Portable Document Format and Acrobat Reader
What is a PDF file? A Portable Document
Format file is a self-contained cross-platform
document. In plain language, it is a file that will look the same on the
screen and in print, regardless of what kind of computer or printer
someone is using and regardless of what software package was originally
used to create it.
Although they contain the complete formatting of the
original document, including fonts and images, PDF files are highly
compressed, allowing complex information to be downloaded
efficiently.
What do you need to view and print PDF
files? Virtually anyone - including Windows,
DOS, Macintosh and UNIX system users - can view and print a PDF file using
the free Acrobat Reader,
which can be installed and configured to work seamlessly within your
Internet browser.
To download the free Acrobat Reader, you may either go directly to the Adobe
site or install the software provided within this CD-ROM (folder /AdobeAcrobatReader).
Configuring the browser Some
browsers may need to be configured to download PDF files effectively, so
that they will be opened in a window within the browser without requiring
you to launch a separate application.
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