PDF/A in a Nutshell

Table of Contents:
Durable documents with the PDF/A standard / Open files are not always complete / PDF data containers / How to create archive PDFs / Table: Comparison between PDF/A-1a and PDF/A-1b / Overview: Which file formats are suitable for archiving? / Is XPS an alternative to PDF/A? / PDF/A creation: Analog, digital, and mass processing / PDF/A from scanned documents / The Distiller engine / Office and administration / PDF/A 'en masse' / From PDF to PDF/A: Converting PDFs to archive PDFs / PDF/A generation with Preflight / Converting PDF to PDF/A with pdfaPilot / PDF/A validation / Archive PDFs in everyday life: What issues might arise? / Images / Transparency / Colors / Fonts / Metadata / Accessibility / Interactive PDF files / PDF/A for design drawings / Electronic signatures / The outlook: PDF/A in the future / Enhancements in PDF/A-2 / What the error messages mean -
Preflight results and troubleshooting for PDF/A / Glossary / Explanation of terms relating to PDF/A / About: The PDF/A Competence Center / AIIM