Extending the Power of the Web Using PDF
One of the most widely known features of PDF files is the fact that they can present the information contained in them with their appearance unaltered, regardless of what computer or platform you are viewing the file on. This feature comes in handy when you are making files available on your website for your visitors to view or print. For example, suppose you have made available a page that contains some very important information. Many visitors may now want to print this page and unless you have provided a specially designed printable version, you can be sure that there will be hardly be any uniformity in the way the page prints for different people. The best option would be to present this information in the form of a PDF file to ensure that everyone is able to print it out as it is seen. Frequent downloads or other software problems might cause damage to the PDF file but using Advanced PDF Repair you can carry out a quick PDF recovery and have the file back on your website.
Even if you plan to merely present some data on your website for viewing purposes, a PDF format will ensure that its on-screen appearance is the same across all platforms and in all browsers. If you are using a particular font, you can be sure that your visitor will view the same font through the PDF file and the images will appear exactly as you had placed them in the file. Some experts might suggest that you try using Flash to ensure this kind of uniformity in appearance but you should bear in mind that Flash is certainly not as flexible as PDF is and has other accessibility issues compared to PDF. Moreover, the popularity of PDF has led to the development of highly sophisticated PDF recovery software like Advanced PDF Repair that can carry out PDF recovery on a single PDF file as well as a batch of files, as the need may be.
Finally, we would like to mention that PDF is one of the most portable file formats through which you can share any kind of information, particularly one whose appearance cannot be compromised. HTML can also be considered to be portable but designers will tell you how difficult it is to get the files to look the same across different platforms and browsers. Compared to major browsers, Adobe Acrobat Reader is very compact and even the browser plug-in is fairly stable. Not surprisingly, you are beginning to see more and more PDF documents on the Web.