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Configure the default base settings for your PDF conversion. You may access the creation settings by clicking the PrimoPDF Options button, then selecting Creation.

1. PDF Settings – Configure compatibility and quality settings.
• PDF Version – Sets the PDF version for compatibility with viewing and editing applications.
• 1.2 – Compatible with Adobe Reader version 3.0 or later
• 1.3 – Compatible with Adobe Reader version 4.0 or later
• 1.4 – Compatible with Adobe Reader version 5.0 or later
• 1.5 – Compatible with Adobe Reader version 6.0 or later
• PDF Resolution – Sets the resolution for the entire document.
• Auto-rotate Pages – Automatically rotates the PDF page for the majority of the text to be horizontal. This can be useful when creating PDFs from landscape documents for the pages to be easier to read on a screen.
2. Open With – Sets the target PDF viewer which automatically opens a newly created PDF.
• Default PDF viewer – Uses the program set as the default PDF viewer in the Windows^® registry.
• Custom Program – Configures PrimoPDF to automatically export documents to another program rather than the default used by Windows^®
3. Saving PDF – Determines the default behavior when PrimoPDF encounters a duplicate filename to the one being saved in the current location.
• If PDF exists – Configures whether PrimoPDF should Overwrite the file or Append to existing document.
• Ask before appending or overwriting document – Configures PrimoPDF to ask for the user's confirmation before performing an Overwrite or Append.