This page provides external links to legacy Adobe PDF references and errata, as well as the ISO 32000 family of standards. The PDF Association is not authorized to host these files on behalf of the PDF industry.
This page was updated on 25 May 2022 as adobe.com has published a new resource for some legacy PDF reference documents at https://opensource.adobe.com/dc-acrobat-sdk-docs/acrobatsdk/#pdf-reference.
PDF Version | Year | Reference Documents |
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Adobe PDF 1.0 | 1993 |
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Adobe PDF 1.1 | 1996 |
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Adobe PDF 1.2 | 1996 | |
Adobe PDF 1.3 | 2000 | |
Adobe PDF 1.4 | 2001 | |
Adobe PDF 1.5 | 2003 | |
Adobe PDF 1.6 | 2004 | |
Adobe PDF 1.7 | 2006 | |
ISO 32000-1:2008
(PDF 1.7) |
2008 |
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ISO 32000-2:2017
(PDF 2.0) |
2017 | |
ISO 32000-2:2020
(PDF 2.0) |
2020 |
https://opensource.adobe.com/dc-acrobat-sdk-docs/acrobatsdk/#pdf-reference - new Adobe resource in May 2022 providing some legacy PDF reference documents only (no errata).
https://www.adobe.com/devnet/pdf/pdf_reference_archive.html - original website with all legacy Adobe documents. No longer available except via the WayBack Machine.
https://www.loc.gov/preservation/digital/formats/fdd/fdd000316.shtml