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Portable Document Format

Extension archivo.pdf

Type MIMEapplication / pdf

Developed by Adobe Systems

Formatode storage format

PDF (English acronym Portable Document Format, Portable Document Format) is a document storage format developed by Adobe Systems. This format is a composite (vector image, bitmap and text). It is specially designed for documents that could be printed, since all the information necessary for the final presentation of the document, identifying all the details of how it's going to be, not requiring adjustment of previous processes and layout. Is increasingly being used as specification viewing, thanks to the high quality of the sources used and the facilities for the handling of the document, such as search, hyperlinks, etc..

The PDF file format which means portable document format (in English Portable Document File) is the standard for document distribution and electronic forms. It is a universal file format that keeps the fonts, images, paragraphs and graphics with the look of the source document, regardless of the application and operating system that was used to create it.

Features:

It is multiplatform, it may be presented by the major operating systems (Windows, Unix / Linux or Mac), without modifying either the structure or appearance of the original document.

You can integrate any combination of text, graphics, pictures and even music.

It is one of the most common formats for the exchange of documents. So it is widely used by businesses, governments and educational institutions.

It is an open specification for which they have created free software tools that allow you to create, view or modify documents in PDF format. One example is the office suite OpenOffice.org and LaTeX word processor.

Can be put to protect their content and even digitally sign it.

The PDF file can be created from multiple applications by exporting the file, such as OpenOffice.org and programs can also do with Service Pack 2 (SP2) of Office 2007 Microsoft Office Suite, Microsoft announced to release for some time the first half of 2009 [1].

Is the ISO standard (ISO 19005-1:2005) files to containers of electronic documents in order to preserve long-term [2].

What do I need to view PDF files?

These files are displayed using a freeware product called Adobe ® Acrobat Reader. With this product you can zoom in to see more clearly the contents and print the page designed to respect it. The archives of this site can be viewed from the Adobe ® Acrobat Reader version 3 you

How to open PDF files without installing Adobe Reader

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The PDF file format is now one of the most popular, but the original file viewer (Adobe Reader) is a program of significant size and which often requires many resources of our PC. Alternatively we have a file viewer with more light and the basic functions provided by the people of PDF2EXE. This program is compatible with Windows Vista, XP, 2000, 2003 and Windows Server 2008. For more information about it can enter its official website.

Advantage

The main advantage of PDF files that appear when printed on paper as seen on screen. Whenever there is a version of a PDF document we recommend that you use to switch to paper. You can also use it to read. Adjust font size in the most desirable (usually 125%).