PDF/Archive Training

AIIM announces the availability of training on PDF/Archive. The PDF/A training provides you with a solid understanding of PDF/A and the standard ISO 19005-1, Document management – File format for the long-term preservation of electronic document – Part 1: Use of PDF 1.4 (PDF/A-1). The course will cover the technologies and best practices that help you to implement PDF/A in your organization so that you can preserve your electronic documents.

Some of the specific topics that will be covered include:

• Preservation
• Preservation Problem
• Overview of ERM
• Overview of file formats
• PDF/A Introduction
• Digital Signatures in preservation
• Overview of conformance levels and restricted features
• Color
• Metadata for preservation
• Workflow and migration for long-term preservation
• Conformance levels and issues
• Creating PDF/A documents from digitally born documents
• Scanning to PDF/A (converting images to PDF/A)
• Validating PDF/A files
• Implementation best practices
• Selecting PDF/A products
• Relevance of other PDF standards to PDF/A
• Legal and compliance implications of PDF/A

The training is available as private classes that can be tailored to your organization's specific needs. Additionally, we will be offering public training classes in several locations. Please watch the AIIM web site for a location near you and for the introduction of the web-based version of this training.

If you would like to have more information on this training, please contact Betsy Fanning at bfanning@aiim.org.