| File Type |
Portable Document Format File |
| File Format |
File |
| Common? |
No |
| File Description |
Cross-platform document created by Adobe Acrobat or a program with the Acrobat plug-in; commonly used for e-mail attachments or for saving publications in a standard format for viewing on multiple computers; usually created from another document instead of from scratch.
PDF files may contain text, images, forms, annotations, outlines, and other data; they preserve fonts and formatting electronically across multiple platforms and appear the same on the screen as they will when printed on paper; Google and other search engines now index PDF documents, which can be viewed in a Web browser using the free Adobe Reader plug-in.
PDFs can also be created in Mac OS X by selecting "Print..." from an application's File menu; then instead of clicking "Print," choose "Save as PDF" from the PDF drop-down menu in the lower-left corner of the window.
PDF files can be created and edited with Adobe Acrobat, a commercial program; they can be opened and viewed using the free Acrobat Reader.
View the PDF definition for more information. |
| Program(s) that open pdf files |
Mac: Adobe Reader; Adobe Acrobat; Roxio Toast; Apple Preview; Inkscape; Skim; Web browser with Acrobat plugin
Windows: Adobe Reader; Adobe Acrobat; Corel Paint Shop Pro; Nuance PDF Converter; Nuance PaperPort; ACDSee Photo Manager; ACD Systems Canvas; Brava! Reader; Sumatra PDF; Inkscape; Foxit Reader or PDF Editor; Web browser with Acrobat plugin
Unix: Foxit Reader for Desktop Linux; KPDF; Okular; Evince; PDFedit; Inkscape |
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