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PDF & Adobe Acrobat

Portable Document Format (PDF) & ISO 32000-1

PDF is a portable format for electronic document distribution, visualization and printing, regardless of platform (operating system, viewing and printing devices), or of the application used to create the document, preservating fidelity to the original document: formatting, fonts, colors, imagens and graphics.

The PDF format is compact and the documents can be viewed and printed correctly and precisely, with a free Adobe Acrobat Reader, available for a wide variety of operating systems. With Adobe Acrobat software, the author can insert many facilities for navigation and hipertext, as well as multimedia features, into the document.

• Adobe PDF
  Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF).
• Adobe Developer Center (DevNet)
  Acrobat/PDF Software Development Kit (SDK) and specifications, PostScript Language Reference and specifications, TIFF (Tagged Image File Format) 6.0 Specification, Adobe Type Manager (ATM) Software API, Adobe Font Formats, and other specifications.
  
  • PDF Technology Center: Information, Tools, Documentation, SDKs & downloads.
  • Acrobat Developer Center
  • PDF Reference and Adobe Extensions to the PDF Specification: versions 1.7, 1.6, 1.5, 1.4, 1.3.
    ISO 32000-1 Standard - Document management - Portable document format - Part 1: PDF 1.7, First Edition (July, 2008) (ISO approved copy, free PDF, 8.6M).
  • Adobe Partners: PDF Technology Developer Resources
• Planet PDF
  The PDF User Community.
• PDFzone
  PDFzone - The online authority for PDF and Adobe Acrobat Professionals.
• PDF Brasil [In Portuguese]
  Portal of a company specialized in PDF technology from Brazil.
• PDF Conference
• Google Directory: PDF Software - Windows Tools and Drivers
  Data Formats Conversion Software, Authoring Software - Converters.

PDF Software Tools

• Adobe Acrobat Family
  By Adobe Systems - Adobe Brasil.
  • Acrobat Professional (comercial) - create and edit PDF documents.
  • Adobe Reader - Free download for Windows, Mac, Unix, Linux, Mobile.
• Foxit
  Foxit Reader for Windows and Linux (gratuito), Foxit PDF Creator, Foxit PDF Editor, Foxit PDF IFilter, Foxit PDF Page Organizer, Foxit Reader SDK.
• Xpdf
  Xpdf is an open source viewer for Portable Document Format (PDF) files. Xpdf runs under the X Window System (X11) on UNIX, VMS, and OS/2. Xpdf is designed to be small and efficient. It can use Type 1, TrueType, or standard X fonts.
• PDF Forge
  PDF Creator: open source utility, easily creates PDFs, by printing from any Windows program. Use it like a printer in Word, StarCalc or any other Windows application. PDFCreator combines a PostScript printer driver to Ghostscript PS→PDF processor/converter.
  PDFCreator SourceForge project.
• FreePDF
  Download FreePDF XP for Windows 2000/XP/Vista. FreePDF 2.x for 9x/NT. Requires AFPL/GPL Ghostscript.
• CutePDF Writer
  CutePDF Writer is a free PDF creation software. CutePDF Writer installs itself as a "printer subsystem". This enables virtually any Windows applications able to print to create perfect PDF documents - with just a push of a button. Easy-to-Install, Easy-to-Use, Supports Windows 98/Me/2000/XP. Absolutely Free, no watermarks, no annoying popup advertisements.
• Pdf995 Suite
  The Pdf995 Suite are programs for PDF document publishing, to create, edit and convert documents using popular Adobe Acrobat PDF format, all at no cost. Pdf995 is a fast and easy way to create PDF files by simply selecting the "print" command from any Windows application, like Adobe PDF Writer. Combined with pdfEdit995 (includes pdfEdit995 HTML Module free GNU GPL tool based on PdfToHtml) and Signature995, it offers other advanced features. The free versions of pdf995 products display a sponsor page in your web browser each time you run the software. If you would prefer not to see sponsor pages, you may upgrade by obtaining a license key at any time for a reasonable cost.
• PDFtoHTML
  pdftohtml is a utility which converts PDF files into HTML and XML formats. It's based on the xpdf 2.01 by Derek Noonburg. SourceForge Project: pdftohtml.
  
