New PDF software with metadata extension

Callas Software presented its new PDFApilot 2 at the PDF/A Conference in Berlin, Germany.

PDFApilot 2 is for validating and creating PDF/A files and is said to be compliant with ISO standard 19005-1.

This version of PFDFApilot is said to go beyond its core archiving function and provides the XMP Metadata Extension Schema Editor.

Callas said that PDFApilot 2 converts any PDF into valid ISO 19005-1 compliant PDF/A documents, whether the PDF has been created with Microsoft Office or Openoffice, or is an interactive form, invoice, technical drawing, product documentation, or publications like newspapers, magazines or books.

PDFApilot 2 has an 'intuitive' interface, described as a dashboard that allows preparation of PDFs, as needed and it enables the user to resize, rotate, combine or split pages, embed or substitute fonts, optimise colours for output or online use, or to create animated presentations, print optimised handouts or print-ready booklets, for example.

Callas said that PDFApilot automatically embeds company specific metadata schemas inside PDF/A files, ready to be archived and ensuring full PDF/A-1 compliance.

The software is available as a desktop and a server version.

The desktop version can be run as an independent application.

While optimised for use as a plug-in for Adobe Acrobat 8 or 9 Pro, the user can choose to run PDFApilot 2 as a stand-alone system, hence in conjunction with Adobe Acrobat Elements or Standard, as well as any other modern PDF viewer.

The desktop version of PDFApilot runs on Windows or Mac.

The server version can be integrated into any existing workflow system and is available for Windows and Mac OS X, added the company.

PDFApilot is also available as Command Line Interface and as a Software Development Kit, and supports the Windows, Linux, Sun, AIX and Mas OS X platforms.

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