Viewing document properties

The document properties let you quickly find out more about a PDF -- where it came from, how it was produced, how it will display when opened, what security controls it includes, and much more. All the properties, except for the font information, are centrally located in the Properties panel.

To open the Properties panel:

1. Open the left panel by one of the following:
   • Select the Show/Hide Document panel  toolbar button.
   • Choose View > Navigation panel > Properties.
   • Use the F6 or F10 shortcut key.
2. At the top of the panel, click the Properties  icon.

Document information

The document summary information fields in Nitro PDF Professional are useful for users who want to know more about a document, and they're particularly useful for indexing your documents. These fields can be used to help categorize documents and help narrow down search results from search engines and from indexes built in Nitro PDF Professional.

Tip: See the Editing section for more information on how to view and modify document properties.

With Nitro PDF Professional you can edit the document title, author, subject and keyword fields, as well as add your own custom metadata fields. The summary fields include:

• Title. Editable information field used to display the title of the document.
• Author. Editable information field used to display the document author.
• Subject. Editable information field used to categorize the document.
• Keywords. Editable information field used to categorize the document.
• Base URL. Details the base URL for Web links in the PDF.
• Creator. Details the application the PDF was created from.
• Producer. Details the program used to create the PDF.
• Optimized. Details whether the PDF is optimized for use online. Documents load faster, page by page online, when optimized.
• PDF Version. Details what version PDF has been created. The version is determined by the PDF specification. Nitro PDF Professional can make PDFs that adhere to the 1.3, 1.4, 1.5 PDF specifications.
• Number of Pages. Details how many pages the document contains.
• Custom Defined Fields. Unlimited fields that can be used for customizable categorization.

Initial views

PDF documents can be set to display in particular ways when open in a viewer. For example, if your document contains bookmarks and you want them to be easily accessible, you can set the document to open with the Bookmarks panel already displayed. You can also set your PDF so it's displayed a particular zoom level, at a particular page, and so on. In Nitro PDF Professional these settings are all controlled in the Initial View section of the Properties panel. The view settings include:

• Show. Sets which panel is displayed by default. The Bookmarks panel, Pages panel, or no panel.
• Go to Page. Specifies at which page to open the PDF.
• Layout. Sets the page mode to open with, single-page, continuous-page or Continuous-facing page. Single-page treats the document as though it were a series of pages that you move through. The other modes work more like the document is one large page that you scroll through (like a web page).
• Zoom. Sets the default magnification level. Choose from zoom percentage, or choose from the Fit Page, Fit Width and Fit Height settings.
• Window Caption. Sets what is displayed in the title bar of Nitro PDF Professional. Either the file name or the document title field.
• Hide Menu Bar. Stops the menu (the Menu Bar) from appearing.
• Hide Toolbar. Stops all toolbars from appearing.
• Hide Window Controls. Stops the left panel and status bar from appearing.

Document security

Nitro PDF Professional gives you a lot of control over who can access PDF documents, and what control users have over the contents of PDF documents. You can view the security properties of a document by going to the Properties panel. The controls include:

• Printing. Controls user's ability to print the document.
• High Resolution. Controls the user's ability to print at either high resolution or low resolution.
• Modify Document. Controls the user's ability to edit the contents of a document.
• Content Copying or Extraction. Controls the user's ability to copy content from a document.
• Content Accessibility Enabled. Controls the user's ability to use accessibility tools to access PDF documents.
• Commenting. Controls the user's ability to add notes, text highlights and drawing markups.
• Form Field Fill-in or Signing. Controls the user's ability to fill in forms and digitally sign documents.
• Document Assembly. Controls the user's ability to insert pages into and extract pages out of PDF documents.

Fonts

Nitro PDF Professional gives you the ability to quickly view all the fonts used in a document, as well as their properties -- like the type, embedding, the font name and the encoding.

To open the font properties window:

1. At the top of the right-hand scrollbar, click the right arrow and choose Fonts.
2. Choose Document > Properties > Fonts.

Related info: Nitro Pro 5 Help

About PDF document information
How to view & edit file properties in PDF
How to view/set Initial View settings
How to view all fonts in a PDF
How to view PDF security settings
How to edit PDF metadata

Related info: Nitro Pro Features

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