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| − | == PDF, the portable document format ==
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| − | * 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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| − | *** Takeaway: There are many versions of the PDF format; not all PDF documents will behave the same.
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| − | === PDF Trivia ===
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| − | * Created by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Systems Adobe Systems] in 1993
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| − | * 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 software ==
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| − | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_PDF_software List of PDF Software] on Wikipedia
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| − | ==== Viewing ====
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| − | ===== Desktop Applications =====
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| − | * 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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| − | * Adobe Acrobat Reader now deceased? Now it's [https://acrobat.adobe.com/us/en/acrobat/work-anywhere.html Adobe Acrobat DC]
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| − | * For Windows, [http://www.sumatrapdfreader.org/free-pdf-reader.html SumatraPDF] is the best <-- That's a matter of quantitative fact
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| − | * For Macintosh: [https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201740 Preview]
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| − | * For GNU/Linux, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evince Evince]
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| − | ===== Mobile Applications =====
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| − | * Android: Document Viewer, on [https://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdfilter=Document+viewer&fdid=org.sufficientlysecure.viewer F-Droid Repo], on [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.sufficientlysecure.viewer Google Play]
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| − | * Android: [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.pdfviewer Google PDF viewer]
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| − | * 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]
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| − | ==== Export as ====
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| − | Most applications have an ability to export as a PDF document:
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| − | * MS Excel
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| − | * MS Word
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| − | * MS PowerPoint
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| − | * Libre Office Writer
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| − | * Libre Office Calc
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| − | * Libre Office Presentation
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| − | * Google Sheets
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| − | * Google Doc
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| − | * Google Slides
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| − | ==== Edit (Import) ====
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| − | ===== as text =====
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| − | * [https://www.libreoffice.org/discover/writer/ Libre Office Writer]
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| − | * [https://products.office.com/en-us/word Microsoft Word]
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| − | * [https://acrobat.adobe.com/us/en/products/acrobat-pro.html Adobe Acrobat Professional]
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| − | ===== as graphic =====
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| − | * [https://inkscape.org/en/ Inkscape]
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| − | * [https://www.libreoffice.org/discover/draw/ Libre Office Draw]
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| − | * [http://www.gimp.org/ GIMP]
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| − | * [http://www.photoshop.com/ Adobe Photoshop]
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| − | ==== Merging ====
| + | [[PDF, Everything you ever wanted to know]] |
| − | * [https://acrobat.adobe.com/us/en/products/acrobat-pro.html Adobe Acrobat Professional]
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| − | * [https://products.office.com/en-us/word Microsoft Word]
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| − | * [https://www.libreoffice.org/discover/writer/ Libre Office Writer]
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| − | * [http://www.pdfsam.org/ PDFSaM] (Split and Merge)
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