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Promo2day Review novaPDF 10 Professional
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novaPDF is a PDF creator for Windows that lets you create PDF files from any type of printable document. The software enables both individual users and businesses to easily create and share high-quality PDF documents. This helps to achieve an easy and more efficient collaboration. You can do all job with just a few clicks. For example; you can have your company’s reports, contracts, workflows, agreements, marketing plans, spreadsheets, forms, charts, emails or other printable documents converted in PDF format. The resulted PDF files can be viewed on any computer with a PDF reader installed.

The PDF printer driver has many features that allow you to modify the paper size, resolution, page orientation (portrait, landscape), Linearization, embed fonts, merge PDF files and lots more. You can define different private or public printing profiles.  Each profile has its own printing to PDF settings. This is very useful specially if many users are using the same computer. Each user can have different printing preferences. Additionally, if you are the only user on this computer, you will have different settings for printing documents.
novaPDF makes it easy to personalize your documents by setting the document information such as the title, subject, author, keywords. This is useful if you want to publish your PDF files on the Web. In addition, you can also create PDF/A compliant PDF files, thus is ideal for long-term archiving of documents.

The program installs add-ins for Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher, Visio) which helps to easily create PDF documents of your files. Also, novaPDF can automatically detect links in a document, detect the headings in the printed document and add bookmarks in the generated PDF files. You can password protect your PDF file to prevent the document from being viewed, printed, modified, copied or annotated. Additionally, if you have a digital signature you can sign your important PDF documents. The created PDF can be sent via email using the default email client, via Outlook or directly using the SMTP server.

The built-in Printer Monitor lets you see real-time print jobs and save logs for all of them. Administrators can monitor printing servers easier. The Printer Manager tool allows you to create new regular or shared printers using the same novaPDF printer driver. You can also add new virtual PDF printers using different defaults or permissions. novaPDF Professional can be used as a shared network PDF printer, via Remote Desktop Connection or Terminal Servers (license needed for each connecting computer)

System Requirements:

This PDF printer driver is compatible with 32/64-bit editions of these operating systems: Windows 10, 8/8.1, Windows 7/Vista and Windows Server 2016/2012/2008. It also requires the .NET framework (you'll be prompted during installation if it's not already installed).

Here's just a few of benefits you get when using novaPDF:

 Save Time - Speedy one-click installation and fast PDF creation
 Save Money - Switching to PDF instead of regular paper significantly reduces the cost.
 Stay Safe - Password-protect PDF files using military-grade 256-bit AES encryption.
 Improve Collaboration - Sharing PDF documents is faster & easier than sending faxes.

Current Version:   10.0.107   

Release date:   2019-03-05

Languages supported:

The program supports many languages. You can easily change the default language (English) using the option located in tools button

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Download:

https://www.novapdf.com/download.html

novaPDF can be used for up to 30 days for free. During the trial, you have all the functionality of the installed edition, but each page of the resulting PDF will show a footer notice. After 30 days, the program will no longer work, unless you purchase a license and activate it. The licensed version doesn't expire and doesn't add any footer notices.

Installation:

The process of installation is very easy and needs no skills. Simply follow the on-screen steps till the program is installed

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Activation:

Simply use the license sent to your email after purchase and activate online. You may need to use your proxy credentials according to your internet service

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Registration:

You can register for an account so that you will have your license and activation details

https://www.novapdf.com/myaccount.login.html

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Get started window:

After complete installation; you will first have this window. It helps you to select the features or tools you will use

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Features

Create PDF:

UNIVERSAL PRINTING

Using novaPDF you convert to PDF any type of printable document (i.e. DOCX, XLSX, PPTX, PUBX, HTML, TXT,...), accessing its functionality through a printer driver interface.

If novaPDF is installed you can simply click the "Print" button from any document-related Windows app to have your PDF created. You can also use novaPDF's Getting Started interface.

