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PDF/A conference to be held from June 18-19 in Berlin

Nettie Hartsock

The PDF/A conference is only seven weeks away, officially running from June 18-19 in Berlin. The conference is organized by the PDF/A Competence Center at the Kosmos in Berlin, and will feature the world's experts on PDF/A.

Enterprise & Government   May 07, 2009

This week in PDF: activePDF Server 2009 released

Dan Shea

This week in PDF has seen an update to a PDF creation engine, the release of an open source PDF library, and the acceptance of a new Adobe Solution Provider.

Developer   May 07, 2009

Nitro PDF Software releases free PDF-to-Excel service

Dan Shea

Nitro PDF Software, the company behind Acrobat alternative Nitro PDF Professional, has launched PDF to Excel, a free PDF-to-Excel conversion service. The release comes hot on the heels of last month's launch of sister site, PDF to Word, which converts PDF files into Word documents. The new service allows users to quickly and easily create editable Excel files, making it simple to re-use tables and spreadsheets from PDF files in Microsoft Excel, OpenOffice, Google Docs, and other spreadsheet programs.

Enterprise & Government   April 30, 2009

This week in PDF: PDF-to-mobile conversion service launched

Dan Shea

This week in PDF has seen the release of a free PDF-to-mobile conversion service and the addition of native PDF creation functionality to a smartphone application, along with updates to a PDF developer toolkit and a Mac-based PDF editor.

Enterprise & Government   April 30, 2009

Adobe's security team notes new serious vulnerability

Nettie Hartsock

Adobe has issued a warning to its users in regard to what it termed a "serious vulnerability" that affects Windows, Mac and Unix users of Adobe's Acrobat Reader Software.

Enterprise & Government   April 30, 2009

Recosoft releases PDF2Office 5.0

Nettie Hartsock

Japan-based Recosoft Corporation has announced the release of PDF2Office Personal 5.0 with new features targeted at making Microsoft Excel conversion easier on users.

Enterprise & Government   April 27, 2009

PDF Tools AG releases 1.8 of 3-Heights products

Dan Shea

PDF Tools AG has announced the 1.8 version release of its 3-Heights products. The new 3-Heights OCR Enterprise Add-On now provides compatibility for several 3-Heights products adding a text recognition feature.

Enterprise & Government   April 27, 2009

Appligent Document Solutions updates AppendPDF range

Dan Shea

Appligent Document Solutions has announced the immediate availability of version 4.3 of its AppendPDF and AppendPDF Pro server software for Windows, Mac OS X, 32 and 64bit Linux, Solaris, AIX, AS/400 and HP-UX servers.

Enterprise & Government   April 15, 2009

Ubiquitous PDF: Origami.com

Dan Shea

Looking to kill some time before the weekend? One way to do so might be to fold some paper -- using the Japanese art of origami. As noted by InventorSpot.com's Austin Keenan, Origami.com provides instructions to build a huge range of designs -- anything from a chopstick wrapper to a model of the fearsome Balrog.

Enterprise & Government   April 15, 2009

This week in PDF: PDF scanning and conversion solutions updated

Dan Shea

This week in PDF has seen the release of a plug-in for preparing PDF Portfolios for litigation support systems, along with updates to document conversion and scanning solutions.

Enterprise & Government   April 15, 2009

Amyuni releases PDF Analyzer

Nettie Hartsock

Amyuni has announced the release of PDF Analyzer, a standalone application designed to examine the structure and contents of PDF documents.

Enterprise & Government   April 15, 2009

callas software pdfaPilot garners top score in Bavaria Report

Nettie Hartsock

Germany-based callas software received the lead score among seven tested PDF/A validation tools in a comparative study by PDF expert Thomas Merz, CEO of PDFlib GmBH.

Creative & Print   April 09, 2009

Debenu launches Quick PDF Library and Quick PDF Tools

Dan Shea

Debenu, the company behind personal document management tool Benubird Pro, has released a pair of PDF products. The first, Quick PDF Library 7.12, is a PDF API that allows developers to build functions such as PDF creation, security administration and content extraction into their own software. The second new offering, Quick PDF Tools 1.3.0.1, is a freeware desktop application built using the Quick PDF Library.

Developer   April 09, 2009

This week in PDF: PDF Enhancer to power medical paperless office system

Dan Shea

This week in PDF has seen the announcement that an established PDF optimization tool will power a paperless office system for the medical industry. Meanwhile, one PDF extraction tool has passed a major download milestone and another has just been released.

Enterprise & Government   April 09, 2009

Eltima Software releases Recover PDF Password for Mac

Nettie Hartsock

Eltima Software has announced the release of its PDF password recovery tool, Recover PDF Password for Mac.

Enterprise & Government   April 02, 2009

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