Create or edit file type settings

Create or edit a file type setting to specify how the application handles the conversion of supported file types. On Windows, you can set up the application settings for each supported file type. On UNIX and Linux, you can set up the application settings for HTML-to-PDF and OpenOffice.

  1. In Administration Console, click Services > PDF Generator > File Type Settings.

  2. Click New or click the name of a setting.

  3. In the Filename Extensions box, type the filename extensions, separated by commas, for file types that are accepted for this application. Do not include the period before or a space between the extensions. The default is bmp,gif,jpeg,jpg,tif,tiff,png.

  4. (Optional) To use optical code recognition (OCR) of text in graphics or images, select Use OCR and set the following options:

Primary OCRLanguage: The language for the OCR engine to use to identify the characters. The default is English (US).

PDF Output Style: Select Searchable Image to have a bitmap image of the pages in the foreground and the scanned text on an invisible layer beneath. The appearance of the page does not change, but the text becomes selectable and readable. Select Formatted Text & Graphics to reconstruct the original page by using recognized text, fonts, pictures, and other graphic elements. The default is Searchable Image (Exact).

Downsample Images: Decreases the number of pixels in color, grayscale, and monochrome images. Downsampling of scanned images is performed after OCR is complete. The default is Lowest (600 dpi). This option is not available if you set PDF output style to Searchable Image (Exact).

  1. Complete the required information in these sections:

    Importing and exporting PDF Generator configuration files

    Adobe PDF export settings (Windows only)

    HTML-to-PDF settings

    Flash videos to PDF settings

    XPS to PDF settings

    PDF optimizer settings

    Microsoft Excel settings (Windows only)

    Microsoft PowerPoint settings (Windows only)

    Microsoft Project settings (Windows only)

    Microsoft Word settings (Windows only)

    Microsoft Publisher settings (Windows only)

    AutoCAD settings (Windows only)

    Microsoft Visio settings (Windows only)

    OpenOffice settings

    Other applications’ settings (Windows only)

    To go to another section, click its link on the web page or use the Next or Previous buttons.

  2. After you complete all the sections, click Save or Save As and provide a name for the setting.

Support for various file types can be customized. (See "Adding Support for Additional Native File Formats" in Programming with LiveCycle.)

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