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* [http://www.sumatrapdfreader.org/free-pdf-reader.html SumatraPDF] for Windows, is the best <-- That's a matter of quantitative fact & because of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License GNU GPL!] | * [http://www.sumatrapdfreader.org/free-pdf-reader.html SumatraPDF] for Windows, is the best <-- That's a matter of quantitative fact & because of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License GNU GPL!] | ||
*[https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201740 Preview] for Macintosh | *[https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201740 Preview] for Macintosh | ||
− | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evince Evince] for [ | + | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evince Evince] for [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU/Linux_naming_controversy GNU/Linux] |
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* Android: [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.adobe.reader Adobe Acrobat Reader on Google Play] | * Android: [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.adobe.reader Adobe Acrobat Reader on Google Play] | ||
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* iOS: [https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202075 iBooks] | * iOS: [https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202075 iBooks] | ||
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* [https://www.libreoffice.org/discover/writer/ Libre Office Writer] | * [https://www.libreoffice.org/discover/writer/ Libre Office Writer] | ||
* [http://www.pdfsam.org/ PDFSaM] (Split and Merge) | * [http://www.pdfsam.org/ PDFSaM] (Split and Merge) | ||
+ | *[http://smallpdf.com/ smallpdf.com] - free of charge! Works on Mac and Windows, since it's a web application, just requires a browser. | ||
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Latest revision as of 07:07, 19 October 2015
Contents
PDF, the portable document format
- Everything you ever wanted to know about PDF.
- created to get away from all the dependencies of different operating systems and word processing applications.
- Takeaway: There are many versions of the PDF format; not all PDF documents will behave the same.
- created to get away from all the dependencies of different operating systems and word processing applications.
PDF Trivia
- Created by Adobe Systems in 1993
- Submitted to ISO as a standard in 2008 --ISO 32000-1
PDF software
- List of PDF Software on Wikipedia
Viewing
Desktop Applications
- Browsers {Chrome, Firefox, Safari}, have native ability to read PDF by virtue of pdf.js library, the simplest, but not the most reliable, nor the fastest.
- Adobe Acrobat Reader now deceased? Now it's Adobe Acrobat DC
- SumatraPDF for Windows, is the best <-- That's a matter of quantitative fact & because of the GNU GPL!
- Preview for Macintosh
- Evince for GNU/Linux
Mobile Applications
- Android: Document Viewer, on F-Droid Repo, on Google Play
- Android: Google PDF viewer
- Android: Adobe Acrobat Reader on Google Play
- iOS: iBooks
Export as
Most applications have an ability to export as a PDF document:
- MS Excel
- MS Word
- MS PowerPoint
- Libre Office Writer
- Libre Office Calc
- Libre Office Presentation
- Google Sheets
- Google Doc
- Google Slides
Edit (Import)
as text
as graphic
Merging
- Adobe Acrobat Professional
- Microsoft Word
- Libre Office Writer
- PDFSaM (Split and Merge)
- smallpdf.com - free of charge! Works on Mac and Windows, since it's a web application, just requires a browser.
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