User Guide – PDF standards FAQ

If you work with PDF documents, chances are that sooner or later you’re going to come in contact with PDF standards. You might knowingly save a PDF conforming to this or that standard, but you might also use standards without even being aware of it. Why? Because many of the vendors who create software using PDF implement standards for you: saving a PDF file for a specific use from that software likely uses some standard under the hood. 

This document was written to clarify some of the language you might encounter, demystify some of the curious statements you might hear and provide pointers to help you navigate the wonderful world of PDF standards. We have the document available in 4 languages: English, French, Spanish and Italian.

User guide – PDF/X Workflow

This PDF/X workflow document explains what the differences in your workflow need to be between 1v4 and GWG2015 and how you can best take advantage of the new specification as a creator and receiver. This user guide is also available in Dutch and in Italian. 

User guide – Using PDF to associate processing steps and content data

The purpose of this user guide is to provide an overview of specifications and a proposed standard to associate processing steps and content data within a PDF. This document also explores the application of this process and files that have been created to demonstrate the association of processing steps and content data within a PDF.

User guide – Refrying PDFs – the good, the bad and the ugly

With the increasing use of PDFs as the file exchange format of choice, there are a number of things you need to be aware of to ensure that when you use or reuse a PDF, you get what you anticipate.