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Section 508 and PDF: The facts

OK, so you need to ensure that your PDF documents are accessible and compliant with Section 508. How do you go about it? In this article, Appligent Document Solutions CEO Duff Johnson outlines 10 key facts relating to making compliant PDFs.

July 07, 2010
PDF In-Depth

Section 508 and PDF: The facts

OK, so you need to ensure that your PDF documents are accessible and compliant with Section 508. How do you go about it? In this article, Appligent Document Solutions CEO Duff Johnson outlines 10 key facts relating to making compliant PDFs.

Is PDF an open standard?

On May 13, the founders of Adobe Systems stepped up to the microphone to deliver a response to Steve Jobs' open letter about Flash. They say Adobe has acted on open standards while Apple offers mere words. In this article, Appligent Document Solutions CEO Duff Johnson provides some background that places their claims in context.

No, PDF is NOT owned by Adobe!

It is commonly believed that PDF is a proprietary format and that is owned by Adobe. Neither of these claims is now true -- we all own PDF, explains Appligent Document Solutions CEO Duff Johnson.

How to (successfully) switch to a paperless practice

There are various possible reasons for choosing not to go paperless. Nevertheless, technical and financial difficulties with making the switch are not among them, argues PDFforLawyers.com's Ernest Svenson. He goes on to outline some simple, inexpensive steps that can be taken to facilitate the change.

What's your preference, sir?

A common complaint is that software doesn't behave like it should. For example, word-processing packages might make unsolicited spelling suggestions when the program doesn't recognise a word, which can be frustrating for those writing jargon-heavy text (e.g., for legal documents). In this article, PDFforLawyers.com's Ernest Svenson notes that the solution, in many cases, might be to configure the relevant program's preferences correctly.

The best move you can make toward being paperless

People are always talking about 'going paperless', but what is the best way to go about it? In this piece, PDFforLawyers.com's Ernest Svenson suggests what he thinks is the single best way to move forward from paper-based to paperless document processes.

OCR in Acrobat -- a few quick thoughts

Acrobat can be used to make scanned documents searchable via a process known as "OCR", or optical character recognition. In this article, PDFforLawyers.com's Ernest Svenson gives his take on OCR in Acrobat.

The disadvantages of locked PDFs

One thing that makes the PDF format suited to storing and exchanging digital documents is that PDF documents can be secured against unauthorized access. Applying document security can sometimes be more of a hindrance than a help, however. PDFforLawyers.com's Ernest Svenson explains.

iPhone 3Gs as a portable scanner that creates PDFs

The wide range of available iPhone apps allows them to have a staggering variety of uses. Given the right app, an iPhone 3GS can even act as an effective portable scanner. PDFforLawyers.com's Ernest Svenson explains.

The Tablet: What it means for publishing

The recent launch of the iPad, Apple's tablet device, has set the Net buzzing. The release has Appligent Document Solutions CEO Duff Johnson thinking about the future of personal computing and what he calls "the tablet economy" -- a computing ecosystem centered around tablet-based devices. Duff outlines his predictions and offers some guidance for content publishers in this feature article.

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