Sponsor Article: Five interesting things you can do with PDF

Leveraging fifteen years of experience converting PDF into other formats, Visual Integrity Co-Founder Jean Haney outlines some of her favourite uses of PDF.

PDF/A Update: Exclusive interview with Dr. Hans Bärfuss, CEO, PDF Tools AG

At Planet PDF, one of our goals is to always update our readers on all the latest and greatest affecting the PDF arena and its users. So we thought it might be good to get an exclusive interview about developments in the PDF/A standard for long-term archival with Dr. Hans Bärfuss, CEO, PDF Tools AG. Planet PDF's Nettie Hartsock reports.

Sponsor Spotlight: How Visual Integrity brought the power of PDFs to technical writers

As part of the ongoing series on Planet PDF's sponsors, we wanted to commemorate Visual Integrity's contributions to PDF as the company celebrates its 15th year in the industry.

How Encryption Works

When you set up password security for a PDF document you are first asked to select an encryption level for the PDF file. If you're a computer geek you may immediately understand what this means, but if you're not you may be puzzled. What does encryption mean and how does it affect your security choices?

Snap to grid using Acrobat

When adding objects such as comments, images or form fields to your PDF documents, ensuring the correct position and alignment can be a nightmare. Luckily, owners of Acrobat can use the Grid Tool to arrange objects so they align perfectly. Use the 'Snap to grid' feature to align these objects against the grid lines displayed.

Converting paper documents to PDF using Acrobat

Looking for a quick and easy way to convert your paper documents into PDFs? Look no further! Paper documents can quickly and easily be converted to PDF using Acrobat's "Create PDF from scanner" feature.

Simple PDF creation using Acrobat

Looking for a "quick and dirty" way to create PDF documents? Using Acrobat, creating PDF documents is just a single click away. This tip explains how.

Copying text in Acrobat

If you only need to cite some PDF text, it can be inconvenient and inefficient to send the whole PDF document. It may be easier to simply copy and paste the desired text into an email or report and forward it on. This tip explains how.

LockLizard adds multi-language support

LockLizard has rolled out foreign language support to Safeguard Secure PDF Viewer.

December 18, 2008

This week in PDF: Document distribution tool updated

This week in PDF has seen updates to a PDF 3D solution and an electronic document distribution tool.

December 18, 2008

Gmail adds a PDF viewer

As of December 12, everyone's (OK, well, my) favorite web-based email client has officially added fast PDF viewing to its bag of tricks. This functionality is not entirely new, of course. As Google Software Engineer, Marc Miller's official blog post notes, the PDF viewer in question was already available as part of Google Docs. Nevertheless, its integration into Gmail was both a nifty addition and a natural evolution of the technology.

December 18, 2008

Adobe notes encryption change on security blog

Adobe has acknowledged on its blog, "Security Matters", the encryption change that has most recently been noted by Russian security firm ElomSoft.

December 11, 2008