PDF basics
Below are links to pages that contain more information on PDF, the Portable Document Format. The content is geared towards prepress operators, who mainly use PDF as a file format to get pages that need to be printed from their customers. For more information on the multimedia or forms capabilities of PDF you’ll have to look elsewhere.
PDF essentials
How to create and handle PDF files
- How to create PDF files
- How to view PDF files
- How to edit PDF files
- How to merge or split PDF files
- How to preflight PDF files
- How to convert PDF files to other file formats
- How to output PDF files
- Refrying PDF files
The history of PDF
The PDF file format
- General information
- PDF versions
- Fonts
- Text
- Color
- Images
- Page boxes
- Transparency
- Annotations
- Compression
- Blends
- Form XObjects
Special PDF flavors
Various
14 February 2010
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Hi… I like this page.. It seems like a great resource.. I just think it seriously needs to be brought up to date, since a lot of the things written here are so obviously obsolete..
I am working on it. Most of the links are updated now but I have added pointers to some new topics that also need to be covered.
This has really been helpful, I have programs which convert reports on IBM iSeries machines to a PDF file, I now have a need to add password protection to the files which are emailed to users and employees. What I need to know is how to assign a password to a PDf file, can anyone point me to a reference? Thanks