How to Manage PDF Pages in OS X

Using the print dialog box, in some cases, can allow you to save a subset of pages instead of the entire PDF. [...]

Easy Tips for Using a PDF as a Presentation

An eHow article by Wendy Lau offers a guide to saving your presentation as a PDF for use when there is only text or static images in it. She writes, “Saving a presentation as a PDF eliminates the chance of complications, such as others not having PowerPoint, formatting changes that may occur when opened in a different version of PowerPoint from your version, and the ability to restrict copying and pasting content directly for your presentation to somewhere else.” [...]

PDF Solutions: Top IT Considerations

From security to Sharepoint, these are the factors to consider when choosing an enterprise-level PDF solution. [...]

PDF Tips: Making Scanned Files Editable

Kethy Lee offers a step-by-step guide in How to Make Scanned PDF Editable with Google Docs. [...]

PDF 101: File Type Pros and Cons

Overview of pros and cons of the PDF file format for beginners; looks at build, security, compression and ability to modify. Factors For Making Use Of PDF – A Backgrounder on PDFs Benefits and Drawbacks is intended to help new users determine if PDF is the right file type for their needs. [...]

Benefits and Limitations of Using iTunes to Organize PDFs

If you have lots of PDF files on your Mac and are worried about dealing with “a cluttered mess” as CNET’s Topher Kessler puts it, you have options. In addition to spotlight’s indexing, smart folders or consolidating the files in one location, iTunes can also be used to manage a library of PDF documents. [...]

Maximizing the Potential of PDF

The Adobe PDF Guild is offering incentives to users to “participate in the learning quest” by using a point-based reward system that allows the users to “buy” items such as laptop stickers, thumb drives, T-shirts or possibly even the software. [...]

Document Scanning: Best Practices

PDF can unify content from any source together in a single document. Whether scanned or produced from an electronic source (such as Word), PDF technology makes it easy to deliver any document in a universal viewer. And it’s possible to place scanned images and OCR-generated text in alignment with each other. [...]

PDF Tips: Selecting Text

There are many ways to select text to extract from a PDF. However, PDF has no concept of a “column” and that can complicate matters if the file isn’t tagged. PDF guru Duff Johnson offers his tips to select text that spans columns, to select all the text on a single page, to select all the text in the PDF, and to select text that spans two or more pages. [...]