Like the GIF (that's Graphics Interchange Format), the PDF (Portable Document Format) has survived and flourished through the digital age. That's partly because of its versatility: It's the go-to ...

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I cannot tell you how many times I've received a PDF document with the expectation that I'm going to either use the text to create something new or to edit the copy. That's all fine and good when I'm ...

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