PDF means Portable Document File. The extension of the file will be pdf. PDF allows for the creation of documents that look the same on Windows, Mac OS, Unix, and most other computer platforms. You can open these documents with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader program.
- Easily Turn any Windows files into virus free portable PDFs
- Preserves graphics, colors, fonts, & formatting regardless of the program the file was created with.
- Universal distribution (All computer platforms can view PDFs, including Windows, Unix, Mac, & Linux)
- Non-editable (receiver can't make changes to PDFs)
- Small file size (PDF compresses the document usually at least by half)
- Receiver(s) can easily view, navigate, and print PDFs
- PDF’s can be made into forms where visitors can type in information to fields and have that information (along with the document) print out. Great for registration forms!
- PDF files (depending upon the program used to created the PDF) can have java scripts incorporated like ‘mail to’ or ‘print’
- Higher end PDF creating programs usually have compression options for really shrinking down the file size of the document (Options like: low resolution graphics or no graphics; or using “screen” or “print” resolution; or grayscale or full color documents; etc…)
First you install a "PDF" printer on your system. This is just installing one of the programs listed below which then creates (automatically) another printer on your system. Then open a file, such as a Web page, document, spreadsheet, graphic, or whatever, and select the print option as you normally would, and choose the "PDF" printer (could be Adobe PDF for example). Lastly, the program opens, and asks you to name the file, and where you want to save your PDF. Hit "OK" and VWHALAA the program will create a full color non-editable PDF file! You don't have to worry about fonts, formatting, or colors because it preserves the file regardless of the program you printed from.
