News about PDF Xpansion technology and software

Perfect PDF Reader 6: PDF Viewer available in seven language versions, runs on Windows 7

soft Xpansion — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:20:23 +0100

Since mid November, Perfect PDF Reader 6 is available in seven language versions: German, English, French, Japanese, Chinese, Spanish and Russian.

The freeware is an interesting alternative if you currently use the Adobe Reader. It offers some additional functionality that is not available in Adobe Reader: you can export pages from PDF files as images (BMP, GIF, JPEG, PNG, Metafile) with different resolution settings. Moreover, you can save filled PDF forms. The application runs on 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows and may be used on all current versions of Windows including Windows 7. Perfect PDF Reader 6 has achieved the “Compatible with Windows 7” logo awarded by the Microsoft Corporation.

soft Xpansion´s PDF Viewer included on covermount CD-ROM of CHIP 11/2009, localized versions available on soft-xpansion.com

soft Xpansion — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:52:41 +0100

The German computer magazine CHIP (issue 11/2009) includes the German version of soft Xpansion´s PDF Viewer. Perfect PDF Reader is an interesting alternative if you use the Adobe Reader. It offers some additional functionality that is not available in the current Adobe Reader: you can export pages from PDF files as images (BMP, GIF, JPEG, PNG, Metafile) with different resolution settings. Moreover, you can save filled forms to PDF files. On the product page, you may currently download localized versions in the following languages: German, English, French, Japanese and Chinese. Spanish and Russian versions will be available soon.

Perfect PDF Master: Free Creation of PDF Files for 32- and 64-bit Computers

soft Xpansion — Mon, 07 Oct 2009 10:23:41 +0100

Perfect PDF Master is a freeware that creates high-quality PDF and PDF/A documents directly from any application automatically. Moreover, the most important PDF settings (description, i.e. general document properties, and security settings, PDF version, optimization, font embedding image quality) may be defined according to individual needs. For 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows.

soft Xpansion Competence Center: White paper on PDF creation and distribution in a network

soft Xpansion — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 12:40:31 +0100

With server-based PDF conversion, a central computer or central software, the server, takes over the conversion jobs for the decentralized clients. Server-based solutions are more efficient at the production, processing and distribution of large amounts of PDF files for large user groups.The White Paper starts with a short introduction into the PDF format and its general advantages. Then, a detailed description of the special advantages and requirements of PDF server solutions follows. Next come the alternative ways how PDF files may be created and distributed in networks. Finally the document gives an insight into a possible solution, PDF Render Center.

Perfect PDF 5 Premium - Important Live Update

soft Xpansion — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 10:29:13 +0100

If you bought Perfect PDF 5 Premium as boxed product, you are recommended to run the program´s Live-Update. The same applies if you bought the product as download version before March 2009. In both cases, however, the Update is necessary now only if no Live-Update has been performed since April 2009. The Update will remove a mistake that causes the programme to stop running as of December 2, 2009. The patch can be downloaded and installed directly from within the software by clicking on "Updates" in the group "Help", which is placed on the panel "Start" of the ribbon.

soft Xpansion and a new sister company on DMS EXPO 2009

soft Xpansion — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 14:50:01 +0100

The DMS EXPO 2009 in Cologne (September 15 to 17, 2009), Europe's leading event for Digital Management Solutions, will see soft Xpansion GmbH & Co. KG as exhibitor (Hall 7.1, Booth A002). The company presents several solutions based on the EMC Documentum plattform (electronic archives for various tasks, operations history files for the banking sector, application processing systems for credits in corporate and SME sectors) and its solutions based on PDF Render Center. Detailed information on all solutions is available directly on the fair. Moreover, soft Xpansion officially announces the formation of its sister company Intercomputer Global Services GmbH & Co. KG, which in the future will take over all tasks and projects in the field of Document Management solutions.

Create PDFs from Microsoft Office Documents with just a few Mouse Clicks - now also on 64-bit PCs

soft Xpansion — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 13:30:11 +0100

Office to PDF Premium enables you to perform a direct conversion of Word, Excel and PowerPoint files into PDF files. The conversion may be started directly from the three programmes as well as from the Windows Explorer. All meta information like table of contents, links, comments, form fields, header and footer or security settings can be automatically transferred into the PDF file. Office 2000 and all newer versions are supported. The recent version of Office to PDF Premium may be used on 32- and on 64-bit computers. Like its sister product Perfect PDF 5 Premium, the software includes improved import of meta information from Microsoft Office documents and faster PDF creation. The programme core now includes new 32-bit and additional 64-bit drivers. The latter may only be used on 64-bit computers.

Perfect PDF 5 Premium - PDF software now also suitable for 64-bit computers

soft Xpansion — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 15:06:24 +0100

soft Xpansion recently released Perfect PDF 5 Premium 5.5, a PDF software apt for 32-bit as well as for 64-bit computers. The product is qualified for all tasks associated with the PDF file format. It includes features for the conversion of documents into PDF files, for changing properties, for content editing, for commenting, designing, protecting and digital signing, as well as for the design and filling of PDF forms. Moreover, the software includes optimized text selection and marking, improved import of meta information from MS Office documents and faster PDF creation.

