One great feature of PDF files is you can lock them so only certain people can open them, and you can apply more granular security controls to restrict how recipients use them. This lets you control different kinds of functionality [...]
One of the much lesser known features of the free PDF creator PrimoPDF is its ability to combine multiple documents together into a single PDF (read about the benefits of combining files to PDF). By simply changing one setting, you can [...]
When I first started using the new Microsoft Office 2007 style ribbon or ‘fluid’ user interface (which is what we based the Nitro PDF Professional 5 design on), one of the cool things I liked was the Quick Access Toolbar. [...]
April 15, 2008 – 12:37 am
If you’re using Nitro Pro daily, then to save you time (if you’re not already doing it!), you really should think about memorizing some of the keyboard shortcuts . Nitro Pro supports many of the standard Windows shortcuts such [...]
April 13, 2008 – 11:30 pm
If you read documents shared via the internet, chances are they will be either Microsoft Word (DOC) or PDF files. Given that these two ubiquitous file formats are often used (and misused), it’s not surprising many people get a little confused [...]
A great way to make information exchange more reliable and efficient is to combine files into a single polished PDF file. The technique is simple but powerful, harnessing many of the PDF format’s best qualities. Before we show you how [...]
There’s an interesting interview with John Warnock (co-founder of Adobe Systems, major brain behind PostScript and PDF) over at Programmers at Work.
http://programmersatwork.wordpress.com/john-warnock/
PDF wasn’t around when this interview was done, but you can see in one of his responses he’s talking [...]
March 17, 2008 – 10:01 am
PDF has a reputation — often well-deserved — for being cumbersome to view and navigate online, but it doesn’t have to be that way on your site. With a little work and the right tools (Nitro PDF Professional, for example), [...]
One of my all-time favorite PDF tricks enables you to sign your PDF files without having to print them out first.
Cast your mind back and see if the following sounds familiar: You’ve received a form or document (as a PDF) [...]
One of my favorite and most commonly used tricks combines three pieces of Nitro Pro functionality into a great solution for a task I perform at least once every week.
Working in the world of software development and the web, I regularly need to [...]
