David Fishel
There's a lot more to searching PDF documents than meets the eye. Which tool is best suited to the task of searching PDFs? It all depends, according to PDFforLawyers.com's Dave Fishel. He explains in this piece on the basic principles of searching PDF files.
David Fishel
Optical Character Recognition (OCR) is a godsend to anyone looking to create an electronic archive from large paper records, but just how accurate is it? How can responsible record-keepers compensate for the occasional errors? PDFforLawyers.com's Dave Fishel explains in this piece on the perils of relying too heavily on OCR.
Duff Johnson
Document Solutions CEO and Planet PDF Contributing Editor Duff Johnson's latest article, "Legacy Content Conversion: Generating citations, revenue and goodwill from your publication history" appears in the Summer, 2005 issue of Journal Publishing, and is free for your download and use under the terms of the Reprint and Citation Policy.
Roger Reeves
If you bake a cake, you start by checking the "best before" date on the cake mix, smelling the milk to ensure it's still good, and looking at the eggs when cracking them open. If any of the ingredients are bad or have reached their expiry date, you won't use them. In comparison, how many companies check the PDF documents they receive from external (or other internal) sources before entering them into business processes, where the cost of failure is considerably higher? Roger Reeves of PDF Tools AG explains.
Dan Shea
Back in early 2001, the PDF community was a very different animal. Competition was taboo, profits were secondary, and PDF was viewed as primarily a print format. Dan Shea takes a slightly nostalgic look back to that more innocent time in his latest editorial.
David Fishel
Some form of electronic signature has existed for quite some time. Almost all US states and a large number of countries have enacted or are considering some form of electronic signature legislation. If that's the case, why aren't there more of them in use? PDFforLawyers.com's Dave Fishel explains in this piece on electronic signatures.
Dan Shea
Is the turf war between PDF and Microsoft's Metro the title fight of the decade? Who will win? What the heck is Metro, anyway? Whatever happened to Xdocs? Dan Shea tackles these questions and more in his latest editorial.
Dave Wraight
A number of low-cost Acrobat competitors have exploded onto the scene in recent months. Dave Wraight takes a closer look at one of the controversial new kids on the block. Read more in this review.
Dan Shea
"Head for the hills, they've just invented PDFs that read back!" The knee-jerk reaction to one company's solution that tracks the number of times a given PDF has been opened is just hype, says Dan Shea. Read more in his editorial.
Dan Shea
Much has been said about PDF type, but what about quality? It's a bit scary to think that there are processes out there creating bad PDF files capable of choking workflows due to minor errors that nevertheless still result in incompatibilities. Read more in this editorial.
Dan Shea
Due to the many options available to PDF document authors, it's no longer appropriate to say, "Looks like a job for PDF!" It's now more important to know which PDF. Dan Shea discusses the differing requirements of various PDF workflows. Read more in his editorial.
Dan Shea
Dan Shea discusses threats to the PDF format past, present and future. After enduring years of supposed "PDF killers," he believes that the greatest threat to PDF comes from within. Read more in his editorial.
Ernest Svenson
One advantage that PDF documents have over other image files (i.e. TIFFs or JPGs) is the ability to secure the document. When it comes to legal, this is a big advantage. PDFforLawyers.com's Ernest Svenson explains in this piece on PDF password security.
Ernest Svenson
What are digital signatures, and why would you want to use them? Are they secure and legally binding? PDFforLawyers.com's Ernest Svenson answers these questions and outlines some of the pros and cons of digital vs physical signatures in this introductory piece.
Dan Shea
At the Adobe Acrobat and PDF Conference last week, Planet PDF caught up with conference chair and American Graphics Institute CEO Christopher Smith to talk about the state of our favorite file format, the conference business, and the Adobe-Macromedia mega-deal. Check out the details at Planet PDF.
