Display PDF

The graphics language used in the Mac starting with Mac OS X, superseding QuickDraw. Display PDF is the screen counterpart of the PDF printer language. It translates elementary commands in an application to graphics and text elements on screen. Display PDF is a superset of Display PostScript with more advanced features including improved color management and better internal compression. See graphics language and PDF.

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Unlike older Kindles, the DX can display PDF (portable document format) files without prior conversion -- plug the device into a computer with its USB cable, drag and drop PDFs into its "documents" folder, and those files will appear on the DX s home screen.

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The start, exchange wiper, list, detail, save CSV/PDF and display PDF operations are displayed on the toolbar according to the user's procedure.

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It can display approach charts, but it can't display PDF files (the charts are scanned images).

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