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== PDF, the portable document format ==
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== PDF, the basics ==
* Everything you ever wanted to know about [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portable_Document_Format PDF].
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** created to get away from all the dependencies of different operating systems and word processing applications.
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=== PDF Trivia ===
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=== Exercise I ===
* Created by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Systems Adobe Systems] in 1993
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''Creating PDFs''
* Submitted to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Organization_for_Standardization ISO] as a standard in 2008 --[http://www.iso.org/iso/catalogue_detail.htm?csnumber=51502 ISO 32000-1]
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=== PDF, the software world ===
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[https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Convert-a-document-to-PDF-f7f18dda-5610-431b-9c76-e5df21eccccf MS Word, convert to PDF]
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_PDF_software List of PDF Software]
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* Look at options
  
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=== Exercise II ===
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''Editing an existing PDF''
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*[http://help.adobe.com/en_US/acrobat/X/pro/using/WS58a04a822e3e50102bd615109794195ff-7c7c.w.html Using Adobe Acrobat Pro]: open PDF in AAP, go to Tools > Content > Edit Document Text
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*For a list of software one can use for this, please see [http://wikis.evergreen.edu/computing/index.php/PDF,_Everything_you_ever_wanted_to_know#Edit_.28Import.29 PDF, Everything you ever wanted to know: Edit (Import)]
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*For those using Word 2013 or 2016: go to File > Open > Find the PDF and click Open (formatting may need to be adjusted)
  
=== PDF, the basics ===
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=== Exercise III ===
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''Merging multiple documents''
  
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* [http://wwwimages.adobe.com/content/dam/Adobe/en/products/acrobat/pdfs/adobe-acrobat-xi-merge-pdf-files-tutorial-ue.pdf With Adobe Acrobat Professional]
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** Combine Files --> Add Files --> Preview --> Arrange Pages / Delete Pages --> Combine files
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*Using [http://smallpdf.com/ smallpdf.com] - Free! Available for Mac and Windows!
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* [http://www.dickinson.edu/download/downloads/id/2534/word_combine_files_pdf With Microsoft Word]
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** INSERT --> Object --> Text from file
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*** Can be any text file format {pdf, docx, otd, txt}
  
==== Viewing ====
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=== Exercise IV ===
===== Desktop Applications =====
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''Working with document files in WordPress''
* View in a browser {Chrome, Firefox}, have native ability to read PDF, the simplest, but not the most reliable, nor the fastest.
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* [http://wikis.evergreen.edu/computing/index.php/Attach_a_file_to_a_WordPress_post_or_page Attach a file to a WordPress post or page]
* Adobe Acrobat Reader
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* For Windows, SumatraPDF is the best <-- That's a matter of quantitative fact
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* For Macintosh, I have no idea
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===== Mobile Applications =====
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=== Exercise V ===
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''WordPress: Navigation, Menus and Widgets''
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*[http://wikis.evergreen.edu/computing/index.php/MIT_-_WordPress_Professional_Portfolio MIT - WordPress Professional Portfolio]
  
==== Export as ====
 
  
==== Import ====
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====Seeking more information about PDFs?====
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Please see: [[PDF, Everything you ever wanted to know]]
  
  
 
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Latest revision as of 13:21, 16 October 2015

PDF, the basics

Exercise I

Creating PDFs

MS Word, convert to PDF

  • Look at options

Exercise II

Editing an existing PDF

Exercise III

Merging multiple documents

Exercise IV

Working with document files in WordPress

Exercise V

WordPress: Navigation, Menus and Widgets



Seeking more information about PDFs?

Please see: PDF, Everything you ever wanted to know