Ribbons are accessed by a series of tabs in the Menu bar. Click the tab of the open ribbon to hide it; click again to restore it. Settings under Initial View allow both the ribbon and the tabs to be hidden. If you receive such a PDF document, press F9 to restore them.
Ribbons can be floated; drag-and-drop the tab of the current ribbon to undock it. Drag the tab again (not the Window's title bar) onto the ribbon area to re-dock the ribbon.
If your program window is narrow, you may not be able to see all groups in a ribbon. Blue arrowheads on the left or right show that groups are hidden. Click the active arrow to scroll the view, or widen the program window.
To find a tool
Use the control top right of the ribbon bar. Enter a tool name. This opens the panel containing the tool. If the panel is already open it is closed.
Ribbon overview
Power PDF has the following menus and ribbons. Ribbons are presented with their groups and a few most useful tools. Follow the links for detail on tools. Tools or groups with an asterisk (*) are available only in Power PDF Advanced.
File Menu
Open and save files and revisions, print, fax or e-mail documents, view and modify document properties and program preferences.
Home Ribbon
Pages group: insert, extract, delete pages and enter or exit document assembly mode.
Create group: Make separate or combined PDF files from source files or from scanner.
Pages rotate group: Rotate to left, right or use advanced options.
Convert group: Make PDF editable: in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint or other; make PDF searchable.
Tools group: Edit object, add text with Typewriter, Reduce or Optimize or Split the PDF.
Search: Search the current PDF or multiple documents.
Edit ribbon
Convert: Switch to Advanced Edit Mode.
Basic group: undo and redo actions, delete selectable objects, make selections.
Clipboard group: cut copy, paste objects or text.
Modify group: Crop pages, edit objects, edit text blocks and insert typewriter text.
Insert: Headers and footers, Bates numbering*, links, movies, sounds and 3D objects.
Tools group: use rulers and grids, measure distances, perimeters and areas and use JavaScript.
View ribbon
Zoom group: zoom the display, or use the dynamic zoom or the Loupe tool.
Page View group: Set scroll and fit options, full-screen display, rotate the view or see the previous or next views.
New: Open a new empty document window.
Current Window group: Place or remove a split for the current window.
All Windows group: Cascade, tile or close all document windows.
Comment ribbon
Annotate group: Place notes, text boxes, callouts, dictate notes and spell-check comments.
Markup group: add highlights, cross-outs and underlines, drawing objects and apply markups.
Comment Processing group: Import or export comments, create comment summaries and search comments.
Attachments: Attach files and sound files.
Advanced Processing ribbon
Process group: Embed or create an index, flatten the current file, Reduce or Optimize or Split the PDF and Compare documents.
File group: Move to the previous or next PDF, setup a Scan Inbox*, access or manage Favorites.
Batch group: Use Convert Assistant, build workflow sequences, Watched Folders* and batch convert files between PDF and TIFF*.
Read Aloud group: Read whole current page, from current page to end or save to mp3 file.
Export group: Export page area to a target application.
Security ribbon
Redaction group*: Mark for and apply redaction, search and redact and change redaction properties.
Sign and Certify group: Add a scanned handwritten signature or work with digital signatures and limit permitted actions for the document.
Security group: Use Secure Delivery, open the Remove Document Elements dialog box and access Security properties: modify or remove security settings - prohibited and permitted actions.
IDs and Certificates group: Manage Digital IDs and Trusted Identities.
DRM group: Access the Windows Active Directory Rights Management Services (RMS).
See also the Security panel for password and certificate security, the Signatures panel to display signatures in the current document or the Sign / Certify panel to sign a document. Importing and exporting settings are done under File > Options > Security.
Forms ribbon
Fillable form group: Use Form Typer to activate a form.
Form elements group: Insert a wide range of form controls onto the page.
Fields group: Highlight and reset form fields; set tab and field calculation order.
Data group: Import/export data from/to the xfdf, fdf, xml or txt file types; export data from multiple files.
Connectors ribbon
In Power PDF Standard you will see two groups, for the cloud storage sites Dropbox and Evernote.
In Power PDF Advanced, you must enable connectors individually by using a Custom install. A Typical install excludes all Connectors. To modify connector choices after installation double-click the program's Setup.exe file and choose Change. From the Windows Control Panel the only choice is Uninstall.
Each enabled connector has its own group. Dropbox, Evernote and SharePoint always appear if enabled, further supported Document Management Systems appear only if their client installation is detected on the local computer.
Help ribbon
Help group: Access Help online or offline, Nuance on the Web and open the About box.