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Overview of the Creo View Adapter for PDF
The Creo View Adapter for PDF is a Windows-based product for converting Microsoft Office documents to PDF viewables for Creo View. You can configure this adapter to PDF documents by using two methods:
• Office Publishing—Uses the native export to PDF tool of Microsoft Office for publishing.
• Adobe Experience Manager (AEM)—uses AEM integration to generate PDF for office documents
By default, the Creo View Adapter for PDF uses Office Publishing to convert documents to the PDF format. To use AEM instead, you need to add the AEM server details and configure the setup. For more information, see Using doc2pv_config on Windows. In addition, disable the recipe option in the Enable Office Publishing check box. On the Advanced > Office Publishing tab available in the Adapter for PDF recipe editor, you can select or clear this check box. For more information, see Advanced > Office Publishing Tab for PDF Conversion.
Adobe have changed the name of their application from Adobe LiveCycle to Adobe Experience Manager (AEM). In this document AEM refers to both version names unless otherwise noted.
The conversion process is generally referred to as publishing. The properties of the published PDF are synchronized with the document’s properties in Windchill. The Creo View Adapter for PDF must first be configured using the doc2pv_config tool.
Publishing is accomplished in one of two ways:
• Convert the documents in a command shell using a method called command line publishing. This method is described in docbatch Command Line Publishing.
• Run the adapter in the background to convert documents as needed, without direct user intervention. This is called server controlled publishing. This method is described in docworker Server Controlled Publishing.
The interactive publishing method is not available for the Creo View Adapter for PDF.
In publishing, recipe configuration provides the administrator with complete control of the conversion process. See Introduction to Recipe Editing for Converting CAD Data for an overview of the recipe concept.