PDF/A in a Nutshell

PDF/A is the PDF for long-term archiving. PDF/A – which was adopted at the end of 2005 – is the first file format which, since it is an ISO standard, guarantees that documents created today will also be able to be opened and used in the future. ‘PDF/A in a Nutshell’ allows the user to take a look behind the scenes of the standard and provides practical instructions on generating PDF/A that conforms with the stipulations of the standard in his or her working environment. This book also serves as a comprehensive introduction to a subject matter that is still very new as well as providing practical examples for different software tools and industry solutions able to generate and work with PDF/A.

Extracts from the content of the book:

• Why PDF/A?
• The PDF/A-1a and PDF/A-1b conformity levels
• PDF/A with Acrobat 8 Professional
• Archive PDFs from Microsoft Office 2003 and 2007
• Scanning documents to create PDF/A and applying
• text recognition
• High-volume PDF/A creation
• Validating PDF/A
• Accessible PDF/A documents
• Future-proof contracts
• Forms in PDF/A
• Fonts and images in PDF/A
• Reliable colors on monitors and when printing