Step by step - Learn how to use callas products
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1. Installation, activation, deactivation, updates
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- 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
- 1.14 How to 'dockerize' pdfToolbox
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2. callas pdfToolbox Basics
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- 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
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4. Color conversion
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- 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
- 6. Spectral color and CxF 4
- 7. Fonts 5
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8. Prepare PDF documents for production
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- 8.1 Create Booklet
- 8.2 Organize pages
- 8.3 Generate bleed from page content
- 8.4 Change letter head templates
- 8.5 Change page size with the help of the “Set page geometry boxes” Fixup
- 8.6 Outline page geometry boxes in a specified tint value of a spot color
- 8.7 Remove objects from page based on criteria
- 8.8 Remove all objects except ...
- 8.9 Create pre-separated pages (9.3)
- 8.10 How to upsample images
- 8.11 Use the Visualizer to create various rasterized separations
- 8.12 How to 'Split or reorder' PDF
- 9. Large format 6
- 10. Libraries 4
- 11. Debugging of Profiles and Process plans 6
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12. Variables and JavaScript
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- 12.1 Taking variables to the next level
- 12.2 Variables and JavaScript: Variables in general
- 12.3 Variables using JavaScript: Overview
- 12.4 JavaScript in pdfToolbox: Custom data objects and methods
- 12.5 Interpretation of the app.requires values
- 12.6 Using variables in a property - The TrimBox example
- 12.7 Extracting information from an XML Report file via XPath (9.1)
- 12.8 Using an external JSON jobticket file (9.1)
- 12.9 Defining variables using app.requires with closed choice of allowed values (9.1)
- 12.10 Using "trigger" values to adjust processing in a Process Plan (9.1)
- 12.11 Debugging JavaScript Variables (9.1)
- 12.12 How to branch processing in a Process Plan using JavaScript
- 12.13 Use RegEx in variables
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13. Advanced configuration of Profiles and ProcessPlans (10.0)
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- 13.1 Boolean logic and conditions in preflight checks
- 13.2 Combining different checks to solve complex problems
- 13.3 Negating Check results
- 13.4 Using Process Plans in Process Plans
- 13.5 Generating additional PDF output from a Process Plan step
- 13.6 Using the PDF input file from a previous Process Plan step
- 14. Reports for Profiles 4
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15. Place content
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- 15.1 Place dynamic page numbers (8.0)
- 15.2 Place dynamic text (8.0)
- 15.3 Place barcodes and matrix codes
- 15.4 Place any content: Basics (“Place Content” via HTML templates)
- 15.5 Place any content: Preparation
- 15.6 Place any content: Positioning content
- 15.7 Place any content: Simple example placing content in the upper left
- 15.8 Using Variables in a Place Content HTML template to place text
- 15.9 Place any content: Use information about the PDF document
- 15.10 Advanced 2D code use cases: Deutsche Post DP Matrix, Data Matrix Industry, rainbow colored QR Code (9.1)
- 16. Shapes 5
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17. Context aware object detection: Sifter (10.0)
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- 17.1 Beyond classic preflighting: Context aware object detection (Sifter)
- 17.2 Finding the right "Context aware object detection" property
- 17.3 Proximity: Object reaches into edge area of a shape
- 17.4 Proximity: Object crosses shape
- 17.5 Above versus below: Object on top of other object(s)
- 17.6 Above versus below: Object not on top of any other object
- 17.7 Above versus below: Object below other object
- 17.8 Above versus below: Object not below any other object
- 17.9 Above versus below: Object covers other object
- 17.10 Above versus below: Object covered by other object
- 17.11 Inside versus outside: Object inside other object