PDF BOOKMARKS

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novaPDF can detect the headings in the document to be printed and add bookmarks in the generated PDF files. You have to define the text attributes for the document headings (font, size, style, color) and for the generated bookmarks.

MERGE PDF FILES

PDF merging refers to adding pages before the content of an existing file (inserting) or adding pages after the content of an existing PDF file (appending).

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You can also merge multiple documents from different sources in a single one, so this option is useful when you need to "stich" together documents from different sources.

PDF LINEARIZATION

Also called fast web view, PDF linearization allows the creation of PDF files that can be easily viewed via the web browser. Instead of downloading the entire PDF file at once, the PDF will be "streamed" in the browser page-by-page.

FONT EMBEDDING

novaPDF supports TrueType, OpenType and Type1 fonts and can embed these (or only subsets) to ensure portability. You can also choose which fonts to be automatically embedded or never embedded.

novaPDF can generate PDF files with embedded fonts which can be read and printed on any system without distributing your font separately, while maintaining the original intended design. Only the characters used will be embedded with small size of the resulting PDF.

PDF OVERLAYS (Pro only)

PDF documents overlay (could also be called PDF stitching), means that you can insert the content of a PDF file in another PDF document (either in front of the existing content or as the background for the existing one) and create a single PDF file containing the merged information. There are several templates included by default for easy setup (generic, invoice, letterhead).

CLICKABLE LINKS

If your document includes any visible text that starts with "http://", "www", "mailto:", "ftp://" or "file://"; it can be converted to clickable active PDF links if you choose to do so.  novaPDF can also verify if the file linked to exists during conversion to avoid broken links. Additional options allow opening the file in a new tab and customizing the underlining. This tool is very useful when you want to distribute a PDF file on the web and you want the links included in the original document to be accessible for users that receive the PDF file as clickable active links.

Conversion of images and text:

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PDF/A COMPLIANCE

novaPDF can create PDF files compliant with the PDF/A-1a and PDF/A-1b specification for RGB colorspace. PDF/A is a PDF file format used for long-term archiving of documents in electronic format that uses PDF Reference version 1.4.

Printer manager:


This allows you to control all features and tools of the program. You can control novaPDF printers, assign profiles to for a selected printer, set the default active profile that client computers cannot override or allow them to modify a set of public profiles. In addition there are tools section which gives you quick access to print documents, manage printers, monitor printing progress, check for updates, change language and password protect the interface. Finally, you can manage the program the licenses and see information about the program. 

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novaPDF Profiles:

PRIVATE/PUBLIC PROFILES:

You can define private printing profiles for future use, each with its own profile settings. For example; you can specify the security, signatures, bookmarks and so on. This way you can switch between different printing profiles without having to modify the settings again for each document you are preparing. These profiles are only available on the computer where they were defined.

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However, you can also create public profiles that are automatically propagated to all client computers. When using propagated public profiles, you can disallow client computers to switch to a private profile.

Profile Manager:

To create a profile the process is very easy. Simply launch profile manager from getting started window then start preparing the settings of your new printing profile. These are categorized under many headings such as general, security, font, and so on

There are many built-in template sets for different features available. This is available in the drop-down menu from the profiles field in the right upper part

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PRINTER MONITOR:

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A Printer Monitor tool is distributed with the novaPDF installation as well. This tools allows you to monitor in realtime the status of all printing jobs, as well as record and archive print job info.

MULTIPLE PRINT QUEUES

You can add multiple virtual PDF printers all based on the same novaPDF print driver. You can even name the virtual PDF printers anything you want and that’s how they will show up in your list of "Devices and Printers".

The main advantage of having multiple PDF printers is that you will have a different print queue for each. This means that you can for instance have one of the printers shared as a PDF server while another locally and both could have their own printing queue and creating separate sets of PDFs.

ADD-INS FOR MICROSOFT OFFICE

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novaPDF comes with add-ins for Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher, Visio) that allows one-click conversion to PDF. A major advantage of the add-ins is the conversion of hidden hyperlinks and easy conversion of bookmarks.

