Create PDF files from all of your documents with just the click of a mouse. Thanks to PDF Create, now it’s easier than ever to share information or archive important files using the PDF format.
Create documents up to 3 times faster than with other PDF applications, with results that are universally viewable from virtually any PDF viewer.
Unparalleled features deliver batch creation, the ability to combine multiple files into a single PDF document, and the creation of PDF packages, within an easy-to-use application. Creating PDF files from your electronic documents has never been easier!
What's New in PDF Create 6
100% Industry-Standard PDF
Use PDF Create to make PDF files from practically any electronic document. PDF Create files can be opened and viewed universally, regardless of operating system or PDF viewer. Plus, PDF Create supports PDF-A Standard, ensuring that your documents can be archived and viewed for years to come.
Save Time and Money with Improved Features
PDF Create allows you to work faster than ever before. Create PDF files up to 3 times faster than with other PDF software. The improved user interface puts all the functionality you need right there at your fingertips.
Batch Create PDF Files
Combine files into a single PDF document, or create PDF packages that are compact, easy to email and universally viewable. Multiple page PDF files or PDF packages can be made from a variety of file types such as Microsoft® Word, PowerPoint®, Excel, JPEG, TIFF or other PDF files.
Share Private Content Securely
Add passwords and permission controls to limit what other users can see. Now you have the power to limit what others can do to with your documents!
Features
Create secure, universally viewable PDF files from virtually any PC application. Create one-at-a-time or in batch mode, even combine or package files on the fly. It’s now easier than ever to share information or archive important files using the PDF format with PDF Create 6.
Create PDF files from any PC application
Instantly create 100% industry-standard PDF files that are fully compliant with other PDF viewers for reading, sharing, and printing.
Secure your files during creation
Apply security profiles to your PDF documents as they are created. Limit others' ability to copy, print, or modify your content.
Save time with batch creation
There’s no need to waste time opening and printing each individual document to PDF, when you can drag and drop all the files you need into PDF Create once, and create all of the PDF files you need with one click.
Create and combine PDF files in one easy step
With creation settings that include “combine files into one PDF document” and “overlay files as one PDF document,” merging or combining documents becomes part of the PDF creation process.
Create PDF files from within Microsoft Office
PDF Create provides toolbars within Microsoft® Word, Excel®, PowerPoint®, and Microsoft® Outlook® for immediate PDF creation needs.
Organize information and simplify sharing with PDF packages
Use PDF like a folder, grouping multiple documents within a single PDF file, perfect for anyone looking to create and share groupings of content such as case files, tax information, course work, or training materials.
Archive your critical documents
Improved PDF/Archive files support (the PDF/A international standard), ensures that your critical documents will display and print properly for the
next century
PDF Product Family Comparison
- DF compatibility features
- DF creation feature
- PDF editing and viewing features
- PDF conversion features
- PDF security features
- PDF form features
PDF Compatibility features
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| Compatible with (But Does Not Require) Adobe® Acrobat® or Acrobat® Reader | 
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| Compatible with Microsoft® Windows® XP and Vista |
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| Compatible with Microsoft Office 2003 and 2007 |
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| Support for Citrix® and Windows Terminal Services (Thin Client Deployment/Use) |
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| Certified Section 508 Compliant User Interface Accessibility) |
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| Create Section 508 accessible tagged PDF files |
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| Toolbar and/or Menu Shortcuts for Microsoft Word® and Excel®, PowerPoint®, Internet Explorer®, and Outlook® |
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| Right-mouse shortcut for Windows Explorer® |
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| Right-mouse shortcut for Internet Explorer |
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| Support for Viewing and Annotating PDF within Internet Explorer and FireFox |
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| Supports Hummingbird®. Interwoven®, OpenText®, and SharePoint® Document management Systems |
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| Supports LexisNexis CaseMap |
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| Converts PDF Files to Speech (Audio) Files for iPod/Media Players |
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| Supports JavaScript |
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| Support for Movies and Audio Embedded in a PDF |
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| Support for a 3-D Content Embedded in a PDF |
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| Configuration Tools for a Customizable Network Deployment |
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PDF Creation features
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| Create Industry Standard PDF Files from All PC Applications & Popular Image Formats |
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| Create PDF documents from any application that prints |
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| Create PDF documents directly from your scanner |
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| One-Step PDF Creation from Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint |
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| Create and Send PDF-to-Email Attachment with Microsoft Outlook |
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| One-Step PDF Creation and Archive of Microsoft Outlook and Lotus Notes Emails |
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| One-Step PDF Creation of Web pages from within IE |
