QuarkXPress which is promised for March 2015 will support the creation of PDF/X-4 files. This feature is shown in a short YouTube video.
PDF/UA-1:2014 is published in an accessible version by the ISO
Two years after the publication of the standard PDF/UA-1:2012 (ISO 14289-1) a slightly modified version PDF/UA-1:2014 was published.
This ISO standard is the first document which is published in an accessible version by the ISO. The ISO was supported by two members of the PDF Association and their PDF/UA competency center.
The new version features small adjustments and clarifications. PDF/UA-1:2014 replaces the 2012 version.
Additional details can be found on pdfa.org.
Quarterly Updates for Acrobat
Adobe has released the usual quartely updates of Acrobat:
- Acrobat 11.0.10 for Macintosh and Windows
- Acrobat 10.1.13 for Macintosh and Windows
Both versions features securtiy updates and bug fixes. In Acrobat 11 more bugs are fixed.
There are also new versions of Reader.
Callas pdfToolbox 7.5 released
Callas has released Version 7.5 of pdfToolbox. Users of Version 7 can download the new version here for free.
The new version contains new features and also many bug fixes. One new feature is the possibility to measure the effective total ink coverage in a cutom area and a check if a page has objects using transparency.
Update to Acrobat 11.0.09
The Update to Acrobat 11.0.09 for Macintosh and Windows brings some new features (beside the usual bug fixes):
A long list of recently opend PDFs can be displayed a list or page thumbnails. Sorting by file name, file size and date is possible and can be predefined in the options menu (upper right).
I prefer the list view since it’s faster and one can see more files. By hovering the mouse over an entry a preview of the pages (you can click through the pages) is displayed!
The same view is available in the “Recent Files” section of the free Acrobat.com service which is accessed by cloud.acrobat.com now.
In addition sharing the PDF documents used on the desktop with the Adobe Reader Mobile is very easy.
