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PDF/A has always been an important part of document management, and the Adobe PDF Library offers support for creating PDF/A documents that can adhere to Part 2 and Part 3 of the standard.  This means you can create a Part 1, Part 2, or Part 3 PDF/A-compliant document.  Specifically, we have added support for Levels … Read more

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Today the PDF Association publishes a new feature for PDF: a standardized mechanism allowing authors to define and share their own document profiles leveraging PDF technology.

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TWAIN Direct launches open source, cross-platform image capture technology with plug-and-play setup, featuring PDF/Raster for efficient, PDF-compatible imaging.

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The comprehensive PDF tool significantly improves document productivity in the digital workplace. ABBYY, a global leader in Digital IQ technologies and solutions, today announced the release of ABBYY FineReader 15, an enhanced PDF application for Windows that empowers users to manage any kind of document in the digital workplace. With billions of scanned and digitally … Read more

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SQL Server’s Reporting Services will soon support the ISO standard for accessible PDF.

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Event description Agenda Book now! Hotel recommendations PDF Days Europe 2020, the PDF industry’s premiere event, will take place in Berlin on 27 and 28 April. All dimensions of PDF From scanned pages to smart forms 3D models, ISO-standardized PDF technology is indispensable across a vast range of document applications. To most end users, PDF … Read more

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In June 2019, the Electronic Document Conference was held. All 44 presentations were video-recorded and are available for those who could not attend in person.

Keep In Mind hat in e-dicola callas PDFToolbox integriert, um PDF-Dateien automatisiert zu bereinigen. So garantiert e-dicola, dass Printpublikationen auf mobilen Endgeräten zuverlässig dargestellt werden

Wir haben einige Anfragen erhalten, bei denen es darum ging, wie denn die Vorgaben für PDF im besonderen elektronischen Anwaltspostfach (beA) genau zu interpretieren sind. Konkret ging es hierbei um die Bekanntmachung zu § 5 der Elektronischer-Rechtsverkehr-Verordnung des Bundesministeriums der Justiz und für Verbraucherschutz. Darin heißt es: “Hinsichtlich der zulässigen Dateiversionen PDF, insbesondere PDF/A-1, PDF/A-2, … Read more

This article was recently updated. The new version was posted on February 16, 2021. PDF is one of the most widely used formats worldwide. Numerous companies use it to exchange information between business partners or in-house. PDF offers various possibilities – which is why the format is complex. Sometimes it is necessary to define stringent … Read more

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