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callas software presents a new update for pdfaPilot
Friday 18. January 2019 - callas software, a leading provider of automated PDF quality assurance and archiving solutions, today released version 8.1 of pdfaPilot. Among other things, this update provides users with new options for ordering pages, adding filters for automatically removing XMP metadata and an optimized tagging structure view.
New options for ordering pages
pdfaPilot had already included the ability to customize the order of pages within PDF files. Now, to assist users with repetitive tasks like deleting or swapping specific pages, pdfaPilot 8.1 makes it possible to add schemata. A schema is a set of instructions for dividing up or arranging pages, which is called by the user and then automatically executed by pdfaPilot. Pages can now also be rotated by any angle – not just 90° – and optionally enlarged at the same time.
New metadata processing feature
One of pdfaPilots strengths is its ability to handle metadata. Now, users can also use predefined filters when removing XMP metadata. For example, all metadata for objects placed in a PDF publication (such as images) can be deleted, except for the data required for billing for photographs. Since this kind of metadata is frequently inherited by layouts, this ensures that a companys internal metadata will not be published. Aside from this, object metadata can sometimes reach a size of several megabytes in extreme cases.
New email conversion option
pdfaPilot is frequently used to convert emails to PDF/A. As part of this process, users can now optionally prevent external references, such as images in HTML-format emails, from being reloaded. This reduces security risks as well as file sizes.
Improved visualization of tagging structure
To give pdfaPilot users a better overview of the structure of a PDF file, callas software has integrated the visualization functionality for its Adobe Acrobat plugin, pdfGoHTML. The content structure appears color-coded as a result, helping with quality control for tagged PDFs.