Friday, 20 February 2009

Not just a PDF

Most of us have seen, used or created a PDF.

PDFs are a great way of saving a file so that people on PCs, Macs, phones, PDAs (the list goes on) can view the information.

Unlike native files such as Word or Excel documents, PDFs contain all the information within them. You will rarely have a problem with missing fonts or missing image links.

Did you know that PDFs can do so much more?

PDFs can contain an arsenal of special features - videos, flash graphics, web links, internal links to other pages within the PDF and roll over graphics, to name just a few.

You can also control how a person views the PDF - full screen mode, single pages or facing pages, you can set security on the PDF so you need a password to open it or to make changes to it.

When you know about all of these features suddenly a PDF becomes much more interesting. Think about how you could use these extra features – newsletters could have a contents page where you click and go right to the page you need. If you normally have a welcome letter from your chairperson, why not have a welcome video? Include a slide show in you PDF. Need responses? why not have a form within the PDF that can be sent back directly from within the PDF?

If you feel you could benefit from any of the above, or have another idea, get in touch and we can chat through your requirements.