Getting Started with PDF Studio

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To start using PDF studio, simply launch the program and open a PDF document using either the File->Open menu or the Open button on the toolbar. Once a document is loaded, you can print, save or navigate through the document at any time using the document toolbar.

Screenshot of PDF Studio Application with Thumbnail View

• The main menu toolbar contains the following entries:
  • File - Usual functions to work with PDF files, including opening, saving, reverting, etc..
  • Scan - Scan images into the current or a new document
  • Document - Functions to split or merge documents
  • Comments - Add new annotations and stamps, export, import or delete comments
  • Forms - Export and import form data, reset fields and flatten fields
  • Images - Export pages as JPEG, PNG, TIFF and import images as pages
  • Batch - Print a batch, apply actions to a batch, set security to a batch
  • Help - Access to documentation, send email to support, information about PDF Studio
    
    
• The annotations toolbar is used to add new annotations.
  
  
• On the left pane of the application, you can switch back and forth between the four views available:
  
  
  1. The thumbnail view to view miniature versions of all the pages in the documents. By clicking on a thumbnail, the application will go to the corresponding page, this allows to have easy, faster acces to any page in the document. To see the thumbnail view, click on the Pages tab.
     
     
  2. The comments view to view comments / annotations added to the document, if any. This view allow navigation through the document by jumping from one annotation to another. To see the comments view, click on the Comments tab.
     
     
  3. The bookmarks view to view bookmarks or the document's table of contents, if present. Bookmarks allow navigation through the document by navigating through the bookmarked regions. To see the bookmarks view, click on the Bookmarks tab.
     
     
  4. The layers view to view layers contained in the document, if any. You can turn on and off layers by checking them on and off.

The left pane can be open or closed by clicking the little arrow icons on the separator between the document view and the pane. The separator can also be moved to the left or to the right to decrease or increase the width of the pane.

Screenshot of PDF Studio Frame with Comments View

Screenshot of PDF Studio Frame with Bookmarks View

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