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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]
 
* 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]
  
=== PDF, the software world ===
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*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_PDF_software List of PDF Software]
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== PDF, the basics ==
 
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** INSERT --> Object --> Text from file
 
** INSERT --> Object --> Text from file
 
*** Can be any text file format {pdf, docx, otd, txt}
 
*** Can be any text file format {pdf, docx, otd, txt}
 
  
 
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== PDF software ==
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*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_PDF_software List of PDF Software]
  
 
==== Viewing ====
 
==== Viewing ====
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===== Desktop Applications =====
 
===== Desktop Applications =====
 
* View in a browser {Chrome, Firefox}, have native ability to read PDF, the simplest, but not the most reliable, nor the fastest.
 
* 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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===== as text =====
 
===== as text =====
* Adobe Acrobat Reader
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* [https://www.libreoffice.org/discover/writer/ Libre Office Writer]
* Microsoft Word
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* [https://products.office.com/en-us/word Microsoft Word]
* Libre Office Writer
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* [https://acrobat.adobe.com/us/en/products/acrobat-pro.html Adobe Acrobat Professional]
  
 
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===== as graphic =====
* Inkscape
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* [https://inkscape.org/en/ Inkscape]
* Libre Office Draw
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* [https://www.libreoffice.org/discover/draw/ Libre Office Draw]
* GIMP
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* [http://www.gimp.org/ GIMP]
* Adobe Photoshop
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* [http://www.photoshop.com/ Adobe Photoshop]
  
 
==== Merging ====
 
==== Merging ====
* Adobe Acrobat Professional
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* [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]
 
* [http://www.pdfsam.org/ PDFSaM] (Split and Merge)
 
* [http://www.pdfsam.org/ PDFSaM] (Split and Merge)
  

Revision as of 10:43, 14 October 2015

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.

PDF Trivia


PDF, the basics

Exercise I

Creating PDF's

MS Word, convert to PDF

  • Look at options

Exercise II

editing an existing PDF

Exercise III

Merging multiple documents


PDF software

Viewing

Desktop Applications
  • View in a browser {Chrome, Firefox}, have native ability to read PDF, the simplest, but not the most reliable, nor the fastest.
  • Adobe Acrobat Reader now deceased? Now it's Adobe Acrobat DC
  • For Windows, SumatraPDF is the best <-- That's a matter of quantitative fact
  • For Macintosh, I have no idea
  • For GNU/Linux, Evince
Mobile Applications


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





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