8.5

Input
A PDFFile, either with no metadata and along with metadata that presumably corresponds to the PDF file,
or a PDFfile with embedded metadata.
Processing
If the Embed option is used, the metadata information is embedded directly into the PDFFile as binary data.
This does not change the way the PDFis viewed by any PDFviewer.
If the Extract option is used, metadata present inside of the PDFfile is extracted from it. If no metadata is
embedded, the task generates an error W3976.
Output
The PDFfile with embedded metadata (the metadata is not deleted from the PDFFile on extraction, so this
task will always output a PDFwith embedded metadata).
Properties
General Tab
l Extract metadata into PDFjob file:the metadata is extracted from the current data file (which is
assumed to be a PDF file in which metadata has been previously embedded), and it becomes the
current metadata from this point on, overwriting any current metadata file that may already be set.
l Embed metadata from PDFjob file:the current metadata file is inserted in the current data file, which
is assumed to be a PDF file. If the original PDF is PDF/X or PDF/A compliant, the resulting PDF
filewill also becompliant.
On Error Tab
The On Error tab is common to all tasks. Details can be found in the" Task Properties Dialog" on page663.
By default, any action task, branch, splitter or condition that generates an error will simply be ignored, and
the task just under it (not within a branch)will be given control of the job file without any modification. Any
initial input task that generates an error will stop the process from running as a whole, and output tasks will
not generate output. The On Error tab can be used to overwrite the default behaviors.