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CAD-KAS PDF Editor 5.0

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MANUAL

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What the program does

Copyright and Warranties
This is only a demo version (Shareware)!
Hardware and Software requirements
Limits of the demo version
Contact

1.What the program does

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Edit PDF files now! You can write annotations, add text, change the
text (correct spelling errors) or delete words completely. Now you can
also add or delete pictures and vector graphics and add text in any
font you want! Version 2.0 is able to underline, highlight and strikeout text
and
edit bookmarks too. Change the order of the pages
or delete pages. Also you can hide the information on a page so that
it is invisible in the Acrobat Reader but can be unhidden
later. You can change the page size or move the content. Add
stamps like "Confidential" or "Top secret". The source code of the
page (a language like HTML) is editable for you. Use the program
to read and write encrypted pdf files. The program leaves the layout
untouched after saving if you don't want to change it.
New in version 2.2: the undo function and you can rotate the pages
now.
New in version 2.3: edit pictures with the integrated picture editor.
Add links to websites or PDF pages. Fill in form fields or even create
form fields with the "Pro" version.
New in version 2.4:
1)big files will be loaded faster
2)better selection of vector objects with the pointer
3)page tools like "Crop" or "Scan new page"
4)new vector tool "brush"
5)export as text file
6)preview of the texts in the document for the function "Add text"
7)support of all unicode characters with the function "Add text as vector obje
ct"
8)the bookmarks are no longer lost when you combine multiple documents
New in version 2.5:
1)New function: File/Reduce file size
2)Stamp functions
3)Page numbers and headers/footers function
4)Search and replace for the document text and search only function
5)Multiple form fields can be selected
New functions for form fields

-align fields
-make the height of the fields the same
-make the space between the fields the same
-duplicate form fields
6) Better file repair function for corrupted pdf files
7)Faster drawing of vector objects 30% faster:
8)Free highlighting function without the need for text objects (scanned file)
9)Split text objects into parts (split table rows into columns)
10)and much more...
New in version 2.6:
1) New form elements (pro version): Listbox, Drop-Down box, Radiobutton
2) New annotation fields: rectangle, ellipse, line, pencil
3) Rotate form fields
4) Setup the view of the file when opening the pdf file (for example show/hide
bookmarks)
5) Page setup function for a scaled printout
6) A double click on a page under "Pages" opens the page in the Editor
New in version 3.0:
1) Better object selection
2) New tools like: rectangular free highlight, marker or revision cloud
3) You can edit the knots of the vector objects
4) The GUI is now unicode enabled (new minimum OS is Windows XP)
5) better look because of the use of GDI Plus (antialiasing, smoother lines)
6) Align of selected object
7) Rotate, skew and scale selected objects with the mouse
8) Text and date stamps
9) New icons for the user interface
New in version 3.1:
1) Edit text directly in the document (without dialog window). Double click on
a text object to start editing.
2) You can write characters in any language (unicode support)
3) Just add a new font which contains your characters and start writing
4) Export of unicode characters to Word and as text file
5) New tool to take measurements in the menu Graphics
6) Adding Print marks
7) Edit the crop box as numeric values (margin left/top/bottom/right)
8) New function: File/Import pictures...
9) Fill form field with the data from a CSV file
New in version 3.2:
1) You can display rulers with View/Rulers
2) Use the mouse wheel and CTRL to zoom the document and mouse wheel and SHIFT
to scroll in horizontal direction
3) Use View/Error messages to show errors in the syntax of the page source cod
e (use Edit/Change content to edit the source code)
4) Dotted and dashed lines can be displayed and can be used to draw
5) Add new text: align text and specify line space
6) Choose page size for new and empty pages
7) Predefined paper formats in the page size dialog
8) Change page size and content size proportional
9) Draw and label with the dimension tool not only measure
10)Move pages to the beginning or end of the list of pages
11)DXF Export (only objects version)
12)Convert pictures into DXF (only objects version)
New in version 3.3:
1) Remove fonts

