Portable Document Formation
Portable Document format (PDF) by Ben Caruana
Portable Document Format (PDF) files are used to depict documents in a way that is not dependent on the originating software, application, or operating system, that is – it negates the need for the end user to have the same software installed on their computer as that installed on the computer of the document originator.
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Document Originator |
End User – has MS Office Software INSTALLED |
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Sends a document formatted using MS WORD to the End-User |
End-User has no problems opening the document |
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Document Originator |
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Sends a document formatted using MS WORD to the End-User |
End-User CANNOT open the MS WORD document |
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Document Originator Saves the MS WORD document as a PDF before sending the document to the End – User. |
End User – MS Office Software NOT Installed but can open the document because the document has been sent in PDF format. End User – Has no problem opening the document. |
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End User can open and read all documents |
A PDF file captures all the attributes of the original document, that is – text formats, graphics, etc. as a fixed flat document. For all intents and purposes, without going into all the technical details, it can be envisaged as being the same as taking a screen print of the original document