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When the fonts and formatting of a document are as important as the content (for example, my resume), I prefer to make the document available as a PDF document.
You can read PDF documents using nearly any PDF viewer that works on your computer. The following are some common PDF viewers:
MacOS X has a built-in viewer for PDF documents.
PDF, or portable document format, was originally developed by Adobe as a way to publish format- and font-rich documents that follow the intent of the author as closely as possible. In contrast to proprietary document formats (such as Microsoft Word documents), the specification for PDF documents is published openly by Adobe; thus, anyone can freely create software for viewing PDF documents.
To view Microsoft Word documents, you need Microsoft's software; otherwise the document may not display or print properly. And even if you do use Microsoft's software, but you don't have the same fonts and the same printer as the author, the document still may not display or print as the author intended.
Please support the use of open document formats by using PDFs instead of Microsoft Word documents wherever and whenever possible.
[Jim's Web Nook | PDF Documents]