
A structured storage system to bundle these elements and any associated content into a single file, with data compression where appropriate. A font-embedding/replacement system to allow fonts to travel with the documents.

The PDF combines three technologies: A subset of the PostScript page description programming language, for generating the layout and graphics. In Microsoft Office 2007 the binary file formats were replaced as the default format by the new XML based Office Open XML formats. Microsoft PowerPoint up until 2007 version used a proprietary binary file format called PowerPoint Binary File Format (.PPT) as its primary format. Each PDF file encapsulates a complete description of a fixed-layout flat document, including the text, fonts, graphics, and other information needed to display it. The Portable Document Format (PDF) is a file format used to present documents in a manner independent of application software, hardware, and operating systems.

A PDF file can be any length, contain any number of fonts and images and is designed to enable the creation and transfer of printer-ready output.Įach PDF file encapsulates a complete description of a 2D document (and, with the advent of Acrobat 3D, embedded 3D documents) that includes the text, fonts, images and 2D vector graphics that compose the document.


PDF is a file format developed by Adobe Systems for representing documents in a manner that is separate from the original operating system, application or hardware from where it was originally created.
