‘Portable Document Format (PDF)’ Category

Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF)

Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF)

Invented by Adobe Systems and perfected over 15 years, Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) lets you capture and view robust informatio …

Liberating information and the flow of ideas

Liberating information and the flow of ideas

Liberating information and the flow of ideas Open format — De facto standard for more secure, dependable electronic information excha …

PDF and accessibility

PDF and accessibility

PDF can be accessible to people with disabilities. Current PDF file formats can include tags (essentially XML), text equivalents, capti …

PDF on the Web

PDF on the Web

Documents described in markup languages such as HTML/XHTML delegate responsibility for many display decisions to the renderer. This mea …

Searching for a text in a collection of files

Searching for a text in a collection of files

Adobe Acrobat Reader 6.0 and above allow searching a collection of PDF files. Using a search program to search for a text in a collecti …

Types of content

Types of content

A PDF file of a map, for example, is often a combination of vector graphics, text, and raster graphics. A general reference map of the …

Usage restrictions and monitoring

Usage restrictions and monitoring

Usage restrictions and monitoring PDFs may be encrypted so that a password is needed to view or edit the contents. The PDF Reference de …

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