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By PDF Association staff
January 2026

Our all-new product showcase is live!

The new product showcase helps users explore the variety of products and services provided by PDF Association members!

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By PDF Association staff
January 2026

Universal Accessibility – Barrier-free Communication Is More than Inclusion

January 2022 by Carsten Luedtge (Compart GmbH)
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In fact, it’s about up-valuing content and documents to intelligent information media. In the final analysis, data is the raw material of any digital transformation – including and especially in … Read more

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January 2022 by Peter Wyatt
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PDF Association’s CTO, Peter Wyatt discusses text strings in PDF.

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December 2021 by PDF Association staff
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This summary recalls developments in 2021 and looks forward to PDF Association activities in 2022.

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December 2021 by PDF Association staff
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The PDF Association now hosts 3D PDF demonstration files provided by PDF Association members.

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November 2021 by PDF Association staff
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Support PDF standards development; buy your ISO standards from the PDF Association! Members even get a discount!

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November 2021 by Carsten Luedtge (Compart GmbH)
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Key performance indicator (KPI) systems must also be strictly oriented to the strategic corporate goals in document and output management … Read more

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November 2021 by Peter Wyatt
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PDF Association CTO Peter Wyatt explains the transparent imaging model in PDF and recounts its significance since Adobe introduced this … Read more

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November 2021 by PDF Association staff
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Almost every email client can save email messages as PDF files, but none do so in a manner that retains … Read more

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November 2021 by Peter Wyatt
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This freely-available PDF file includes 8 test cases that only render correctly if the abbreviated key name is used. If … Read more

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October 2021 by Duff Johnson
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The CEO of the PDF Association reflects on the steady expansion of the organization’s mission and the future.

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October 2021 by Peter Wyatt
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PDF issues has been redesigned based on industry feedback: all resolved errata are now published via https://pdf-issues.pdfa.org.

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