Overview
Viewing and Editing PDF's will never be the same with PDFVue, the easiest and fastest way to collaborate with PDF's online. PDFVue offers features and capabilities previously only found in the most expensive PDF software and we are bringing these features to everyone for free.
What can you do with PDFVue?
Upload PDFs and share with others
When to Use: Useful when you or your recipients have email file limitations or if you do not want email scanning software to inspect PDF content.
Read PDF's Online
When to Use: Many people have revolted and stopped using Adobe Reader, despite the improvements in performance. Users who use �locked down� computers or web terminals are also ideally suited for PDFVue.
Notes: PDFVue is available 24/7 and will always provide a reliable and satisfying way to review PDF content.
Fill Out PDF Documents and Forms
When to Use: Employment applications, product registrations, address change forms, tax returns, and surveys are all documents which regularly require you to print out the PDF and either fax or return by mail. With PDFVue, upload the PDF document and use the typewriter tool to fill the necessary fields.
Once finished save and download or share the PDFVue link.Make PDF Forms
When to Use: PDF forms are great for capturing information from a group of people. Examples include; surveys, product registrations, event registrations, or anything that requires a method to capture and manage people's information.
Notes: The created PDF forms can be submitted as an HTTP post to any web server or through simply by entering a email address using the mailto: command.
Collaborate with Others
When to Use: PDF's are a standard medium for sharing contracts, proposals, graphics, and other business oriented documents. PDFVue provides a simple way to edit, comment, and markup to communicate changes and suggested revisions.
Notes: Senders of PDFs � be sure to direct your clients and colleagues to PDFVue in the likely instance that they do not have Adobe Acrobat to provide edits and comments.
How do I get started?
Once you are at the PDFVue.com site all that is needed to get started is upload your PDF document. Once your PDF document is uploaded, you will be able to use all the available tools for annotating and sharing the PDF.
The top toolbar provides document management and sharing and the right toolbar provides markup and form tools.
Available Tools and Functions
These screenshots provide a quick reference to the all the available functions.
File Navigation Toolbar
These screenshots provide a quick reference to the all the available functions. The File Navigation toolbar is located at the top of PDFVue and provides basic file management and document navigation controls.
Annotation Toolbar
The Annotation toolbar provides a palette of tools to edit and markup documents in PDFVue. The toolbar is organized by tabs located at the top of the toolbar. The Markup tab provides tools for adding text, notes, lines, and shapes to existing PDF's.
The markup pane is shown below.
The following markup tools are available within the markup pane:
Typewriter tool: allows free placement of text
Sticky note tool: provides common note format for placing comments
Rectangle tool: used for placing squares or rectangles on documents
Line tool: places lines of any orientation
Oval tool: used for making circles or ovals
Link tool: allows placement and definition of hyperlinks and email addresses (via mailto:)
Annotation Properties
Following placement of an annotation on the document, the following properties can be set to tailor the annotation.
With the annotation properties, the colors of all elements can be changed including borders and text. Borders can be added or removed to shapes by using the border checkbox. The fill checkbox performs in the same manner. If chosen then the shape element will have a fill color.
The Printable checkbox is used to set the PDF property so when the PDF is printed the annotation is not displayed.
For existing annotations, properties can be displayed by selecting the annotation and viewing the properties window.
Forms Toolbar
The Forms toolbar gives users an easy way to create forms from existing documents. The available forms tools are shown once the Forms tab is selected. The available forms tools allow placement of textboxes, checkboxes, radio buttons, comboboxes, listboxes, and submission buttons.
The forms pane is shown below.
The following provides a brief description of the available forms tools.
Textbox tool: inserts a textbox form element for creating text form fields (i.e. name, address,etc.)
Checkbox tool: insertion of checkboxes (used for form elements such as "Check this box to receive our newsletter")
Radio button tool: insert radio buttons. Similar to checkboxes but used for either or choices (i.e. male or female)
Combobox tool: used for providing a dropdown selection list from which users can select one item.
Listbox tool: used to provide lists of elements which users can select from one or more items.
Submit Button tool: used to define how and where the form information is transmitted (either via HTTP post or mailto).
Forms Properties
Forms properties allow customization of the forms as with annotations. Forms properties include additional fields specific to creating PDF forms including Field Name and Value.
Field Name is used to recognize the form element upon receipt and value is used to define the contents of the form element. (i.e. if two radio buttons are created on a form, the value of the first one could be true and the value of the second one could be false. Alternatively, if a textbox is used there would be no initial value as the intent of this element is to capture the users input.
Summary Pane
The summary pane shows the annotations that have been made on the document. Each listing is selectable and upon clicking, PDFVue will automatically proceed to the annotation in the document, providing a quick way to navigate a document�s annotations.
If annotations existing prior to PDFVue upload they will be marked as an imported annotation. To manage these annotations, users can choose to show or hide them as needed.
Support and Feedback
Docudesk is very excited to make the PDFVue Beta available. To submit feeback, please click the Feedback link in the top right of the main PDFVue window.