2. Outline
• Definition of PDF
• PDF features
• PDF Extensible
• Examples of PDF program
• Things that you need to know about PDF file or document
• Specialized subsets of PDF
• PDF /A products
• PDF/A-1 vs PDF/A-2
• who is using it
• Implementations
• How to copy a PDF document
• A PDF file consists primarily of objects
• How to install PDF
• quiz to check your understanding
• bibliography
3. What is PDF
Portable Document Format, was developed by Adobe system to be viewed
through Acrobat viewers. It is Portable, which means the file you create on
one computer can viewed with Acrobat viewer on other computers and on
other platforms.
PDF is multiplatform that we can view a page on one computer that was
created on another computer.
Such as: Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word and Adobe PageMaker.
1.0 1.2 1.3 1.7
4. PDF features
Easy Emailing - Convert a file to PDF and email it to a friend or
colleague in just two clicks.
Text editing features - Cut, copy, paste, resize text and visuals within
your PDF.
Graphic editing tools - Add images, geometric shapes, Bezier curves,
and more to a PDF file.
5. PDF Extensible
• More than 2,000 vendors worldwide offer PDF-based
solutions including creation, plug-in, consulting,
training, and support tools
6. Example of PDF program
Adobe Acrobat
• Portable Document Format (PDF) is the global standard for
capturing and reviewing rich information from almost any
application on any computer system and sharing it with virtually
anyone, anywhere. With the launch of Adobe Acrobat X software.
• Adobe soon will start distribute its Acrobat Reader (now Adobe
Reader) program free of charge, and continued supporting the
original PDF
7. • PDF currently supports two different methods
for integrating data and PDF forms Interactive:
elements:
• AcroForms (1.2)
• Adobe XML Forms Architecture (1.5)
8. Things that you need to know about PDF
file or document
• Trusted and reliable
• Rich in file integrity
• More secure
• Searchable
• Accessible
9. Specialized subsets of PDF
• PDF/X PDF for Exchange
• PDF/A PDF for Archive
• PDF/E PDF for Engineering
• PDF/VT PDF for exchange of variable data and transactional (VT)
printing
• PDF/UA PDF for Universal Access
10. PDF /A products
• PDF Tools AG has the most comprehensive range of
PDF/A products worldwide. The overview diagram
shows all relevant processes related to PDF/A and the
products of PDF Tools AG for...
Creating and Converting
Displaying and Printing
Signing and Validating
OCR
11.
12. PDF/A-1 vs PDF/A-2
• Embedded PDF/A Files via Collections:
Acrobat allows users to create collections where multiple PDF/A documents are
combined into one “container PDF“ document. PDF/A collections can also benefit
security applications where a signature can be applied to individual single pages. The
PDF/A collection then combines the signed single page. Individual pages can
subsequently be removed without affecting the validity of the signatures of the
remaining pages.
• Where PDF/A-1 is based on PDF version 1.4, PDF/A-2 takes advantage of features
that only became available in later versions of PDF, up to and including PDF version
1.7. But most importantly, PDF/A-2 is no longer based on a particular Adobe PDF
version, but instead, is now based on an ISO standard 32000-1.
17. A PDF file consists primarily of
objects:
• Objects:
• Boolean values, representing true or false
• Numbers
• Strings
• Names
• Arrays, ordered collections of objects
• Dictionaries, collections of objects indexed by Names
• Streams, usually containing large amounts of data
19. Quiz to check your understanding
• PDF
• What are the things that you need to know about
PDF
20. Bibliography:
• Padova, T. (1999). Acrobat PDF Bible. Chicago: IDG books
worldwide, Inc.
• PDF Archiving. (n.d). Adobe PDF history. Retrieved May 27, 2012,
from http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/adobepdf.html
• PDF Tools. (n.d). PDF/A. Retrieved May 27, 2012, from
http://www.pdf-tools.com/
• PDF. (n.d). Portable Document Format. Retrieved May 27, 2012,
from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portable_Document_Format
• Rose, B. (2000). PDF: A trusty tool. Trusted PDF, 3 (1). Retrieved
http://search.proquest.com/docview/220475480
