Using Adobe Acrobat Using Adobe Acrobat you can convert many documents to the Adobe P ortable D ocument F ormat. Installing the Adobe Acrobat reader plugin in your web browser allows you to view the PDF file on the web with its formatting in place. Using Acrobat, anyone who can use a word processor can create nicely formatted files for the web. Files created by Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe PageMaker, as well as some scanned documents. Creating Files in the PDF format Purchase and install Adobe Acrobat.
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Create or open a document with formatting you want to keep, such as a Microsoft Word file with equations or complex formatting. If you have not already done so, download the Acrobat Reader plugin for your browser from the Adobe web site and install it. The Reader is free . Start your browser and open the PDF file you created.