Scansoft PDF Create! 3.0

by Nuance Communications, Inc.

Product Features

• Turn PC documents, drawings, and images into industry-standard PDF files
• Create PDF documents that are compact, universally viewable, and printable
• Compatible with other PDF applications; encryption and password security
• Compressed file sizes, font embedding, full color support, and page merging
• Save Web pages as a PDF document; archive important e-mail and attachments

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00099QRNQ
• Date first available at Amazon.com: April 25, 2005
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,065 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
  • #18 in Software > Business & Office > Document Management > Scanning & OCR

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

PDF Create! is the fast, reliable, and affordable way to turn all of your PC documents, drawings, and images into industry-standard PDF files. Now you can instantly create PDF documents that are compact and easy to email, can be universally viewed on the Web, and that print just as if they came from the original application. PDF Create! also gives you all of the advanced features you need, including compatibility with all PDF file types (even new 1.5), compressed file sizes, password security, 40- and 128-bit encryption, batch conversion of multiple files at a time, watermarks, bookmarks, hyperlinks, and more. PDF Create! is compatible with ScanSoft PaperPort Pro Office, Adobe Acrobat and Reader, as well as other PDF viewing or editing applications.

PDF Create! enables users to create PDF documents that are compact and easy to email, are universally viewable, and print just as they would in the original application. It also includes all of the advanced features you need, including compatibility with other PDF applications, encryption and password security, compressed file sizes, font embedding, full color support, and page merging.

Highlights:

• Combine different formats in one PDF file: easily merge Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, JPG, TIFF, and even PDF files into a single multi-page PDF document.
• Save Web pages as a PDF document: instantly turn entire Web pages--travel confirmations, online purchase receipts, search engine research, and more--into searchable PDF files that you can easily save and share.
• Document security: PDF Create! allows you to share private content securely by letting you add passwords to PDF files.
• Control permission: PDF Create! gives you the power to control what others can do with your PDF documents, such as limiting editing, copying, and printing.
• Archive important email and attachments: turn important email messages and attachments into searchable PDF files that can be saved on your PC or stored in document management applications.

Features:

• Industry-standard PDF: Creates 100-percent industry-standard PDF files that can be read, printed, or processed by popular PDF viewer programs--such as ScanSoft PaperPort Professional and Adobe Acrobat Reader. Supports PDF v1.3, v1.4, and the latest v1.5; also supports PDF XML tags.
• High-quality PDF: creates the highest quality PDF files from nearly all Microsoft Windows applications, retaining the precise layout of the original document.
• Superior creation speed: ScanSoft PDF Create! produces PDF files up to three times faster than the leading PDF creation application.
• Optimized, small file sizes: Creates highly optimized PDF files that are dramatically smaller than the original document. Supports industry-standard compression options, including loss-less, JPG 2000, and enables optimization for the Web.
• Passwords and security: Secure PDF files by requiring others to know a password in order to view or print a document. 40-bit and 128-bit encryption can also be applied to a PDF file with the user able to control whether the document can be viewed, printed, edited, copied, or annotated.
• Automated batch creation: The PDF Create! Assistant makes it fast and easy to create PDF documents--from multiple files and multiple file types at the same time. Use drag and drop to add files to a batch, or simply select a range of pages you wish to turn into PDF files.
• Merging documents: Select a range of original files of different types and have them copied as PDF files--into separate PDF files or into a single combined PDF document. You can also merge multiple documents into a single PDF file page-by-page, which is ideal for merging letter text into a letterhead template document, or to merge form data into a form template.
• Automatic PDF-to-email: choose to have PDF files automatically added as an attachment to an email message simplifying the sharing of documents over the Internet.
• Watermarks and stamps: Apply watermarks and stamps to your documents from a pre-made library or create your own. Custom watermarks can be applied from other PDF files or created from within the PDF Create! Assistant.
• Short-cuts and application integration: Create PDF files from practically every PC application through a printer interface or by using the right-mouse shortcut when clicking on any file in Windows Explorer. ScanSoft has also integrated toolbar icons for PDF Create! within a number of popular applications, including Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
• Advanced font embedding, graphics, and page-size controls: Supports font embedding for all standard and non-standard fonts, shading, and transparency conversions. Select the graphics resolution and control PDF page size and orientation. Supports the creation of custom page sizes and automatically scales in inches, millimeters, and points.
• International language support: supports international double-byte character sets enabling creation of PDF documents using nearly any Latin, Cyrillic, or Asian character set.
• Does not require Adobe Acrobat: create and view PDF files without the need for any additional software.

