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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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PDF: the de facto document technology

July 2017 by PDF Association staff
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The Portable Document Format (commonly known as “PDF”) is a file format developed in the early 1990s as a way to share computer documents, including text formatting and inline images.

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July 2017 by PDF Association staff
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The PDF Association, a not-for-profit organization designed to foster universal public standards for PDF technology, today announced the publication of … Read more

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July 2017 by PDF 2.0 interops help vendors

The PDF 2.0 interop workshops included many vendors with products for creating, editing and processing PDF files. They came together … Read more

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June 2017 by PDF Association staff
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2017 marks a record number of attendees / Experts shared fully-grounded wisdom on PDF standards across the two-day event Berlin. … Read more

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June 2017 by PDF Association staff
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Version 1.6 features the ability to check for updated software, among other enhancements and corrections.

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June 2017 by PDF Association staff
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Australia adopts the complete set of PDF standards as Australian National Standards.

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May 2017 by Alexandra Oettler
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The new PDF Association publication PDF/X in a Nutshell is available online.

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May 2017 by PDF Association staff
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With more than 200 participants, this year’s PDF Days Europe was the largest to-date. Early feedback from attendees makes clear … Read more

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May 2017 by PDF Association staff
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More than 150 attendees have registered for the PDF Days Europe 2017 so far!

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May 2017 by Dietrich von Seggern
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by Dietrich von Seggern Specialized ISO standards based on the Portable Document Format are available for a wide range of … Read more

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May 2017 by Stephan Jaeggi
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by Stephan Jaeggi PDF/X only defines the general requirements for a reliable exchange of prepress data; the ISO standard itself … Read more

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