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QUESTION: The "Paper Available" display in the "Printer Properties" window does not show the currently selected paper size. ANSWER: The "paper available" display in the control panel is an informational display for paper printers, and shows the pape...
PROBLEM: An error occurred when running the "makesearchable" command line. SOLUTION: Downloading and installing the Win2PDF Desktop with OCR setup program should resolve the problem. It can be downloaded from: https://www.win2pdf.com/download/downlo...
PROBLEM: The auto-name feature sometimes stops working and the Win2PDF File Save window appears. SOLUTION: The auto-name feature can be cancelled by holding down the shift key. It's likely that the user was typing on the keyboard when Win2PDF was runnin...
QUESTION: When Win2PDF is configured to automatically name PDF files, how can I automatically launch Adobe Acrobat Reader after the PDF has been created? ANSWER: You can configure Win2PDF to launch a PDF Viewer such as Adobe Acrobat Reader using the...
QUESTION: Does the auto-name feature apply only to the current user or to all users? ANSWER: By default, the Win2PDF auto-name feature settings only apply to the current user. For Win2PDF versions 10.0.81 or newer, you can also configure the Win2PDF aut...
Win2PDF can't directly add a signature to a PDF, but you can add a signature using the free Adobe Reader software. The article "How to Add a Signature and a Date to a PDF File [https://pdfblog.com/2017/03/20/how-to-add-a-signature-and-date-to-a-pdf-file/]...
QUESTION: Can Win2PDF create a PDF in booklet format? ANSWER: Win2PDF cannot create a PDF in booklet format directly, but it can create one if you print the PDF from Adobe Reader to the Win2PDF printer and select the "booklet" option from Adobe Reader. ...
If a Windows user does not have permission to print to the XPS Document Writer or Win2PDF printer, then Win2PDF will not be able to create a .pdf file. You may need to be logged in with Admin Rights to change these permissions. * Open the PRINTERS CON...
Win2PDF can be configured to automatically name a PDF file based on specific content within the document being sent. This approach can help streamline the PDF creation and dramatically reduces errors when the filename is extracted from the sending documen...
You can convert public web pages using Win2PDF's free HTML-to-PDF online converter: https://www.win2pdf.com/html-to-pdf.html [https://www.win2pdf.com/html-to-pdf.html] This will work on public web pages that do not require a login. To convert pages fr...
PROBLEM: When printing a scanned document from Acrobat Reader to the Win2PDF Printer, extra lines appear in the PDF. SOLUTION: Turning off the Acrobat Reader "SMOOTH IMAGES" display preference fixes the issue. To do this, select "PREFERENCES" from the A...
You can open a PDF file in Adobe Reader and then reprint only the pages you want in the new PDF file. Click on the following article for more information: http://win2pdf.com/doc/extract-pdf-pages.htm [http://win2pdf.com/doc/extract-pdf-pages.htm]
To create and email a PDF with no extra prompts, follow these steps: * Create a Win2PDF printer for the auto email feature. To do this, run "Add Win2PDF Printer" from "Start -> All Programs -> Win2PDF" and name it something like "Win2PDF Auto Email". ...
With Win2PDF 10 you also get an additional Win2Image printer that supports TIFF, JPEG, GIF, PNG and BMP files in both monochrome and color. To create a TIFF image, select Print and choose Win2Image. From the Win2Image File Save window you can select eithe...
QUESTION: When printing multiple documents to the Win2PDF printer, some documents are merged together. How do I prevent this? ANSWER: Win2PDF includes a feature named "Auto-merge [https://www.win2pdf.com/doc/print-multiple-excel-worksheets.html]" th...
Win2PDF 7 supports embedded fonts using the PDF/A format. You can select "PDF/A" in the "Save as type" selection of the save window. More details can be found in the following article: http://www.win2pdf.com/doc/index.html?create-pdf-a.htm
.Win2PDF has a few different ways to merge files into a single PDF file. 1) MERGE PDF FILES USING ADOBE READER -Open the 1st PDF file in Adobe Reader. Select File, Print and choose Win2PDF -Under "File Name", choose the 2nd PDF file you wish to merg...
