Top uses of PDF files

PDF files found their use in the following:

Document Archiving
Every office has papers involved in contracts, company reports, correspondence, guidelines & manuals. If they were to be stored as is, they would take too much of space and time. Try storing them in the form of scanned PDF files on CDs or DVDs which are searchable through keywords or file names.

You can easily create searchable PDF files using the Paper Capture feature of Adobe Acrobat through scanning. These files are then saved as catalogs and can be indexed for speedy retrieval.

Store Websites Easily
Ever tried the Web Capture feature of Adobe Acrobat software. If you are a web freak, a designer or a search engine marketer, then you must be involved in visiting a number of websites and evaluating them to come up with a best solution. In order to store these websites, you can use the Web Capture feature of Adobe Acrobat to copy and convert the content of the web pages (or an entire website) to a PDF file.

You can then browse through the stored website or web pages and keep them for any future use. This feature find its best use when you have to browse through the website while travelling and have interconnectivity problems. Web designers can easily create PDF files and send them to their clients for approval, comments, etc and believe me, the clients would be more than happy to see their webpages in PDF format.

Form Fill Up
Ever seen forms which expand due to the text inserted by you, the solution lies with Adobe Acrobat. Using the software you can easily create files which can then be filled in electronic PDF forms by your users who download. Unlike MS Word or MS Excel, PDF files don’t give a chance to the user to fill in any inappropriate thing and thus minimize the chances of the document getting unformatted.

Slide Shows & Presentations
Does that sound uncommon to you? Believe me, Adobe Acrobat can easily be used to create slide shows & multi-media presentations which have features such as hyperlinks, buttons and transitions. How about adding sound and video files to those slides for a true multimedia experience. Adobe Acrobat equips you with such kind of facilities with its software.

These slide shows & presentations can then be run in a full-screen mode wherein slides automatically advance after a certain period of time. (Microsoft PowerPoint presentations can easily be converted to a PDF presentation.)

Prepress Workflow
In the publishing business, documents are required to be printed before they are published to check & eliminate any printing errors. Once the printing errors are eliminated, the document is then sent to a process known as imagesetting. Adobe Acrobat provides a number of options for pre-press printing and error checking. Professional graphic artists & service bureau professionals use these features to find and eliminate potentially costly printing issues.