Cyber-attackers frequently trick users into opening PDF files containing malicious code. Once opened, the code triggers security flaws in Adobe Reader and Acrobat and compromises the victim's entire ...

Step-by-step instructions for creating PDFs from any file type, including methods for merging, compressing and password-protecting PDF documents securely.

Adobe's PDF format has support for document footers. You can use this capability to add a footnote to up to three different areas at the bottom of a PDF document ...

If you ever find yourself with the need to combine several PDFs into one single file, you may be immediately frustrated: It's not immediately obvious how to achieve what you're trying to do. Luckily, ...

There are times when a PDF truly needs encryption—for instance, if it contains sensitive information and someone just emailed it to you (let’s hope they used another communications method to send you ...

The Portable Document Format makes it possible for you to open and view documents, no matter what operating system, software or computer you have. To make this happen in Yahoo Mail, the email program ...

Office 12, due in late 2006, will let people generate PDFs from Office documents. PDF viewer is still required, though. Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering green tech and cutting-edge ...