
The Inspector Panel
The Inspector Panel allows precise control over most object properties. Select an object to edit it in the inspector.
Metrics Inspector. |
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The metrics inspector allows numerical control over the position, size and rotation of objects on the page.
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Appearance Inspector. |
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The appearance inspector controls the appearance of objects.
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Dynamic Annotations Inspector. |
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The dynamic annotations inspector controls the settings of dynamic annotations (proper PDF annotations that remain editable within the PDF document). The top of the editor always shows the controls that are common to all dynamic annotations. The bottom part shows controls that are applicable to the active selected annotation. For hyperinks the Get Dest. button is used to set the destination by point and click when linking to other pages within the same document: Click the button, then navigate to the target page and click on the location on the page where the document should scroll to when the link is clicked. After clicking the destination PDFClerk beeps and scrolls back to where it was when the Get Dest. button was clicked. When a link type to an external location is selected the URL field becomes available. After setting the URL it can be tested by clicking the Test URL button. |
Display Boxes Inspector. |
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The display boxes inspector allows precise control over the different display boxes defined by the PDF standard. It shows the settings for the currently selected page.
See also: Display Boxes Explained |
Fonts Inspector. |
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Note: There is currently an issue that, if a font embedded in the document is not present as a font on the system, the displayed font may be incorrect. |
Security Inspector. |
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Important: Encrypted documents cannot be saved (in PDFClerk format) or exported as PDF documents, nor can their pages be copied within the document. They can however be printed to printers or to PDF documents. If you want to edit an encrypted document over various sessions or with full editorial access it is best to open and unlock the document, then print it to PDF and use the produced PDF document as the source for further editing in PDFClerk. |