Version 2.1.112

Release date: 2010-02-12

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Fixes

• Plug-In and Standalone: Problem solved where result file was not opened after converting a PDF

Version 2.1.111

Release date: 2010-02-04

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Features

• Conversion of Office documents to PDF/A
  • Documents from Word, Excel, PowerPoint can directly be converted to PDF/A-1a or PDF/A-1b
  • Keep visual and semantic reproducibility by converting to PDF/A-1a
  • Common issues in fonts and XMP Metadata of PDF/A files created from Office applications are repaired
  • Support Microsoft Office 2007
• Adapted to the modified requirements of Technical Corrigendum 2 for PDF/A-1
• Transparency flattening
  • New in Windows Desktop, Server and SDK
  • Based on Adobe PDF Library 9 and additionally highly improved file optimization like improved preservation of image quality
• Extension schemas can be captured from PDF files and embedded during PDF/A conversion
• Use of most recent version of Adobe PDF Library 9
• Corrections added or extended to convert more files to PDF/A
  • New Correction “Remove additional encoding entries in CMap of symbolic TrueType fonts”
  • New Correction “Set values to implementation limits of PDF/A if possible”
  • Correction “Reduce structure to predefined types” improved
  • Adjusts XMP entries attached to font object created by Microsoft Office
  • Adjusts URI entries that do not start with an identifier created by Microsoft Office
• Performance improved in pdfaPilot Desktop when converting PDF files using Switchboard Actions, Profiles or Fixups dialog
• Loupe window in pdfaPilot Standalone
• Extension schema editor
  • Schemas and properties for PDF/X and PDF/E added
  • Filter added “Document Metadata (undefined)” that filters custom metadata which are not yet defined
• Improved software licensing
• Full support for Windows 7
• Full support for Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard
• Chinese language version: Activation for international and chinese version can be combined on one machine
• pdfaPilot Standalone: kfpx profiles can be imported via Drag&Drop on pdfaPilot application
• pdfaPilot Plug-In and Standalone: Reference manual can be accessed via menu entry

Fixes

• PDF/A analysis
  • Problems solved with the following checks where problem was reported although there was no problem
    • Mismatch between ID in linearization info and ID in main cross reference table (adapted to Technical Corrigendum 2 for PDF/A-1)
    • CharSet missing or incomplete for Type 1 font
    • Font is not valid
    • Errors in PDF syntax
  • Problem solved where optional entry for pdfaSchema:schema was treated as mandatory
  • Problem solved where analysis was stopped because CourierNew was not in list of Base14 fonts
  • Problem solved when validating against PDF/A-1a where missing Unicode support of fonts was not detected
  • Problem solved when malformed tagging information could not be analysed
• PDF/A conversion
  • Problem solved where font could not be embedded
  • Problem solved where glyph widths could not be adjusted
  • Problem solved where some JPEG2000 images could not be converted to JPEG
  • Problem solved where PDF could not be converted to PDF/A due to a very low StemV entry
• Plug-In and Standalone
  • Power tools
    • Fixups
      • Convert colors: Several problems solved
      • Embed missing fonts: Problem solved where PDF could not be printed or EPS creation failed after processing
      • Convert fonts to outlines: Several problems solved where fonts could not be converted to outlines
      • Subset fonts: Several problems solved where fonts could not be subsetted
      • Fix glyph width information: Problem solved where EPS creation failed after processing
      • Add missing space glyph: Problem solved where EPS creation failed after processing
      • Convert TrueType fonts to CID fonts: Problem solved where error message was displayed after processing
      • Convert to PDF standard: names of Output Condition Identifier and Output Condition not properly written to embedded Output Intent
      • Downsample/Compress images: Problem solved where appearance of JPEG 2000 image was modified
      • Adjust or remove annotations: Problem solved where annotations were not modified as requested
    • Checks
      • Problem solved where analysis ended with error message because of a certain type of pattern object
  • Switchboard Actions
    • Replace font: Problem solved where font could not be replaced
  • Problem solved where PDF was not rendered when page boxes are malformed
  • Problem solved where network user with home directory on an AFP server could not use Profiles dialog
  • Problem solved when file was closed during conversion
  • Several minor problems in Extension schema editor solved
  • Some minor GUI problems solved

