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The Adobe PDF

Learn about PDFs, their creation, usage, and printing aspects. Discover how PDFs are made and utilized in various sectors. Get hands-on experience with creating and printing a PDF file.

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The Adobe PDF

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  1. The Adobe PDF

  2. What is a PDF? • “PDF” stands for Portable Document Format • Created by Adobe Systems in 1993 • Was designed for “document exchange”

  3. What is a PDF? • PDFs are independent of printer, software, or operating system • What does this mean? • PDFs include fonts, images, and formatting in the document • This insures that the document will be viewed the same by all who download it

  4. Who uses PDF? A wide variety of organizations and institutions who need to distribute standardized forms via the Internet Anybody who wants to make a form or document that is consistently viewed in the same way by all who download it

  5. Who uses PDF? Businesses: • applications • rebate forms • warranty forms • policy information

  6. Who uses PDF? Government • Internal Revenue Service distributes their tax forms via the Internet Education • Colleges use PDF’s for distribution of applications regarding entry into undergrad and graduate studies.

  7. What are PDF’s made of? • PDFs are a combination of Vector and Raster graphics • Vector: lines made of mathematical formula • Raster: bitmap images made of pixels • PDFs are made of Fonts • Ariel, Times, Myriad, Century Gothic • PDFs are made of formatting information • Layout • Font size • Margins

  8. Vector vs Raster Vector(Illustrator) Raster (Photoshop)

  9. Raster Images

  10. Making the PDF • PDFs are usually designed with: • Adobe Illustrator / Photoshop • Used to design and create artistic expression • Can only make one-page PDF documents • Adobe InDesign and Adobe Acrobat • Used primarily for page layout • Can combine individual PDF files into a multi-page PDF document • Acrobat is the native PDF application

  11. How do they print? • Consistently • Accurately

  12. Make It Happen! • Open Photoshop and create a new document that is “US Letter” size. • Copy and paste the Smiley Face image, from DamageKontrol.com, into the document • Transform (scale) the image so that the image spans the entire width of the document • Print • Now, save the file as an Adobe PDF file. (Name it SmileyFacePDF) in your student directory. • Close Photoshop • Open the “SmileyFacePDF” file that is in your directory. • Print • Compare the differences between the printing of the images. • Did you encounter an error when printing from Photoshop the first time? • Did the document print the entire image? • Sign your name on both documents and hand them in for points! (10 pts)

  13. Review • What does PDF stand for? • Who uses PDF documents? • What are PDFs made of? • Which Adobe programs allow you to create multi-page PDF documents? • How do they print?

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