Adobe PDF Documents
PDF (Portable Document Format)
The Use of PDF as an interactive electronic document is less common, but is being adopted more widely as:
- The software for producing PDF become more accessible and
- The functionality (interactivity) in the resulting documents increase
Many Annual Reports and formal documents are initially produced in PDF for the intention of printing. These PDFs can often be easily made 'downloadable' by reducing the size (and resolution) of the document.
Re-purposing the document so that it is suitably laid out for browsing and interactivity takes a little more time and expertise.
Like Flash, reading a PDF file requires the Adobe reader. However this reader is both free and in common use.