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May 12, 2007
Batch Conversion to PDF/A
In my two previous articles (see the archives ) on PDF for Archiving—PDF/A—I discussed the benefits of this archival format and how to create and validate PDF/A.
One challenge facing government agencies, law firms and their clients is the conversion of large numbers of legend files to PDF/A.
In this article, I’ll cover how to use the Batch Processing facility in Acrobat 8 Professional to transform common file formats found in the legal market to PDF/A-1b.
Read on to learn more…
January 24, 2007
PDF/A in Action: Creating and Conforming
PDF/A—PDF for Archiving—is a special “flavor” of PDF designed for the long term preservation of documents. PDF/A is an ISO standard.
For an introduction to PDF/A, please read my article PDF/A: PDF for Archiving.
Since the PDF/a format offers law firms the confidence that the file they create today can be opened many years from now, the legal community is interested.
Some regulatory bodies are pushing strongly for PDF/A submissions, too.
From a practical standpoint, there are four areas to consider:
- Creating PDF/A Files
- Validating files for PDF/A Conformance
- Bringing existing PDF files into conformance with PDF/A
- Create conformance reports
Read on to learn more about how to accomplish these operations in Adobe Acrobat Professional.
January 12, 2007
PDF/A: PDF for Archving
It's 2007. You just created an important document for a client— a complex regulatory filing for the client's new power plant.
Fast forward to 2027—twenty years from today. Will the documents open?
In the legal industry, document conversion problems are legion. Many attorneys started with WordPerfect and may have migrated to Word. Opening all of those old documents can be troublesome.
Will everything convert? Will it look the same?
The PDF format, designed to capture the printed intent of a document, is a great solution. With over half a billion copies of Adobe Reader installed, PDF has been a de facto standard. Adobe publishes the specification for the PDF, and over 1000 third-party products create, consume or work with PDF in one way or another.
However, government and industry need more assurances—they require de jure standards. A de jure standard is endorsed by an independent standards body such as the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).
Fortunately, we have PDF/A, an ISO standard.
Read on to learn more about PDF/A. In my next article, I’ll discuss how you can use Acrobat to create and convert PDF/A compliant files.