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== PDF, the portable document format ==
 
* Everything you ever wanted to know about [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portable_Document_Format 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 ===
 
* Created by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Systems Adobe Systems] in 1993
 
* 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 basics ==
 
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== PDF software ==
 
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_PDF_software List of PDF Software] on Wikipedia
 
 
==== 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 [https://acrobat.adobe.com/us/en/acrobat/work-anywhere.html Adobe Acrobat DC]
 
* For Windows, [http://www.sumatrapdfreader.org/free-pdf-reader.html SumatraPDF] is the best <-- That's a matter of quantitative fact
 
* For Macintosh: [https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201740 Preview]
 
* For GNU/Linux, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evince Evince]
 
 
===== Mobile Applications =====
 
* 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]
 
* 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]
 
* iOS: [https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202075 iBooks]
 
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==== 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 =====
 
* [https://www.libreoffice.org/discover/writer/ Libre Office Writer]
 
* [https://products.office.com/en-us/word Microsoft Word]
 
* [https://acrobat.adobe.com/us/en/products/acrobat-pro.html Adobe Acrobat Professional]
 
 
===== as graphic =====
 
* [https://inkscape.org/en/ Inkscape]
 
* [https://www.libreoffice.org/discover/draw/ Libre Office Draw]
 
* [http://www.gimp.org/ GIMP]
 
* [http://www.photoshop.com/ Adobe Photoshop]
 
  
==== Merging ====
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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]
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* [http://www.pdfsam.org/ PDFSaM] (Split and Merge)
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Revision as of 10:09, 16 October 2015

PDF, the basics

Exercise I

Creating PDFs

MS Word, convert to PDF

  • Look at options

Exercise II

Editing an existing PDF

  • For a list of software one can use for this, please see below
  • For those using Word 2013 or 2016: go to File > Open > Find the PDF and click Open (formatting may need to be adjusted)

Exercise III

Merging multiple documents

Exercise IV

Working with document files in WordPress

Exercise V

WordPress: Navigation, Menus and Widgets




PDF, Everything you ever wanted to know