About the PDF Format

If you’ve used computers for any length of time, you’re probably familiar with the PDF format. As you may know, PDF is the acronym for Portable Document Format. PDF files are designated with the .pdf file extension and are, indeed, portable. You can view them on any computer with the free Adobe Reader X. For example, if someone sends you a PDF file of a document created on a Macintosh computer using Adobe InDesign, you can view it on a Windows PC that has Adobe Reader X. The file you view with Adobe Reader X on a PC looks identical to the PDF file published on the Macintosh computer. All the elements used to create the file on the Mac are saved when the author exports, prints, or saves (depending on the application) the file ...

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