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 You can do IT is a regular feature
of laterlife.com aimed at trying to help
laterlife visitors make the most of Information
Technology on or off the web.
Jackie Sherman who runs the
You can do IT Question & Answer
section is an IT trainer and author. Jackie has spent
her career in education and specialises in teaching
IT to adults. Her courses for adults include such
topics as MS Office, the Internet, e-mail and basic
web page authoring.
 Jackie has also written the two books shown
here - you can find more details about these by
clicking on the cover images above. Jackie has
also been running a course specifically for over
50s.
Via laterlife.com Jackie aims to
particularly help those new to IT and the web to build
up knowledge and confidence, so no question is too
basic. At the same time she will cover Q&As for the
more experienced user.
So if you would like to ask a question
of Jackie, why not email her jackie@laterlife.com
or if you have discovered something
which may be of interest to others in making the most
of the web, then she would love to hear about that too
jackie@laterlife.com
January 2005
This week, I want to explain about PDF files.
What are they?
Many documents are converted to a special file type - Portable
Document Format or PDF, which allows them to be published on the Web
or sent via e-mail in an exact format
You will find PDF file formats used particularly for manuals,
timetables, charts and complex forms. The files appear on Web pages
displaying a red icon.
Viewing
The Adobe Reader needed to view such files is free to download from
the Web. You will see the link to the Website on many pages that
provide PDF files for downloading if your machine does not already
have the software installed:
Once you have the Reader on your computer, you will find that PDF
files open automatically when double-clicked and don’t require you
to first open the program.
Downloading PDF files
When you want to read a PDF file that you plan to save on your
computer, right-click the file and select the option to Save Target
As… This will open a save dialog box and you can specify where the
file will be saved.
Clicking OK will start the process and, depending on the size of the
file, may take a while.
Moving through a document
When the file opens, you may see different displays: thumbnails
showing each page as a rectangle, bookmarks showing pages in a
hierarchy, or simply the main first page.
Move to other pages by clicking the arrows at the bottom of the
screen or on the toolbar, or click the thumbnail or page on the
left.
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button.
and then drag the mouse over the block of text before right-clicking
or clicking Edit - Copy. When the words are pasted into your
new document, you should be able to treat them as normal word
processed text.
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Now when the selected block is copied and pasted, it will show the
black border and sizing handles round the edge just like any other
image.
and under the books section select Computers and
Internet.
