Key Features pdfaPilot

• Checks PDFs for compliance to the PDF/A-1 standard (ISO 19005-1)
• Converts PDF files to PDF/A-1 and implements all necessary corrections
• Supports both PDF/A conformance levels (PDF/A-1b and PDF/A-1a)
• Embeds and/or substitutes missing fonts and handles missing glyphs
• Optimizes all color data for compliance with the PDF/A-1 standard
• Adjusts comments and form fields to the defaults required by the PDF/A-1 standard
• Removes unwanted attributes such as layers or interactive content like movies
• Makes image compression compliant with the PDF/A-1 standard
• Creates PDF/A documents that are web optimized for easier access and viewing
• Brings document metadata in line with PDF/A-1 requirements
• Saves newer PDF versions as PDF 1.4 as specified by PDF/A-1
• Implements adjustments and corrections without loss of information
• Delivers clear reports to document all test and correction procedures
• Improves overall accessibility of PDF/A
• Is available in English, German, French, Italian, Spanish and Japanese language versions
• PDF/A collections may now contain not just only other PDF/A files but arbitrary file formats like Word- or Excel-files or XML structures. These are new features of the the standard part PDF/A-3 which is going to be published beginning of 2012. pdfaPilot 3 will already support these new features.
• Distributed processing; allows easy load-balancing between multiple pdfaPilot 3 Server instances in high-volume workflows.
• Guaranteed PDF/A conversion; this automatically tries different conversion methods to create the best PDF/A file possible.
• Integration with Microsoft SharePoint.
• Support for running as a Windows service.
• Improved conversion of form fields and annotations, object level metadata in PDF/A-2 and the possibility to remove incompatible signatures when converting to PDF/A-2.
• An Enfocus Switch configurator to fit pdfaPilot 3 Server into a Switch workflow.

Get the most out of metadata

• Provides convenient browsing of document metadata as well as object-level metadata for images embedded inside the document
• Support for all relevant industry metadata standards including Dublin Core, IPTC, PRISM, GWG AdTicket/AdsML, PLUS, EXIF and Camera Raw
• Facilitates metadata based researching in Yahoo, Wikipedia, Amazon, Google and AskMetaFilter
• Supports GPS data for use with Google Maps, OpenStreetMap and Google Earth
• XML export of all document and object level metadata for tracking image use and licenses
• Define extension schemas for your custom metadata fields as required by PDF/A-1 standard with the new Metadata Extension Editor
• Automatically embeds your company specific metadata schemas for reliable preservation of metadata inside your PDF/A files