2) Move objects direcly between pages

3) Edit/Cut
4) Advanced/Remove all shading object
5) Search and Replace in all files of a folder
6) Graphics/Delete area on all pages
7) Advanced/Add additional crop margin
8) Advanced/Save pdf file and convert content into an image
9) Shrink pdf: set a maximum picture width and set a percent value how to far
to shrink images
10)New view option: Small icons
11)New option: Advanced/Remove logical page rotation
12)New dialog window for text stamps (no longer together with graphic stamps)
13)New option: Only hold objects of one page in memory
14)Annotations/Free text: white can be selected as background color without tr
ansparency
New in version 4.0:
1)Pictures/Add picture on every 2./3. etc. page
2)Advanced/ Search and replace a picture within all files in a given folder...
3)File/Special save as functions/ Save PDF file and convert content into inver
ted images... (For visually handicapped people)
4)Pages/Delete/ Delete all empty pages (also in scanned documents)...
5)Embed or delete all fonts (File/Special save as functions)
6)Save pictures in CMYK colors (File/Special save as functions)
7)SVG export for vector graphics and simple text objects (only in the "Objects
" version)
8)Create automatic backup copies in the subfolder __history when saveing
9)Advanced/Layers (show or hide layers)
10)Change the font of form fields
11)New option: Stamps/Add stamp on all pages
12)New option in tabsheet security: Automatically decrypt PDF file after open
ing
13)Popup menu for right mouse click under "Bookmarks"
14)Popup menu for right mouse click under "Pages"
15)All export functions are now located under File/Export
16)Preview pictures under "Pages" now show the complete page
17)View/ No icons in main menu and for tab sheets
18)The menu "Page" is now more neatly arranged
19)New option: Use grid for form field positioning
20)Add Text: Text can now also have a border, not only a filling
21)Select the next form field with the tab key
22)View/ Show screen magnifier
23)Form fields/ Export form fields as CSV file..
24)Picture/ Crop picture...
25)Options/ Reset configuration
26)Page/Crop: selection now with 2 mouse clicks (less accidental operation)
27)Edit/ Copy the page as picture to the clipboard
28)Edit/ Copy a part of the page as picture...
29)Text/ Add text to all pages...
30) DXF export: new option: do not export filled objects without border
31)Advanced/ Add pdf file to the background as letter paper...
32)Edit/ Paste in background
33)Add or insert a number of new and empty pages
34)Page/Change size..
35)Form fields/Create button
36)File/Special save as functions/ Convert into images and save as PDF/A-1b co
mpatible file ("Objects" version only!)...
37)File/Special save as functions / Save as PDF/A-1b (can not check if file is
100% compilant) ("Objects" version only!)...

New in version 4.5:

1) Options/Style of the user interface (21 different styles for the user inter
face)
2) Page/Remove white margins...(removes the white margins automatically with o
ne mouse click)
3) Page/Crop all pages... (Select a crop area. Then the program applies this c
rop area to all pages).
4) Pages/Pages/Split into separate files by bookmark level...
5) PDF Watermarks is now included under Advanced/Batch conversation/Add text a
nd pictures to multiple PDF files... (You can add text and a picture to multiple
PDF files.)
6) Text/Merge text objects next to each other... Often times the text objects
are split into many single objects, even within a word or within a sentence new
text objects can start. You can fix this issue now with one mouse click (the fon
t, size and
position of the text objects must match perfectly).
7) Advanced/JavaScript... You can edit or delete document JavaScript here or y
ou can add new JavaScript. This JavaScript will be executed when you open the PD
F file.
8) Command line parameter JavaScript: With the command line: pdfeditor.exe Jav
aScript "c:\test\test.pdf" "c:\test\test.js" the JavaScript file test.js can be
added to the PDF file test.pdf.
9) A message can be displayed when opening the PDF file (Advanced/JavaScript..
.). You can add a predefined JavaScript program without programming knowledge to
display a message when opening the PDF file.
10) An expiration date for the PDF file can be set (Advanced/JavaScript...). Y
ou can add a predefined JavaScript program without programming knowledge to set
an expiration date for the PDF file.
11) Forms/Options/Setup grid width for form fields...
12) Selection/Font/Change the font size (the font size of all selected objects
can be changed at once).
13) Advanced/Add picture to the background... A picture can be placed on all p
ages or a page rage into the background or with transparency into the foreground
.
14) Advanced/Embedded files... You can save files which are attached to the PD
F file on hard disk, you can delete attachments or you can add new attachments t
o the PDF file.
15) Advanced/Center content of all pages... Move the content of the pages so t
hat there is an equal amount of space at the left side and at the right side of
the page.
16) Advanced/Set compression method for pictures... You get an overview how m
uch space the pictures occupy. You can set the compression method or individual
pictures to JPEG, JPEG200 or JBIG2.
17) Search/replace: You can use the ? character as wildcard for a single chara
cter of any kind.
18) Save as PNG file. The program can now also save pictures as PNG file.
19) Scanned Text Editor: You can now also rotate the page here. Often times th
ere was the problem that the pictures has been scanned with a rotation and was o
nly displayed upright through the logical page rotation.
20) Text/Add text: A right to left writing mode can be activated for Arabic an
d Hebrew text.
21) Edit/Copy the text to the clipboard (Copy the text of selected objects dir
ectly into another application like word).
22) Insert page numbers: A new place holder for the page count is available. N
ot only for the current page (to add something like page 1 of 10 for example). I
n previous versions you could add the "1", but not the "10".
23) Create bookmarks without a destination (you may not want a link for the ch
apters at a higher level for example).

