Knowledge base

This tutorial shows how to convert e-mail messages to PDF (using novaPDF) from the following mail clients: Microsoft Outlook, the Windows Mail app or Thunderbird.

This section explains what is a PDF editor and also gives explanations on why we haven't created one as well (i.e. novaPDF can be used for creating PDF files, not editing them).

This tutorial shows how to convert LibreOffice Writer documents (ODT) to PDF files. To be able to perform the conversion with advanced features (i.e. PDF bookmarks, watermarks, overlays) you will need to download and install a PDF converter such as novaPDF.

This article describes what PDF readers are useful for and shows a comparison to see which would be the best one to use on a daily basis.

This section contains troubleshooting tips for errors that occur during the installation of novaPDF. If you get an error during installation, try the fixes recommended below first.

This tutorial shows how to open OXPS files and convert them to PDF documents. Open XML Paper Specification (or OpenXPS) are meant as an alternative to PDF files, though still not as popular.

This tutorial shows how to convert an Adobe Illustrator file to a PDF document even if you do not have Illustrator installed. There are other external applications that can open AI files and those can be easily converted to PDF with novaPDF.

This tutorial shows how you can password protect a PDF file with novaPDF. Password protecting a PDF file helps you ensure that even if the document gets lost the content won't be available to anyone else unless you shared the password with them.

This tutorial shows how to you can convert PPT to PDF (PowerPoint presentations to PDF). You can open your PowerPoint presentation and with a simple click convert the entire presentation to PDF for easier sharing by using the novaPDF conversion addin or the print option.

This tutorial shows how to use novaPDF to convert a Microsoft Office Access report to a PDF document, as well as how to convert other database objects (tables, forms, queries) to PDF.

This tutorial shows how to use novaPDF to convert a DWG file to a PDF document (with or without having AutoCAD installed). The process is very easy, simply open the DWG in any CAD viewer that supports the format and then print it to novaPDF to create the PDF.

The following tutorial shows how easy it is to convert a SVG file to a PDF document by using novaPDF along with multiple applications capable of opening the scalable vector graphic file (SVG).

PDF image quality depends on what you need to do with that PDF file. If you need to create a PDF file just to share with others via email or web, then probably you want a smaller file rather than high-quality images. However, when you need print-ready PDFs, you want high-resolution images.

The following tutorial shows how you can convert a CorelDRAW file (.CDR) to a PDF document using CorelDRAW or Inkscape. This way you can share the content of a Corel file easily with others without the need of having CorelDRAW to open it.

This tutorial shows how to convert a mht/mhtml file from any of the available supporting browsers (Edge, Chrome, Word etc.) to a PDF document using novaPDF. To download novaPDF, use the Download link to download and install it on your local computer.

The following tutorial explains how to use novaPDF to convert an XML file to a PDF from several applications that have support for opening the XML file for printing (Notepad, Notepad, Microsoft Word). If you do not have novaPDF installed yet, use the Download page to download and install it.

novaPDF is a PDF creator for Windows that can convert any printable document to a PDF file. On this page you can find several PDF example files that were created by novaPDF from various programs.

This tutorial shows how to create clickable active PDF links using novaPDF. This is a PDF creator that allows generating PDF files from any Windows application that supports printing. If you don't have novaPDF installed, use the Download page to download and install it.

This tutorial explains how to setup and distribute the novaPDF add-in for Microsoft Office automatically to other computers in the same network. novaPDF server edition needs to be installed on the server computer and shared with the other computers in the network, before deploying the novaPDF add-in. To learn how to install novaPDF as a shared network printer, read How to install and use nova PDF Server as a shared network PDF Printer. In order to automatically distribute the novaPDF add-in for Microsoft Office, you will need to download the MSI file here: novaPDF add-in for Microsoft Office (MSI)

This tutorial shows how to convert JPG to PDF or any image format to a PDF document. You can open your image and with a simple click convert it to PDF for easier sharing. Any image format can be converted (i.e. jpeg, png, gif, bmp, jpg, wpub) to PDF files by using a PDF converter.

This tutorial shows how to convert Word to PDF. You can open your Word document and with a simple click convert the entire document to PDF for easier sharing by using the addin or the print option.

This tutorial shows how you can convert Excel to PDF. You can open your Excel document and with a simple click convert the entire workbook or just a sheet to PDF for easier sharing.

When you try to create a PDF with novaPDF and choose to print the Entire Workbook from Microsoft Excel, each sheet will be saved as a different PDF file.

This happens because one (or multiple) sheets in your workbook have a different dpi setting for printing. Because of this, Excel assumes that each individual sheet has to be sent for printing separately, so it will send it in the same way to the PDF printer which will prompt to create a PDF from each sheet.

novaPDF only creates PDF files, it does not include a PDF reader/viewer. Every now and then we receive an email about why we don't develop a PDF viewer, given that our PDF creator is excellent.

The licenses management section can be blocked if novaPDF detects multiple license/unlicense requests for the same computers in a network.