Knowledge base

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.

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 deactivation in novaPDF has to be done if you want to move the novaPDF license to another computer or if your computer crashed and you want to activate novaPDF on another computer.

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

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

This tutorial explains how to convert projects created with RationalPlan (.mrp, .srp or .xrp) to a PDF document by using novaPDF.

This tutorial shows how to manage, create and use the windows environment variables with novaPDF. This way you can use those for the save folders where PDF files will be saved. You can also use novaPDF's advanced Macro variables for folders.

You can create PDF/A-1a or PDF/A-1b compliant PDF files with novaPDF. PDF/A is an ISO version of PDF used specifically for long-term archiving of documents.

This tutorial explains the steps you have to take to successfully move a novaPDF installation on another computer or reload the settings you had on your previous novaPDF installation in case of a Windows System reinstall or novaPDF reinstall. With the novaPDF converter you can generate PDF files from any Windows application that supports printing.

StarOffice doesn't have an integrated export to PDF option, thus in order to convert documents created with it (.sxi) to PDFs you need to install a third party PDF converter.

This article shows how you can use novaPDF to convert an ODF Formula file to a PDF document from either OpenOffice Math or LibreOffice Math (a fork of OpenOffice created by The Document Foundation).

The following article explains how to convert an ODP file format to a PDF document with the help of the novaPDF printer driver and LibreOffice. If you do not have novaPDF installed on your computer, use the Download page for downloading and installing the application.

This tutorial explains how to convert a qpw file to a pdf document with the help of the novaPDF converter and from the Quattro Pro interface. To be able to have a successful conversion, download and install the novaPDF converter from the Download page if you do not have the application on your computer.

This article explains how to convert a wpd file created with Corel WordPerfect to a PDF document with the help of the novaPDF printer driver. If you do not have novaPDF installed on your PC, use the Download page to download and install the application.

The following article is referring to the conversion of a CPT file to a PDF document by using a PDF converter such as the novaPDF driver. If you do not have novaPDF installed on your computer, use the Download page to download and install the application.

novapk.exe was used in previous versions of novaPDF SDK to create an installation package. However, it is not used anymore in newer versions of novaPDF SDK as the installation is now done with MSI files.

This tutorial provides a brief overview of the steps you need to do to integrate novaPDF SDK Developer in your application.

This SDK sample shows how to convert an existing file to PDF by using the ShellExecute function in Visual Basic.

The Word OLE (Java) SDK sample is a basic Java console application that converts a MS Word document (in this sample the default location for the source document is C:\temp\test.doc) to PDF using Word OLE automation and j-Interop along with novaPDF.

The VB Converter sample demonstrates how to convert an existing file by printing it to novaPDF Printer using the ShellExecute function. It also demonstrates how to set different options and manage profiles in the novaPDF SDK application.

This article explains how to install novaPDF on multiple computers using MSI network deployment.

In Windows 7/8/8.1 there is a limitation for the document print size and if you try to create a PDF from it novaPDF won't create it.

Multiple printers sample is similar with the Temporary printer sample but it uses several threads.