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 supported by pdfaPilot.

Distributed processing; allows easy load-balancing between multiple pdfaPilot 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 Server into a Switch workflow.

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