What is PDF and its purpose?
PDF (Portable Document Format) is Adobe’s proprietary standard for digital format of documents. PDFs offer the following advantages: · They are compact which allows for faster downloads over the internet. · They are cross platform which allows you to use them on any computer operating system. · They can accurately convey the formatting style and layout of the original printed version. · Acrobat Reader includes useful tools for viewing, searching and printing a document (see question#3). · Acrobat Reader has password security controls. The privilege of printing, copying and changing a PDF document can be restricted. · Acrobat Reader used to display PDFs is freely available to the public courtesy of Adobe.
