Viewing+.PDFs

=Viewing .PDF files=

.PDF is a file developed by [|Adobe Systems] as an evolution to the PostScript format. .PDF formats are optimized for printing and viewing documents on an electronic device (many other formats support .pdf formats like the [|Kindle eReader]). The most recent iteration of the .PDF format supports multimedia and is displayed in a XML format. .PDF files are readable in a special reader for that type of file (i.e. you can't see the files in "Notepad")

=Viewing .PDF files=

Windows
Adobe Reader is usually required to read .PDF files. It can be downloaded [|here] at the Adobe website.

=Mac OSX=

Mac OSX has a built in reader for .PDF files.

=Linux= Most linux distributions have a .PDF reader built in but if not you can get on using code format="gettext" sudo apt-get install evince code That will then ask for the root password. Once entered will dowload and install "evince" which is the GNOME default .pdf file viewer. (Note that other desktop environment users will have to use another viewer- like "XPdf")