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| Batch Create PDF from multiple files and file types |
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| Create a single PDF document by merging multiple files |
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| Support for creating PDF Version 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, and 1.7 Files |
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| Create ISO Standard PDF-A Files |
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| Create tagged PDF files |
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| Create & Send PDF Packages |
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| Create & Send PDF Portfolios |
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| Create PDF-MRC High Compression Color PDF Image Files (Up to 8 Times Smaller) |
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| PDF Create Assistant Desktop Utility or similar |
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| Customizable PDF Creation Profiles |
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| Overlay (Merge) Multiple Document Pages Into one PDF Page |
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| Merge PDF image files with PDF text files |
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| Insert Pre-made and Custom Watermarks at Creation |
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| Apply security settings at Creation |
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| Add custom headers & footers to PDF documents (page numbering) |
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| Adjust Compression Levels for Smaller Files |
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| Preserve Hyperlinks, Bookmarks and Comments from Microsoft Word |
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PDF Editing and Viewing features
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| PDF Viewing of All PDF Types |
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| Instant Access to Frequently Used PDF Files and online PDF Files (URLs) with Favorites Menu |
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| Side-by-side Document Comparison (PDF to PDF) |
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| Side-by-side Document Comparison (PDF to Word) |
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| Save, Track and Open Revisions within a PDF document |
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| View and Navigate Page Thumbnails |
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| Manage Pages in a document (Reorder, New, Insert, Extract, Crop, Rotate, Drag Copy and Delete Pages) |
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| Assemble Documents in document assembly view (Insert, Extract, Replace, Delete, Split, Renumber, Manage Headers/Footers, drag and drop pages) |
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| Batch process multiple documents at a time with varied commands (Insert, extract, and delete pages; apply watermarks and stamps; search and redact; inspect document; migrate comments; and print) |
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| Add, Manage, View and Navigate Document Bookmarks |
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| Create a Table of Contents from Bookmarks |
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| Add, manage, View and Navigate Document Destinations |
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| Add, manage, view and navigate Document Comments |
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| Familiar Comment and Markup Tools (Notes, Text Boxes, Typewriter, Callouts, Highlight, Text Underline, Cross-Out, Stamps) |
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| Spellchecking for Comments |
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| Migrate Comments from one PDF file to another for ease of collaboration and review |
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| Drawing (Comment) Tools Including Lines, Rectangles, Pencil, Oval, Polygon, Cloud) |
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| Grids, Snap to Grids and Custom Drawing Guides |
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| Measuring Tool (with Save as Comment) |
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| Print with Comments |
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| Add, Manage, View and Navigate Document Digital Signatures |
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| Organize and Manage a Library of Clip Art |
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| Organize and Manage a Library of Stamps |
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| Organize and Manage a Library of Watermarks |
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| Organize and Manage a Library of PDF Package Envelopes |
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| Organize and Manage a Library of Security Profiles |
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| Organize and Manage a Library of Digital Signatures |
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| Advanced Search and Indexing for Documents, Text within a Documents, Comments and Bookmarks |
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| Edit, Cut, Copy, and Paste Text |
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| Move, Resize, Rotate, Flip, Order, Group, Set Transparency, Cut, Copy and Paste Graphics and Images |
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| Document Splitting by Page Range, Blank Page, Page Contents, Bookmarks, or File Size |
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| Extraction by Page Range, Blank Page, Page Contents, or Bookmarks |
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| PDF Optimizer for Reduced File Sizes |
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| Custom Actions for Bookmarks or Hyperlinks (Open a File, Play a Sound, Go to a Web Page, etc.) |
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| Attach Application Files or Sounds to a PDF |
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| PDF Optimizer to Compress PDF Documents Elements |
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| Read Document Aloud- Text-To-Speech Capability |
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| Bates Stamping with Advanced Formatting and Page Positioning |
