Difference between revisions of "PDF, Everything you ever wanted to know"

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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.

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

Most applications have an ability to export as a PDF document:

Shout out to DuckDuckGo search engine for bursting my filter bubble

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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!]
 *[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]
+*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evince Evince] for [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU/Linux_naming_controversy GNU/Linux]
 ===== Mobile Applications =====