Convert SAM to PDF

What is SAM file?

A SAM (Ami Pro Document) file is a document created in the DOS-based .SAM word processor, Ami Pro. Developed and owned by Lotus Development Corporation, this product was engineered to support non-Windows operating systems. Ami Pro documents possess powerful formatting features, such as automatic text, layout tables, and document templates. It also includes features such as hierarchical outlines and tools that aid in generating dynamic documents. [ ⏩ ] SAM file extension

What is PDF file?

PDF (Portable Document Format) is a file format that can represent documents of any text, graphics, images and links in a manner independent of any application software, hardware, and operating system. It was created by Adobe Systems using its own PDL (Page Description Language). PDF utilizes modern encryption and compression algorithms in order to store the content of a document and provide multi-functional features such as textual annotations, text search, audio annotations etc. [ ⏩ ] PDF file extension

How to convert the file from SAM to PDF?

To successfully convert the SAM file to PDF, you should install one of the applications from the list. After installing the software, open the program and select the file you want to convert (file-name.SAM). The next step is to select the target format from the list, in this case PDF (usually converters allow you to convert to several different formats, so check out their features - maybe one of the available formats will suit you more than PDF).

What is a file conversion?

A data conversion is normally an automated process to some extent. The effect of the operation of one program is automatically the input product of another application. If that does not happen we need to help the process a little bit and convert the file on our own, e.g. SAM to PDF. To obtain a matched structure of the data, it is necessary to use an appropriate converter.

Program for converting SAM files to PDF files is a kind of a "binary code translator" compensating for the differences in the code or translating it in such a way so that another application could use it. For us, as users, the visible change will be only another file extension. (After converting the file, it will be the extension PDF, while before this step we had the SAM file). For the programs, the difference is on a much higher level – either the application will be able to open a new PDF file, or not.

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