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novaPDF is a PDF creator that allows generating PDF files from any Windows application that supports printing. This tutorial shows how to merge PDF files with novaPDF, by adding content before, after, on front of or as a background for the existing content of a PDF file.

The following tutorial explains the process of converting a Hancom Word (formerly ThinkFree) created file format to a PDF document. To be able to make the conversion you will need the novaPDF printer driver installed on your computer.

This article refers to the process of converting an IBM Lotus file to a PDF document by using a PDF printer driver such as the novaPDF one. For the conversion to be completed, download the novaPDF application from the Download page and install it on your computer.

novaPDF SDK includes as part of its documentation several code samples that help developers integrate it faster in their applications, depending on the programming language it is written in. This section includes several code samples showing the various possibilities to send programmatically a print job to the novaPDF SDK printer.

This tutorial shows how to add automatically bookmarks to a PDF file using novaPDF, even if in the original document there are no bookmarks. This way the resulting PDF will have shortcuts to the most important sections in the document.

novaPDF is a PDF creator that allows generating PDF files from any Windows application that supports printing. This tutorial shows how to have text or image watermarks added in the PDF file even if in the original document there are no watermarks.

You can use the novaPDF Co-Branding tool to customize the setup you have to integrate with novaPDF OEM.

You can use the novaPDF Co-Branding tool to customize the setup you have to integrate with novaPDF SDK or novaPDF OEM.

This tutorial shows how to convert a Microsoft Office Word document to a PDF. novaPDF is a PDF converter that allows creating PDF files from any Windows application that supports printing.

You can convert images (jpeg, png, gif, bmp, jpg) to PDF files by using a PDF converter. Simply open the image with a viewer, click on Print and select the PDF printer to convert the image to PDF.

novaPDF is a PDF converter that allows creating PDF files from any Windows application that supports printing. This tutorial shows some examples on how to convert to PDF from various popular Windows applications, as well as describing the general method for converting documents to PDF.

novaPDF needs to be activated after purchasing a license. This article describes how to activate novaPDF manually in case the automatic activation fails.

novaPDF activation verifies that your copy is genuine and it prevents this way software counterfeiting.

This article explains how to install novaPDF on multiple computers using MSI network deployment via the Group Policy Management Console.

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)

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.

This section contains answers for frequent questions regarding the activation process of novaPDF and issues that might occur during activation. For a tutorial on how to activate please see this article instead: How to activate 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. novaPDF Professional is a program that allows you to password protect PDF documents when generating them (this option is not available in novaPDF Standard or Lite edition).

The following tutorial explains how to convert a PSPIMAGE/PSP file to a PDF document with the help of the novaPDF printer driver and the Corel PaintShop Photo Pro. To be able to complete the conversion, you will have to download and install novaPDF first if you haven't already done so.

The following tutorial explains how to convert a .chm (Microsoft Compiled HTML Help) file to a PDF document by using novaPDF and a CHM file viewer (HTML Help, xCHM or SumatraPDF).

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.

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

This article tutorial explains how to convert a Photoshop PSD file to a PDF document. For the conversion to take place, you need Adobe Photoshop installed along with a pdf printer driver such as novaPDF.

DjVu (deja vu) is an open source file format currently maintained by Caminova. Because the format is not widely distributed, many users prefer to convert it to a popular format such as PDF when exchanging documents. You will also need a DjVu reader/viewer (Internet Explorer is able to open these formats too) and novaPDF as a PDF converter.

The following tutorial shows how to install novaPDF on your computer. The installation process is very straight-forward and it's basically a one-click installation process.