August 27, 2009 – 4:27 pm
A user just requested a new feature over on our Customer Connect site, to be able to display ‘future dates’ in text fields.
I would like to be able to format a field for x number of days from todays date.
Lucky for them, this is already possible via some custom JavaScript code, using the Date object.
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Font embedding means that font information is included directly within the PDF file. Embedding fonts ensures the PDF can be viewed or printed on any computer, with text appearing exactly as it does in the original file. Embedding fonts can increase PDF file size (since more information needs to be included), but can be helpful [...]
For decades, paper has been the primary (and sometimes only) means for record-keeping for organizations from all industries, in all shapes and sizes. Businesses have been built around hard copies and paper trails, and it can be difficult for some to imagine letting go of these tangible “security blankets” they’ve grown accustomed to. However, as [...]
While PrimoPDF makes it easy to prepare PDFs for the most common usage scenarios with the Screen, Print, eBook, and Prepress output options, it also enables you to fine-tune image settings using Downsampling.
Downsampling enables you to reduce image resolution, discarding pixel information and resulting in a smaller PDF. Simply choose Custom from the PDF output [...]
By now, you’re well aware of the benefits of using PDFs to share information with others. PDF provides you the means to create pixel-perfect files that look just like the originals, while the popularity of PDF viewers make it an ideal format for sharing files with others.
One clever use of PDF is in packaging up [...]
December 7, 2008 – 10:52 pm
If you’ve been using Nitro Pro for a while and have wondered what the Bates Number feature is for, read on for an introduction.
photo credit: Joseph Robertson
The PDF editing tool is based on the Bates stamp that has been used for decades to add a unique number to a series of pages. As you [...]
October 20, 2008 – 4:49 pm
With a basic understanding of how Microsoft Excel files print, you can easily create the PDF output you need using the PrimoPDF free pdf creator. And by standardizing print settings across sheets, you can convert your entire workbook to a single PDF.
To standardize print settings across multiple worksheets
From Microsoft Excel, select the first sheet and [...]
October 16, 2008 – 8:56 pm
In all the excitement of our PDF Download 2.0 (Firefox add-on) release a month or so back, we barely mentioned a cool little free HTML to PDF service we launched at the same time.
The new Web-to-PDF feature in PDF Download 2.0 uses a Web server to quickly convert any (unsecured) Web page into a pretty [...]
October 9, 2008 – 12:08 am
I was just scouring our sales inquires at the end of the day (something I like to do, see what questions and issues pre-sales are being asked) and noticed a question that is pretty straightforward for us PDF nerds, but I’m sure a others would think about it when considering a non-Adobe PDF solution.
Will Nitro [...]
October 8, 2008 – 4:28 pm
One of my biggest pet PDF peeves is converting large Excel spreadsheets to PDF. None of the settings I’d expect to work, such as printing just the selected cells or adjusting the print margins do a thing.
The problem appears when converting spreadsheets containing a large amount of rows, columns or both. Excel decides on the [...]
