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• Mergingvirtualdocuments,page104
• TransformingEMCMFtoHTML,page106
• TransformingEMCMFtoPDF,page107
Note:Thetransformationoptionspresentedtotheuserdependontwofactors:
• WhichContentTransformationServicesproductsareinstalledonthehost.Ifothertransformation
applicationsareinstalled,therearemoreoptionsavailablethanthoselistedabove.
• Thetypeofsourcedocumentchosenfortransformation. Notalloptionsareavailableforevery
transformation.Forexample,ifauseristransformingaVisiofile,theExtractMIME,Transform
MIMEtoPDF,andMergevirtualdocumentsoptionsdonotappear. Sourcedocumentsof
EMLorMSGfiletypeshaveonlytwotransformationoptions: ExtractMIMEandTransform
MIMEtoPDF.
Transformationstocreatenewrenditionsoccurononeitematatimeandrequestsareprocessed
asynchronously,meaningthatnewrenditionsmaynotbeavailableimmediately. Youreceivea
notificationinyourInboxwhenatransformationiscompletedorifatransformationfails.
PDFsecurityoptionsareavailablefortransformationsinvolvingmostMicrosoftOfficeand
WordPerfectsourcedocuments. PDFsecurityisnotavailableforProject,Visio,orAutoCAD
documents.
Adding attachments
ToembedattachmentstoaPDFfile,usetheConvertDocumenttoPDFwith
Attachmentsoption.Aftertransformation,theattachmentsappearaspaperclipicons
withtherendition.Attachmentscanbeopenedintheirnativeapplications.
Note:IfyouwouldprefertoappendtheadditionalfilestothePDF,chooseMergePDF
instead. SeeMergingPDFdocuments,page103.
ToaddattachmentstoaPDFle:
1. Navigatetothefilethatyouwanttotransformtocreateanewrendition.
2. Selectthefile,thenselectTools>Transform>MoreFormats
TheSelectTransformationtabappearsdisplayingtheselectedfileandtheavailable
transformationsfortheselectedfile.
3. SelecttheConvertDocumenttoPDFwithAttachmentsoption.ClickNext.
TheTransformationDetailstabappears.
4. Selecttheoutputformatfromthelistbox.
5. ClickontheSelectlinkontherighthandsideofthescreen.
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