Perfect PDF 7 Product Family Complete: Three More Applications Released

May 21, 2011 - PRLog -- Bochum, Germany  -- Today soft Xpansion unveils three more applications to complete its Perfect PDF 7 product range: Perfect PDF Converter, Editor and Office. Currently, these applications are available as download versions only. The CD-ROM versions will be released in July 2011. The product family now consists of four members: in April, soft Xpansion had already released Perfect PDF 7 Premium, which offers the most comprehensive set of functionality of the four products. All applications are available in soft Xpansion's web shop eknow-how.com.

Converter, Editor and Office are well-priced alternatives to the Premium edition. Each product has been developed to focus on a specific range of use: Perfect PDF 7 Converter is a solution for the PDF creation from any printable files. Perfect PDF 7 Editor can be used to widely edit PDF files. And finally, Perfect PDF 7 Office is an extension for specific applications like for example Microsoft programs and OpenOffice to create PDF files from these applications. When installing it, Perfect PDF 7 Office is directly embedded into 14 common office, web browser and e-mail programs. Additionally, Perfect PDF 7 Office allows users to import meta data (for example the table of contents, links, comments and annotations or the index) from the source file into the PDF. Perfect PDF 7 Premium provides all these features as a complete all-in-one solution.

THE NEW FEATURES AT A GLANCE (x)

Extended Integration for seamless, comfortable PDF Creation - 14 Applications available

* Converter and Office: Integration into Microsoft Office applications now includes Visio and Project
* Converter and Office: Integration into OpenOffice.org (Converter does not include import of meta data)
* Converter and Office: Integration into Firefox and Thunderbird

New and expanded PDF Features

* New, even more secure encryption algorithm: AES-256
* Editor: Add form fields for two-dimensional barcodes
* JavaScript support, Perfect PDF 7 Editor additionally includes a Script Editor
* Editor: Sound and video annotations may be played directly from within PDF files

Service Functionality and Tools

* Add and save user defined paper formats
* Editor: Separate window area for annotations and hierarchical annotations structure to work with annotations more efficiently
* Additional PDF Reader tools: Snapshot, measuring tape and loupe
* Search for text strings in PDF files on a local computer or in a local network

(x)Functionality that comes with all three new products does not have a product name in front      

THE BASIC FUNCTIONALITY: AN OVERVIEW
The soft Xpansion web site includes an overview of all program functionality and a feature comparison (http://soft-xpansion.com/index.php?p=pdftech/pdf7&sp=p).

GENERAL FEATURES OF THE PERFECT PDF 7 PRODUCT FAMILY
* Modern user interface (ribbon design like in Microsoft Office 2007) makes it easier to navigate through the programs. Thanks to this interface, the program features and commands are grouped more clearly than in classical windows software.
* For more complex tasks, a contextual help system and information bars have been integrated into the programs. Therefore, in these cases it is not necessary to consult the help file and/or the printed manual.
* Separate windows for editing and commenting of PDF files as well as several reading views make it easier to work with the applications.

PRICES
The recommended retail prices for single user licenses are as follows. Multi-user licenses are available as well.

* Perfect PDF 7 Converter: EUR 19,99 (Download EUR 17,99, Upgrade starting from EUR 11,-)
* Perfect PDF 7 Editor: EUR 39,99 (Download EUR 37,99, Upgrade starting from EUR 21,99)
* Perfect PDF 7 Office: EUR 29,99 (Download EUR 27,99, Upgrade starting from EUR 16,-)

TRIAL VERSIONS
Trial versions are available on the soft Xpansion product page on the web. These versions are complete as far as the functionality is concerned. However, they include watermarks ("soft Xpansion") on all PDF file pages that are displayed, created or edited by the programs.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
PC with Microsoft Windows, 60 MB of hard disc space, Windows 7/Vista/XP (32- or 64-bit versions), mouse. For the integration into Microsoft Office: Office 2010/2007/2003. For the integration into other programs: Internet Explorer 7 or higher, Firefox and Thunderbird 3 or higher, Visio and Project 2007 or higher, OpenOffice 3 or higher. In order to be able to perform the obligatory activation process, access to the Internet and/or an e-mail address is required. The trial versions may be used without activation.

ABOUT SOFT XPANSION
soft Xpansion is a globally active, international team of software writers, developers, screen designers, engineers and product managers. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Bochum, Germany. Its product range includes solutions (standard software, developer libraries, software development kits, individual programming and freeware) in the following areas: PDF technology, system utilities, document and database management, computer security. In the past 16 years, more than 200 software products have been published in more than 200 different editions. Localized versions of soft Xpansion products are sold in Germany, Great Britain, France, Italy, the USA, the Benelux countries, the Ukraine, Spain, Russia, Portugal, Australia and Turkey. More information on the company is available at http://www.soft-xpansion.com. soft Xpansion is a full member of the PDF/A Competence Center, http://www.pdfa.org/doku.php?id=start:en.

Contact:
Frank Dueckers
Soft Xpansion GmbH & Co. KG
Koenigsallee 45
D-44789 Bochum, Germany
P: 49 234 298 41 73
F: 49 234 298 41 72
dueckers@soft-xpansion.com
http://www.soft-xpansion.com