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1. Installation, activation, deactivation, updates 13
- 1.1 Installation of pdfToolbox Desktop or Server on Mac
- 1.2 Installation of pdfToolbox Desktop or Server on Windows
- 1.3 Activation and Deactivation of pdfToolbox
- 1.4 Multi-user system (Activating additional users on the same system)
- 1.5 Migrating the pdfToolbox to another computer (Deactivation)
- 1.6 Uninstalling the pdfToolbox Acrobat plugin
- 1.7 Change language of user interface (desktop only)
- 1.8 Using pdfToolbox and Preflight in Acrobat Pro parallel (8.3)
- 1.9 Notifications about available updates
- 1.10 Update path to pdfToolbox CLI in Switch when installing new version of pdfToolbox
- 1.11 Run as a Service (Windows)
- 1.12 Create a Daemon using Mac
- 1.13 Create a Daemon using Linux
2. callas pdfToolbox Basics 13
- 2.1 Fixups, Checks, Profiles, Process Plans and Libraries
- 2.2 Protect Fixups, Checks, Profiles, Process Plans and Libraries against changes
- 2.3 Duplicate and edit Profiles, Checks and Fixups
- 2.4 Creating Profiles
- 2.5 Deleting multiple Fixups or Checks at once
- 2.6 Import own HTML-based Report-Templates
- 2.7 Actions in Process Plans
- 2.8 Batch processing for Actions
- 2.9 Examining page content
- 2.10 Search Libraries
- 2.11 Requirements for conversions to PDF
- 2.12 Add your own Output Intents
- 2.13 Compatibility between pdfToolbox and Acrobat
3. Actions and their use in callas' products 10
- 3.1 Actions: Arrange and Present files
- 3.2 Actions: Standards
- 3.3 Actions: Prepress
- 3.4 Actions: Document
- 3.5 Actions: Pages
- 3.6 Actions: Fonts
- 3.7 Actions: Colors
- 3.8 Actions: Images
- 3.9 Actions: Layers
- 3.10 Actions: Reports
4. Color conversion 14
- 4.1 Overview
- 4.2 Setting up a "Convert colors" fixup
- 4.3 Policies
- 4.4 Processing black objects
- 4.5 Color convert to PSO Coated v3 (ECI) (8.2)
- 4.6 Adjusting tone values
- 4.7 Apply gradation curve to select objects (8.3)
- 4.8 How to convert CMYK in DeviceN to DeviceCMYK
- 4.9 DeviceLink conversion
- 4.10 Use included DeviceLink profile to convert ISO Coated v2 ↔ PSO Coated v3 (ECI) (8.2)
- 4.11 Replace existing ICC profile (8.3)
- 4.12 Convert spot color names to UTF-8 (8.3)
- 4.13 Update all spot colors in a PDF using a spot color Swatch library
- 4.14 Internal spot color library
5. PDF/X-5 and n-channel color 4
- 5.1 Color convert with n-channel ICC profiles
- 5.2 Convert to PDF/X-5n
- 5.3 Validate against PDF/X-5n standard
- 5.4 Softproof PDF/X-5n files
6. Large format 6
- 6.1 Adding grommets using a Fixup
- 6.2 Add ink layer
- 6.3 Adding grommets
- 6.4 Tiling
- 6.5 Add borders
- 6.6 Add bleed
7. Debugging of Profiles and Process plans 1
- 7.1 How to create a detailed log when executing Process Plans (or Profiles, Checks or Fixups)
8. Variables and JavaScript 13
- 8.1 Taking variables to the next level
- 8.2 Variables and JavaScript: Variables in general
- 8.3 Variables using JavaScript: Overview
- 8.4 JavaScript in pdfToolbox: Which version of Google V8? Custom data objects and methods?
