Whats the benefit of using and editing PDF documents?
Since Adobe Systems introduced the PDF format in 1993 it has rapidly become the number one universal document format on the internet. PDF, a digital form used to represent electronic documents, allows users to exchange and view the documents easily and reliably, independent of the environments in which they are created, viewed and printed, while preserving their content and visual appearance. With the explosive growth of the Internet, PDF has become one of the most common formats for document exchange, widely used in all professional and personal contexts. The format enables: • preservation of document fidelity independent of device or platform • merging of content from diverse sources • collaborative editing of documents using multiple platforms • digital signatures for authenticity • security and permissions to preserve control over content • accessibility of content to those with disabilities • extraction and reuse of content for use with other file formats, and • gathering data and
