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5 reasons to attend PDF Days in 2025

July 2025 by Duff Johnson

Insight. PDF Days is a great place to learn about new approaches, ask vendors hard questions, and benefit from centuries of collective wisdom.

Networking. PDF Days is a great way to make connections with peers, vendors, customers, regulators, and more.

Inspiration. I’ve been told that attendees value PDF Days for the information they did NOT come to learn, but that nonetheless offered real value.

Learning. PDF Days, together with the PDF Workshop immediately prior, is an ideal opportunity to help new developers, consultants, product managers and marketers deepen their knowledge of PDF’s capabilities and the competitive landscape.

Foresight. PDF Days is an opportunity to hear first-hand about coming advances in PDF technology and discover what’s next for PDF!

Insight. PDF Days is a great place to learn about new approaches, ask vendors hard questions, and benefit from centuries of collective wisdom.

Networking. PDF Days is a great way to make connections with peers, vendors, customers, regulators, and more.

Inspiration. I’ve been told that attendees value PDF Days for the information they did NOT come to learn, but that nonetheless offered real value.

Learning. PDF Days, together with the PDF Workshop immediately prior, is an ideal opportunity to help new developers, consultants, product managers and marketers deepen their knowledge of PDF’s capabilities and the competitive landscape.

Foresight. PDF Days is an opportunity to hear first-hand about coming advances in PDF technology and discover what’s next for PDF!

Software Supporting PDF/UA

January 2014 by PDF Association staff
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Longtime chairman of the US Committee for PDF/UA, Duff Johnson maintains a page listing software providing PDF/UA functionality as well as an updated history of PDF/UA.

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January 2014 by PDF Association staff
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Accessibility isn’t easy. For implementers and product managers alike who are responsible for supporting accessibility in PDF, this article describes … Read more

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August 2013 by PDF Association staff
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The Swiss non-profit foundation “Access for all” has published the PDF Accessibility Checker (PAC 2) the world’s first tool for … Read more

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June 2013 by PDF Association staff
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“PDF/UA in a Nutshell” will show you just what PDF/UA is. This brochure provides a clear summary of the key … Read more

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June 2013 by PDF Association staff
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At 20 years of age PDF has remained very cool with customers and end users. Largely immune to the buzz … Read more

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June 2012 by Nicole Gauger
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To promote awareness of PDF/UA, the forthcoming ISO Standard for accessible PDF, the PDF Association has partnered with the non-profit-organisation … Read more

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January 2012 by Duff Johnson
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The twice-annual PDF Standards Week for the winter of 2011-2012 was hosted by Microsoft in their Bravern facility in Bellevue, … Read more

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September 2011 by Olaf Drümmer
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The PDF/A Competence Center is now part of a larger organization dedicated to promoting International Standards for PDF. As the … Read more

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August 2011 by PDF Association staff
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The Isartor test suite is available from pdfa.org free of charge. It can be used to check PDF validation software … Read more

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May 2011 by 100th German Library Day Steps into the Future with PDF/A

More than 3,000 librarians from all provinces will exchange experiences and learn about new trends and developments in librarianship, including … Read more

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January 2011 by Duff Johnson
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Duff Johnson considers the Beyond the PDF workshop and suggests PDF/E as a means of developing real-world solutions for science … Read more

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