Editing
When the “Edit” button is clicked in the preview window the following window is
launched. The left hand side contains thumbnail images of every page in the
document. The right hand side shows the current page.
When you have finished editing the document you must close the current window
and the new document will be displayed in the preview window.
Thumbnail View
Rearrange Pages: You can rearrange the order of pages by selecting thumbnails
and dragging them into the correct position. You can delete pages by selecting a
thumbnail and pressing the delete key.
Bookmark View
You can move bookmarks around by the "drag and drop" method. If you right click on a bookmark, you will see a menu of options for adding, deleting and changing bookmarks.
Mark-up View : Drawing Tools
Typewriter Text, Text Box, Oval Text, Arrow, Line shapes can be draw on the PDF. To so so, click on the desired tool in the Drawing tools panel then left click on the page view and drag the object to the desired shape by holding the left mouse button down.
The attributes of the object can then be adjusted by clicking on the remaining controls in the Drawing Tools panel.
Mark-up View : Sticky Notes / Comments
Sticky notes are little windows on the PDF page that contain text. The windows can collapse or appear by double clicking on the icon. A variety of icons are supported.
Mark-up View : Custom Stamps
These are text boxes that can be placed on top of the PDF content. They can be resized and rotated. You can add your own strings by typing in the 'stamp text' field. Gradient style fills are supported.
| Stamp Text | This is the text that appears as the watermark.
There are 14 standard text strings, however you can add your own, just by
typing in this combo box. Your customized strings will be remembered
at the start of the list. |
| Insert | When clicked the text in 'stamp text' will
appear in a new stamp in the middle of the current page. |
| Insert on all pages | If clicked then the stamps will appear on every
page of the document. |
| Set properties for all stamps | Use this if you want to set all the stamps in
the stamp text combo to have the same attributes. |
Mark-up View : Insert Media / Attach Files
This view allows insertion of sounds, images or files for embedding within the PDF.
| Insert Image | When clicked, a file selection dialog appears.
When a bitmap file is selected it is automatically placed into the centre of
the current page where it can be resized and moved. |
| Record / Insert Sound | When clicked, the following dialog appears: If a microphone is present then recording begins when "start recording" is clicked. Alternatively, a previously recorded file can be selected with the "browse" button. Most WAV files are supported. When "insert into PDF" is clicked, the dialog is closed and a sound icon is inserted into the middle of the current page. When the sound icon is double clicked, the sound is played.  |
| Attach Files | When clicked, displays a dialog for attaching
and removing embedded files within the current PDF. |
File Menu
| Save | Saves the current document as is |
| Save As | Saves the current document to a particular file |
| Split PDF at current page | Splits the current PDF into two documents. Opens up another PDF viewer with one of the documents. |
| Toggle Thumbnail View | Maximizes / Restores the thumbnail view. |
| Email PDF as attachment | Executes the email processing of the current PDF. By default, this launches the default email client with the PDF attached. |
| Document Security | Invokes the document security dialog.
Allows security settings to be applied on the current document only. Document Security has corresponding settings under the pdfMachine options dialog, however unlike the pdfMachine options, these settings are only applied to the current PDF in a once off mode. For a description of settings, see here  |
| Document Info | Displays document info dialog for settings
things like author, keywords etc. They can be set here for the current
document. Document Info has corresponding settings under the pdfMachine options dialog, however unlike the pdfMachine options, these settings are only applied to the current PDF in a once off mode. For a description of settings, see here  |
| Close | Closes the edit window |
Pages Menu
| Insert Pages | Prompts you to insert a PDF file after the current page |
| Append Pages | Prompts you to append a PDF file to the end of the document |
| Delete Pages | Deletes the currently selected pages |
Bookmarks Menu
| Cut | 'Cuts' the highlighted bookmark ready for the paste operation |
| Copy | 'Copies' the highlighted bookmark ready for the paste operation |
| Paste | Adds the previously copied or cut bookmark as a sub bookmark to the currently highlighted bookmark |
| Delete | Deletes the highlighted bookmark |
| Rename | Renames the highlighted bookmark |
| Edit / Add | Displays the following: This allows you to change the page the bookmark will take you to when it is clicked on. |
Rotate Menu
These options rotate the currently selected pages in the thumbnail view. If no pages are selected then the entire document is rotated or flipped
Tools Menu
These options have corresponding settings under the pdfMachine options dialog, however unlike the pdfMachine options, these dialogs are only applied to the current PDF in a once off mode.
| Stationery | Add PDF stationery to the current PDF. For details on PDF stationery click here |
| Digital Signature | Add a digital signature to the current PDF.
For details on digital signatures click here. |
| Attach Files | Attach / embed files to the current PDF. For details on attaching files click here. |