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Why PDF is a Black Box for Content Managers

Duff Johnson's PDF Perspective
Nov 19, 2009 2:29 AM
Rating: (Total Clicks 32)

I spend a lot of time talking to the folks who manage online content, some of the unsung heroes of the web. read more (translate)

Talking PDF Standards in Orlando

Duff Johnson's PDF Perspective
Nov 3, 2009 4:40 PM
Rating: (Total Clicks 66)

I recently returned from 4 days in Orlando, Florida, where committees of the International Standards Organization (ISO) met to discuss, among other things, the future and direction of the PDF format (ISO 32000) and various subset PDF standards, including PDF/A (Archive), PDF/E (Engineering) and PDF/UA (Universal Accessibility). read more (translate)

PDF on the iPhone: The First Swipe

Duff Johnson's PDF Perspective
Oct 12, 2009 11:37 PM
Rating: (Total Clicks 70)

As the iPhone continues to grow in popularity, business applications for the iPhone OS are proliferating. Inevitably, a number of these applications focus on electronic documents, which is another way of saying (whether their developers recognize it or not) that they focus on PDF files. read more (translate)

PDF and Section 508: A Hunger for Knowledge

Duff Johnson's PDF Perspective
Sep 24, 2009 9:36 PM
Rating: (Total Clicks 51)

I've been promoting accessible PDF for years - ever since I launched the first service for making PDFs comply with Section 508. read more (translate)

Acrobat 9 arriveth

Duff Johnson's PDF Perspective
Sep 23, 2009 5:38 PM
Rating: (Total Clicks 46)

After this morning's keynote on how PDF can contribute to sustainability, I've wandered into Thom Parker's session on connecting LiveCycle forms to databases. OK, I admit it - I'm learning something, and not just from Thom. It seems that all the users in Thom's session appear to have (or claim they have) Adobe Acrobat 9. Not 8. Not 7. Wow! read more (translate)

Minneapolis, here I come!

Duff Johnson's PDF Perspective
Sep 22, 2009 3:37 PM
Rating: (Total Clicks 17)

I'm leaving today for the PDF Central Conference in Minneapolis.  It's a busy time - we've just announced our adoption of Adobe's PDF Library, among other things.  Even so, I'm looking forward to making some new friends as we spend a couple of days chewing over our favorite file format. read more (translate)

PDF Performance in Snow Leopard's Preview

Duff Johnson's PDF Perspective
Sep 16, 2009 3:35 AM
Rating: (Total Clicks 73)

I just installed Apple's latest Snow Leopard operating system (OS X 10.6), and headed straight for the updated Preview utility, which now claims the ability to annotate PDFs, a key feature of Adobe's flagship Acrobat software. read more (translate)

Updated article on PDF search engine optimization (SEO)

Duff Johnson's PDF Perspective
Aug 20, 2009 5:35 AM
Rating: (Total Clicks 41)

Search engines from Google on down index PDF files.  Most web content managers still think of PDFs as some sort of "black box", and take little or no responsibility for making sure their PDFs play as well as they can and should. read more (translate)

How Section 508 applies to PDF

Duff Johnson's PDF Perspective
Aug 13, 2009 1:36 PM
Rating: (Total Clicks 54)

The Federal government requires that agency websites and the documents delivered by contractors comply with Section 508.  This means that they must be accessible to users with disabilities who use special software or hardware devices in order to read. read more (translate)

PDF on the iPhone

Duff Johnson's PDF Perspective
Aug 10, 2009 7:36 PM
Rating: (Total Clicks 51)

Not content with simple page viewing, a flock of PDF-oriented applications for the iPhone have started to appear.  Examples include PDF Reader Pro, (not read more (translate)

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