24) Advanced/Change font of all text objects... You can now also change the fo
nt size of all text objects.
25) Picture stamps can now be added to all pages at once.
26) Form fields: You can now select the font color, background color, border c
olor and border width for the form fields.
27) The program applies the actual page to the tab sheets "Pages" and "Bookmar
ks", when you change from the tab sheet "Edit" to one of the other tab sheets.
28) To delete a page is now also possible in the context menu which pops up if
you do a right mouse click on an empty place on the page or next to the page.
29) File/Export/Export as text file with invisible text objects... You can exp
ort the text which is created from an OCR program which places the recognized te
xt as invisible text object behind the scanned image.
30) File/Import text file... Import an existing text file. If no PDF file is o
pened a new PDF file will be created.
31) Edit/Paste text from the clipboard and select position... You can paste a
text which has been copied in another program like Word into the PDF file.
32) If you hold the CTRL key down and zoom with the mouse wheel the tip of the
mouse pointer now defines the center of the zoomed area.
33) Show/Show vertex points for vector objects. You can deactivate the display
of the vertex points. If there are many vertex points in the PDF file the displ
ay will be much clearer this way.
New in version 5.0:
1)Text/Convert text to vector objects...
2)Advanced/Convert all te&xt objects in vector objects...
3)Search and Replace in form fields and comments...
4)Search and Replace in form fields and comments over command line: pdfedit.ex
e "c:\test\test.pdf" replace "text1" with "text2" inFormFields
5)Pages/Pages/Alternate mix pages with pages of another PDF file...
6)Advanced/Make unvisible text visible...
7)Graphics/Delete all Lines with selected line color...
8)Graphics/Delete all filled vector objects with selected fill color...
9)Selection/Select objects with actual line color...
10)Selection/Select objects with actual fill color...
11)Search with wildcard *
12)Search in all files of a folder...
13)Page/Show difference between text layer and graphic layer in a scanned file
(OCR correction)...
14)Page/Crop/Crop odd pages...
15)Page/Crop/Crop even pages...
16)Advanced/Count characters...
17)Page/Fine rotation (draw line)
18)Selection/Scale...
19)Move line end point: if you hold the CTRL key, the point can only be moved
up and down; if you hold the SHIFT key, the point can only be moved left and rig
ht
20)Click on Line end point with right mouse button: new menu entry "Point posi
tion...", to enter the new coordinates of the end point as numbers
21)If you click on a vector objects the line width of the objects will be carr
ied over as the actual line width for new objects
22)Show line width in mm as hint if the mouse cursor is about the edit field o
f the line width
23)To prevent the program from asking if the pdf file should be shrinked when
extracting a page you can now make a preselection in the options;
Options/More options/Shrink the PDF file automatically when extracting pages
Options/More options/Do not shrink the pdf file when extracting pages
24)View/Low vector graphics quality (faster)
25)View/Show image stripes thicker (not for GDI plus)
26)Show/Show pictures can now be turned on and off with the shortcut CTRL-ALT-

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27)Picture stamps: picture of existing stamps can be saved to hard disk
2.Copyright and Warranties
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This is a production of CAD-KAS Computersoftware.
This program was programmed by Christian Alexander Daniel Kassler.
All rights reserved.
CAD-KAS DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED,
INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
IN NO EVENT SHALL CAD-KAS BE LIABLE FOR ANY
DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS OR SPECIAL DAMAGES,
EVEN IF CAD-KAS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH
DAMAGES.
3.This is only a demo version (Shareware)!
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This is the demo version of "PDF Editor 5.0".
That means, you can try this program before you buy it.
Read the file order.txt to get more informations.
Anybody can distribute the demo version of this program
freely in any Way.
4.Hardware and Software requirements
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Hardware: Pentium PC, 512 MB RAM
Software: Windows in version 10/8/7/Vista/XP or higher
5.Limits of the demo version
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A hint to the demo version will be added to the pdf files.
6.Contact
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Address:
Tel:
Fax:
eMail:
Internet:

CAD-KAS GbR; Angerstrae 23; Germany 04420 Markranstaedt

+49-34205-5-88-99
+49-34205-8-38-74
info@cadkas.com
http://www.cadkas.com
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