Print to Document SDK, Version 7

soft Xpansion — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 09:01:35 +0200

Print to Document 7 is a development kit for software developers. It provides functionality to convert printable data and files into a uniform and universal format by using a virtual printer. After the conversion into the EMF format, the converted data and files may be used in other software products according to the company´s tasks and requirements. For example, applications that create PDF files may use Print to Document 7.

Perfect DocuReader 5 - The free solution for your programme help system

soft Xpansion — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 10:11:40 +0200

Which tool and which file format do you currently use for displaying the programme help in your software? With Perfect DocuReader 5 you benefit from the advantages of PDF files for your programme help.The functionality includes: open and display any PDF files, display the needed page at start, navigate using bookmarks, links, buttons "Next page" and "Previous page", zoom modes and search function, printing.

New White Paper in soft xpansion ´s Competence Center: advantages and capabilities of PDF forms

soft Xpansion — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:42:10 +0200

Forms standardise the written communication between the participating persons, companies, institutions and public authorities. Nowadays, electronic forms in the shape of PDF files are commonly used. This White Paper discusses the following topics: basic considerations about the use of forms, electronic forms and their advantages, form requirements, basics about PDF forms, the structure of PDF forms, forms design, FDF files (Forms Data Format), XFA forms, filling and using forms.

Perfect PDF Reader 5: the alternative software for the display of PDF files

soft Xpansion — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 10:23:41 +0200

The Adobe® Reader is known as t h e software to display PDF files. But why not use Perfect PDF Reader 5 instead? The product is worth considering since it offers the following additional possibilities: maybe most importantly, PDF forms can be saved as filled out docments. And the pages of a PDF file can be saved as separate image files (BMP, GIF, JPEG and PNG formats), with various resolution settings. And texts may also be saved, in a separate text file.

PDF Xpansion SDK - News directly from the developers´s workbench

soft Xpansion — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 12:11:48 +0200

In the field of electronic documents, nowadays PDF may definitely be characterised as the file format that constitutes the most widespread standard for digitally based communication and teamwork. The importance of PDF is underlined by the fact that in July 2008, the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) published the approved ISO 32000-1 standard based upon PDF 1.7. This means that PDF has become an official ISO standard.

soft Xpansion allows for the high relevance of PDF. The company regularly publishes new extensions and enhancements for its PDF Xpansion Software Development Kit (SDK). The SDK enables software developers to seamlessly implement the creation, editing and display of PDF files into their own 32- and 64-bit applications. In the second quarter of 2009, soft Xpansion has released the following new features:

The PDF Quick Viewer library now fully supports the PDF event model (events and actions).
The viewer generates events and automatically executes actions that are assigned to events (excluding the JScript action).
The event handler enables client applications to receive notifications about any type of event - document, page, field and annotation events.
The PDF Quick Viewer library now supports a layout handler.This handler interface enables client applications to receive notifications about relayout and scroll events in the viewer.
Added possibility to transform coordinates of a specified point in the viewer window to page coordinates and vice versa.

Server-based PDF conversion and distribution in networks

soft Xpansion — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 10:07:13 +0200

In networks, PDF Render Center enables you to convert documents into PDF files and to distribute them afterwards. It helps you to organise the whole PDF workflow. The following information about the solution is available:

Basic facts about the idea behind it, about the functionality and about the integration into document management systems
A trial version can be downloaded from the product page
The product guide informs you in detail about the functionality, the system requirements and about the price structure of PDF Render Center
Finally, a White Paper takes the developer´s technical perspective and deals with the implementation of PDF Render Center into a document management system environment

EMC Corporation and soft Xpansion work together to implement PDF functionality into products and solutions

Tue, 15 Jun 2009 15:10:11 GMT

The EMC Corporation uses several components of the PDF Xpansion SDK in some of its global products and solutions. EMC Corporation (NYSE: EMC) is the world's leading developer and provider of information infrastructure technology and solutions that enable organizations of all sizes to transform the way they compete and create value from their information.

A new article in Competence Center: Secure PDF documents using digital signatures (in German)

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 12:16:40 GMT

Digital signatures provide a safe and legally binding digital communication (e.g. via e-mail). But how should a digital signature be formed? How can a company achieve, that the receivers of digital documents - e.g. PDF files - can trust these documents as well as traditional paper documents? This article describes the requirements and methods.

High-quality PDF documents with soft Xpansion freeware Perfect PDF Master 5

Tue, 26 May 2009 10:08:15 GMT

Our freeware Perfect PDF Master 5 creates automatically high-quality PDF documents directly from your application. The most important PDF settings like description (general document properties), security settings, version, optimization, font embedding and image quality can be set.