ActivePDFÒ
Symphony
activePDFÒ
Symphony is a combination of two software products, activePDFÒ
Composer that creates PDF documents, and activePDFÒ
Maestro that edits PDF documents. These desktop products will allow you to
easily create PDF documents (that can be read by the free Adobe Acrobat ReaderÒ)
from anything that you can print. You can also markup PDF documents with notes,
highlighting, underlining, strikeouts, bookmarks, etc. for future viewing and
reference.
These products fill the gap between PDF programs that only create an image in
PDF format that can not be edited, and the full fledged PDF programs that cost
much more for extra features that you would probably never use. As such, they
are an excellent compromise for those that want more than minimum requirements,
but less than professional performance options.
activePDFÒ
Composer will “print” any document and/or graphics to a PDF file in black and
white or color; at resolutions from 72 to 2540 dots per inch; at 1 to 1,000%
scale; in portrait or landscape mode (with 90 or 180 degree rotation options);
on numerous sizes of paper. This PDF file can then be saved and used as any
other PDF file. The file size will vary with the options selected, but I saved a
ten-page, 60 KB MS Word document to a black and white, 300 dpi, PDF file of 104
KB. A website with numerous graphics that saved as a 320 KB HTML file was
converted to a color, 300 dpi, PDF file of only 172 KB.
activePDFÒ
Maestro will allow you to “markup” a PDF file as you would do with a normal
document. You can highlight text in any color, underline it or put a strikeout
through it, or you can add notes anywhere on the page that can be viewed as
either a pop-up or when you put the mouse pointer over them. If you need a quick
method to find a page or something on a page, you can bookmark it for instant
access.
Text
and/or images (or even boxed areas) from activePDFÒ
Composer documents can also be selected to copy and paste into a word processor
document (with the free Adobe Acrobat ReaderÒ
6.0). Unfortunately, the actual PDF document itself cannot be altered directly,
or converted directly into another file format.
activePDFÒ
Symphony requires a Pentium 50 MHz CPU computer with 26 MB of hard-drive space,
and MS Windows 98 or ME with 32 MB RAM, OR MS Windows XP with 64 MB RAM.
This
software is thus very flexible and powerful for the casual user, and I will be
doing a demonstration of it at the May 12th NJCC meeting. The list price for
activePDFÒ
Symphony is $95. activePDFÒ
Composer lists separately at $79, and activePDFÒ
Maestro lists separately at $25. A discount of 25% is available for NJCC members
on activePDFÒ
Symphony and activePDFÒ
Composer (but not activePDFÒ
Maestro) by email order before June 12th directly to the activePDF Sales
Department (sales@activepdf.com) using promotional code PCUG905F.
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