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PDF: The document format for everything

February 2021 by Dietrich von Seggern (callas software GmbH)
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The ISO-standardized PDF format and subset formats facilitate digital document solutions for today and tomorrow.

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February 2021 by PDF Association staff
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A recent article on Medium reveals a nugget regarding PDF usage: “…Adobe reports that in its 2020 fiscal year alone, … Read more

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February 2021 by PDF Association staff
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EA-PDF establishes high-level requirements for using PDF technology to package email for long-term preservation.

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February 2021 by Michael Karbe (Actino Software GmbH)
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As the AstraZeneca vaccine contract debacle makes clear, redacting PDF involves more than just the page; other objects have to … Read more

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February 2021 by Peter Wyatt
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The recently-announced pdf-issues GitHub repo already has 25 issues, with 12 proposed resolutions for review in the next PDF TWG … Read more

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January 2021 by Duff Johnson
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PDF/A-4 is essential to losslessly archiving PDF files that use current-generation PDF 2.0 technology… even including scanned documents. From modern … Read more

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January 2021 by PDF Association staff
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The members of the PDF Association have adopted a new Intellectual Property Rights Policy to make it easier for experts … Read more

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January 2021 by PDF Association staff
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The LaTeX Project recently became a Liaison Member of the PDF Association to help accelerate the development of tagged and … Read more

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January 2021 by Carsten Luedtge (Compart GmbH)
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How do companies stay agile enough in their document and output management to meet increasing customer expectations for speed and … Read more

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January 2021 by Duff Johnson
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To support industry uptake of PDF 2.0, the specification’s ISO Project Leaders, working through the PDF Association, have established a … Read more

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December 2020 by PDF Association staff
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27 years after Adobe shipped the first PDF viewer the portable document format has replaced paper as the final format … Read more

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