Author Archives: Nick Chandler

Twitter: @nickchandler1

Marketing Manager at Nitro PDF Software.

Optimizing your PDF files for the Web

When we create and distribute PDF files, it’s important to consider where the document is going to end up. With the proliferation of online content, there are more and more PDF files scattered all over the Web. Whether it’s bloated, print-quality documents,  or incorrect (even absent) metadata, taking the wrong steps when creating your PDF [...]

Now available: Nitro PDF Professional OCR

Earlier this month, we announced the release of Nitro PDF Professional OCR, the latest iteration of Nitro Pro, now available with Optical Character Recognition (OCR). With the same award-winning feature-set that earned Nitro Pro multiple awards, including ‘Product of the Year’ from PC User™, Nitro Pro OCR gives you the ability to create editable, searchable [...]

Now Available: Nitro PDF Express v2

In December, we released the long-awaited, major update for Nitro PDF Express – the streamlined, lightweight, and low-cost way to create and convert PDF files. With all the creation and conversion features of the award-winning Nitro PDF Professional, Nitro Express utilizes all-new interface, and contains a host of improvements and additions to make the PDF essentials [...]

Using Nitro Pro to review, annotate, and collaborate on web-based content

Nitro PDF Professional offers a range of ways with which to capture information – from nearly any source – and convert it to PDF for annotation and distribution. Recently, we covered how to share charts from Microsoft® Excel. Now, we’re going to show you how to get your web-based content into a PDF file.
Nitro Pro’s [...]

Creating indexable, searchable files with PrimoPDF

As we showed in our last tip, you can easily control the way in which your document is accessed, viewed, and edited by utilizing PrimoPDF’s security settings. Now, we’re going to quickly demonstrate how you can add key information in the form of metadata – such as title, author, and keywords…
Many document management systems that [...]

Securing PDF files with PrimoPDF

PrimoPDF is a great free way to convert nearly any file to PDF for safe, secure, and easy distribution. Many people don’t realize that you can do much more than simply create the PDF file, including adding passwords and restricting permissions to edit, view, print and more…
When you open PrimoPDF, there are two options you [...]

Sharing charts and graphs from Microsoft® Excel

Most of us, in some way or another, tend to use Excel for data collation and visualization. Why do we want to visualize data? Aside from a desire to present it in a meaningful fashion, we generally graph or chart a series of data with a view to distributing it to a wider audience – [...]

PDF as a green technology

PDF is often touted as what’s increasingly known as ‘green technology’ – one that helps us reduce our carbon footprint, and – in the case of the ‘paperless office’ – reduce a financial burden. For most businesses, going completely paperless is definitely a challenge, but with desktop PDF software, we can certainly work towards it.
It’s [...]

New PrimoPDF API – Print to PDF from Your Application, Seamlessly

Our new PrimoPDF Application Programmatic Interface (API) allows you to harness the power of Primo in your applications, without the need for a separate installation or any form of manual user-intervention.

Silent installer. Bundle PrimoPDF with your application, seamlessly and silently.
Font support. The API offers full support for double-byte character and non-TrueType fonts.
Full access. You get [...]

PrimoPDF Has an All-New Home

As you’ve likely noticed, we gave the world’s #1 free PDF creator an all-new home last week. We like it, and we hope you do too! The interface has changed dramatically, but the simple, powerful usability of PrimoPDF remains.
Connect, contribute, and get the help you need with PrimoPDF

When we built the new [...]