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Welcome... 3 Demo version Online activation... 3 Copyright... 3 Referring to the style... 4 Introduction... 4 Process... 5 Program call-up... 5 Manual mode... 5 Drag and Drop (Windows only)... 5 Messages... 5 Menus... 5 File... 5 Recover Document... 5 Exit (Windows only, Quit on Mac)... 5 Help... 5 Help Contents... 5 Register Software... 5 Manufacturer (www)... 6 About pdf-recover (Windows only)... 6 Recover Document... 6 Import Document... 6 Open Document... 6 Our Solutions... 7 Manual pdf-recover Page 2
Welcome This Quick Manual will help you within the first steps of pdf-recover. We hope that we explained any feature and function as good as possible, but we cannot avoid mistakes. If you need some help or further information, please contact us via email info@pdf-office.com Developed in Pure Java, pdf-recover runs basically on any platform. We tested pdf-recover on Win95, 98, 2000, ME, NT, XP, on UNIX, Linux and Mac OSX. On these platforms pdf-recover is running without any problems. We will provide you with updates, if available, for free. We will then send you a mail with the download link. Demo version Online activation Copyright The demo version is feature limited to single page documents without Java scripts. Once you register at www.pdf-office.com and your payment has been approved, you can online activate this software without further downloads. Please ensure an internet connection for activation. You will find the online activation at the Help/Register menu. Copyright by Universe software gmbh email: info@pdf-office.com www.pdf-office.com Manual pdf-recover Page 3
Referring to the style We will use the following style within this Quick Manual: Features and Reports will be written Italic or Bold: Example: Select File New Keyboard-inputs will be written Bold: Example: Please enter setenv. Tips for an easy handling Please follow this hint. Introduction Any Icon and popup shown in this Quick Manual are based on pdf-recover running on Windows XP. pdf-recover can be used to decrypt protected pdf files, which have "owner" password set. If you can t remember your password, this solution will allow opening decrypted file in any web browser with Acrobat Reader - without any restrictions. pdf-recover creates a 1:1 copy of your pdf file without any password limitations, that means you can set edit, copy, print functions enabled and so on. Also a 128-bit encryption is supported by pdf-recover. pdf-recover does not work with documents which have user-level passwords set (preventing the files from being opened). Manual pdf-recover Page 4
Process Program call-up Manual mode Start pdf-recover in the start menu on your desktop (Windows) or Applications (Mac). Drag and Drop (Windows only) You can also use pdf-recover via a Drag and Drop option. Just drag a PDF file and drop on the pdf-recover icon on your desktop. Select PDF document... drag to icon... and drop. Messages At the bottom of pdf-recover you will find all program messages. Menus File Help Recover Document Opens your explorer to select the PDF file you want to recover. Exit (Windows only, Quit on Mac) Here you will close and exit pdf-recover. Help Contents Open the manual of pdf-recover as a pdf file. Register Software When you click to Register menu you will start the online activation process. Please pay attention to ensure an internet connection before you activate pdf-recover. Once you ordered a license in our web shop www.pdf-office.com and your payment has been approved, you can activate pdf-recover by entering your login data to this menu. After a successful activation pdf-recover will run unlimited. No further download required. Manual pdf-recover Page 5
Pay attention that our database will check the number of licenses you activate. If you want to run our software on more than one computer, please contact our sales or order the corresponding number of licenses. Maybe you have to enter some proxy server information here. If you are running a proxy, please select Proxy Server and enter your settings. Manufacturer (www) You will be passed to the website of UNIVERSE Software GmbH. About pdf-recover (Windows only) Provides you with information about pdf-recover. Here you will find the release number and registration information Recover Document Import Document You can import or open the document you want to recover on two ways: The way we already explained by using the menu File / recover Document or directly with the Recover Document button. pdf-recover will open the document you selected and create a copy of this document within the same directory your original document is located in. pdf-recover will use the same file name but prefix a ~ to the name. Before you can create the new document you will get this security alert: Please pay attention to any Copyright regulations. When you Continue you will start creation of the new document without any password settings. Press Cancel to stop this process. Open Document You can open the new document when you press Open Document button. Manual pdf-recover Page 6
Our Solutions pdf-office Create sophisticated PDF forms and PDF documents very easily from the scratch. pdf-formserver Save any PDF form with content to your desktop or server. If there isn t any "save" capability in your form, you can add this with pdf-formserver. pdf-fieldmerge Edit new field values to your pdf forms. Automatically. Create new, personalized forms. Either in background (with call up from other programs) or with fully graphical control. fdf-converter Convert any FDF file to a *.CSV data format and process these data with MS Access or MS Excel. You can even select an unlimited number of fdf files and create one single CSV file. pdf-docpro Set new properties to any existing PDF file, e. g. menu bars, thumbnails, zoom, security permissions, encryption levels or printing options. pdf-recover PDF-Recover helps to decrypt protected PDF files, which have "owner" password set. If you can t remember your password, PDF-Recover will allow opening decrypted files in any web browser with Acrobat Reader. pdfmachine Create PDF files from any Windows application with your letter head and automatically send via Email. Manual pdf-recover Page 7