Version 2.0.097

Release date: 2009-10-29

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Features

• Extension schema for xmpMM:InstanceID is embedded during PDF/A conversion
• Usability improved: where possible the conversion of Actions in the desktop flavors is made on the open document and no Save as dialog is displayed

Fixes

• PDF/A analysis
  • Problem solved where transparent FormXObject was not found with respective check
  • Problem solved where glyph mismatch was reported although there was no problem
  • Problem solved where unexpected error occurred when analyzing a PDF file
  • Problem solved where mismatch between ID in linearization info and ID in main cross reference table was detected although there was no problem
• PDF/A conversion
  • Problem solved where OPI was not removed completely
  • Problem solved where unexpected error occurred when converting a PDF file to PDF/A
• Switchboard Actions
  • Booklet: Cut marks are also set for pages if they are added dynamically by pdfToolbox to fill the sheet
  • Optimize for internet: Fonts are no longer converted to outlines
• Plug-In and Standalone
  • Problem solved where processing was not applied to currently active document
  • Problem solved where ICC profile could not be embedded as source profile when converting via PDF/A in one click dialog
• Plug-In
  • Problem solved under Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard where some predefined color conversion fixups using pre-installed ICC profiles could not be executed

Version 2.0.095

Release date: 2009-07-23

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Features

• First release of Chinese language version of pdfaPilot 2 Desktop (separate installation package)
• New fixups in Standalone that were only available in Plug-In version before:
  • Apply ZIP compression to uncompressed object streams
  • Discard embedded thumbnails
  • Discard private data of other applications
  • Optimize PDF for fast web view

Fixes

• PDF/A conversion
  • Problem solved where glyph width could not be corrected
  • Problem solved where error message was displayed after conversion
• Power tools
  • Fixups
    • Fix glyph width info: Problem solved where glyph width was not fixed
    • Convert SMask to image mask: Problem solved where error message was displayed after conversion
    • Convert colors: Problem solved where OPM was not set to 0 when overprinting DeviceGray was converted to DeviceCMYK
    • Set transparency blend color space: Problem solved where transparency blend color space was not set to RGB ICC profile
    • Remove objects outside page area: Problem solved where object was removed that was lying partly inside page area
• Switchboard Actions
  • PDF/A - Replace fonts: Problem solved where glyph width was not adapted when replacing font fully
  • Pages - Scale by percent: Problem solved where execution of action did not have any effect
• Plug-In
  • Problem solved where error message was displayed when opening Profiles dialog
• Standalone
  • Problem solved where encrypted PDF files, annotations and form fields were not displayed
  • Problem solved where black and white image was displayed with inverted color
  • Problem solved where page number, Standards button or icon for modified file was not displayed reliably
  • Problem solved where active document could not be changed when Profiles, Checks or Fixups dialog was open

