Your professional tool to create ISO standard compliant PDF/A files for long-term archiving.

For businesses and government agencies, archives and libraries, that store and long-term maintain documents, callas pdfaPilot 2 is the professional desktop tool to validate and/or create PDF/A-files.

It turns all kinds of PDFs into ISO 19005-1 conform PDF/A documents:

• PDFs created in Office applications
• interactive forms
• invoices
• construction drawings
• technical documentation
• presentations
• newspapers
• books

Benefits

• Converts regular PDF files into truly reliable PDF/A files
• Reduces risk of data loss due to not being able to open or display existing documents in the same way in 10, 20 or 100 years from now.
• Saves huge amounts of time by not only analyzing, but also correcting and converting existing PDF files to PDF/A within seconds.
• Offers high convenience for the user thanks to clear and reliable information on PDF/A conformance, easily understandable instructions and detailed explanations. Operation at the touch of a few buttons. Can be used immediately, as no training is necessary due to the clear, intuitive user interface.
• Delivers proven quality assurance for determining the compliance of PDF/A files with the ISO 19005-1 standard. It is based on the same validation technology that callas also licenses to Adobe® for the Preflight function in Acrobat® 9 Pro and passes widely recognized benchmark tests like the Isartor Test Suite.
• Provides the industry’s most extensive analysis and validation of PDF files according to the PDF/A standard, that goes clearly beyond regular Preflight features. Through configurable checks in addition to PDF/A validation, pdfaPilot users can enforce documentation and archival policies.
• Brings maximum flexibility and efficiency in running as well inside Acrobat as without it in standalone mode.
• Ensures compliance with regulatory requirements in terms of long-term archiving.
• Works with all versions of Adobe Acrobat including Elements, Standard, Professional, Extended, as well as Adobe Reader or other PDF viewers.
• Makes your company specific metadata ready to be archived together with your files.
• Ensures full PDF/A-1 compliance for all your metadata, including custom data.

callas pdfaPilot 2 is an easy-to-use, quick and reliable tool. Users can save non-compliant PDF files as valid PDF/A documents with the touch of a button. callas pdfaPilot uses the same validation technology as the Preflight function licensed by callas software to Adobe® for the Adobe® Acrobat® 9 Pro application.

pdfaPilot 2 offers an extensive set of features – click here for a complete list of pdfaPilot features.

Need to automate PDF pdfaPilot?

You need to automate pdfaPilot or wish to integrate pdfaPilot into an existing workflow? callas’ PDF tools are also available as server versions.
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callas pdfaPilot SDK 2

callas pdfaPilot SDK 2 is the fastest way for developers to quickly incorporate PDF/A file validation and/or creation for long-term archiving into custom solutions.
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System requirements

Runs as either a standalone application with all PDF-viewers or a plug-in inside Adobe® Acrobat® 8 Professional or 9 Pro.

• Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista/2007 or Mac OS X 10.4 or newer.