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Especially in some newspaper workflows, files still have to be processed as EPS PostScript Level 2 files at least in parts of the workflow. pdfToolbox offers a very easy way to convert PDF files to EPS with the click of a button.

Open pdfToolbox Switchboard and click on "Document" group icon

Open the PDF to be exported to EPS in callas pdfToolbox 4.5. Open the pdfToolbox Switchboard and click on the "Document" group icon.

Choose "EPS export" in "Document" group

In the "Document" group of

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31 dec. 2010 Knowledge Base

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Split brochure pages in half

If you receive a PDF that has left and right page of a brochure on just a single PDF page you would want to cut it in the middle in order to prepare it for imposition.

First page of a brochure

Second page, note that it are actually two pages

Third page is a again a single page

Now you may want to impose this PDF, but how would you do so? pdfToolbox

Select "Arrange" and "Split in half"

Execute the action

First page remains the same

Second page is only the left hand part

A

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Organizing pages using pfdToolbox

Open a document

Open a document (or multiple documents) where the pages need to be re-arranged (or merged).

Open Switchboard

In the Tools-menu, open Switchboard.

Pages

Go to the Pages-section.

Organize pages

Select the "Organize pages" and click "Execute" to open the work-window.

Viewing your document

This is how your document will be presented. The pages are laid out in their current order. You can show them as Thumbnails, page numbers or both.

Multiple documents-view

Mul

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pdfToolbox Visualizer - Visually inspect your PDF and identify potential problems

When using a preflight profile and checking PDF files for issues, there is often the question whether a possible problem flagged by the preflight check is really an issue. In addition, there are often aspects of a PDF file that cannot only be judged by the human eye.

pdfToolbox Visualizer provides the necessary toolset to inspect and judge very quickly and easily whether a potential problem is really a problem that needs to be addressed.

This lesson offers a tour through the main features of t

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31 dec. 2010 Knowledge Base

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Create print ready PDF from Office file

This lesson shows a convenient way to convert an OpenOffice document into a print ready PDF that is in conformance with a PDF/X standard and has bleed where needed.

Start callas pdfToolbox

pdfToolbox canvas allows to drag and drop PDF files to open them, but also OpenOffice documents. OpenOffice support requires OpenOffice to be installed on this system. The same is true for Microsoft Office Support on the Windows platform.

Convert the OpenOffice document into PDF

Drag-and-drop the OpenO

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Cropping pages and making use of dynamic variables

pdfToolbox offers a very flexible fixup to adjust the crop box, as well as other geometry aspects, of pages in a PDF file. This lesson explains how to use the fixup, and how to create a fixup with dynamic variables, so that the same pre-configured fixup can be used for different cropping values each time.

Open the Fixup dialog - choose Fixups in Tools menu or use Cmd-5 shortcut

The Fixup dialog will open where you can manage Fixups.

Fixup dialog

The Fixup dialog contains a list of all ex

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Flexible processing with dynamic variables

Sometimes it is necessary to check against different values each time a check or fixup is carried out. As pdfToolbox offers dynamic checks and fixups – through the use of dynamic variables – there is no need to create separate checks and fixups each time the target values change. Instead the target value or values can be entered each time the check, fixup or profile is executed.

This tutorial explains the use of dynamic variables for setting up a check. In addition, the same dynamic variable me

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31 dec. 2010 Knowledge Base

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Export PDF as image PDF as content softproof

PDFs often have to be reviewed both for overall appearance as well as for correct content. PDF content may look different in different PDF programs. Exporting a PDF to an image PDF where each page is simply an image will guarantee correct and consistent rendering of the PDF in any PDF viewing program – in exactly the same way the PDF will be printed on a modern output system.

Open pdfToolbox Switchboard – Click on "Document"

To open the Switchboard, click on the menu item "Switchboard" under

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Merging PDF contents

Add a letter head draft to pdfToolbox, so that any letter may then be combined with the letter head in order to being sent as PDF file.

Open Letter.odt

Letter.odt is converted into a PDF file

Open pdfToolbox "Document"

Select "Letter head"

Letter head options are displayed

There are two letter heads provided with the program

Click on "Show folder" in order to add your letter head to the program

The folder with the two letter head PDFs is opened

Open the folder where the

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Make a brochure ready to print

This unit explains how to turn a PDF file containing a brochure into a print ready PDF that can be output on a digital printing machine or printing press. Several aspects of inspection and optimization are highlighted.

Launch callas pdfToolbox 

Open the sample file "Adobe History.pdf"

First page in sample document now open

Second page has facing pages (reader spreads)

Third page as well has facing pages (reader spreads)

Open Switchboard

Click on "Arrange" button to naviga

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Convert colors in Enfocus Switch

This tutorial explains how to set up a simple color conversion flow with callas pdfToolbox CLI  and Enfocus Switch.

Launch Switch and locate callas pdfToolbox functional modules

The callas pdfToolbox  functionality can be found in the "Elements" section – just enter "callas" in the search field, and the available functional modules for callas pdfToolbox will be listed.

Create a new flow

Enter self descriptive name

Canvas for designing a new flow is provided

Drag "callas p

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Prepare Ad with rich black and high TAC for print

callas pdfToolbox 4.5 offers a very easy way to visualize rich black text (mostly original black text that was converted to 4C unintentionally) and areas with ink coverage too high for the desired printing condition.

Open our example Ad "210x285_ClassicCar.pdf" using the open dialog or by pressing Cmd-O

Alternatively, you can also drag-and-drop the PDF document onto the callas pdfToolbox 4 application icon or the callas pdfToolbox 4 canvas.

Adjust the window size to your needs

The bottom

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