- 17.12 Inside versus outside: Object outside other object
- 17.13 Inside versus outside: Object inside shape
- 17.14 Inside versus outside: Object outside shape
- 17.15 Inside versus outside: Object crosses other object
- 17.16 Visibility: Object is invisible
- 17.17 Visibility: Object is visible
- 17.18 Visibility: Object is partially obliterated
- 17.19 Visibility: Object is completely obliterated
- 17.20 Visibility: Object is partially clipped
- 17.21 Visibility: Object is completely clipped
- 17.22 Advanced "Context aware object detection" property
- 17.23 "Shapes" Property for use in "Context aware object detection" checks
- 17.24 How to debug Sifter Checks and see their results
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18. Processing Steps
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- 18.1 Design and more
- 18.2 Using metadata for standardisation
- 18.3 Viewing the layers in a document
- 18.4 Working with processing steps metadata for a layer
- 18.5 Predefined Profiles and result view for Processing Steps
- 18.6 Checking processing steps information
- 18.7 Fixing processing steps data
- 18.8 Overview of predefined groups and types for processing steps
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19. Analyse and explore PDF documents
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- 19.1 Exploring the PDF - The Visualizer
- 19.2 Examining page content: The Object Inspector
- 19.3 Examining page content: Filter in the Object Inspector
- 19.4 Display ink coverage information for all separations
- 19.5 Inspect layers
- 19.6 Explore Metadata
- 19.7 XMP Metadata reports
- 19.8 Display semantic structure of tagged PDF - with just one click
- 19.9 Expert Tools: Explore Fonts
- 19.10 Expert Tools: Explore PDF
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20. QuickCheck (10.0)
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- 20.1 Quick Check – Introduction
- 20.2 Using Quick Check as a step in a Process Plan
- 20.3 Using Quick Check directly on the command line
- 20.4 Quick Check configuration syntax
- 20.5 Filter expressions for "direct" and "aggregated" data elements
- 20.6 Structure and syntax of Quick Check output
- 20.7 QuickCheck Results (Error codes and Return codes)
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21. Various new features in pdfToolbox 8, 9 and 10
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- 21.1 PDF/UA-1 validation for standards-compliant universally accessible PDFs (8.1)
- 21.2 GWG 2015 Profiles (8.2)
- 21.3 New and enhanced Properties in pdfToolbox 9.x
- 21.4 New and enhanced Fixups in pdfToolbox 9.x
- 21.5 How to use the "Number of hits in the check" property (9.0)
- 21.6 Improved merging of adjacent heading (H1..H6) tags (8.3)
- 21.7 Check for print and prepress related PDF 2.0 features
- 21.8 Beyond line width: Extensive analysis of line objects (10.0)
- 21.9 Bring to front / Send to back (10.0)
- 21.10 Set line width (10.0)
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22. Impose
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- 22.1 Overview
- 22.2 Building blocks of an Impose configuration
- 22.3 Controlling the imposition process
- 22.4 Runlist
- 22.5 Token Engine
- 22.6 Token and Variables for dynamic imposition
- 22.7 Using variables defined in command line calls
- 22.8 Creating an Imposition configuration
- 22.9 Swap page order of a PDF using dynamic imposition
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23. callas pdfToolbox CLI (command line interface)
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- 23.1 Installation and activation of pdfToolbox Server/CLI
- 23.2 Displaying program information – Hints and troubleshooting
- 23.3 Get in Touch
- 23.4 Processing
- 23.5 General command line options
- 23.6 Additional command line options and response files
- 23.7 Using Profiles
- 23.8 Creating a report using Profiles
- 23.9 Enumerate Profiles
- 23.10 Results (Reason codes, Error codes and Return codes)
- 23.11 Actions - Arrange
- 23.12 Actions - Large format printing
- 23.13 Actions - Present
- 23.14 Actions - Document
- 23.15 Actions - Colors
- 23.16 Actions - Layers
- 23.17 Actions - Reports
- 23.18 DeviceLink Conversion
- 23.19 Run as a Server
- 23.20 Distributed Processing
- 23.21 Running pdfToolbox via Webservices (SOAP)
- 23.22 HTML based custom reports
- 23.23 Activating logging (pdfToolbox 10)
- 24. callas pdfToolbox SDK 4