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White Paper: Memorializing Online Transactions with PDF Documents

Gerald Holmann // February 1, 2019
PDF in general PDF/A Article

Today PDF documents are widely used for statements and legal contracts. We suggest expanding the use of PDF documents to …



How accessible is the documentation these days?

Dietrich von Seggern // January 24, 2019
PDF/UA Article

For people with physical disabilities, such as severely impaired vision, reading on a computer with technical aids is much easier …



How does PDF 2.0 affect the printing industry?

January 9, 2019
PDF 2.0 Article Member News

Dietrich von Seggern explains, what are the most important updates of PDF 2.0 from the output and print point of …



Have we passed ‘peak PDF’?

Duff Johnson // October 31, 2018
PDF in general Article

How do we gain insight into how users’ views of documents are shifting? Google Trends is an increasingly interesting source …



Participating in the PDF Techniques Accessibility Summit

PDF Association staff // October 10, 2018
Article

The PDF Techniques Accessibility Summit’s objective is to establish a broad-based understanding of how PDF files should be tagged for …



Members supporting PDF features!

PDF Association staff // September 28, 2018
PDF 2.0 PDF/UA Article

The typical adoption curve for PDF technologies until approximately 2007 tended to track with that of the original PDF developer. …



Modernizing PDF Techniques for Accessibility

PDF Association staff // August 15, 2018
PDF/UA Article

The PDF Techniques Accessibility Summit will identify best-practices in tagging various cases in PDF documents. Questions to be addressed will …



Refried PDF

Duff Johnson // July 31, 2018
PDF in general Article

My hospital emailed me a medical records release form as a PDF. They told me to print it, fill it, …



Slides and video recordings of PDF Days Europe 2018

PDF Association staff // June 24, 2018
PDF in general PDF Association news Article

You missed the PDF Days Europe 2018? Never mind! Here you can find the slides and video recordings of all …



Using PDF/UA in accessibility checklists

Duff Johnson // June 8, 2018
PDF/UA Article

PDF/UA, like PDF itself, is internally complex, but used correctly, actually makes things easier.



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