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CreateaPDF/Afile
NitroPro8enablesyoutocreatePDF/Acompliantfiles.ThismeansyoucancreatePDF/Acompliantfiles
bysimplyprintingtoNitroPDFCreator,aswellasusingtheOfficeadd-insorScantoPDFfunctionality.
AboutPDF/A
Intendedtosupportlong-termarchivingofelectronicdocuments,PDF/Aisaarchivalstandardapproved
byISO.CompliancewiththestandardguaranteesthatPDF/Adocumentscanbeviewedandreproduced
inexactlythesamewayforyearstocome,regardlessoffuturechangestothePDFformat.
Inordertoachievethis,allPDF/Adocumentsarerequiredtobe100%self-contained.Thismeansthatall
oftheinformationnecessaryfordisplayingthedocumentmustbeembeddedinthefile,includingall
content(text,imagesandgraphics),aswellasfontsandcolorinformation.
PDF/AprohibitscertainPDFfeaturesthatpreventlong-termarchivingofthePDFfile,suchashyperlinks
toexternalsources,embeddedaudioandvideocontent,andinclusionofJavaScriptsandexecutablefiles.
Additionally,PDF/Acompliantdocumentscannotbeencrypted,whiletheuseofstandards-based
metadataanddevice-independentcolorspacesarerequired.
PDF/A-1aandPDF/A-1b
ThePDF/AstandardincludestwolevelsofcomplianceforPDFfiles:PDF/A-1aandPDF/A-1b.PDF/A-1b
conformanceensuresthedocument’svisualappearancewillbereliablyreproducedoverthelongterm,
whilePDF/A-1ainsertsanadditionalrequirementthatthedocumentstructurebeincluded,toguarantee
contentre-purposing(forexample,indisplayingPDFsonportabledevicessuchasPDAs)aswellasto
makecertainthedocumentwillbeaccessibletoimpairedusers.
NitroPro8cancreatePDFfileswhicharecompliantwiththePDF/A-1bstandard.
TocreatePDF/AusingtheNitroPDFCreator8printer:
1. Openthefileintheauthoringprogram,andclickthePrintoption
2. FromthePrinterlist,chooseNitroPDFCreator,andthenclickOK.TheCreatePDFwindow
appears
3. UnderSaveAsType,choosePDF/A
4. ClickCreatetocreateyourPDF/A-1bcompliantPDFfile
TocreatePDF/AusingthePDFfromFiletool:
1. OntheHometab,intheCreategroup,clickthePDFbutton,thenFromFile
2. OntheCreatePDFFilesdialog,clicktheAddFilesbutton,andthenselectthefilestoconvert.
3. IntheMakePDFfileslist,selectthecreationqualitythatbestmeetsyourneeds
4. SelectthePDF/A1-bcompatibilitycheckbox
5. IntheSavePDF tolist,selectoneofthefollowing:
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Ifyouwouldliketospecifyalocationforeachfileasitisconverted,clickAskwhencreating
PDFs
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IfyouwouldliketospecifyasinglefolderinwhichtoplacethecreatedPDF(s),clickSpecific
folder.ClicktheBrowsebuttontoselectafolder
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IfyouwouldlikethecreatedPDF(s)tobeplacedinthesamefolderastheoriginalfile,click
Samefolderasoriginal
6. ClickCreate
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