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Webinars

Webinar - What's new in Claro 9?

Below you can find the webinar of Elpical Claro 9, where its newest features are demonstrated.

Webinars

Webinar - What's new in pdfToolbox 6?

callas software held a pre-release webinar where some of the new features of pdfToolbox 6 were shown, which you can view below.

Tutorials

PDF/A in a click with pdfaPilot Desktop

Checking for PDF/A compatibility When opening the software, you will immediately find a window which will allow you to check documents for compatibility with the PDF/A standard of your choice. Just drag-and-drop your...

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Use own DeviceLink-Profiles

For callas pdfToolbox there are two DeviceLink-Addon packages with numerous, specially generates profiles available as a separate purchadeable license to perform color conversion between different printing conditions...

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Add new printing condition (Output Intent) for PDF/X export

This lesson explains how to set up custom Output Intents which can be used e.g. for PDF/X conversion.

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Export an Ad as CMYK image PDF

Especially newspaper producer are familiar with the occasional display that is causing nothing but headache. All parts of the workflow get a hiccup when processing a problematic file. The file is either not processed at...

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Export PDF to PostScript Level 2 EPS

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...

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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.

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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...

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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...

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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.

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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...