PDF

Available only in PopChart Server Enterprise.

As its name implies, PDF (Portable Document Format) is more of a document format than an image format. Because of its high quality, relatively small file size (its size is comparable to Flash), and widespread use, it is an attractive format for displaying PopChart images.

PopChart images in the PDF format are somewhat limited. They offer no drill-down or PopUp capabilities, and can't display transparency. Another drawback is that PDF images are difficult to embed in web pages. Some browsers display the image in an embedded Acrobat® Reader® interface that may be distracting or confusing to some users. Other browsers can't embed PDF documents at all. Most of the time, you will want to link to the PDF image rather than embed it in a web page.

PDF documents may be viewed in a wide variety of viewers, including Adobe's free Acrobat Reader, included on the installation CD, or available from Adobe at http://www.adobe.com. PDF documents may be viewed in web browsers by using a plug-in (such as the one that is automatically included with Acrobat Reader). Such a plug-in is already installed on the large majority of web browsers.