Mapsoft Impress Pro

Impress Pro is a useful and reliable Acrobat plug-in which enables a text impression (text stamp) or multiple impressions to be added to a range of pages in one or more PDF files. Version 2.1 of Impress Pro has a number of enhancements based on feedback from our customers. A Tryout version of the product is available and the extensive documentation can be viewed as a PDF file.

Apart from the text stamping features in Impress Pro, for added convenience, the document information fields, the default index, a base URL, the open defaults, and security can be set at the same time. These settings are not changed unless set. Documents can also be printed with an impression without being permanently altered (Impress Pro needs to be installed).

Text impression(s) can be set either as watermarks, which are set on a layer below all of the existing text and images, or above existing text, where it can be used for headers and footers, page numbering etc. Variables can be set to define page numbering, total number of pages and date and time in a variety of different formats. Impress Pro can also make use of the transparency features in Acrobat 5.0.

Here are some key features of "Mapsoft Impress Pro":

￭ Text - the text to be used for marking the specified pages of your document. The text you specify here will appear on the relevant pages within your PDF file. Within the text, you can enter some special fields relating to page numbering and date/time stamps. These fields will be replaced with their specific values when you impress your PDF file. These fields can be date and time stamps, page numbering, page counts and page ranges. Version 2.1 has helper dialogs to set these variables easily. ￭ Alignment - controls the alignment used for your impression. Alignment options are Left, Centre and Right. ￭ Name - the name of this impression. To reuse an existing impression (either one you created previously, or one of the samples supplied with Impress) make your selection from the drop-down list associated with this field. ￭ Position - controls the horizontal and vertical positioning of the impression within a page, and its angle. Version 2.1 has built-in defaults for diagonal centred text and coordinates can now be set from the top or the bottom of the page. ￭ Layer - controls whether the text appears in the foreground or background of the specified page(s). ￭ Font - controls the font settings to be used for your impression. Version 2.1 allows the use of any font available on your system and the text can be invisible or outlined for use where watermarks would be obscured. If the file is only to be viewed in Acrobat 5 then the transparency feature can be used. ￭ Colour - sets the colour of the impression either with pre-set colours or as RGB or CMYK. Version 2.1 has a custom Gray and CMYK selection tools. ￭ Transparency - controls the level of transparency for your overlay text. Content below can be seen through the text. ￭ Page Range - specifies the pages which you wish to mark with this impression. ￭ Page Spread - Specifies the page spread, of pages lying within the specified page range, to be marked with the impression. These can be Odd and Even Pages, Odd pages only, Even pages only.

Requirements:

￭ Acrobat Reader