Creates 100% industry-standard PDF files that can be read, printed or processed by popular PDF viewer programs such as PaperPort Pro Office & Acrobat Reader. Creates the highest quality PDF files from nearly all Windows applications, retaining the precise layout of the original document. Creates highly optimized PDF files, resulting in dramatically smaller file sizes. Supports industry-standard compression options & enables optimization for the Web. Users can set passwords on PDF files, requiring others to know the password in order to view or print the document. PDF Create! Assistant makes it fast & easy to create PDF documents from multiple files & multiple file types at the same time. Users can use drag & drop to add files to the batch or can simply select the range of files they wish to turn into PDF. Users can also merge multiple files into a single PDF page-by-page, which is ideal for merging letter text into a letterhead template document or to merge form data into a form template. Users can choose to have PDF files automatically added as an attachment to an e-mail message, simplifying the sharing of documents over the Internet. Users can apply watermarks & stamps to their documents, choosing from a pre-made selection or creating custom versions. Custom watermarks can be applied from other PDF files or created within the PDF Create! Assistant. PDF Create! allows users to create PDF files from practically every PC application, accessing its functionality through a printer interface. ScanSoft has integrated toolbar icons for PDF Create! with a number of popular applications, including Microsoft Word, PowerPoint & Outlook. Users can create PDFs using the right-mouse shortcut in Windows Explorer. Supports font embedding for all standard & non-standard fonts & also supports shading & transparency conversions. Users can select resolution of the resulting PDF & can control PDF page size & orientation.