by gillemmerson 15 Apr 2008

Can someone explain to me what a PDF file is?

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by joaniessw 16 Apr 2008

There you are, I could not answered that one any better. Actually no where near as good. *4U

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by shirlener88 15 Apr 2008

gillemmerson, I will just give you a *!

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by simplyrosie 15 Apr 2008

And... it's a GREAT way to store scanned documents or screen shots. I save all my embroidery color changes in PDF files. :-) I believe the Windows' operating system has a built in PDF creator... if not, you'll have to buy Adobe Acrobat or another PDF creator. A PDF viewer is free however. See link. Good answer Letvia!

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joaniessw by joaniessw 16 Apr 2008

I think I will check this out too. Thank you and *4U2

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by jrob Moderator 15 Apr 2008

Wow, Letvia, I happen to be impressed!;)

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by justheather 15 Apr 2008

Just to add-
Most people use Adobe Acrobat Reader (available free at adobe.com) to open PDF files. You should be able to resize the contents to fit on the paper your printer uses, but probably won't be able to edit it in any other way.

It's best used for things like written materials (articles, instructions, even forms) that need to look the same no matter what computer or printer is used.

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by letvia 15 Apr 2008

The Portable Document Format (PDF) is the file format created by Adobe Systems in 1993 for document exchange. PDF is a fixed-layout format used for representing two-dimensional documents in a manner independent of the application software, hardware, and operating system.[1] Each PDF file encapsulates a complete description of a 2-D document (and, with Acrobat 3-D, embedded 3-D documents) that includes the text, fonts, images, and 2-D vector graphics that compose the documents.

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letvia by letvia 15 Apr 2008

Flower and XoXo

mops by mops 15 Apr 2008

Letvia, this is quite a mouthful! I just use it, never tried to give such an extensive explanation. Thank you and here's a hug and a flower for you.

auntbaba by auntbaba 15 Apr 2008

Letvia, that sounds like a foreign language! I'm always lost when someone starts speaking "computerese", but I'll try to keep up. A flower for you.

joaniessw by joaniessw 16 Apr 2008

*'s4U letvia for such a gr8 explanation

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