The two are exactly the same, and you can rename from one to the other.) (Prism uses the extension TIF but it is identical to TIFF used by some other programs. Prism Mac and Windows can encode transparent colors in PDF export.Or you can ask Prism to create a separate PDF file for each sheet. When exporting several graphs or layouts, you can choose to export all of them to one PDF file.You don't have to have Adobe Acrobat to export PDF files.If your graphs are in color, you will need to choose between RBG and CMYK color model.In contrast, PDF is the preferred format for transferring images between Mac programs. Unfortunately, few Windows programs import pdf images, and few journals accept them.
Prism's PDF files encode vectors and fonts (not bitmaps), so the resulting file can be stretched to any size with no loss of quality. Choose the export format in the Export dialog, and check an option at the bottom of that dialog to set the default for future exports. Set the default for how Prism copies graphs and layouts to the clipboard in the File & Printer tab of the Preferences dialog. Setting the default export format and the default for copying to clipboard