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Private data is everywhere is in almost every broadly-adopted file format. This Application Note answers questions about private data in PDF files.

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PDFix PDF Accessibility Software Provider

PDFix’s Custom Commands empower users to tackle PDF accessibility issues, streamlining the document remediation process. With this release, customization is key, allowing users to fine-tune accessibility commands to their specific document needs.

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Microsoft deepens its investment in Tagged PDF. We talked PDF with NISO. Both Android and iOS improve PDF handling. A major vulnerability was fixed in pdf.js.

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A stylized print shop.

While PDF/X establishes rules for representing page content for print purposes, it doesn’t describe the specific requirements of the finished print product. This is where PPM steps in, bridging the gap and providing a comprehensive solution.

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Press Release Crawford Technologies New Digital Transform Engine Version 5.6 supports the creation of clear, understandable and compliant communications

Crawford Technologies announces the release of Version 5.6 of its Digital Transform Engine (DTE) offering enhancements that optimize the production of customer communications that enhance the user experience, are compliant and save time and resources.

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PDF Office

pdfRest announces the launch of its PDF to Office Pro Self-Hosted API, providing developers with powerful, secure, and easy-to-integrate tools to convert PDF files into editable Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint documents.

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LOGIN REQUIRED: These synthetic files are intended for user experience and human-computer interaction (HCI) specialists to assess the behavior of their current generation of PDF applications to ensure that appropriate user-centric messages are displayed before future PDF changes are made and available to users.

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The latest ISO Extension to PDF 2.0 offers backwards-compatible integrity protection via Message Authentication Code (MAC).

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Accurately understanding the kinds of data that can be in a PDF and how it is stored can be very important. This article aims to explain the different ways by which PDF stores “files”.

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pdfRest released API Polling for large document processing support so developers can now manage asynchronous PDF tasks more efficiently while processing large files.

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