Download Free Software LTA (Easy)

A Low Threshold Application (LTA) is a teaching/learning application of information technology that is reliable, accessible, easy to learn, and non-intimidating. Each LTA has observable positive consequences, and contributes to important long-term changes in teaching and/or learning. The user of LTA�fs whether that person is the teacher or learner should perceive the LTA not to be challenging, or requiring a lot of additional work; rather, the user should find the LTA helpful with quick and meaningful results. Below you will find three categories of LTA�fs: easy, moderate, and hard. Simply click on the LTA under the category that you are interested in and you will be linked to a set of simple step-by-step instructions relating to your item of interest.

We are always looking for LTA�fs. If you are interested in submitting one, please email kahnp@mail.montlcair.edu.

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LTA Overview
Portable Document Format (better known as PDF), also an abbreviation for the Netware Printer Definition File, is a universal file format that preserves all the fonts, formatting, graphics, and color of any source document, regardless of the application and platform used to create it. PDF files are compact and can be shared, viewed, navigated, and printed, exactly as intended by anyone, with free Adobe Acrobat Reader software, which you can easily download. Once you've downloaded the Reader, it will start automatically whenever you want to look at a PDF file. You can convert any document to Adobe PDF by purchasing Adobe Acrobat, Acrobat Capture, and other similar software.

Many people confuse PDF, the data format, with Adobe Acrobat, the software suite that Adobe sells to create, view, and enhance PDF documents.

LTA Level
This LTA is geared to mainstream faculty with little or no technical experience. It is designed to familiarize faculty with the process of creating a PDF and having a thorough understanding of why PDF file formats are used.

LTA Outcomes
By working through this LTA, the user will be able to take an office document created in Microsoft Word or Microsoft PowerPoint and convert it to an Adobe PDF. Once the PDF is created, Adobe Acrobat Reader will be used to display the finished document.

Skills required to complete the LTA
Users should be comfortable with working with a computer and be familiar with general file types. Users should have Adobe Acrobat Reader in order to be able to read the PDF files, which can be easily downloaded. Please see the �gDownloading Free Software�h LTA listed under the simple LTA category if you need instructions on how to download Adobe Acrobat Reader. Users should have Adobe Acrobat Writer or similar software in order to create PDF files. Please read the LTA Overview of this LTA for more information.

Steps to create a PDF document:
Adobe Acrobat Writer or similar software must be installed in your computer before attempting to create a PDF document.

1. Open the document you would like to convert into PDF
2. Click on File from the menu
3. Select Print
4. Make sure you change the printer name under the printer window to match your PDF creation software (e.g. Acrobat Distiller)

5. Click OK
You will be prompted to save you document
Note: Your document will now have the *.PDF extension

6. Change file directory if necessary

7. Type in a new name for your PDF document in the File Name textbox
8. Click the Save button

Note: Your original document will be intact. Now you will have 2 documents: Your original (e.g. in Word) and your PDF document in Adobe Acrobat Reader.