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PDF Conversion features
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| Converts PDF to Word (.doc, .docx) |
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| Converts PDF to Excel Worksheets (.xls, .xlsx) |
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| Converts PDF to Excel Workbooks (.xls, .xlsx) |
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| Converts PDF to PowerPoint 2007 (.pptx) |
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| Converts PDF to WordPerfect (.wpd) |
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| Converts PDF to XPS (.xps) |
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| Converts XPS to PDF (PDF Converter Assistant) |
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| Converts PDF Files Without Running Microsoft Applications |
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| Auto-detects scanned (Image) PDF files and offers to convert them to Searchable PDF files |
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| Converts Scanned (Image) PDF Files to Searchable PDF Files (Text over Image) |
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| Converts Scanned (Image) PDF Files to Editable PDF files |
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| Converts Scanned (Image) PDF Files to Editable Target Formats |
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| Converts Scanned Color (Image) PDF Files to Compressed MRC-PDF Files (Average 8x Smaller) |
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| Batch Conversion of PDF Files to Target Formats (PDF Converter Assistant) |
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| Combine Batch Conversion of PDF Files into a Single Document (PDF Converter Assistant) |
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| Superior Conversion Accuracy with OmniPage® OCR Engine |
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| PDF Converter Assistant Desktop Utility or similar |
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| Retains Columns, Tables, Images and Graphics (.doc, docx, .wpd) |
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| Retains Linked Flow of Columns Within a Document (.doc, .docx, .wpd) |
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| Retains Headers and Footers (.doc, .docx, .wpd) |
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| Legal Pleading Conversion with Stamp and Line Numbering Options (PDF Converter Assistant) |
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| Retains Number Formats in Excel (Currency, Percentage, etc.) |
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| Retains Hyperlinks (.doc, .wpd, .xls, .xslx) |
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| Thumbnail Preview of PDF Document Pages for Conversion |
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| Specify Page(s) and Range of Pages to Convert |
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| Extract tables from a PDF file and place into Excel or Word |
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| Convert a select Area of a page using OCR and convert to Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Wordperfect- for scanned (Image) PDF files as well as PDF "Normal" files |
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| Convert and save PDF to Audio file |
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PDF Security features
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| Add Passwords with 40-bit, 128-bit, and 256-bit Secure Encryption and Permission Controls to PDF files |
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| PDF Self-Sign Digital Signatures |
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| Microsoft Crypto API/3rd Party Digital Signature Compatibility |
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| Inspect Documents to remove Comments and Metadata (Private Data) |
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| Drag and Drop Security Profiles to Quickly and Easily Secure Documents |
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| Redaction of Text from PDF Files |
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| Redaction of Image Zones from PDF Files |
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| Redaction Text Properties including Color, Redaction Codes and Custom Overlay Text |
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PDF Forms features
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| Automatic Conversion of a PDF File into a Fillable PDF Form |
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| Intelligent Creation of Check Boxes and Radio Buttons |
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| Support for dynamic XFA forms (XML Forms Architecture) |
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| Draw and Edit Form Controls (Text Fields, Buttons, Drop Down Lists, Check Boxes and Radio Buttons |
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| Edit Text and Object Attributes (Font, Color, Line Weight, Display and Print Options) |
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| Digital Signatures for Forms |
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| Custom Actions on Form Objects (Import Form Data, Play a Sound, Open a File, Open a Web Page, etc). |
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| JavaScript Support |
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| Set Tab Order for Form Fields |
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Minimum system requirements
- A computer with an Intel® Pentium® or higher processor or equivalent
- Supported operating systems: Windows XP 32-bit Edition with Service Pack 3, Windows Vista 32-bit or 64-bit Editions with Service Pack 1
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 or above
- 256 MB of memory (RAM), 512 MB recommended
- 130 MB of free hard disk space for application files plus 20 MB working space during installation
- VGA monitor with 256 colors, but preferably 16-bit color (called Medium Color in XP) and 800 x 600 pixel resolution
- Windows-compatible pointing device
- CD-ROM drive for installation
- Web access needed for product registration, activation, and obtaining live updates for the program.
Note: Performance and speed will be enhanced if your computer’s processor, memory, and available disk space exceed minimum requirements.