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What You Need to Know About PDF Files
We often receive student assignments as email attachments. This is the best way to submit your assignments to guarantee that we'll be able to process your critique as quickly as possible.
However, if you send your files as Word documents and we don't have the exact fonts you used – or if our settings for Word are different from yours – your layout can shift. The missing fonts will be replaced by a default font (that looks all wrong) and the text will wrap differently.
This means the design that looked so great on your computer looks totally different on ours – and could result in a bad critique.
It's very easy to fix this problem. You simply send your assignments as PDF files. A PDF file always looks the way you designed it … no matter what computer is used to open it.
Assuming your Word layout program allows you to export to PDF, here's what you do:
Once you've completed your assignment, save it normally. Then click on the PDF button on your toolbar that says “Convert to Adobe PDF.” (If you do not see the PDF buttons on your toolbar, go to View > Toolbars > PDF Maker – close to the bottom of the list. One click and the PDF buttons will now appear.)
A window appears for you to save your file as a PDF file.
Attach that PDF file to your email to us. We will see your document exactly the way you intended it to be seen.
A similar process applies if you are using layout programs like InDesign, PageMaker, or Quark. And if you're using Mac OS X, you can make almost any document into a PDF file by going to “Print” and then clicking the PDF button in the Print Dialog window.
If your layout program doesn't allow you to export to PDF, you have several options.
You can purchase a full version of Adobe Acrobat. It's expensive but gives you maximum control. Or you can purchase a cheaper PDF writer like PDF Factory www.pdffactory.com.
There are also many free PDF writers you can download from the Web, including Pdf995 www.pdf995.com and PDF4FREE www.pdfpdf.com/pdf4free.html.
The free versions often display a sponsor page in your Web browser each time you run the software. If you prefer not to see sponsor pages, purchase an ad-free version.
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