Photo: Charlie Sorrel/Cult of Mac How do you translate a PDF? Maybe you scanned a page from a friend’s German cake recipes book. Or perhaps you’re living abroad and you have no idea what the police ...

Translating an Abode Acrobat PDF to the language of your choice is not rocket science. But this very essential computer chore can prove to be tricky without a clear, uncomplicated set of instructions.

Although PDF documents are widely used, the document format itself is considered inflexible and difficult to edit. Microsoft now wants to change this, at least in part, by making it easier than ever ...