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July 01, 2016

5 Things You Didn't Know You Could Do with a PDF

In this digital age, you cannot escape PDF files. The Economics textbook you downloaded the other night wasn’t it a PDF file? The important documents you sent to your subordinate in order to print weren’t the documents in PDF? The email you received regarding the upcoming event schedule wasn’t it in a PDF file?

Technology has become part and parcel of one’s life, and PDF documents have been around for a long period of time.PDF has proved to be a boon to n numbers of institutions, school going children, professionals and business organizations. PDF hosts various features that are meant to make your work easier.

A typical organization's business performance can be enhanced with simple tricks that you didn’t know you could do with a PDF. Portable Document Format isn’t as complicated as learning to fly a drone.

Read on to find out the five things you didn’t know you could do with a PDF.

1. Converting your PDF File:

PDF File Converter is an in- built feature that can be utilized to convert your PDF file into a Word Document, Excel Spreadsheet and so on and so forth depending on your requirements. However, you could do it yourself and use the option of Export to convert your PDF documents.

Simply select the documents you need to convert choose the option Export and then after the conversion process is complete save your file. You could have access to software or online websites that convert your PDF documents into other formats for free of cost.

2. Signing your Documents:

Since the business façade is now conducting business online signing various online documents is a pre- requisite. Digital signatures have become an important function of business practices online.

You could simply sign your documents with PDF and use Adobe (News - Alert) Reader. All you need to do is select the tools option from the tab further head to Fill & Sign, which would open up a drop down box through which you could select the required PDF. The rest is a piece of cake by utilizing the Sign option you could put your signature on the document.

3. Resourceful and Interactive:

By utilizing the Adobe InDesign, you could now include multimedia in your documents. PDF can be amped up with videos, images and various hyperlinks thus making your presentation more interactive and resourceful.

The Marketing team can utilize this function and exploit its potential. They can pitch a convincing presentation formally.

4. Cross Platform Compatibility:

PDF files are independent of user’s hardware, software and operating system thus ensuring cross-platform compatibility. Fonts, graphics, layout, texts, and colors are stored in the file thus making it easy for different users to work on PDF files with ease.

They work perfectly and are compatible with every computer. This ensures that team members around the globe can collaborate and function with ease.

5. Multiple Documents can be Merged:

 PDF Split and Merge is a free tool that provides extensive functionalities. You could simply split a document or merge multiple PDF files with the help of this easy tool.

Open the tool and utilize the Merge/ Extract option further Add the documents you want to merge also with the help of Page Selection option you can specify the number of pages or individual documents you want to include.

PDF has been around for more than two decades, and it is also one of the common types of file format that you would find on the internet. These are the five simple things you probably didn’t know that could ensure smooth functioning of your business activities.




Edited by Stefania Viscusi
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