Information About PDF Files

PDF (for Portable Document Format) files can be viewed with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader. You'll find these types of files throughout the St. Charles web site, as well as on many government, corporate and non-profit sites. With over 40 million people already using the free Reader, we decided to adopt this standard for sharing documents.

Why?

• PDF is a universal file format that preserves all of the fonts and formatting of the original document, even if you don't have that application yourself.
• PDF files are compact and can be shared, viewed, navigated, and printed exactly as intended by anyone with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader.
• PDF is the ideal format for electronic document distribution because it transcends the problems commonly encountered in electronic file sharing. Anyone, anywhere can open a PDF file.

So, if you haven't done so already, download the free Reader now. The Adobe web site will walk you through the steps. Or, you can remain on our site and read more >>

Page 1 Overview
Page 2 What a PDF is
Page 3 Downloading the PDF Reader
Page 4 Installing the PDF Reader
Page 5 Opening and Editing PDFs

Page Content: Barbara Ryland