TM Save Button in Acrobat
Document Actions
Beginning with version 6, Time Matters has included a TM Save button that works in Adobe Acrobat with PDF files. You need one of the paid versions of Acrobat to use this handy button. [Note: Time Matters Version 8 has added the TM Save button to the free Acrobat Reader.] When a document is displayed in Acrobat, you can press the TM Save button to open a Document Form and save a copy of the PDF file into the Time Matters Document Management System.
Now that a number of great document scanners can scan directly to PDF files, you can scan and save documents linked to Matters very efficiently.
If a paid [or, with Time Matters 8, a free] version of Acrobat is on your computer before Time Matters is installed, then the TM Open and TM Save buttons are installed by default. When installing Time Matters, either a new version or a new Service Release, a check box for Acrobat is checked. You can uncheck it if you do not want to install the buttons, but why leave themn out? It does not hurt to leave the box checked even if you already have the buttons in your Acrobat software.
When first installed, only the
TM Open button, a yellow folder with a clock, appears in the Acrobat
toolbars. Click on the drop-down arrow just to the right of it and
select Expand
This Button. Now both the TM
Open and TM Save buttons appear in the toolbars.
The paid version of Adobe Acrobat and the buttons need to be installed on each computer where they will be used.
What if the TM Save button does not appear in your Acrobat toolbars?
First, make sure you have not just overlooked the small TM Open button in the Acrobat toolbars. It starts out as a yellow folder with a clock. To display the both the TM Open and TM Save buttons on the toolbar:
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Click on the drop-down arrow just to the right of the TM Open button.
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Select
Expand This Button.
Both the TM Open and TM Save buttons will appear in the toolbars.
If the TM Open button is nowhere in the toolbars, it may be suppressed by an Acrobat setting. The Acrobat update to 7.0.8 is known to change the setting for certified plug-ins.
To change the Acrobat certified plug-in setting:
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Open Adobe Acrobat.
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Go to:
Main Menu | Edit | Preferences | Startup. -
Toward the bottom, uncheck:
Use only certified plug-ins.
If the TM Open button does not appear in the toolbars, try reinstalling it using Time Matters.
To reinstall:
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Close Adobe Acrobat.
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In Time Matters go to:
Main Menu | File | Setup | General | Workstation Level. -
Press
Additional Program Setup. -
Uncheck the Adobe Acrobat check box.
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Press
OK. (Note that this step may also install links to any new Microsoft programs, too.) -
Press
Additional Program Setupagain. -
Check the Adobe Acrobat check box.
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Press
OKOK.
Open Adobe Acrobat and see if the TM Open button has appeared.
If the TM Open button still does not appear, you need to copy a file into the Adobe Plug-Ins folder.
To copy the Adobe Plug-In for Time Matters:
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Close Adobe Acrobat.
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Open the Windows Explorer.
(In MS Windows, press:
Start | All Programs | Accessories | Windows Explorer.) -
Navigate to the Time Matters program folder, usually C:\tmw7 or C:\tmw7e.
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Find the file named
tmplugin.api, right-click it and chooseCopy. -
Navigate to the Adobe
Acrobat Plug-Ins folder, usually
C:\Programs Files\Adobe\Acrobat 7.0\Acrobat\plug_ins. -
Click on the folder, then right-click anywhere in the white space and press
Paste.
If the TM Open button still does not appear, contact a Time Matters Certified Independent Consultant or call Time Matters Tech Support.
