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What do terms such as pdf file, html, etc, mean? How does one convert these into text files? Please explain.

S. Krishnamoorthy

A PDF file is a Portable Document Format file. It can be viewed from any PDF reader application such as Adobe Acrobat Reader.

Any document that has to be distributed across multiple platforms will be made a PDF file and distributed. The advantage of this is that any PDF reader is sufficient to view and print the document and it is freely available.

If the document is sent in any other format other than the relevant application, you should have the fonts installed. Most manuals are sent as PDF files.

An HTML file is a Hyper Text Markup Language file. It can be viewed from any Web browser such as Internet Explorer, Netscape, etc. HTML document is used in the Internet.

You can open the HTML file in a browser and from the browser it can be saved as Text file.

For some pages, the file of text format is not the same as it appears in the browser. Similarly a PDF file can be saved as Text Format from a PDF application such as Adobe Acrobat. Acrobat Reader 7.0.7 full version can be downloaded from this URL: http://www.softwarepatch.com

/graphics/acrobatreader7.html

Only a PDF reader is freely available on the Internet.

If you want to create a PDF document, you will need to buy a licensed application such as Adobe Acrobat or any third party applications.

Solution by P. Natarajan

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