IMSLP:PDF

Free public domain sheet music from IMSLP / Petrucci Music Library

[ File formats ] -> [ PDF ]

Portable Document Format (PDF) is the main type of document used here on IMSLP for music scores. To view PDF files, download one of the recommended clients:

• Foxit PDF Reader - A free PDF reader. This is the recommended PDF reader for IMSLP; the official Adobe PDF reader is considerably slower.
• PDF Creator - Printer driver that lets you print to PDF (Windows only).
• PDF Split and Merge - A graphic Java program which allows you to merge/split PDF files. More information on this program can be found here. Recommended for PDF manipulation.
• PDFtk - A commandline program which allows you to merge/split PDF files, among a list of other things.

For Ubuntu users who browse the web with Firefox, click here to install Mozplugger. Mozplugger embeds the Evince PDF Reader inside Firefox. Make sure Evince is installed by clicking here.

For Mac (OS X) users, creating PDF files is possible without additional software. A tutorial can be found here.

Related Pages

• Information on unlocking locked PDF files
• Information on how to optimize PDF image compression