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Activation links for callas products

Learn how to activate your callas products:

How to

15 févr. 2018 Knowledge Base

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Webinar - Showcasing hidden features in pdfToolbox 9.4

pdfToolbox often contains features that are a little bit (or completely) hidden from the majority of the end users. This is often because they are still being tested, usually to find out how to present them to users.

At the VIP Event 2017, David van Driessche (CTO of Four Pees) and Marc Heusmann (Senior Product Manager of callas) introduced two such features in pdfToolbox 9.4:

Logging provides preflight analytics which can provide lots of feedback on workflows
Profile comparison gives in-de

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17 janv. 2018 Knowledge Base

AI Integration

Webinar - Dynamic imposition in pdfToolbox

callas pdfToolbox has a built-in imposition engine. The engine is capable of handling "easy" things like creating booklets, doing a step-and-repeat and so on, but it can also handle more challenging questions. This movie talks about dynamic imposition, where the imposition layouts reacts dynamically on the size of the incoming file. Or where an additional parameter such as the spine thickness of a book is taken into account.

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19 déc. 2017 Knowledge Base

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Webinar - pdfToolbox makes your work easier!

Get a quick overview of pdfToolbox Desktop! We'll talk about its functionality, switchboard, profiles (checks, fixups, process plans) and visualiser.

Let us show you how pdfToolbox can make your work easier and, consequently, save you time.

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13 déc. 2017 Knowledge Base

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Webinar - Creating a preflight check using JavaScript in pdfToolbox

callas pdfToolbox has a large number of built-in preflight checks, but what to do if those are not sufficient and you need a little bit more flexibility? This video explains what you can do with Javascript variables inside of a preflight check and how it can help you to get the flexibility you need. The example here is a check that verifies that the trim box is centered in the media box with a bit of tolerance.

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5 déc. 2017 Knowledge Base

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Webinar - Automatically removing objects from a PDF document

Sometimes PDF documents need to have objects removed. Examples could be that there is an area in the file containing text that shouldn't be there, or that the PDF contains information about cut lines that has to be removed before printing. pdfToolbox can easily remove objects in a PDF document using the "Remove objects" fixup, and in this video you'll learn how!

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5 déc. 2017 Knowledge Base

AI Integration

Webinar - Activating & deactivating pdfToolbox Desktop, Server and CLI

All callas products are licensed and activated on specific machines. In this video, you'll see the complete activation and deactivation procedure for pdfToolbox Desktop, Server and CLI. And lots of tips and tricks of course!

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28 nov. 2017 Knowledge Base

AI Integration

Webinar - Better reporting in pdfToolbox using variables

When you make preflight checks, the name of the check is what is written to the resulting preflight report. That's good, but often not informative enough. In this video, you'll learn how using variables can help getting better preflight error descriptions for your users.

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28 nov. 2017 Knowledge Base

AI Integration

Webinar - How to make the most out of pdfToolbox? An introduction.

As part of the QuarkXPress 2017 bundle promo, you've received callas pdfToolbox Desktop. What now?  This short webinar introduces you to pdfToolbox Desktop and the many things it allows you to do while checking and fixing PDF documents. While pdfToolbox is an easy tool to use, you’ll be surprised how much it can do! 

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22 nov. 2017 Knowledge Base

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Webinar - Downloading older versions of pdfToolbox

There are of course plenty of reasons to upgrade to the latest version of pdfToolbox. But sometimes you need to install an older version, and this video explains what you need to know in that case.

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21 nov. 2017 Knowledge Base

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Webinar - Profiles & process plans in callas pdfToolbox: when to use which?

pdfToolbox has two basic ways to run a bunch of preflight checks or fixes on your PDF documents: profiles and process plans. Both have their advantages and disadvantages and it's important to know them so you can choose wisely. This video introduces profiles and process plans and explains why process plans sometimes have to be used to get the correct result.

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21 nov. 2017 Knowledge Base

AI Integration

Webinar - Slicing a PDF file (tearing it apart in two files)

Sometimes you have one PDF file, but you really need two. A good example would be a PDF file which contains elements for print, but also a cut contour that will be used for digital cutting in a label or packaging workflow. callas pdfToolbox offers functionality called "slice", which allows you to define a preflight check, and then uses this check to separate one PDF file into two files. This concept, how to use it and how to automate it, is discussed in this short video.

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16 nov. 2017 Knowledge Base