1st June 2023 - Using PDF Files

We had our periodic brainstorm on topics for future meetings and voted on which topics should take priority.  The list of all the topics is shown below with the votes in brackets:

1. How to do interesting things with a spreadsheet (6)
2. Artificial intelligence /neural networks (4)
3. Streaming - the best way to go (4)
4. Computer languages - functionality vs ease of use (4)
5. Laptop vs Tablet (4)
6. Microchip design (2)
7. Being safe on the internet (2)
8. History of computer development (2)
9. Bluetooth (1)
10. Digital communications / information encoding (1)
11. Chromebooks (1)
12. Mac vs Windows vs Linux (1)
13. Printing from an Android tablet (1)
14. Android- Laptop integrations (0)
15. Exploring a Microsoft Account (0)
16. Human Computer Interface - where next (0)

Our topic of the day was the use of PDFs.  We covered some history and definition of the PDF format/standard,  the "normal" use of PDFs, and then how PDFs could be amended with the wide availability of PDF tools.  The presentation - in PDF format of course - is available by clicking here.