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User Guide
This guide outlines how to use PDFgear to edit, convert, and perform OCR on PDF documents, as well as utilise the integrated AI Copilot for document analysis. (Reference Version: 2.1.12)
Download and Install PDFgear
| a. | Navigate to the website: www.pdfgear.com; |
| b. | Select the installer version that matches your operating system; |
| c. | Run the installer and follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation; |
| d. | Launch the PDFgear software. |
Edit PDF Documents
| a. | Click the Open File button to open a PDF; |
| b. | Click the Edit tab in the top toolbar (Note: The Edit tab also has functions for adding links, watermarks, page numbers, headers & footers, stamps, and signatures); |
| c. | Click Edit Text to modify the text directly within the PDF; |
| d. | Click Edit > Add Image, select a local image, and place it in the PDF; |
| e. | Double-click an image to move, resize, or replace it; |
| f. | Click Edit > Signature, create a signature, click OK, and place it in the PDF; |
| g. | Click the Comment tab in the top toolbar (Note: The Comment tab has functions for highlighting, underlining, strikethrough, area highlight, inserting shapes, and filling out forms); |
| h. | Click the Page tab in the top toolbar (Note: The Page tab has functions for adding new pages, extracting pages, deleting pages, inserting pages, cropping pages, and rotating pages); |
| i. | Click the Form tab in the top toolbar; |
| j. | Click the Save button in the top-left corner. |
Perform OCR on PDF Documents
| a. | Open a PDF document; |
| b. | Click Home > OCR, select an area in the PDF, and click Done; |
| c. | Click Copy text to clipboard to copy the result or click Save to export it as a TXT file. |
Format Conversion
| a. | Click Tools > Convert in the top toolbar; |
| b. | Select a target format from the dropdown list (Note: Supports conversions between PDF to DOCX, XLSX, PPT, PNG, JPEG, TXT, HTML, RTF, and XML); |
| c. | Set the Output Path in the pop-up window; |
| d. | Tick the OCR field to extract text from images (Note: The software supports batch conversion, allowing for the processing of multiple files at once); |
| e. | Click the Convert button to begin the conversion; |
| f. | Find the converted file in the specified path. |
PDFgear Copilot
| a. | Open a PDF document; |
| b. | Click the red PDFgear Copilot button on the bottom-right panel; |
| c. | Enter your questions or select an auto-suggested prompt in the text field; |
| d. | Click the Send button; |
| e. | Continue the conversation to gain deeper insights into the document; |
| f. | Select the AI's response and click the copy icon to copy the content. |
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