Properties (options) of the office add in:

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PDF Security, Privacy and Digital Signature:

PDF WATERMARKS (Pro)

Multiple watermark templates are included (i.e. confidential, date/time, draft, page index/count) but you can also define your own presets. You can easily stamp an entire PDF or individual pages from it. The process is very simple using an image or text that can have rotation, opacity, color variation or other effects. This feature allows you to protect your document and privacy

PDF SECURITY (Pro only)

You can secure your PDF documents (256-bit AES encryption) by requiring recipients to enter a password in order to view, print or copy/paste content from the PDF.

You are able to control whether the PDF can be viewed, printed, modified, copied or annotated. Furthermore, you can apply digital signatures certify the authenticity of the PDF document

DIGITAL SIGNATURES (Pro only)

If you have a digital signature you can sign your PDF documents thus certifying the authenticity and integrity of the PDF document for the recipient.

PDF files can be edited thus it's recommended to sign important PDF documents such as invoices, contracts, agreements to be sure the document hasn't been altered without authorization. The PDF digital signature will be checked by the PDF reader when opened.

ADD EXTRA METADATA

Aside the regular document information (title, subject, author, keywords), novaPDF can also include extra copyright metadata that will show up in the properties of the resulting PDF file. You can set predefined "Copyrighted/Public Domain" metadata or add your custom copyright one.

Send Created PDF documents:

SEND PDF VIA EMAIL (Pro only)

novaPDF can send created PDFs using the default email client, via SMTP or Outlook. You can send to multiple email addresses (as TO, CC or BCC) and zip the attached PDF file (with password protection). There are also predefined SMTP servers for easy setup (AIM, AOL, Gmail, Outlook/Hotmail/Live, Yahoo).

UPLOAD TO FTP/SFTP (Pro Only)

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After the PDF is generated, novaPDF can automatically upload it to FTP or SFTP servers. You can define presets for the FTP/SFTP servers and use those for different profiles. Aside the generated PDF, other files can also be uploaded.

AFTER SAVE ACTIONS

Custom actions can be defined to be performed after the PDF was successfully generated, such as opening (or not) the PDF file with the default viewer once it's created, or running a custom application with given parameters.

Comparison of the three editions [Lite, Standard and Pro]:

https://www.novapdf.com/compare-editions.html

What is NEW?

New version of novaPDF v10 is released, which contains important features, updates and fixes. This is a new major version with important features and updates thus we highly recommend the upgrade. It introduces a new concept (user tags) and presets for sending emails out via Outlook, as well as other features.

You can download the new version here: Download novaPDF.

Here’s an overview of all features and updates that novaPDF 10 includes:

New: User Tags which are detected from the original document
New: Option to remove text based on formatting
New: Save Rules with support for regular expressions
New: Option to remove text based on formatting
New: Send the PDF automatically via Microsoft Outlook in HTML/Plain-text
New: Password protect ZIP attachments
New: Support to add multiple overlays to the same PDF
New: Page visibility options for objects by size and orientation
Updated: The add-in for Microsoft Office applications was re-stylized
Updated: Advanced options for managing licenses
Updated: Send emails in HTML format via SMTP
Updated: Realtime printers window updated

Here are some of the important changes in novaPDF 10:

User tags (PRO only):

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You can define tag/value pairs in the original document to be detected before the PDF is generated. novaPDF detects those tags from the original document and allows you to use those values as Macro names. It can also remove the whole page where a particular tag/value is present or only some parts of the document content based on font formatting.

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Save rules.

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With novaPDF 10 you can configure file saving rules that will modify the resulting filename of the PDF file. Some applications (i.e. Crystal Reports) will add by default their own name to the print job, and thus the filename of the PDF will contain it. For example, in the case of Crystal Reports the resulting PDF will be Crystal Reports – Document1.pdf. You can define your own save rules which will remove the application name from the PDF filename. Save rules can use regular expressions to alter filenames, and by default there are in-use presets included for major applications (i.e. Office, Notepad).

