Q: I use an HP Envy Photo 6255 printer with my new Apple iMac desktop. When I scan a plain black and white document and save it to my desktop via the printer, it always comes over in a photo format.

Using your internet browser as your default PDF viewing programme is seemingly the standard these days but, if you are one of the countless people who do this, you may notice a change that takes you ...

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 ...

In a PDF document, there are essentially two ways to display text. One way is to embed the text, including its font information, in the document file. The other way is to display the text as an image, ...

Editing PDFs is something many people need to do, but unfortunately it’s not always the easiest thing to do. The format is not designed to be easily edited, and despite a plethora of Windows and web ...

You can find free PDF editors on the internet, but their most important features tend to be behind a paywall. Most PDF editors are web apps that work on both Windows and Mac, though some have desktop ...

You can insert a PDF into Word via the File, Open menu, which turns the PDF into an editable Word document. You can also insert a PDF as a non-editable image in a Word file using the Object command in ...

Portable Document Format (PDF) is a common format for sharing final versions of files. The format is most used for viewing and not editing. But if you need to edit PDF files, Microsoft Word brings ...