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PREPARE YOUR DOCUMENT IN PDF/A
FORMAT
The Commission requires that documents submitted in formal proceedings must be
retained for 30 years. The Portable Document Format/Archive (PDF/A) is an indepen-
dent standard developed by the International Standards Organization (ISO) and is
outside of the central of Adobe Corporation, the developer of PDF. For more informa-
tion about this format, please see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDF/A.
Desktop programs which can create PDF/A.
Microsoft Office (Windows)
- Word, Excel and Powerpoint (2010 or newer) all can save PDF/A as an op-
tion in the Save As dialog box.
- http://www.microsoft.com/office
Libre Office (Windows)
- Word, Excel and Powerpoint (2010 or newer) all can save PDF/A as an op-
tion in the Save As dialog box.
- https://www.libreoffice.org/
Adobe Acrobat Professional (Windows, Macintosh)
- Acrobat Professional installs a printer driver which can print PDF/A.
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- Acrobat Professional also includes a tool for checking PDF/A compatibility.
- http://acrobat.adobe.com
Nitro Pro (Windows)
- Nitro Pro can convert Microsoft Office documents to PDF/A.
- https://www.gonitro.com/pro
Easy PDF Printer (Windows)
- This program installs a printer driver which can print PDF/A.
- http://www.pdfonline.com/easypdf/pdf-printer/
PDF Pen Pro (Macintosh)
- This program converts the basic PDF format to PDF/A.
- https://smilesoftware.com/pdfpenpro/
Online resource
Docupub.com
- This is a website which will convert a single document to PDF/A with no
charge.
- https://docupub.com/pdfconvert/