Converting pdfs

[Dave Stevens]

Quoting rikona <rikona at sonic.net>:

> I have a ton of stuff stored in pdf format that will need to be
> accessed for many years to come. With Adobe dropping some linux
> support, is this a significant risk? Is there a way to convert pdfs to
> another format, **reliably**, so I can start to convert docs to a more
> accessible long-term format?
>
> Thanks,
>
>  rikona

the adobe acrobat reader is only one of several  that will do what you  
want. evince and xpdf are others that I use. Long term formats are  
subject to many uncertainties, I'd say have several programs to do  
what you want and preferably don't use proprietary readers.

Dave

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