Invented by Adobe Systems over 20 years ago, the Portable Document Format (PDF) is now an open standard for electronic document exchange maintained by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). When you convert documents, forms, graphics, and web pages to PDF, they look just like they would if printed.

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Why is my PDF Producer showing up in Chinese…

I was recently sent a PDF file where some of the metadata appeared to be wrong. In particular, the PRODUCER field was appearing in...
Mark Stephens
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How to calculate PDF image dpi

How to calculate PDF Image dpi Most elements of a PDF file are device independent Vector graphics. This means that they will always appear...
Mark Stephens
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Why is white a special color in PDF files?

White is a special color in the PDF file format. This is because of the way different colours work in the PDF file format....
Mark Stephens
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7 ways to navigate around a PDF file

Update: You can see all these modes in action on Youtube. A PDF file is a multipage document which can contain many pages. Unlike...
Mark Stephens
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Make your own PDF file – Part 6: Graphics…

This is part of a series on How to make your own PDF files. It would be nice to get some color on the...
Daniel
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