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The Portable Document Format, or PDF, has been with us since 1993. It was created as a way of sharing page layouts—fonts, colors, and graphics—that would look the same on any computer system, no matter what software was installed or what operating system was running. A lot has changed in the last 27 years, but PDFs remain hugely useful for all kinds of purposes: putting together team reports, distributing your résumé, making flyers for your next bake sale. Here’s everything you need to know to master the art of PDFing. Creating PDFs Creating a PDF is easier than you might think; you can create a PDF out of almost anything that’s…