ARTS PDF Aerialist Version 1.2 ARTS PDF Aerialist User Guide Contents Contents 1. 2. INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................. 6 SETUP .......................................................................................................... 7 System Requirements ................................................................................ 7 Installation............................................................................................... 7 Activation................................................................................................. 8 Registration.............................................................................................. 9 Uninstalling ARTS PDF Aerialist ................................................................... 9 PRODUCTIVITY............................................................................................. 11 Overview ................................................................................................11 Using Productivity ....................................................................................12 The Toolbar Manager ................................................................................13 Creating or Renaming Toolbars ...................................................................... Deleting Toolbars ......................................................................................... Managing Toolbar Tools................................................................................. Showing and Hiding Toolbars ......................................................................... Importing and Exporting Toolbars................................................................... 2.1. 2.2. 2.3. 2.4. 2.5. 3. 3.1. 3.2. 3.3. 3.3.1. 3.3.2. 3.3.3. 3.3.4. 3.3.5. 3.4.1. 3.4.2. 3.4.3. 3.4.4. 3.5.1. 3.5.2. 3.5.3. 3.5.4. 3.5.5. 3.5.6. 3.5.7. 3.5.8. 3.5.9. 3.6.1. 3.6.2. 3.6.3. 3.6.4. 14 14 15 16 16 20 22 23 24 3.4. Add or Remove Tool ­ The Tool Manager .....................................................18 Creating or Editing Tools ............................................................................... Deleting Tools.............................................................................................. Importing and Exporting Tools ....................................................................... Reordering Tools .......................................................................................... Using Using Using Using Using Using Using Using Using the Open File Command ....................................................................... the Menu Item Execute Command.......................................................... the Batch Sequence Execute Command .................................................. the World Wide Web Link Command ....................................................... the Select Tool button Command ........................................................... Bookmark Commands .......................................................................... Link commands ................................................................................... the Split command............................................................................... the Stamp command............................................................................ 3.5. Productivity Tutorials ................................................................................25 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 32 35 36 36 37 3.6. Batch Processing ......................................................................................34 Bookmarking in Batch ................................................................................... Splitting in Batch.......................................................................................... Managing Links in Batch................................................................................ Stamping in Batch ........................................................................................ 3.7. 3.8. 3.8.1. 3.8.2. 3.8.3. 3.8.4. Configuring Productivity Preferences ...........................................................38 Index of Toolbars and Tools .......................................................................39 Basic Toolbar............................................................................................... Developer Toolbar ........................................................................................ Manage Toolbar ........................................................................................... Print Toolbar ............................................................................................... 39 41 43 45 | CONTENTS | INDEX | Page 2 of 155 ARTS PDF Aerialist User Guide Contents 4. 4.1. 4.2. 4.3. 4.3.1. 4.3.2. 4.3.3. 4.3.4. 4.3.5. 4.3.6. 4.4.1. 4.4.2. 4.4.3. CONTENT ASSEMBLY...................................................................................... 46 Overview ................................................................................................46 Using Content Assembly............................................................................47 Splitting PDF files .....................................................................................48 Split into files of n pages ............................................................................... Split by page marks...................................................................................... Split by bookmarks....................................................................................... Split by page range ...................................................................................... General splitting options................................................................................ Destination folder and filename settings .......................................................... 49 50 54 55 57 58 4.4. Merging Files ...........................................................................................59 Adding Files or Folders .................................................................................. 60 Using a control file ....................................................................................... 61 Saving the merged file .................................................................................. 63 5. 5.1. 5.2. 5.3. 5.2.1. 5.3.1. 5.3.2. 5.3.3. 5.4.1. 5.4.2. 5.4.3. 5.5.1. 5.5.2. 5.5.3. BOOKMARKS ................................................................................................ 64 Overview ................................................................................................64 Using Bookmarks .....................................................................................65 Adding Bookmarks ...................................................................................67 Bookmark Features ...................................................................................... 65 The Preview Pane......................................................................................... 67 Add Bookmarks to PDF.................................................................................. 73 Importing/Exporting Bookmark Settings .......................................................... 74 Find Options ................................................................................................ 78 Replace Options ........................................................................................... 78 Using Text Masking ...................................................................................... 79 Creating Bookmarks ..................................................................................... 81 Importing/Exporting Bookmark Build Options ................................................... 82 Bookmark Selection Properties ....................................................................... 83 5.4. Finding and Replacing Bookmarks...............................................................77 5.5. Building Bookmarks ..................................................................................80 5.6. 5.7. 6. Deleting Bookmarks .................................................................................89 Sorting Bookmarks ...................................................................................90 STAMPS ...................................................................................................... 92 6.1. Overview ................................................................................................92 6.2. Main Features ..........................................................................................93 6.2.1. 6.2.2. 6.2.3. 6.3.1. 6.3.2. 6.4.1. 6.4.2. 6.4.3. 6.4.4. Text Stamps................................................................................................ 93 Image Stamps ............................................................................................. 94 PDF Stamps ................................................................................................ 94 Stamp a document ....................................................................................... 96 Undo Stamp ................................................................................................ 96 Creating a new Profile ................................................................................... Creating a new Stamp .................................................................................. Previewing a Profile/Stamps .......................................................................... Renaming Profiles/Stamps............................................................................. 98 98 98 98 6.3. 6.4. Using Stamps ..........................................................................................95 Managing Stamps and Profiles....................................................................97 | CONTENTS | INDEX | Page 3 of 155 ARTS PDF Aerialist User Guide Contents 6.4.5. 6.4.6. 6.4.7. 6.4.8. 6.4.9. Deleting Profiles /Stamps .............................................................................. 98 Rearranging Stamps ..................................................................................... 99 Importing / Exporting Profiles ........................................................................ 99 Editing Stamps ............................................................................................ 99 Right Click Menus........................................................................................100 General Stamp Settings ...............................................................................101 Text Stamp Properties .................................................................................105 Image/PDF Stamp Settings...........................................................................110 6.5. 6.5.1. 6.5.2. 6.5.3. 6.6.1. 6.6.2. 6.7.1. 6.7.2. Designing Stamps .................................................................................. 101 6.6. 6.7. Logging ................................................................................................ 112 View Log File ..............................................................................................112 Clear Log File .............................................................................................113 Configuring Stamp Preferences ................................................................ 114 File Handling ..............................................................................................114 Defaults.....................................................................................................114 7. 7.1. 7.2. 7.3. 7.3.1. 7.3.2. 7.3.3. 7.3.4. 7.4.1. 7.4.2. 7.4.3. 7.4.4. 7.4.5. 7.4.6. 7.4.7. 7.4.8. 7.5.1. 7.5.2. 7.5.3. 7.5.4. 7.5.5. 7.5.6. LINKS ...................................................................................................... 115 Overview .............................................................................................. 115 Using Links ........................................................................................... 116 Link Checking ........................................................................................ 117 Show First Dead Link ...................................................................................117 Show Dead Links On Next Page .....................................................................118 Show Dead Links On This Page......................................................................119 Dead Link Page Numbers..............................................................................120 7.4. Link Management ................................................................ ...