he Portable Document Format, or PDF, was developed by Adobe Systems and has become the

industry standard for document sharing. A PDF document is an exact replica of the original
document, whether it's a wordprocessing or text file, graphical drawing, photo, map, or even video.
And it can be password protected so that access to features li!e editing and printing are restricted
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%n order to create and view a PDF, you must have the proper software installed. &he most well
!nown PDFcreation software is Adobe Acrobat. Although you must purchase this software, Adobe
offers a free PDF viewer called Adobe 'eader, which you can download from their (eb site.
%n addition, several good thirdparty PDF applications can downloaded for free. Some of these can
covert PDFs bac! into the original documents. Some products, such as )icrosoft *ffice +,,-, have
builtin PDF converters. .ere's how to convert an )S (ord document into a PDF in )S (ord
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/lic! the *ffice button.
)ove the mouse pointer over the arrow next to the Save As button and select PDF or 0PS.
&ype a name for the PDF in the File 1ame box or select one from the list of files.
/hoose PDF in the Save as type drop down list.
Select *pen file after publishing to open the new PDF after it has been created and saved. &his
option is only available if your computer has an installed PDF reader.
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*ptimi4e for, depending on whether or not you want better print 5uality or lower file si4e,
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/lic! *ptions and set the appropriate print options.
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/lic! Publish to start the PDF creation process. %f you need to ma!e any corrections or changes to
the PDF, ma!e them to the original (ord document and then create a new PDF document "source#
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