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Generate PDFs with AI pdfAssistant.ai

pdfAssistant spotlights the powerful capability to generate entirely new PDF files from scratch using artificial intelligence. This approach transforms the process of creating PDF documents from a manual chore into an AI-driven experience.

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PDF has long relied on Flate for general-purpose data compression. Today, Brotli has emerged as a promising new approach that could significantly improve PDF compression ratios.

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If you use a word processor creating Tagged PDF is your default. | FOGRA’s summary of developments in print | The US Library of Congress is studying the PDF Association’s EA-PDF format | Office Open XML gets its first errata update in nine years. | PDFacademicBot for June 2025

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PDFix’s latest update introduces advanced template-driven auto-tagging, enabling organizations to automatically create PDF/UA-compliant documents in high-volume workflows. Ideal for invoices, statements, and reports, this solution streamlines accessibility from document creation – no manual intervention required.

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UPDF received Capterra’s prestigious 2025 “Best Ease of Use” badge for PDF Editors, underscoring its commitment to delivering intuitive, powerful PDF solutions for individuals and businesses. This honor highlights UPDF’s exceptional functionality and user-focused design.

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Technical and Solution posters are a great way to showcase your ideas and interact with attendees at PDF Days Europe 2025!

Protect your PDFs from AI scraping and data mining

This article explains the application of Datalogics’ Adobe PDF Library to express TDMRep in a PDF to protect your data from AI scraping.

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This article explains the options in allowing, limiting, and/or preventing data scraping from occurring when AI and text data mining tools are used.

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This document provides essential guidance and recommendations for those aiming to create PDF files that adhere to multiple ISO-standardized subsets of PDF, specifically PDF/A (ISO 19005) for archiving and PDF/UA (ISO 14289) for accessibility.

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