If you want to create a PDF that protects from copying the text, Win2PDF has several ways of handling this. STANDARD WIN2PDF: 1) If your document is mostly text you can choose to print as file type "PDF Image Only - monochrome (PDF)" from the Win2PDF ...
It is possible the auto-name feature is turn on. You can turn this feature off by choosing Start - All Programs/Apps - Win2PDF - Stop Win2PDF Auto-name
QUESTION: How do I view XPS files created by Win2PDF [https://www.win2pdf.com/doc/print-to-xps.html] on Windows 10? ANSWER: New versions of Windows 10 no longer install an XPS Viewer, but Win2PDF includes a XPS viewer [https://www.win2pdf.com/doc/xps-vi...
Problem: Some text is rendered as low quality bitmap images in Windows 8 or Server 2012. Solution: The following Microsoft knowledgebase article describes the problem and includes a hotfix: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2823372/EN-US [1]...
Question: When printing to Win2PDF from Google Chrome, the text on the resulting PDF can't be selected in Adobe Reader. Answer: Depending on the version of Chrome and the version of Windows, choosing "print using system dialog" in the Google Chrome pri...
Win2PDF uses a component of the Microsoft XPS Document Writer. If the Microsoft XPS Document Writer is damaged or missing, it will cause problems with the Win2PDF installation. Reinstalling the Microsoft XPS Document Writer usually resolves these issues. ...
If you need to reinstall Win2PDF on an existing or new computer, you can find out which setup file to download from the following article : Updating Win2PDF [http://www.win2pdf.com/doc/index.html?updating-win2pdf.htm]
Problem: When the "Send File" option is checked in the Win2PDF File Save window, the PDF is created but isn't attached. The default email application is Microsoft Outlook. Solution: Open the Win2PDF Desktop application and configure Win2PDF to use Out...
PROBLEM: When viewing PDF files in Windows Explorer, thumbnail images are not displayed. SOLUTION: The thumbnail images should automatically be generated by the default PDF viewer which is normally Adobe Acrobat Reader. If they aren't being displayed, ...
If you are having trouble downloading the Win2PDF setup program there is an alternative link available: https://storage.googleapis.com/get.win2pdf.com/w2pdf_setup.exe [https://storage.googleapis.com/get.win2pdf.com/w2pdf_setup.exe] Contact us at suppo...
Win2PDF uses a technology in Windows called the XML Paper Specification [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_XML_Paper_Specification] or XPS. The XPS print architecture [https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/askperf/2008/02/09/ws2008-understanding-xml-paper-...
QUESTION: Can Win2PDF be used from a Windows Service? ANSWER: Yes, with the following limitations: * The file name must be specified by the application using either the Windows API [https://www.win2pdf.com/doc/windowsprinterinterface.html], the P...
Problem: Do you have any Visual Basic examples for applying a PDF watermark to a newly created PDF file? Solution: The following Visual Basic example shows how to apply a PDF watermark named "c:tempwatermark.pdf" to a new PDF document named "c:temptest...
Win2Image requires the Windows .NET framework 4.7.2 to be installed and it can be downloaded from the following link: https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/download/dotnet-framework/thank-you/net472-web-installer [https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/downloa...
Win2PDF Desktop is installed with the Win2PDF printer and it has several command line options for .pdf files. You can append, compress, extract pages, delete pages, extract text, print and preview. With the Win2PDF Pro installed you can also encrypt and a...
QUESTION: How does Win2PDF handle fonts if the font is not licensed to allow embedding? ANSWER: Win2PDF uses the Windows API to check if the font is licensed to allow embedding. If the font is not licensed for embedding, the font is rasterized as a ...
PROBLEM: After pasting a file name from the clipboard into the Win2PDF file save Window, the application crashes or freezes when clicking the "Save" button. SOLUTION: This is a known problem that isn't unique to Win2PDF, and we don't currently have a so...
Some Win2PDF Pro features stopped working in the latest Windows 10 April 2018 update (build 1803). We have a fix available in Win2PDF Pro 10.0.31 Service Pack available here: https://helpdesk.win2pdf.com/index.php?/Knowledgebase/Article/View/196/16/win2...
QUESTION: The Apache Software Foundation has released a security advisory to address a remote code execution vulnerability (CVE-2021-44228) affecting Log4j versions 2.0-beta9 to 2.14.1. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to take control ...
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