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CREATE PDF/A THROUGH THE PRINTER DRIVER

Printing to PDF/A using a “PDF Print Driver” is the most common method for creating PDF files since it can be done

from within the PDF Converter Enterprise application or from within MS Office applications.

1. Open a document and choose File and then Choose Print.

2. Select the ScanSoft PDF Create! printer driver from the list of available printers. Click OK.

3. Select the Printer Properties and then Select PDF Settings tab

4. Select PDF/A-1b from the “Compatible with” drop down menu

5. Select OK

6. Select a location to save the PDF

BATCH CREATE PDF/A FILES USING THE PDF CREATE ASSISTANT

To create multiple PDF/A files at once you can do that through the PDF Create Assistant, please see the “Batch

Create PDF files using the PDF Create Assistant” chapter for these instructions and select PDF/A-1b from the

“Compatible with” drop down menu.

PDF/A COMPLIANCE

If a PDF file is compliant with the PDF/A-1b standard, PDF Converter Enterprise 8 detects this upon opening the PDF

file and will notify you in the bottom system tray.

COMPLIANCE CHECKER

To check whether a PDF file is PDF/A or 508 compliant, use the Compliance feature within PDF Converter

Enterprise.

1. Open the PDF file that you want to verify compliance with

2. Navigate to the View > Navigation panel > Compliance to open the Compliance Panel

3. Select from the Compliance drop down menu which version of PDF/A you would like to run the compliance

against or select Accessibility to check for 508 compliance