About PDF

Portable Document Format (PDF) is an open standard for the creation, maintenance and distribution of platform independent documentations by Adobe, Inc. Below is an excerpt of what Adobe says about PDF. For details please visit

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Adobe PDF

Adobe® Portable Document Format (PDF) is the open de facto standard for electronic document distribution worldwide. Adobe PDF is a universal file format that preserves all the fonts, formatting, graphics, and color of any source document, regardless of the application and platform used to create it. Adobe PDF files are compact and can be shared, viewed, navigated, and printed exactly as intended by anyone with free Adobe Acrobat® Reader® software.

Adobe PDF is the emerging workflow standard in the $400 billion publishing industry. It also plays a key role in financial services, regulated industries, and government, with more than 155 agencies worldwide sharing Adobe PDF files.

Adobe PDF also offers the following benefits:

What's the bottom line? If you share documents electronically, you should be doing it in Adobe PDF.