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Docudesk
Docudesk offers commercial PDF software for creating and
converting portable document format (PDF) files. deskPDF is Docudesk Corporation
used for creating PDFs from Windows applications. The
professional version includes PDF merging, Office integration,
& 40-bit or 128-bit encryption.[1] deskUNPDF converts PDFs to Type Private
output formats including Microsoft Word (.doc), Microsoft Computer software
Industry
Excel (.xls), and HTML.[2] deskPDF provides support for the Publishing
OSI 1.6 Portable Document Format standard. Research and
development
Company Founded Houston, Texas
(2001)
Docudesk is a software company founded in 2001 with Headquarters Plano, Texas,
headquarters in Plano, Texas. The commercial Docudesk United States
product line currently includes utilities for creating PDFs and Products deskFONT
converting PDFs. Docudesk is leveraging its experience in PDFs deskPDF
with DocQ.com an online "business center" to provide secure deskUNPDF
PDF storage, sharing, publishing, digital signatures, and PDF Essentials
annotations. The goal of DocQ is to provide a single venue for
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securely managing important documents, such as contracts and
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forms, and give unprecedented control over how they are
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shared with clients as well as collaborators.

Products

deskPDF Standard

deskPDF Standard is a PDF creation utility which uses PostScript technology and allows for
creation of PDFs from any file that can be printed, and can be used by virtually any Windows
program. deskPDF provides support for the OSI 1.6 Portable Document Format standard.[3]

deskPDF Professional

deskPDF Professional features Microsoft Office integration including hyperlink, table of contents,
and bookmark conversion. 128 bit security includes settings for controlling the printing and
modification of the PDF, as well as password protection capabilities.[4] The professional version
also allows for merging PDFs, and placing stamps or a letterhead at the time of conversion.[5]

deskUNPDF Standard

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deskUNPDF Standard allows for conversion of a PDF into an

editable format such as .doc or .rtf. The converted document can be
modified by any word processor such as Word or Open Office
Writer.[6]

deskUNPDF Professional

In addition to PDF to Word capabilities, deskUNPDF Professional

features PDF conversion to: .xls (Excel), .odt (Open Document),
HTML, and image formats (.bmp, .jpg, .tif & .png). Other formats
include .xhtml, .svg, .xml, .csv, .txt, and .lrf. (Sony Reader
Format).[7]

deskUNPDF for Mac

deskPDF Screenshot

deskUNPDF for Mac was released

in January, 2008 and includes the same current feature set of
deskUNPDF Professional for Windows. System requirements
include either OS X 10.5 (Leopard) or OS X 10.4 (Tiger) operating
systems. deskUNPDF for Mac version 3 was released in spring of
deskUNPDF Screenshot 2009 and updated to support (Snow Leopard) or OS X 10.6 [8]

PDF Essentials Plus

PDF Essentials combines the PDF creation of deskPDF Professional with the conversion cabilities of
deskUNPDF Standard. PDF Essentials Plus includes the additional output formats available in
deskUNPDF Professional. With PDF Essentials Plus, any file which can be printed can be converted
to any of the formats available in deskUNPDF, such as extracting tabular data from a website into
an Excel spreadsheet, converting a Word document into an e-book format (.lrf), or saving a
PowerPoint presentation as HTML.[9]

Enterprise and Terminal Services

Enterprise deployments, installation customization and license management are facilitated by the
.MSI installers and Admin & Deployment Kit (ADK) including the deskPDF Configuration Tool
(dCT).

Terminal Services and Citrix editions of deskPDF Standard, deskPDF Professional, deskUNPDF
Standard, deskUNPDF Professional, PDF Essentials, & PDF Essentials Plus are available.[10] The
Terminal Services versions are fully supported for Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server
2008.

Support Policies
Technical support for Docudesk products is available free for trial users and customers through the
Knowledge Base (http://support.docudesk.com/index.php?_m=knowledgebase&_a=view) and

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Support Center (http://support.docudesk.com/index.php).[11] Upgrades are provided free for 1 year

with extensions offered for a fee.

Docudesk Labs
Docudesk Labs (https://web.archive.org/web/20070803185238/http://labs.docudesk.com/) offers
technology previews and beta releases of future projects. Offerings previously featured includes
DocQ - an online PDF editor. The primary features of the beta release:

Annotation functionality such as the typewriter tool, sticky notes, hyperlinks and drawing
tools.[12]
Creating PDFs with fillable forms such as text fields, check boxes, radio buttons, and combo
and list boxes.[13]
Sharing & collaboration on PDFs by providing a link to the hosted PDF.[14]

The PDFVue Firefox extension redirects PDFs through PDFVue, enabling viewing and annotation
from within the browser.[15] In addition, with the PDFVue OnRamp (https://web.archive.org/web/
20081022071502/http://www.docudesk.com/deskPDF_with_onramp.shtml) local documents are
automatically uploaded to PDFVue and converted to text searchable PDFs for commenting and
sharing.[16]

Notable previous releases include deskUNPDF 2.0 Professional for Mac OS X and the Docudesk
PRS Browser (https://web.archive.org/web/20070803185722/http://labs.docudesk.com//latest-te
chnologies/2007/4/26/docudesk-prs-browser-for-os-x.html) which allows content management of
the Sony Reader PRS-500 in Mac OS X. The free PRS Browser is released under the GNU General
Public License (GPL).

See also
PDF
PostScript
Terminal Services
Citrix
Sony Reader

References
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External links
Official website (http://www.docudesk.com)

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