The Portable Document Format (PDF) file format is a binary format which contains page description primitives and combines a subset of the Postscript language with some more recent features. The Portable Document Format is a page description language designed to enable the creation and transfer of printer-ready output.
Gnumeric supports the creation of PDF files through the printing interface, not through the file save mechanism. See Chapter 10 ― Printing, for details on how to generate a PDF file.
| Name: | Portable Document Format (PDF) |
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| Compatible Programs: | PDF is supported by a wide variety of programs including gPDF, Xpdf, GGV, ghostview (gv), and ghostscript, |
| Open / Save: | Save only |
The creation of PDF files is supported internally by the printing sub-system.
The Postscript language was created by Adobe, Inc. The Adobe web site has a non-technical introduction, as well as a technical overview and the actual specifications.
PDF files can imported into other documents by several programs.