pdfaPilot

Product info

Your professional tool to create ISO standard compliant PDF/A files for long-term archiving.

For businesses and government agencies, archives and libraries, that store and long-term maintain documents, callas pdfaPilot 2 is the professional desktop tool to validate and/or create PDF/A-files. 

It turns all kinds of PDFs into ISO 19005-1 conform PDF/A documents:

• PDFs created in Office applications
• interactive forms
• invoices
• construction drawings
• technical documentation
• presentations
• newspapers
• books

callas pdfaPilot 2 is an easy-to-use, quick and reliable tool. Users can save non-compliant PDF files as valid PDF/A documents with the touch of a button. callas pdfaPilot uses the same validation technology as the Preflight function licensed by callas software to Adobe® for the Adobe® Acrobat® 9 Pro application.

New in pdfaPilot 2.1

• Conversion of Microsoft Office documents to PDF/A
  • converts documents, spreadsheets and presentations created with MS Office to PDF/A (doc, rtf, xls, csv, ppt, docx, xlsx, pptx)
  • Microsoft Office 2007 or newer needs to be installed
• Support of higher PDF/A-1a format
  • create 'tagged' PDF/A-1a files from Office applications
  • ensure readibility of documents on mobile devices, logically displayed within their structure
• Enhanced handling of XMP metada
  • enhanced XMP Extension schema Editor
  • capture unknown or newly encountered metadata with just one mouse click
• Includes Transparency flattening
  • resolves transparent objects or shadings through recalculation
• Increased Performance
  • overall performance improvement
  • processing complex and image heavy PDFs in a breeze
• New Software Licensing To Never Lose Your Licence Again
  • Never again lose your license code
  • Easy transfer of a license from one machine to another
• OS X Snow Leopard And Windows 7 Compatible

Key features

• 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

Get the most out of metadata

• 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

Benefits

• Converts regular PDF files into truly reliable PDF/A files
• Reduces risk of data loss due to not being able to open or display existing documents in the same way in 10, 20 or 100 years from now.
• Saves huge amounts of time by not only analyzing, but also correcting and converting existing PDF files to PDF/A within seconds.
• Offers high convenience for the user thanks to clear and reliable information on PDF/A conformance, easily understandable instructions and detailed explanations. Operation at the touch of a few buttons. Can be used immediately, as no training is necessary due to the clear, intuitive user interface.
• Delivers proven quality assurance for determining the compliance of PDF/A files with the ISO 19005-1 standard. It is based on the same validation technology that callas also licenses to Adobe® for the Preflight function in Acrobat® 9 Pro and passes widely recognized benchmark tests like the Isartor Test Suite.
• Provides the industry’s most extensive analysis and validation of PDF files according to the PDF/A standard, that goes clearly beyond regular Preflight features. Through configurable checks in addition to PDF/A validation, pdfaPilot users can enforce documentation and archival policies.
• Brings maximum flexibility and efficiency in running as well inside Acrobat as without it in standalone mode.
• Ensures compliance with regulatory requirements in terms of long-term archiving.
• Works with all versions of Adobe Acrobat including Elements, Standard, Professional, Extended, as well as Adobe Reader or other PDF viewers.
• Makes your company specific metadata ready to be archived together with your files.
• Ensures full PDF/A-1 compliance for all your metadata, including custom data.

System requirements

• Runs as either a standalone application with all PDF-viewers or a plug-in inside Adobe® Acrobat® 8 Professional or 9 Pro.
• Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista/7 or Mac OS X 10.4 or newer.

Brochures

English pdfaPilot 2 Brochure