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Portable Document Format (PDF)

What is pdf?
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  • PDF is a graphically oriented file format designed for electronic interchange; it was developed by Adobe Systems Inc. for use with its Acrobat software.
  • With a PDF file, you can display or print any page in a publication in a form virtually identical to the page that appeared in the publication (including richly formatted text, graphics, and colors).
  • The PDF format is derived from PostScript, the page description language developed by Adobe, but a PDF file is much smaller than a corresponding PostScript file, so it is more suitable for electronic delivery.
What is the Acrobat Reader?
  • Adobe has released a free Acrobat reader for PDF files.
  • With the Acrobat reader, you can view and print PDF files.
To download Acrobat Reader:       Download the free viewer for PDF files from Adobe Systems
To read a pdf file:
  • click on the pdf file hyperlink - on our site it looks like this: en (PDF file)
To download a pdf file:
  • in Internet Explorer: right-click the pdf file hyperlink and select "save target as"
  • in Netscape: open the file and select "file/save file as "


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