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Send HTML emails via Outlook (PRO only). 

Starting with version 10, you can configure and send the resulting PDF by email using Microsoft Outlook. novaPDF 10 includes some default presets that allow you to send the generated PDF file using Microsoft Outlook or to simply open it after the PDF was created and attach the PDF to a new email. The email can be in plain text or you can use HTML code. You can also set Importance, Category, Request read receipt and other flags.

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Re-stylized the add-in for Microsoft Office:

novaPDF (all editions) includes add-ins for Microsoft Office applications that allow easier PDF creation from Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio and Microsoft Publisher. These add-ins were re-stylized and we’ve added all options as quick shortcuts in the Office ribbon.

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Password protect zip attachments (PRO only):

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With novaPDF Professional you can send the generated PDF file by email (using Outlook, Mapi or SMTP servers). The generated PDF and other files you might add can be zipped to reduce sending size. Starting with version 10 it is now possible to set a password for the zip attachments to increase security.

New page visibility options and support for Multiple Overlays. The Layout section of the profile manager allows you to control how the watermarks, overlays and signatures are displayed/included in the resulting PDF file. Version 10 introduces new page visibility options for objects added over the original content. Now it is possible to add these objects only on pages with a specified size and/or orientation. In older versions it wasn’t possible to add multiple overlays, but starting with version 10 you can add more.

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Advanced options for managing licenses. novaPDF has a dedicated section for License Management that allows you to manage the existing licenses and assign new ones. In version 10 we have moved the license management controls to a separate window.

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LICENSE MANAGEMENT:

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This allows you to manage the licenses for the installed printer driver. Managing licenses is useful when using the installed printer driver as a print server (via the shared network printer or remotely) to add, license, un-license computers/users, and release licenses. If you have multiple licenses for a shared PDF printer, client computers will be automatically registered if licenses are available. However you can override that by manually managing what computers get to be licensed based on NetBios or their DNS names.

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Properties of novaPDF 10 Printer:

These are accessible using right click of the virtual printer drive installed on your computer

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Settings (Properties):

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Changelog:

You can check all the changes, new features and updates in new releases by visiting this page:

https://forum.novapdf.com/news-and-annou...79198.html

Changes in novaPDF 10.0.107 (05-March-2019)

Update: Turkish translation for the user interface
Update: Changes for the activation window
Fix: Logs from installer with custom actions

Changes in novaPDF 10.0.105 (28-February-2019)

Update: German translation for the user interface
Update: Danish translation for the user interface
Update: Simplified Chinese translation for the user interface
Fix: Printer Monitor crash while calculating job duration

Program Updates:

You can easily specify the frequency of automatic check for updates done by the program

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Conclusion:

novaPDF, your powerful PDF creator. novaPDF is a PDF printer for Windows that allows you to easily create 100% industry-standard PDF files (searchable and optionally PDF/A compliant). It's never been easier to print to PDF, you simply open your document, click on Print and select novaPDF as the printer to generate the PDF. Try it now and see how easy it is to create PDFs.

Purchase:

https://www.novapdf.com/buy-now.html

Homepage:

https://www.novapdf.com/novapdf.html

Product page:

https://www.novapdf.com/

Contact support:

https://www.novapdf.com/contact-us.html?type=support

FAQs:

https://www.novapdf.com/faq.html

Knowledgebase:

https://www.novapdf.com/knowledge-base.html

novaPDF Forum:

https://forum.novapdf.com/

novaPDF Blog:

https://blog.novapdf.com/

YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/user/novapdf/videos
 
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thanks so much for detailed review Heart Heart Heart
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A very good printer
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Thanks for the detailed review, enjoyed reading it to full.
I have a question, does NovaPDF Pro allows adding a signature (not a Digital signature) to a document? This feature is available in Acrobat DC free version. One can make a sign on the document using mouse. This eliminates the need to take a print, sign, scan and email the document.
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