Nuance PDF Converter 1.0 Reference guide

Brand: Nuance

Model: PDF Converter 1.0

Type: Reference guide

Quick Reference

Welcome to ScanSoft PDF Converter

The ScanSoft

PDF Converter for Microsoft

Word allows you to open non-encrypted

PDF documents directly from Microsoft Word, so they can be edited and saved as Word

documents. Most PDF files contain a text layer with standard encoding. The ScanSoft

PDF Converter is designed to handle these files. PDF files not meeting these criteria

must be converted by OCR (optical character recognition). If ScanSoft

OmniPage Pro

is available on your system, this Converter will offer its services.

Installing and activating PDF Converter

1. Insert the CD-ROM in your CD-ROM drive. The installation program will

start automatically. If it does not, locate your CD-ROM drive in Windows

Explorer and double-click the Converter’s setup.exe file. The InstallShield

wizard will appear.

If you have downloaded the Converter from the ScanSoft web site, just double-

click its setup.exe file. The InstallShield wizard will appear.

2. Follow the on-screen instructions. You will find the serial number on the CD

sleeve or on the ScanSoft web site at the download location. Be sure to keep the

serial number in a safe place; it is fully checked only during product activation.

The installer offers a default location for the program. Accept it or define a

different one.

3. Click Finish. Registration is offered at the end of installation. We provide an

easy electronic form that can be completed in less than five minutes. If you do

not register, you will be periodically invited to do so later.

4. Activate the product. This process requires web access. You can do it at the

end of installation or on program start. No personal information is transmitted

provided your serial number is correct. The program can be launched only five

times without activation. You will be allowed a reasonable number of re-

installations.

Using PDF Converter

1. In Microsoft Word, click

Open

or File/

Open

2. Click the PDF (Portable Document Format) (*.pdf) format in the Files of

type box.

3. Select the PDF file you want to convert.

4. Click Open. You will see a progress monitor.

5. The converted document is displayed in Microsoft Word. Edit it as desired.

6. When ready, click File/Save As...

7. Choose the Word document format.

8. Modify the file name if desired.

9. Click Save.

Steps 2, 3 and 4 are shown in this picture of the Open dialog box.

Note: To start the saving (step 6), do not click Save. This will cause the newly

generated file to overwrite the original PDF.

Direct conversion

You can convert PDF files directly, even if Microsoft Word is not running. In these

cases, a new Microsoft Word document is displayed, ready to be saved. Convert as

follows:

♦ Windows

Explorer: Right click on a PDF icon or file name. Choose Open

PDF in Word

from the shortcut menu.

♦ Microsoft Internet Explorer: Right click on a hyperlink leading to a PDF file.

Choose Open in Word from the shortcut menu.

♦ Microsoft

Outlook

: Click the PDF Converter button in the toolbar:

It is active whenever a message with a PDF attachment is selected. If a message

has more than one PDF, a dialog box lets you select which to convert.

Viewing the Readme File

This file includes last-minute information and troubleshooting. You are invited to view

it at installation time. You can access it on the delivery CD, or from the PDF Converter

installation folder, as shown above.

Getting Help

The ScanSoft PDF Converter has an online help system in HTML format. Once the

program is installed, the menu item ScanSoft PDF Converter… appears in the Microsoft

Word Help menu.

Note: In Word 97 the help system may not be accessible through the Help menu. Please

open the file from the PDF Converter installation folder.

Product Support

Please visit http://www.scansoft.com/support to view ScanSoft’s technical support

options and policy.

Converting with OmniPage Pro

If the PDF Converter encounters a PDF file containing some image-only pages and you

have OmniPage Pro 11 or later on your system, the following message will appear:

♦ Click Yes to launch OmniPage Pro with the PDF file loaded as a set of images.

Run OCR on the pages and save the results in Microsoft Word format.

♦ Click No to convert the document to Microsoft Word without OCR; the image-

only pages will be inserted as images with non-editable characters.

If the first page of a PDF file has no text layer, the PDF Converter will not convert it.

You will be invited to process the file with OmniPage Pro. If the PDF Converter

encounters a PDF it cannot convert and you do not have OmniPage Pro on your system,

you will be directed to the ScanSoft web site.

Saving converted files

It is very important that you save your converted Microsoft Word documents using the

Save As… command. If you use Save or Close without saving, you will lose either the

converted document or the original PDF. The program warns you of this:

Language support

ScanSoft PDF Converter can handle over a hundred languages that use the Latin

alphabet. These include Catalan, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French,

German, Hungarian, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish and Swedish. It

can convert multi-lingual documents. PDF files in Greek and in the Cyrillic alphabet

(Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, Serbian…) can be converted with OmniPage Pro. A full

language list can be found in online help.

www.ScanSoft.com

OmniPage and OmniPage Pro are registered trademarks and/or trademarks of

ScanSoft, Inc. in the United States and other countries. Microsoft, Windows and

Outlook are registered trademarks and/or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in

the United States and other countries. InstallShield is a registered trademark of

InstallShield Software Corporation. All other company names or product names

may be the trademarks of their respective owners.

Nuance PDF Converter 1.0 Reference guide

Nuance PDF Converter 1.0 Reference guide

Nuance PDF Converter 1.0 Reference guide

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