I was browsing through some material we’d written for our readers over 10 years ago and it struck me how true this still is:
Businesses around the world have for the past few years been using PDF as an archival format – not necessarily because they want a paperless office – but rather because they recognize the benefits of an electronic document archive, namely convenient accessibility to to anyone with permission. The PDF format is particularly popular because it preserves the exact look and feel of the original physical document.