What's New in 3:

• Improved creation speed: ScanSoft PDF Create! produces PDF files up to three times faster than the leading PDF creation application.
• Reduced and optimized file sizes: Creates highly optimized PDF files that are dramatically smaller than the original document. Supports industry-standard compression options, including loss-less, JPG 2000, and enables optimization for the Web.
• International language support: supports international double-byte character sets enabling creation of PDF documents using nearly any Latin, Cyrillic, or Asian character set.
• PDF self-sign digital signatures: now you can add digital signatures to authenticate your documents with the included Self-Sign digital signature tools in a few simple steps.

Product Description

PDF Create! is the fast, reliable and affordable way to turn all of your PC documents, drawings and images into industry-standard PDF files. Now you can instantly create PDF documents that are compact and easy to e-mail, can be universally viewed on the Web, and that print just as if they came from the original application. PDF Create! also gives you all of the advanced features you need, including compatibility with all PDF file types (even new 1.5), compressed file sizes, password security, 40 and 128-bit encryption, batch conversion of multiple files at a time, watermarks, bookmarks, hyperlinks and more. PDF Create! is compatible with ScanSoft PaperPort Pro Office, Adobe Acrobat and Reader, as well as other PDF viewing or editing applications.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars great value, September 2, 2005

By 

S. Hammer - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Scansoft PDF Create! 3.0 (CD-ROM)

great value! I have been using this program to create architectural drawing pdf's for large format printing without a hitch. The program opens in my cad printing page. The program is strait forward with out a lot of bells and whistles but allows you to set all the nessesary perameters to get a good print, or send a clear email. Opens with acrobat reader.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Better than Adobe!, November 21, 2005

By 

kelli wakeman "Kelli" (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Scansoft PDF Create! 3.0 (CD-ROM)

This progam is a great value. It only cost $50 a copy and my company bought it(plus PDF Converter Pro for those in our organization that need to edit PDF files and fillout PDF forms) instead of Acrobat and saved a ton of money. I works really well and lets us combine multiple disparate documents into a cohesive package when we are processing loans. Adobe is a good product, but way overpriced. We didn't want to spend $300/copy so everyone would have the ability to create PDFs. This product is really a "PDF for business" solution instead of PDF for graphics pros like Acrobat.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the BEST purchases I've EVER made!!!, March 22, 2006

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L. Kim (Honolulu, HI) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Scansoft PDF Create! 3.0 (CD-ROM)

We were using Adobe online PDF creator (at $99/year) and was having a difficult time due to files being too large or the website timing out or being down so I spent $30 on ScanSoft PDF creator 3.0 and figured if it doesn't work, no big deal, but if it does work.. hey.. GREAT DEAL! And it's fabulous!! Although I cannot edit documents already set into PDF format, I can still go back to my MS Office documents, edit there and reprint as a PDF and just replace the old one.

We use it in our office as a solution to using less paper and toner. Our faxes already come in on a computer and I just print to the ScanSoft PDF program and it converts and saves it as a PDF file under any name I want and then I can forward it via email to whomever. It also saves on having random scans, pics, and saved documents in all these folders. With the program I can print and "append" (attach) the new page(s) to an already existing file! It's great to maintain a paper trail without huge thick manila folders. And now I can take any document from any program to the local copy center and make copies without things getting all messed up from program to program.

It's not Adobe Acrobat and I'm saying that it's going to have as many features or functions, but for very basic PDF creating, I would highly recommend this product. It's worth the money you save!