Heh. Thanks Deborah (and all else who responded.) It seems that my company is going to continue to use "Acrobat file" despite the fact that *everybody* on two lists has agreed with you (and my personal feeling) that "PDF file" is the right way to go! Inertia, it seems, outweighs rationality. Sigh. On Sep-24-2011, at 08:54 , Deborah Galdes wrote: > "PDF file" or "PDF document" is the correct terminology. The Adobe Acrobat software application allows people to create PDF files/documents and PDF forms. I've never heard of an "Acrobat file" and I work at Adobe Systems. :-) -- Skot Nelson [log in to unmask] "In anything at all, perfection is finally attained not when there is no longer anything to add, but when there is no longer anything to take away." -- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Wind, Sand and Stars -------------------------------------------------------------- Tip of the Day: Email mailto:[log in to unmask] with any comments, questions or problems CHI-WEB: www.sigchi.org/resources/web/faq.html MODERATOR: mailto:[log in to unmask] --------------------------------------------------------------