PDF and Adobe Acrobat

"Portable Document Format" (PDF) is a file format for documents, where everything is stored in a compressed file, containing the layout, mathematics and pictures. It is often the preferred format when you're sending of a document for printing. Here you'll find some information about the file format, which programs you can use to generate PDF-documents, and how you can edit the documents.

You got to have a program to read the PDF-files, either:

• Adobe Arcobat Reader - a free program from Adobe that can read all PDF-files. It can be found herehttp://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep.html. The program is included on the Progdist DVD/CD Orakeltjenesten distributes, and it can also be found on Progdist in the catalog \\progdist\fri\Acrobat\
• Adobe Acrobat Standard/Professional - a comprehensive and useful program for reading, generating and editing PDF-documents.

Possibilities with Adobe Acrobat

• Organizing PDF-files
• Editing a PDF-file - makes it possible to adapt an existing PDF-file to your needs.
• Exporting text and images - removing text and images from a PDF-document.
• Bookmarks - adding bookmarks to make navigating easier.
• Hyperlinks - link parts of the PDF-document to websites.
• Comments to documents - add your own comments to existing comments.
• Attach files to PDF-files - attach existing documents to the PDF-files.
• Security - protect your documents against editing.
• Generate PDF-files in a large number of programs.

For more about PDF and the Acrobat programs take a look here:

• Information about Acrobat (only available in Norwegian.)
• Some information about Acrobat. (PDF-file)
• Planet PDF
• PDFzone.com