name for the new sequence. You will now be taken to the Batch Edit Sequence dialog. 4.
ARTS PDF Stamper User Guide Customize a Toolbar Button 9. Customize a Toolbar Button ARTS PDF Stamper functions are accessible from within ARTS PDF Aerialist. ARTS PDF Aerialist is a plug-in for Acrobat that contains a number of handy tools, and the Productivity feature allows you to create customizable toolbars. For more information on ARTS PDF Aerialist, visit the ARTS PDF website: http://www.artspdf.com/arts_pdf_aerialist.asp.
ARTS PDF Stamper User Guide Customize a Toolbar Button To create an ARTS PDF Stamper toolbar button with ARTS PDF Aerialist, do the following: 1. In Acrobat, click the Productivity Add/Remove Tools button on the ARTS PDF Aerialist toolbar, or use the menu system: ‘Plug-ins > ARTS PDF Aerialist > Productivity > Add or Remove Tools’. 2. In the Add or Remove Tools dialog, click the “New” button. This will open up the Edit Tool Properties dialog. 3.
ARTS PDF Stamper User Guide Troubleshooting 10.Troubleshooting 10.1. Frequently Asked Questions This section provides some answers to common questions and details on what to do if a problem is encountered concerning the following: • • • • ARTS PDF Stamper not found Wrong stamp applied The preview pane General ARTS PDF Stamper not found “I’ve installed ARTS PDF Stamper and everything appeared OK however I can’t appear to find the application.
ARTS PDF Stamper User Guide Troubleshooting pane to refresh at every click. For large documents or profiles with many stamps we recommend that you uncheck the preview option to minimize unnecessary processing. If you wish to preview the output, simply recheck it. General “I am having a problem with ARTS PDF Stamper and it is not covered in this FAQ. What can I do?” • Visit our ARTS PDF Forum (http://forum.artspdf.com) to talk with ARTS PDF technical support and other ARTS PDF product users.
ARTS PDF Stamper User Guide Troubleshooting 10.4. Updates To ensure you are up-to-date with the most recently released bug fixes and new features; check that you have the latest version of ARTS PDF Stamper installed. To check if your version is the latest: 1. Start Adobe Acrobat. 2. On Macintosh, choose Acrobat > About Third-Party Plug-Ins > ARTS PDF Stamper. On Windows, choose Help > About Third-Party Plug-Ins > ARTS PDF Stamper. 3. Choose Product Info and click Updates. 10.5.
ARTS PDF Stamper User Guide Troubleshooting 10.6. Technical Support Before contacting us please read the complete Troubleshooting section as the answer to your problem may be found in the FAQs or on the ARTS PDF Forum. To contact ARTS PDF Technical Support, please e-mail techsupport@artspdf.com and supply the information below to help us replicate the problem you are experiencing. a.
