Re: PDF format

Jolene:

Converting downloadable files to PDF has many advantages. Some, but hardly
all, are the following:

With rare exceptions, the font used is embedded automatically into the
document so that it will print as you intended it.

The images, forms, graphs and format of the page is retained. Thus a page
with many different elements, (objects), prints just like the original.
Example: a 1040 tax form.

Adobe Acrobat Readers are free and most serious web surfers already have the
reader on their machine. If not it is free from www.adobe.com/
It is a 3-4 meg download however.

The PDF format is for the most part, both browser and operating system
independent.

Most documents allow the reader to, in effect, OCR the text on the page.
This allows instant conversion of text to digital files for "copy and paste"
or importation into the recipient's programs.

As well as Acrobat, many "publishing" programs such as Canvas or PageMaker
can import and fully edit a PDF file. This allows printers or graphics
houses to easily update a client's business cards or forms. Or for
example--download a master form and edit it for use by a local dealer or
office.

The downsides??

The file size tends to be rather large--kind of similar in size to Word's
.doc files--so a booklet can take several minutes to download.

And of course--someone, somewhere will have a old version, or slow modem, or
something that will cause them to find the PDF unacceptable.
Alas--with the modern super highway of digital information, it is always
thus ...

Again, the above are only a few examples.
Best wishes
Ted Temer
Temercraft Designs Redding, CA
temer(at)c-zone.net
www.temercraft.com/
www.newsredding.com/


> Just out of curiosity, I would like to know what are some of the
advantages
> of converting files to PDF format?
>
> Jolene Johnson
> jolenejohnson(at)oursenioryears.com
> http://www.oursenioryears.com
>
>

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