  • PDF2HTMLgui
    PDF2HTMLgui provides a graphical user interface (GUI) for the command-line, open-source converter PDFtoHTML. It allows you to convert a PDF to HTML with a few mouse clicks. By "my GUI guy", Wandering Minds.
• PDFlib
  PDFlib is a programming library for processing and generate PDF on the fly. PDFlib Lite: free for open source development and private or research users. PDFlib full for Windows, Mac, Linux, Unix: commercial license.
• ActivePDF
  Server-based PDF conversion software and tools, supporting convert over 280 file formats to PDF.
• Adobe Reader SpeedUp
  Adobe Reader SpeedUp significantly decreases the amount of time required for Adobe Acrobat/Reader to start by disabling most of the least used plugins. Plugins can be freely enabled and disabled, if required. SpeedUp Currently supports free and full versions of Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 3 to 6. SpeedUp only needs to be used once (a process taking only a few seconds). There are also some tweaking options available. Freeware for Windows 9x/Me/NT/XP/2000, by Joseph Cox.
  FileForum: Adobe Reader Speed-Up.
• RedMon - Redirection Port Monitor
  Transparent PostScript printing from Windows 95/98 and NT. The RedMon port monitor redirects a special printer port to a program. RedMon is commonly used with Ghostscript and a non-PostScript printer to emulate a PostScript printer.
• OpenPrinting - The Linux Foundation
  Details of how to set up a Magicfilter. Formerly at linuxprinting.org.

PDF/Archive (PDF/A) - ISO 19005

PDF/A is a subset of PDF format addressing long-term archiving and preservation of electronic documents. PDF/A standard is developed by AIIM and NPES, and published as international standard, since October 2005, as ISO 19005. The ISO 19005 Part 1 (19005-1:2005) standard is based on PDF Version 1.4 format. The PDF/A Part 2 is under development and should be beased on PDF Version 1.6 and better address matters such as digital signature, JPEG 2000 image compression, Open Type fonts, 3D graphics, transparency, layers and audio/video content, as well as better consistency with PDF/X (Impressão gráfica), PDF/E (Engeneering) and PDF/UA (Universal Accessibility) formats.

• PDF/A
  From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
• ISO 19005-1:2005
  ISO 19005-1:2005 - Document management - Electronic document file format for long-term preservation - Part 1: Use of PDF 1.4 (PDF/A-1). ISO Standard, ISO Technical Committee TC 171/SC 2.
  ISO 19005-1 from AIIM. ISO 19005-1:2005 from ANSI.
  ISO 19005-1:2005/Cor 1:2007 - Corrigenda, Amendments and other parts.
• ISO/TR 18492:2005 - Long-term preservation of electronic document-based information
  ISO Technical Report, ISO Technical Committee TC 171.
• PDF/Archive
  PDF/Archive Committee, Association for Information and Image Management (AIIM) - The ECM Association, international authority on Enterprise Content Management (ECM).
  ISO 19005-1 Frequently Asked Question (FAQ).
  AIIM PDF Expert Corner, PDF Reference Bibliography.
• PDF/Archive Secures ISO Approval - New Standard Addresses Long-term Preservation of Electronic Documents
  By Mary Abbott, NPES; and Betsy Fanning, AIIM. September 13, 2005.
  PDF copy at docma.info. HTML copy also at BNET Find Articles and at Arquivística.info, blog of September 24, 2005.
  See also: Image File Format Standards - TIFF, JPEG, and PDF. Different formats for different jobs (Log in to view this article). By Betsy Fanning, March 29, 2006.
  PDF/A - The Development of a Digital Preservation Standard (PDF). By Stephen Abrams, Harvard University; Betsy Fanning, AIIM; Diana Helander, Adobe Systems; Susan Sullivan, CRM. SAA 69th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, August 14-21, 2005.
• PDF/A-1, PDF for Long-term Preservation, Use of PDF 1.4
  Sustainability of Digital Formats Planning for Library of Congress Collections, Digital Preservation, The Library of Congress, U.S.A.
  Format Descriptions for Text: DTB - Digital Talking Book, OEBPS - Open eBook Forum Publication Structure, NCBI/NLM Journal Archiving and Interchange DTD, NITF - News Industry Text Format, PDF - Portable Document Format, PDF/A - PDF for Preservation, PDF/X - PDF for Prepress Graphics File Interchange, XML.
  All digital format descriptions: textual, still image, sound, moving image, generic.
• PDF-A: A New Digital Preservation Format
  By William G. LeFurgy, U.S. Library of Congress. In SAA Government Records News, Society of American Archivists (SAA), May-June 2003 issue.
• Standards Update (PDF)
  By David Q. McDowell, Editor, IS&T Reporter "The Window on Imaging" - Volume 20, Number 5 - October 2005. IS&T - The Society for Imaging Science and Technology.
• PDF as a Standandard for Archiving
  The Portable Document Format (PDF) as a solution for creating archives for both paper and electronic documents. Adobe white paper.
• PDF/A Competence Center
  PDF/A Competence Center is a cooperation between numerous world-leading companies and experts in PDF technology. The aim of the PDF/A Competence Center is to promote the exchange of information and experience in the area of long-term archiving in accordance with ISO 19005: PDF/A.
• PDF/A (ISO 19005) at FOP
  Apache XML Graphics Project, Apache FOP (Formatting Objects Processor).

