Context Menu

pdfMachine adds a context menu to Windows Explorer to make it easy to create PDFs from files and folders. Use this menu to :

  • Set pdfMachine as the default PDF viewer
  • Open a PDF in pdfMachine
  • Convert a document to PDF
  • Apply settings and append the document with pdfMachine

Set pdfMachine as the default PDF Viewer

Right-click on a PDF file in Windows Explorer and choose Open With. pdfMachine will appear in the list of applications that can open PDF files.Select it and click Always to make pdfMachine the default PDF viewer.

Make pdfMachine the default viewer

Open / Append PDF into pdfMachine

To open a PDF in pdfMachine, right-click on the document in Windows Explorer and select "Open with pdfMachine". If you want the PDF to be appended to a PDF that is already open in pdfMachine choose "Apply settings and append with pdfMachine".



Convert a document to PDF

To convert a document to PDF, right-click on the document in Windows Explorer and select "Convert to PDF".