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The PDF (portable document format or document with Format compatible) is a file that combines text and images and has now become a rule or standard thanks to the International Organization of Standardization. The PDF file format is compatible with all computers that install your application or program on the PC, tablet, MAC or Linux system.
Developed by the company Adobe Systems located in San José (California USA) Adobe was "baptized" like this by a river that runs behind the house of one of its founders, John Warnok.

One of the great advantages of this type of document compared to others is that they are ready to print as they appear on the screen. This fact greatly simplifies the computing at the office level since one does not have to worry about configuring the document, it is given to print and it is printed as it appears on the screen. Its popularization stems from the effort that the Adobe company has made acquiring other similar software companies, thus absorbing

competence and improving your own product. Governments and all types of companies as well as individuals use the PDF format to manage documents of all kinds. Browsers Internet They have a plug-in that allows them to read PDF documents online, as long as the appropriate program to read it has been installed. Being an open program, other companies have developed software to view PDF.

The creation of this type of document comes from programs like Word, Excel and an almost nameless range of text and image editor programs that allow, once the job is finished, to convert this job into PDF. Any format or type of file converted to PDF is ready to share, either via the Internet, by email, etc. This type of files has the advantage that they cannot be modified unless you have the application Adobe editing, although there are some freeware programs that are capable of editing as well PDF files.

Broadband was a key factor in the popularization of PDF files. Formerly the connections were made through modem and PDF files were too large to send by this means. Simple text files, Windows notepad type, were then used since they took up little space and could be sent very quickly.

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