PDF

ALSO CALLED: Portable Document Format, Adobe Portable Document Format
DEFINITION: PDF is also an abbreviation for the Netware Printer Definition File.PDF (Portable Document Format) is a file format that has captured all the elements of a printed document as an electronic image that you can view, navigate, print, or forward to someone else. PDF files are created using Adobe Acrobat, Acrobat Capture, or similar products. To view and use the files, you need the free Acrobat Reader,  … 
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PDF DEFINITION (continued): …  which you can easily download. Once you've downloaded the Reader, it will start automatically whenever you want to look at a PDF file.PDF files are especially useful for documents such as magazine articles, product brochures, or flyers in which you want to preserve the original graphic appearance online. A PDF file contains one or more page images, each of which you can zoom in on or out from. You can page forward and backward. The Acrobat product that lets you create PDF files sells in the $200-300 range. A non-Adobe alternative is a product called Niknak from 5D, a company in the UK. (The … 
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