PDF Settings

Available: Standard job

In addition to the settings for the PDF file’s contents (e.g., body, header and/or footer), there is also a series of settings for the PDF format itself. n2pdf Archive supports a large variety of these settings, including those related to security functions, PDF file descriptions, and font embedding.

All these settings can be configured under the “PDF Settings” tab. Below is a short description of the various available settings.

Compression

You can use this option to enable and disable PDF file compression.

Font mode

The option you select here will determine whether and how fonts will be embedded into the PDF file.

Use TrueType fonts (no embedding)	TrueType fonts will be used, but the font will not be embedded
Embed Base 14 Type 1 fonts	No TrueType fonts will be used. When this mode is activated you can only use the following fonts: Arial, Courier New and Times New Roman.
Embed TrueType fonts completely	Any TrueType fonts used will be embedded.
Embed symbol set and use TrueType fonts	Embed only the symbol TrueType fonts (WingDings etc.)
Embed used characters	Only parts of the fonts will be embedded. More specifically, only the characters that are used will be embedded.
Embed characters used in the code page	Only parts of the fonts will be embedded. Only the characters which are used according to the current code page are embedded. Keep in mind that the embedding is based on the code page on which the PDF file is created

JPEG quality

You can use this option to configure the ratio between JPEG quality and level of compression (the higher the quality, the lower the compression)

Page mode

No option selected	The reader’s most recent settings will be used.
Full screen mode	The reader will be launched in full screen mode.
Thumbnails opened	The reader will be launched with thumbnails already open.
Outline opened	The reader will be launched with the outline already open.

Zoom mode

No option selected	The reader’s most recent settings will be used.
Fit horizontally	The page will be resized so that it fits the width of the window.
Fit vertically	The page will be resized so that it fits the height of the window.
Fit to page	The page will be resized so that all of it can be seen on the window.

Create outline

You can use this option to specify whether an outline should be generated in the PDF file.

Create thumbnails

You can use this option to force the program to generate thumbnails, i.e., instead of having them be generated by the PDF reader being used.

Convert hyperlinks

You can use this option to specify whether hyperlinks in the PDF will be clickable or not.

Convert email links

You can use this option to specify whether e-mail links in the PDF will be clickable or not.

Convert user-defined links

You can use this option to specify whether links to user-defined named destinations in the PDF will be clickable or not.

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For a detailed description of how this works, please consult the “User-Defined Links” section in n2pdf Help.

Convert file links

You can use this option to specify whether links to files in the PDF will be clickable or not.

Convert hotspot links

You can use this option to specify whether elements defined as hotspots in Notes will be copied over to the PDF file in the form of clickable links.

Document links

This selection determines how document links are to be made available in the PDF

•No links

•Graphic symbol

•Graphic symbol clickable

•NDL link

•Bookmark

•Bookmark clickable

View links

This selection determines how view links are to be made available in the PDF

•No links

•Graphic symbol

•Graphic symbol clickable

•NDL link

•Bookmark

•Bookmark clickable

Database link

This selection determines how database links are to be made available in the PDF

•No links

•Graphic symbol

•Graphic symbol clickable

•NDL link

•Bookmark

•Bookmark clickable

You can use the options below to fill out the information that will be shown in the PDF file’s properties. Simply enter the information that you want shown into the appropriate fields.

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If you are using an archive job, these fields will be filled out using Notes formulas, making it possible to dynamically compute the file’s properties.

Job document

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PDF file

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If you enable encryption and do not set an owner password, a random password will be automatically generated. If this happens, you will not be able to edit the file later on, as you will not have the required password. If you want to make sure that you can edit the file later on, make sure to set an owner password.

Following are all the available security settings that are recognized by the PDF format and that can be configured in n2pdf Archive.

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These settings will only apply if you have enabled encryption.

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Some of the settings can only be used if other security settings are configured in a specific way. To find out how the various individual security options affect each other, please consult the Acrobat SDK. In Version 8 of the SDK, the description is in the document "pdf_reference.pdf" in Chapter "3.5.2 - Standard Security Handler". “TABLE 3.20 User access permission” is particularly important within this context.

Encryption

You can use this option to set the type of encryption that will be used for the PDF file.

No option selected	The PDF file will not be encrypted
40BIT	40-bit encryption will be used
128BIT	128-bit encryption will be used

Owner password

You can use this option to set an owner password in order to protect write access to the PDF file and make it possible to encrypt the file as well.

User password

You can use this option to set a user password that will be requested when someone attempts to read the PDF file.

Security settings

Print document	You can use this setting to allow or prohibit printing the PDF file
Change document	You can use this setting to allow or prohibit making changes to the PDF file
Document compilation	Compilation of content
Copy or extract content	You can use this setting to allow or prohibit extracting contents from the PDF file
Extract content for output help	Content accessibility
Comment	You can use this setting to allow or prohibit editing form fields and adding comments
Fill form fields	Setting for filling out and signing form fields

PDF/A is an ISO-standardized version of the “Portable Document Format” (PDF). PDF/A (A = Archiving) is a subset of the PDF options, specifically for the requirements of long-term archiving and accessibility, and also for reproduction on mobile devices such as PDAs. This standard is a subset of PDF 1.4 and is specified in ISO 19005-1:2005.

To generate a PDF file that meets the requirements in the PDF/A specification, simply set the “PDF/A enabled” option to “Yes.”

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Please note that enabling PDF/A compliance will disable certain settings automatically. This relates e.g. to the font mode or encryption of the file. This, in turn, may result in a marked change to the PDF file’s size, for example.

Another available option is the “Language code” as specified in ISO 639-1. This setting can be used to uniquely identify the language being used and uses a code made up of two letters, e.g., “fr” for “French” and “de” for “German.”

Watermark mode

You can use this option to specify whether an image that will be placed in the PDF file’s background as a watermark should be embedded. You can either select the file system or an image resource as a file source.

Then use the next option to specify which image should be added to the PDF file’s background

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Please note that if you specify a filename, the server task must be able to access the corresponding file. If you specify an image resource, the resource must be found in the "n2pdf Inbox" ("watermark.jpg" will be stored there by default).

You can then use the next option to specify the position on the page where the watermark should appear. The following positions are available:

Top left	Top left corner
Top center	Centered on the upper margin
Top right	Top right corner
Left center	Centered on the left margin
Right center	Centered on the right margin
Bottom left	Bottom left corner
Bottom center	Centered on the lower margin
Bottom right	Bottom right corner
Center	At the center of the page

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As of this writing, only JPEG images are supported for use as watermarks!