PDF (Portable Document Format) is a compact file format that
provides a way of creating, viewing and sharing documents
electronically between users. It is a format universally
compatible providing a standard format that works for any
computer with any platform. Created by Adobe Systems and
launched in 1993, the PDF was geared towards providing a
solution for organizations, corporations and people to exchange
reliable documents electronically. Since then, the PDF
specification has been developed to accommodate many uses in a
growing technological world. Primarily, PDF files are used when
you want to preserve the appearance of the original document.
The PDF is, in essence, a carbon copy “image” of a document. It
is similar to a fax machine that takes a “picture” of the
document and electronically sends it to another fax machine.
Combined with its compact nature, the PDF is an ideal tool to
transmit electronic files. All that is needed for the recipient
to access it is a PDF viewer, such as Adobe Reader. Just li