PostScript page descriptions can be converted using Adobe Distiller application. The Distiller application produces more efficient PDF files than PDF Writer for some application programs. It has an option of using OCR to convert the text while retaining the original layout. The resulting PDF file is fully searchable and compressed to use fewer network resources. Acrobat Capture can also output formatted text to popular Windows or Macintosh word processing formats for further editing.
Users can navigate through the document using thumbnail sketches, hypertext links and bookmarks.
The document's texts may be searched and extracted for use in other applications. In addition, an Acrobat Exchange user may modify a PDF document by creating annotations, hypertext links, thumbnail sketches of each page, and bookmarks that directly access views of specific pages. As a result, PDF files are extremely portable across diverse hardware and operating system environments. PDF can be used to produce secure documents using two password protections. These settings provide specific authorisation to manipulate to PDF files.