The use of the PDF ("Portable Document File", created with Adobe's Acrobat software) is widespread on the Internet. Most people use them as static brochure-type documents. What many don't realize, however, is that PDFs can also be used to do hidden calculations.

Best Light Communication offers an ideal application of this clever feature: Price-Quoting PDFs. If you sell products with variable options or configurations, we can make a PDF for you that gives the user - whether it be your salesperson or your client - the ability to choose the exact options he or she wants, directly on the PDF, and immediately see the total price. Most importantly, users of your PDF will not be able to see your pricing formulas - just the results.

Sample PDFs

The best way to understand how this works is to see it in action. Click on the thumbnail links on the right to view and test-drive two examples of our interactive PDFs: one fictional, and one that a client of ours, Rise Softools, has kindly allowed us to showcase. Change the values in the optional fields, and watch how all the adjacent fields fill in automatically and change as you change your main choices.

Chances are that your sales staff or customers could benefit from using such an interactive PDF, to learn or price all the different options available for your products or services. Contact us to inquire about obtaining a custom Price-Quoting PDF for your business.