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− | * | + | * Browsers {Chrome, Firefox, Safari}, have native ability to read PDF by virtue of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDF.js pdf.js library], the simplest, but not the most reliable, nor the fastest. |
* Adobe Acrobat Reader now deceased? Now it's [https://acrobat.adobe.com/us/en/acrobat/work-anywhere.html Adobe Acrobat DC] | * Adobe Acrobat Reader now deceased? Now it's [https://acrobat.adobe.com/us/en/acrobat/work-anywhere.html Adobe Acrobat DC] | ||
− | * | + | * [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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evince Evince] for [http://www.makelinux.net/system/new GNU/Linux] |
===== Mobile Applications ===== | ===== Mobile Applications ===== |
Revision as of 10:34, 16 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)
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