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Creating Adobe PDF files
About Adobe PDF
Portable Document Format (PDF) is a universal file format that preserves the fonts, images, and layout of source
documents created on a wide range of applications and platforms. Adobe PDF is the standard for the secure, reliable
distribution and exchange of electronic documents and forms around the world. Adobe PDF files are compact and
complete, and can be shared, viewed, and printed by anyone with free Adobe Reader® software.
Adobe PDF is highly effective in print publishing workflows. By saving a composite of your artwork in Adobe PDF,
you create a compact, reliable file that you or your service provider can view, edit, organize, and proof. Then, at the
appropriate time in the workflow, your service provider can either output the Adobe PDF file directly, or process it
using tools from various sources for such post-processing tasks as preflight checks, trapping, imposition, and color
separation.
When you save in Adobe PDF, you can choose to create a PDF/X-compliant file. PDF/X (Portable Document Format
Exchange) is a subset of Adobe PDF that eliminates many of the color, font, and trapping variables that lead to
printing problems. PDF/X may be used wherever PDFs are exchanged as digital masters for print production—
whether at the creation or output stage of the workflow, as long as the applications and output devices support
PDF/X.
Adobe PDFs can solve the following problems associated with electronic documents:
Create Adobe PDF files
You can create different types of PDF files from within Illustrator. You can create multipage PDFs, layered PDFs, and
PDF/x-compliant files. Layered PDFs allow you to save one PDF with layers that can be used in different contexts.
PDF/X-compliant files ease the burden of color, font, and trapping issues.
For a video on creating PDFs from Creative Suite applications, se
or a video on
exporting to PDF 1.7 for review or prepress purposes, see
or a video on creating inter-
active PDFs, see
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Common problem
Adobe PDF solution
Recipients can't open files
because they don't have the
applications used to create
the files.
Anyone, anywhere can open a
PDF. All you need is the free
Adobe Reader software.
Combined paper and elec-
tronic archives are difficult to
search, take up space, and
require the application in
which a document was
created.
PDFs are compact and fully
searchable, and can be
accessed at any time using
Reader. Links make PDFs easy
to navigate.
Documents appear incorrectly
on handheld devices.
Tagged PDFs allow text to
reflow for display on mobile
platforms such as Palm OS®,
Symbian™, and Pocket PC®
devices.
Documents with complex
formatting are not accessible
to visually impaired readers.
Tagged PDFs contain informa-
tion on content and structure,
which makes them accessible
on-screen readers.