What is PDF?

• PDF, Portable Document Format, is a type of file which has become the industry standard for exchanging files over the Internet.
• It is put out by a software company named Adobe.
• A number of data sets and associated reports are made available using this format.
• It should be noted that you need special software to convert a PDF file into HTML.

Downloading PDF Files

• In order to do so you need to install the Adobe Acrobat Reader on your machine.
• If you want to avoid doing this, all the machines on campus have the Acrobat Reader already on them.