Home tab
Use the Home tab to access commonly used settings.
To find tools on tabs, see Ribbon, tabs and panels or use the Find a Tool function at the top right.
Pages group
Extract and Insert: Extract pages from
the current document or insert pages into it. When extracting, select one or more
pages and whether to keep or drop extracted pages in the current document. When
inserting, you can build up a file list from multiple folders, select page ranges
(with a preview facility) and define an insertion location. These operations are
also possible in Document Assembly mode. Use Extract and
Insert or a shortcut menu to replace pages.
Delete: Remove current or selected pages or define a page
range.
Document Assembly: Transform the current view (as set by
Scroll options in the View tab) to a set of smaller pages, to make it easier to
rearrange pages within the current document or between multiple documents. Each page
has a number bar to allow easy page dragging. Document Assembly view is applied to all open
documents. A separate tool allows pages to be renumbered. This tool is available
only in Document Assembly mode and becomes active only if the current document
contains auto-generated page numbering in a header or footer. When clicked, it
applies the updated page order to the real page numbering.
To exit Document Assembly view, click its tool again. Open the Pages panel to see and work with thumbnails of all pages in the current document.
Create group
Open one or more source files for PDF creation. Select Combine Files to transform the source files into a single PDF.
Select From File to have each source
file saved to separate PDF documents.
Select From Scanner to access a list of scanning
options. Use the list to setup a scanner, then scan to a
new document or append the scans to the current document. In Power PDF Advanced, you
can use Scan And Markup (to have a defined word or phrase or
pattern highlighted, crossed-out, underlined or marked for redaction in all scanned
pages). Power PDF Advanced also
offers a Scan Inbox facility ( ), that automatically generates PDF files from any scans directed to a
defined Inbox folder.
Select Combine All () to copy the content of all opened documents into one document. See Combine currently opened files into one PDF with the Combine All command for details.
Page Rotate group
Rotating tools on the Home tab of the ribbon rotate the pages in fact, so the rotation persists. Use the View tab to temporarily rotate the view.
Right: Rotates the current page right by 90 degrees.
Left: Rotates the current page left by 90 degrees.
: Select the current page, selected pages or a page range and select from three
rotation values.
Convert groupConversion tools
Convert PDF to leading targets (Word, Excel, PowerPoint),
making them more editable. Clicking any of the buttons will launch the Convert Pages
dialog box.
Make PDF Searchable: Transforms Image-only PDF files or files
with image-only parts containing scanned text to a searchable
PDF. It does this by running OCR (Optical Character
Recognition) on the image-only parts to create or supplement the document's text
layer. A drop-down list allows the generated texts to be proofread to improve text
accuracy.
More conversion target formats are available in the Other drop-down.
Tools group
Edit Text: Select text blocks to modify them.
Text blocks cannot be selected in image-only PDF pages. Double-clicking in a
text block allows the text to be modified. The shortcut menu of a selected text
offers additional commands. For details see
Edit page contents and Text Format
tab.
Typewriter: Add text to any free place on a PDF page and
define properties to be applied. Typewriter text becomes an integral part of
the PDF at saving time.
Reduce: Reduce file
size by removing unneeded elements, or Optimize the current file, which usually
delivers a smaller file, partly by lowering picture quality.
Split: Split the current document based on the specified criteria.
Search group
Search Current: Find a word or phrase in the current
document.
Search Multiple: Perform more complex searches through one or many documents to find one or more search
strings using predefined or custom-built patterns, Boolean
operators, or pre-compiled indexes. Use Fuzzy search for google-like searching.
Trial mode / Trial Expired tools
If the trial period is not over yet, then the title of the tab displays as Trial Mode (x days), where x is the number of remaining days. If the trial period is over, and Power PDF is not activated, then Trial Expired is shown as the title and Power PDF runs in Reader Mode only. You can purchase, activate or launch the product info web page with the commands in this group.
PaperPort Desktop group and tool
Switch to the PaperPort desktop displaying the current file along with all
others located in the file folder.This tool appears only if the PaperPort
application is detected on the computer.