Platform independent file format created by Adobe (see Acrobat Reader). Created for offline reading of brochures, reports and other documents with complex graphic design. When you download a .pdf file, you get the entire document in a single file.
A format that is cross-platform compatible and well-suited for web document transfer because it retains full formatting when printer. PDF was developed by Adobe for its Acrobat Reader.
An electronic file format that has captured all the elements of a printed page as an electronic image that can be viewed, printed, or forwarded to someone else. PDF files are created using Adobe Acrobat. PDF files are especially useful for preserving the original graphic appearance online. OUP uses the PDF format for e-books, and for putting sample chapters or pages from books on our website.
Adobe Systems developed PDF. The intention behind the format is for it to represent a document in a way that is independent of the software, hardware and OS used to create it. PDF has been around since the early 90s and so is a mature, robust and extremely popular format. Adobe Acrobat, Glassbook and Primer are some of the software readers available for viewing PDFs. PDF documents can be created on a multitude of platforms and can be easily viewed on most platforms as well. And most importantly: they will look the same on whatever platform you view them or from whatever platform you print them. In basic terms, when you convert a document into a Portable Document Format (PDF), you end up with a document that looks identical to a printout of your original document -- PDFs are create by printing an electronic version of a document. You can find out more at Planet PDF
File format which enables users of any hardware or software platform to view documents exactly as they were created - with fonts, images, links and layouts as they were originally designed.
A cross-platform document format used to ensure that documents look the same (or very similar) on all systems.
Platform independent file format created by Adobe. Created for offline reading of brochures, reports and other documents. When you download a .pdf file, you get the entire document in a single file. This file format reproduces documents so that they can be sent, viewed, and printed exactly as they originally appeared, regardless of the computer they were created on. Making it a very printer friendly file type.
A file format which is as the name suggests looks the same in any computer (unlike web pages). You need Adobe Acrobat software to view pdf files.
