How to Save PDF Files
Since its development in the early 90’s, the PDF format has extended its purpose and features way beyond its original concept. Instead of serving as a preservation format, the PDFs versatile nature now allows users to fill in forms, create comments, and to collaborate with others.
Thus, even though the PDF is primarily a format for locking in your data, you can make minor changes to a PDF as well directly within Adobe Reader and Acrobat. In the latest versions you can select a few options to save the changes you make.
To save PDF files you are viewing in Adobe Reader 9:
Choose Save a Copy from the File menu.- If you want only the textual content from the PDF, you can also simply use the Save as Text option. Acrobat will save the file in TXT format. When filling out a form, you can save a copy of it with the data you entered if the form’s creator gave extended rights to Reader users.
In the Save as dialogue box, type in a file and your preferred location. Click on Save.
To save PDF document files you are viewing in a web browser:
- In the Acrobat toolbar, click on the Save button located in the upper left of the Reader GUI.
- In the Save as dialogue box, type in a file and your preferred location. Click on Save.
- In Acrobat, if you are making a few minor changes to the PDF here and there, you can set up the application to automatically save your changes periodically. To do that:
- From the Edit menu, select Preferences.
- In the dialogue box, go Documents in the list on the left.
Under the Save settings section, check the box next to Automatically save document changes to temporary file every and enter in a time range. Click OK.
