Document format
What is a .pdfa file?
The archival flavor of PDF, standardized as ISO 19005: a PDF with embedded fonts, device-independent color and XMP metadata, built to render identically decades later. Files usually still end in .pdf, and they open anywhere a normal PDF opens: drop one in fileclay and convert its pages to images.
fileclay opens PDF/A but doesn’t write it
When to use PDF/A
- Best for
- Official records and anything that must stay readable for decades.
- Advantages
- Self-contained and stable for the long term.
- Disadvantages
- Bigger files, and encryption is forbidden.
Convert PDF/A files
Questions about PDF/A
Which formats can I convert PDFA files into?
fileclay can write 10 formats from a PDFA file, including ODT, EPUB, PNG, JPG, JPEG and WebP. Pick any of them as the output format when you drop the file in.