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.
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, switch to Advanced Edit Mode, view and modify document properties and program preferences.
Home Ribbon
Pages group: insert, extract, delete, replace, add or rotate pages.
Assemble group: Handle watermarks, headers and footers, bookmarks and destinations and enter document assembly mode.
Process group: Make PDF Searchable, Redact*, Optimize, Reduce, Split and Compare documents
Further tools: Favorites, Scan and Search.
Edit ribbon
Basic group: undo and redo actions, delete selectable objects, make selections.
Clipboard group: cut copy, paste objects or text.
Modify group: Crop pages and edit objects and edit text blocks.
Insert: Bates numbering*, typewriter text, links, movies, sounds, 3D objects and spell-check comments.
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.
Current Window group: Place or remove a split for the current window.
All Windows group: Cascade, tile or close all document windows.
Further tools: Open a new empty document window.
Comment ribbon
Annotate group: Place notes, text boxes, callouts, drawing objects and stamps; apply markups.
Comment Processing group: Open the Comments panel, import or export comments, create comment summaries, dictate notes, spell-check and search comments.
Advanced Processing ribbon
Current Document group: Open the Layers, Tag, Clip Art, Model tree or Envelope panels; embed or create an index and flatten the current file.
Batch group: Use Convert Assistant, build workflow sequences, setup a Scan Inbox*, 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; perform direct conversions to editable file types.
Further tools: Open the Compliance panel* to check compliance with PDF/A standards and check accessibility.
Security ribbon
Panels: Open 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.
Redaction group*: Mark for and apply redaction, search and redact and change redaction properties.
Prepare group: Use Secure Delivery, open the Remove Document Elements dialog box and modify or remove security settings - prohibited and permitted actions. Importing and exporting settings are now done under File > Options > Security.
Sign and Certify group: Add a scanned handwritten signature or work with digital signatures and limit permitted actions for the document.
IDs and Certificates group: Manage Digital IDs and Trusted Identities.
RMS Security: Access the Windows Active Directory Rights Management Services.
Further tools: Security properties.
Forms ribbon
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.
Further tools: Import/export data from/to the xfdf, fdf, xml or txt file types; export data from multiple files; use Form Typer to activate a form.
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
Tools: Access Help online or offline, Nuance on the Web and open the About box.