• Introduction
• Change the application language
• Create PDFs
• Merge documents
• Split documents

This manual refers to PDFCreator 2.1.0 (Build 807). It is available for installation via Netinstall/DSM.

An error message might appear when starting PDFCreator for the first time. It disappears after converting a document.

Introduction

PDFCreator is an open source application that can create PDF files from almost any program that prints using windows printers. It also features a ‘Merge and Split’ function and is a viable alternative to Adobe Acrobat.

Change the application language

1. Launch PDFCreator from the Start menu.
2. Select ‘application settings’.
3. Select the language you would like to use and save changes.

Create PDFs

Method 1: Print

1. Print the document as you would on a standard printer. Change the printer to 'PDFCreator' printer.
2. The PDFCreator window will appear, asking you to fill in some information regarding the creation of you PDF. Click on the ‘Save’ button and pick the location where you would like to save the PDF.
3. Your PDF will be created and opened up in you default PDF viewer.

Method 2: Windows Explorer

Not all file formats can be converted using this method. If the 'Create PDF'-option is unavailable in the context menu, use method 1.

1. Right click on any document and select 'Create PDF with PDFCreator'.
2. Click on the ‘Save’ button and pick the location where you would like to save the PDF.

Merge documents

Method 1: Print

1. Print the document as you would on a standard printer. Change the printer to 'PDFCreator' printer.
   
2. The PDFCreator window opens up. Choose 'merge'.
3. A list of print jobs appears containing the document just printed. You can print more documents, rearrange the order or delete individual documents.
   
4. When everything is arranged, click on 'Merge all' to combine the print jobs into a single document.
   
5. Proceed by clicking 'Continue'.
   
6. The PDFCreator window will appear, asking you to fill in some information regarding the creation of your PDF. Click on the 'Save' button and pick the location where you would like to save the PDF.

Method 2: Windows Explorer

Depending on the number of documents selected, this process may take a long time since every document is opened individually. 

1. Select the documents you want to merge.
2. Right click and select 'Create PDF with PDFCreator'.
3. The PDFCreator window opens up. Choose 'merge'.
4. You can now rearrange the order of the documents and delete or add more documents. Once finished click ‘Merge all’ to combine the files into a single document.
5. Proceed by clicking 'Continue'.
6. The PDFCreator window will appear, asking you to fill in some information regarding the creation of your PDF. Click on the 'Save' button to pick the location where you would like to save the PDF.

Split documents

1. Print the document as you would on a standard printer. Change the printer to 'PDFCreator' printer.
2. Enter the page numbers in the print dialog (e.g. 1-3 or 1,2,4) and print.
3. The PDFCreator window will appear, asking you to fill in some information regarding the creation of your PDF. Click on the 'Save' button to pick the location where you would like to save the PDF.