Why is the PDF format an international document format standard?
The Portable Document Format (PDF), undeniably one of the most commonly used formats for electronic documents, is now accessible as an ISO International Standard – ISO 32000-1. This move follows a decision by Adobe Systems Incorporated, original developer and copyright owner of the format, to relinquish control to ISO, who is now in charge of publishing the specifications for the current version (1.7) and for updating and developing future versions. Used for several billion of documents since the last 15 years, it was recognized by industries and governments around the world as an easy standard for electronic information exchange. For example, documents produced by Microsoft or Corel software require conversion in order to be read by any other program. In addition, after conversion, it does not maintain the information integrity of your files: reports, contracts, workflows, agreements, slideshows, spreadsheets, etc. To solve these issues, PDF files are created in a global standard form
Used for several billion of documents since the last 15 years, it was recognized by industries and governments around the world as an easy standard for electronic information exchange. For example, documents produced by Microsoft or Corel software require conversion in order to be read by any other program. In addition, after conversion, it does not maintain the information integrity of your files: reports, contracts, workflows, agreements, slideshows, spreadsheets, etc. To solve these issues, PDF files are created in a global standard format that can be accessed by any PDF reader software.
