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| Adobe® Portable Document Format (PDF)
is the open de facto standard for electronic document
distribution worldwide. Adobe PDF is a universal file format
that preserves all the fonts, formatting, graphics, and color of
any source document, regardless of the application and platform
used to create it. Adobe PDF files are compact and can be
shared, viewed, navigated, and printed exactly as intended by
anyone with free Adobe
Acrobat® Reader® software. You can convert any document to
Adobe PDF using Adobe
Acrobat 5.0 software.
Adobe PDF is the emerging workflow
standard in the $400 billion publishing industry. It also plays
a key role in financial services, regulated industries, and
government, with more than 155 agencies worldwide sharing Adobe
PDF files.
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PDF solutions |
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Recipients
can't open files because they don't have the
applications used to create the documents. |
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Anyone,
anywhere can open a PDF file. All you need is free
Acrobat Reader software. |
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Formatting,
fonts, and graphics are lost because of platform,
software, and version incompatibilities. |
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PDF
files always display exactly as created, regardless of
fonts, software, and operating systems. |
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Documents
don't print correctly because of software or printer
limitations. |
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PDF
files always print correctly on any printing device. |
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Documents
can't be created for viewing across multiple media,
i.e., handheld devices, Web sites, and print. |
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Tagged
PDF preserves a document's visual integrity so it can be
viewed on Palm OS® devices, on the Web, or in print. |
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Content
in existing documents can't be repurposed for other uses
because of formatting problems. |
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Content
in PDF documents can be saved in Rich Text Format and
reused in other applications. |
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Documents
with complex formatting are not accessible to visually
impaired readers. |
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Tagged
PDF files contain information on content and structure,
which make them accessible with the help of screen
readers. |
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Tagged
Adobe PDF |
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Adobe
Acrobat 5.0 software introduces tagged Adobe PDF, an
enhancement to the PDF specification that allows PDF
files to contain logical document structure. Logical
structure refers to the organization of a document, such
as the title page, chapters, sections, and subsections.
Tagged Adobe PDF documents can be reflowed to fit
small-screen devices and offer better support for
repurposing content. They also are more accessible to
the visually impaired. |
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Adobe
PDF also offers the following benefits: |
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Adobe
PDF files can be published and distributed anywhere: in
print, attached to e-mail, on corporate servers, posted
on Web sites, or on CD-ROM. |
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Free
Acrobat Reader software is easy to download from the
Adobe Web site. More than 300 million copies have been
distributed worldwide. |
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Compact
Adobe PDF files are smaller than their source files, can
be downloaded a page at a time for fast display on the
Web, and don't slow down your network. |
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Using
Acrobat 5.0 software, you can easily add bookmarks, set
security options, and generate miniature Adobe PDF
previews. Acrobat 5.0 also lets you comment on and
approve Adobe PDF documents with digital signatures, all
within a Web browser. |
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What's the bottom line? If you share
documents electronically, you should be doing it in Adobe PDF. |
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