PostScript & Ghostscript

• Adobe PostScript
  See also Adobe PostScript Printer Drivers (PPD).
• Adobe PostScript language specifications
  PostScript language reference and other specifications.
• PostScript Language FAQ
  PostScript - Answers to Questions (the comp.lang.postscript FAQ). By Allen Braunsdorf, PostScript.org.
• PostScript, PDF and Ghostscript Information and Resource Directory
  The information in this webpage is based on postings by many persons to the newsgroup comp.lang.postscript and email from viewers of this page. By Jim Land in cooperation with InkGuides.com.
  Related: PDF, Ghostscript.
  Formerly, these PostScript pages have lived at Yahoo GeoCities for over ten years.
• Ghostscript.com
  Ghostscript news and community site. Ghostscript.com Mailing Lists. Ghostscript documentation. Maintained by Artifex Software & artofcode.
  
  • Conditions on distributing Ghostscript in a commercial context. GPL and commercial Ghostscript: GPL Ghostscript, Artifex Ghostscript and AFPL Ghostscript are different releases.
  • Artifex Ghostscript: licensed for commercial use and distribution under an Artifex Commercial License.
  SourceForge Project: Ghostscript.
• Ghostscript, Ghostview and GSview
  Home Page for Ghostscript, GSView and related software and documentation, by Russell Lang.
  Ghostscript is an interpreter for the PostScript language and for PDF file format, with a wide variety of output drivers for various file formats and printers. The Ghostscript library is a set of C procedures that implement the graphics capabilities that appear as primitive operations in the PostScript language.
  Ghostscript was originally written by Peter Deutsch and is now maintained by a team of programmers; Raph Levien is the current maintainer.
  Ghostscript Documentation: AFPL & GNU Ghostscript (Ghostscript.com mirror). Ghostscript FAQ.
• AFPL Ghostscript - Older versions (formerly Aladdin Ghostscript)
  Older versions entitled "AFPL Ghostscript", or even older versions called "Aladdin Ghostscript"), are distributed under the Aladdin Free Public License (AFPL) that allows free use, copying, and distribution by end users, but does not allow commercial distribution.
  FTP Download: AFPL Ghostscript 7.04 for Win32.
  AFPL Ghostscript. AFPL Ghostscript - SourceForge.net Project.
• GNU Ghostscript (GPL)
  GNU Ghostscript Documentation at wisc.edu, at Ghostscript.com.
• GSview
  GSview is a graphical interface for Ghostscript. Ghostgum Software, Australia, are makers of GSView distribution.
  FTP Download: GSView 4.2 for Win32 (needs Ghostscript for Win32).