Version 2.0.093

Release date: 2009-07-03

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Features

• First release of pdfaPilot 2
  • Including Standalone version for Mac and Windows as part of pdfaPilot 2 Desktop version
  • First release of Plug-In version for Mac
• Extension schema editor added
  • Lists most frequently used extension schemas
  • Lists extension schemas of current PDF document
  • Allows for creating custom extension schemas
  • Allows for embedding extension schemas to keep custom metadata in PDF/A files
• Feature set of Plug-In greatly expanded, amongst others these are:
  • Switchboard
    • Action to convert a PDF to both PDF/A-1b & PDF/X-3
    • Actions to create detailed PDF reports about fonts, images and colors
    • Actions to optimize PDF files for size or printing
    • Actions to adapt the brightness of a PDF file
    • Actions to scale and rotate pages
    • Actions to arrange pages for print out and presentation
    • Actions to (re-)embed fonts or convert them to outline
    • Actions to easily get in contact with callas software
  • Profiles
    • Very detailed possibilities to analyze and modify PDF files
    • Correction to make text visible that was created during scanning by an OCR software
    • Analysis profile to list potential font problems
  • Tools to
    • Explore PDF
    • Explore Fonts
    • Explore Metadata
• Analysis extensions
  • Date string uses Unicode added
  • Check for invalid extension schemas improved
• Conversion extensions
  • Convert TrueType fonts to CID fonts added
  • Reduce structure to predefined types added
  • Insert missing Type entry in StructElem objects added
  • Prepare encoding entry in TrueType fonts for PDF/A added
  • Font embedding only performed if text rendering mode is not 3
  • Corrects several syntax problems during conversion

Fixes

• Analysis
  • XMP
    • Problem solved where wrong value type for XMP property dc:creator was not detected
    • Problem solved where invalid URI was not detected
    • Problem solved where missing xpacket entries in XMP metadata was not detected
  • Problem solved where form field with an appearance and an N entry that has two appearance streams was not detected
  • Problem solved where syntax problem was not detected (indirect object has object number not preceded by an EOL marker)
  • Problem solved where mismatch between ID in linearization info and ID in main cross reference table was not detected
• Conversion
  • Problem solved where correction to remove metadata that is not compliant with PDF/A did not remove all metadata that was not compliant
  • Problem solved where appearance of certain form fields could not be made PDF/A compliant
  • Problem solved on Mac where pre-installed font Symbol could not be embedded during conversion
  • Problem solved where TrueType fonts were embedded with an encoding entry as a dictionary
• Reports
  • Problem solved in XML reports where details for problems were only listed for the first 30 hits

Version 1.3.080

Release date: 2009-03-27

Features

• New conversion features
  • Option added to remove XMP Metadata that is not compatible with PDF/A
  • Correction to add the Type entry in the StructElem which is required by PDF/A-1a
  • Correction to convert SMasks to image masks that are allowed by PDF/A
  • Converted PDF files are optimized for fast web view (Acrobat 9)
• Font handling extended
  • Adobe standard fonts are automatically available for font embedding
  • Correction to remove Differences entry from TrueType font by converting the font to CID font
  • Cross type embedding of fonts extended
  • Optimization in font caching

Fixes

• Problems solved where fonts where not embedded in specified PDF files (fonts Times, Symbol and MS Gothic for Japanese glyphs)
• Problem solved where glyph width mismatch was not corrected

Version 1.2.077

Release date: 2008-12-18

Features

• Language support added for French, Spanish, Italian

Fixes

• Improved progress when creating font cache (font names are listed)
• Problem solved where incompatible XMP could not be removed
• Problem solved where CMap was not embedded properly for a PDF
• Problem solved where encoding was not adapted after font embedding for a PDF
• Problem solved where Acrobat message appeared in Acrobat 9 after font substitution because “Use local fonts” was activated in user preferences

Version 1.2.075

Release date: 2008-12-08

Features

• CMap embedded for CID fonts if not present
• Space glyph inserted if missing
• Remove XMP metadata that prevents a PDF from being PDF/A compliant
• Convert Launch actions in bookmarks to GoToR actions

Fixes

• Several improvements in font embedding and font substitution
  • Problem fixed where “Wrong encoding for non-symbolic TrueType font” was reported after the conversion
  • Problem fixed where glyph width mismatch was reported after the conversion
• Several improvements in font analysis
  • Analysis of white space and non-breaking space character improved
• Several improvements in XMP metadata handling
  • Additional data types regarded as valid
  • Entries pdfx:Company and pdfx:SourceModified added to XMP extension schema
  • Problem fixed where Author in DocInfo could not be adapted for PDF/A
• Problem solved where invalid rendering intent could not be corrected