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PDF-Anleitungen und Praxistipps

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Change text in its own font, sign a page and type on a form, right in your browser - no detour through Word, and your file never leaves your computer.

Anleitungen PDF-Grundlagen

Was ein PDF eigentlich ist, welches Werkzeug passt und welche Fehler man macht, bevor man eines öffnet.

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Why PDFs print wrong

Why Your PDF Prints Wrong: Margins, Scaling and Extra Blank Pages

The file looks right on screen and comes out wrong on paper: an edge cut off, everything a few per cent small, a blank sheet at the end. Four things cause it, and all four are decided before the job reaches the printer.

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PDF or Word?

PDF or Word: Which File Should You Actually Send?

You are about to attach a file and you do not know which format the other person expects. The answer follows from one difference: a Word file is instructions for building a page, and a PDF is the page. Here is what to send for a CV, a contract, an invoice and the rest.

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Choosing a PDF tool

Which PDF tool to use

Split or Organize? PDF to Word, or leave it as a PDF? A short decision guide for the cases people get wrong.

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Eine Anleitung für jedes Werkzeug

Was jedes Werkzeug tut, wann es passt und welche Einstellungen Sie kennen sollten, bevor Sie etwas hochladen.