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PDF reference : Adobe portable document format version 1.4 / Adobe Systems
Incorporated. — 3rd ed.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-201-75839-3 (alk. paper)
1. Adobe Acrobat. 2. Portable document software. I. Adobe Systems.
QA76.76.T49 P38 2001
005.7 '2—dc21
2001053899
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