- 8.5 Variables using JavaScript: pdfToolbox objects and methods
- 8.6 Using variables in a property - The TrimBox example
- 8.7 Extracting information from an XML Report file via XPath (9.1)
- 8.8 Using an external JSON jobticket file (9.1)
- 8.9 Defining variables using app.requires with closed choice of allowed values (9.1)
- 8.10 Using "trigger" values to adjust processing in a Process Plan (9.1)
- 8.11 Debugging JavaScript Variables (9.1)
- 8.12 How to branch processing in a Process Plan using JavaScript
- 8.13 Use RegEx in variables
9. Place content 10
- 9.1 Place dynamic page numbers (8.0)
- 9.2 Place dynamic text (8.0)
- 9.3 Place barcodes and matrix codes
- 9.4 Place any content: Basics (“Place Content” via HTML templates)
- 9.5 Place any content: Preparation
- 9.6 Place any content: Positioning content
- 9.7 Place any content: Simple example placing content in the upper left
- 9.8 Using Variables in a Place Content HTML template to place text
- 9.9 Place any content: Use information about the PDF document
- 9.10 Advanced applications for 2D codes (requires pdfToolbox 9.1)
10. Shapes 5
- 10.1 Shapes: An overview
- 10.2 Defining shapes
- 10.3 Applying shapes
- 10.4 "Shapes" features extended in pdfToolbox 9.1
- 10.5 Efficiently creating varnish or white background (requires at least v9.1)
11. Spectral color and CxF 4
- 11.1 Introduction: CxF and spectral data
- 11.2 Embed CxF data (import)
- 11.3 Extract and remove CxF information
- 11.4 Analyze CxF information
12. Processing Steps 7
- 12.1 Design and more
- 12.2 Using metadata for standardisation
- 12.3 Working with processing steps metadata for a layer
- 12.4 Viewing the layers in a document
- 12.5 Checking processing steps information
- 12.6 Fixing processing steps data
- 12.7 Overview of predefined groups and types for processing steps
13. Libraries 4
- 13.1 Libraries - Overview
- 13.2 Libraries - Use for versioning and project management
- 13.3 Libraries - Use for task oriented workspaces
- 13.4 Libraries - Search in or across Libraries (9.3)
14. Analyse and explore PDF documents 10
- 14.1 Exploring the PDF - The Visualizer
- 14.2 Examining page content: The Object Inspector
- 14.3 Examining page content: Filter in the Object Inspector
- 14.4 Display ink coverage information for all separations
- 14.5 Inspect layers
- 14.6 Explore Metadata
- 14.7 XMP Metadata reports
- 14.8 Display semantic structure of tagged PDF - with just one click
- 14.9 Expert Tools: Explore Fonts
- 14.10 Expert Tools: Explore PDF
15. Prepare PDF documents for production 12
- 15.1 Create Booklet
- 15.2 Organize pages
- 15.3 Generate bleed from page content
- 15.4 Change letter head templates
- 15.5 Change page size with the help of the “Set page geometry boxes” Fixup
- 15.6 Outline page geometry boxes in a specified tint value of a spot color
- 15.7 Remove objects from page based on criteria
- 15.8 Remove all objects except ...
- 15.9 Create pre-separated pages (9.3)
- 15.10 How to upsample images
- 15.11 Use the Visualizer to create various rasterized separations
- 15.12 'Aufteilen oder Neuanordnen' von PDFs
16. Various new features in pdfToolbox 8 and 9 8
- 16.1 PDF/UA-1 validation for standards-compliant universally accessible PDFs (8.1)
- 16.2 GWG 2015 Profiles (8.2)
- 16.3 New and enhanced Properties in 9.0
- 16.4 New and enhanced Properties in 9.1
- 16.5 New and enhanced Fixups in pdfToolbox 9.1
- 16.6 How to use the "Number of hits in the check" property (9.0)
- 16.7 Improved merging of adjacent heading (H1..H6) tags (8.3)
- 16.8 Check for print and prepress related PDF 2.0 features
17. Fonts 4
- 17.1 Embedding fonts
- 17.2 Embedding fonts: Font substitution file
- 17.3 Subset Fonts
- 17.4 Convert fonts to outlines
18. Impose 9
- 18.1 Overview
- 18.2 Building blocks of an Impose configuration
- 18.3 Controlling the imposition process
- 18.4 Runlist
- 18.5 Token Engine
- 18.6 Token and Variables for dynamic imposition
- 18.7 Using variables defined in command line calls
- 18.8 Creating an Imposition configuration
- 18.9 Swap page order of a PDF using dynamic imposition
19. callas pdfToolbox CLI (command line interface) 23
- 19.1 Installation and activation of pdfToolbox Server/CLI
- 19.2 Displaying program information – Hints and troubleshooting
- 19.3 Get in Touch
- 19.4 Processing
- 19.5 General command line options
- 19.6 Additional command line options and response files
- 19.7 Using Profiles
- 19.8 Creating a report using Profiles
- 19.9 Enumerate Profiles
- 19.10 Results (Reason codes, Error codes and Return codes)
- 19.11 Actions - Arrange
- 19.12 Actions - Large format printing
- 19.13 Actions - Present
- 19.14 Actions - Document
- 19.15 Actions - Colors
- 19.16 Actions - Layers
- 19.17 Actions - Reports
- 19.18 DeviceLink Conversion
- 19.19 Run as a Server
- 19.20 Distributed Processing
- 19.21 Running pdfToolbox via Webservices (SOAP)
- 19.22 HTML based custom reports
- 19.23 Activating logging (pdfToolbox 10)
20. callas pdfToolbox SDK 4
- 20.1 Activation and Deactivation of pdfToolbox SDK
- 20.2 callas pdfEngine SDK: First steps
- 20.3 Help? Displaying program information for pdfToolbox SDK
- 20.4 File components and their use in pdfToolbox SDK

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