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PDF X/A/E: format?

sterling-groups
Registered: Jan 28 2011
Posts: 1

I am new to Acrobat. When I select to export a PDF document, there is an option to export to "PDF/X", "PDF/A", AND "PDF/E" options. What does this mean?

Andie Sterling

My Product Information:
Acrobat Pro 9.4, Windows
daka630
Expert
Registered: Mar 1 2007
Posts: 1420
They are ISO Standards for subsets of PDF.
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PDF/X : PDF for Exchange (getting graphics and text spot on for a production run of magazines, etc)
PDF/A: PDF for Archive (providing a file format that a University student can access for History 101 in the year 2121)
PDF/E: PDF for Engineering
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