Back in 1992, Adobe created the Portable Document Format file, now commonly known as the PDF and used to distribute everything from digital business documents to e-books. This Adobe file type isn't ...

Portable document format (PDF) files remain a popular choice for business documents ranging from contracts and forms to manuals and reports, so there's a good chance you need to open them often.

Quite a few apps, including some free ones, turn your PDFs into editable Word docs or image files that you can embed. It's easier than you may think. I've been writing about software and hardware for ...