{"id":6,"count":23,"description":"Wondering what a PDF is? You\u2019re not alone. More than 33,000 people ask Google that question every month. If you\u2019re new to working with PDF files, or need a refresher on PDF basics, explore our resource library. We cover how to sign a PDF, convert Word Docs into PDFs, extracting pages from PDFs and so much more.","link":"https:\/\/pdf.live\/resources\/pdf-basics\/","name":"PDF Basics","slug":"pdf-basics","taxonomy":"category","parent":0,"meta":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>PDF Basics Archives - pdf.live<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Answers to frequently asked questions about the basics, for people who are new to working with PDF files. Learn PDF Basics.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/pdf.live\/resources\/pdf-basics\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"PDF Basics Archives - pdf.live\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Answers to frequently asked questions about the basics, for people who are new to working with PDF files. Learn PDF Basics.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/pdf.live\/resources\/pdf-basics\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"pdf.live\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/pdf.live\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/pdflivelogo-1200-\u00d7-675-px.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"675\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"CollectionPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pdf.live\\\/resources\\\/pdf-basics\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pdf.live\\\/resources\\\/pdf-basics\\\/\",\"name\":\"PDF Basics Archives - pdf.live\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pdf.live\\\/resources\\\/#website\"},\"description\":\"Answers to frequently asked questions about the basics, for people who are new to working with PDF files. Learn PDF Basics.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pdf.live\\\/resources\\\/pdf-basics\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pdf.live\\\/resources\\\/pdf-basics\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Resources\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pdf.live\\\/resources\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"PDF Basics\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pdf.live\\\/resources\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pdf.live\\\/resources\\\/\",\"name\":\"PDF.Live\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pdf.live\\\/resources\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pdf.live\\\/resources\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pdf.live\\\/resources\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"PDF.Live\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pdf.live\\\/resources\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pdf.live\\\/resources\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pdf.live\\\/resources\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/03\\\/pdflivelogo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pdf.live\\\/resources\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/03\\\/pdflivelogo.png\",\"width\":696,\"height\":696,\"caption\":\"PDF.Live\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/pdf.live\\\/resources\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"PDF Basics Archives - pdf.live","description":"Answers to frequently asked questions about the basics, for people who are new to working with PDF files. Learn PDF Basics.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/pdf.live\/resources\/pdf-basics\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"PDF Basics Archives - pdf.live","og_description":"Answers to frequently asked questions about the basics, for people who are new to working with PDF files. Learn PDF Basics.","og_url":"https:\/\/pdf.live\/resources\/pdf-basics\/","og_site_name":"pdf.live","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":675,"url":"https:\/\/pdf.live\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/pdflivelogo-1200-\u00d7-675-px.png","type":"image\/png"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"CollectionPage","@id":"https:\/\/pdf.live\/resources\/pdf-basics\/","url":"https:\/\/pdf.live\/resources\/pdf-basics\/","name":"PDF Basics Archives - pdf.live","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/pdf.live\/resources\/#website"},"description":"Answers to frequently asked questions about the basics, for people who are new to working with PDF files. Learn PDF Basics.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/pdf.live\/resources\/pdf-basics\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/pdf.live\/resources\/pdf-basics\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Resources","item":"https:\/\/pdf.live\/resources\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"PDF Basics"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/pdf.live\/resources\/#website","url":"https:\/\/pdf.live\/resources\/","name":"PDF.Live","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/pdf.live\/resources\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/pdf.live\/resources\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/pdf.live\/resources\/#organization","name":"PDF.Live","url":"https:\/\/pdf.live\/resources\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/pdf.live\/resources\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/pdf.live\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/pdflivelogo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/pdf.live\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/pdflivelogo.png","width":696,"height":696,"caption":"PDF.Live"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/pdf.live\/resources\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pdf.live\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories\/6","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pdf.live\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pdf.live\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/category"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/pdf.live\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?categories=6"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}