PDF Studio comes with features to make PDFs more accessible for people with disabilities. These features assist people with impairments or disabilities in working with PDF documents without the need of additional applications such as screen magnifiers. See What is PDF/UA or ADA Compliance for more information. For information on created accessible PDFs see PDF User Accessibility Creation Tools available […]
Category: PDF Sub Formats
All sub formats of PDF such as PDF/A, PDF/X, PDF/H, etc…
PDF Studio Support for PDF User Accessibility (PDF/UA)
PDF Studio 2019, Qoppa’s advanced PDF editor for Windows, macOS and Linux, has the ability to verify and edit PDF documents for user accessibility and ADA compliance. To learn more about what PDF Accessibility see What is PDF/UA or ADA Compliance. PDF/UA features available in PDF Studio: PDF/UA Verification against compliance standards Tag Explorer Create and edit […]
What is PDF/UA or ADA Compliance
A: UA stands for “User Accessibility” and ADA stands for “Americans with Disabilities Act”. Meaning the document complies with these standards for user accessibility. PDF/UA PDF/UA is the informal name for ISO 14289, the International Standard for accessible PDF technology. A technical specification intended for developers implementing PDF writing and processing software, PDF/UA provides definitive terms […]
How can you tell if a PDF document has any transparency?
To tell if a PDF document has any transparency feature, you can run PDF/A-1b validation (under Document -> Preflight -> PDF/A-1b Validation) and look for a “Transparency” node in the Preflight results tree which will contain elements for all the transparency features present in the PDF such as soft masks, blend mode, transparency operators, etc… […]
How to embed fonts in a PDF document
When submitting a paper, book or article for publications, the publisher will often require that all fonts be embedded. Check for Embedded Fonts To check whether the fonts are all embedded in your PDF file or not: Open your PDF file Click File> Document Properties Click on the Fonts Tab to display the list of […]
Comparison of PDF/A Tools: User/ Desktop/ Developer / SDK
There are many PDF/A validation and conversion tools available, both for desktop users and developers. We’ve put together a list of tools for comparison: User/Desktop tools: Tool Price Notes PDF Studio Pro $139 PDF editor with validation/conversion Adobe Acrobat $449 PDF editor with validation/conversion (?) Bluebeam Revu $349 PDF editor with validation/conversion Callas pdfaPilot $496 Acrobat […]
PDF/A verification and conversion
PDF/A verification and conversion to PDF/A was added in PDF Studio 9 to conform to PDF/A ISO Standards. PDF/A uses a strict subset of the ISO PDF specification to create archival versions of documents with the intent that they will always render exactly the same as when they were saved. PDF/A is growing in popularity as […]
