Has anyone succeeded in creating PDF/A-2a output ?

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July 24, 2022
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Many government organisations require PDF/A-2a nowadays but the available PDF job options in FrameMaker do not support this. As you can add your own job options to the list of available ones, I was wondering if anyone has tried (and succeeded) in creating this type of PDF ?

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Bob_Niland

Community Expert

What version of FM?

I was able to generate a PDF/A-2b document in the recent past, but had to use FM2020 to do it, as FM2019 did not have the option, and would not recognize the FM2020 job option for it.

4everJangAuthor

Legend

I have seen the PDF/A-2b job options. Looking for PDF/A-2a. There is quite a lot of variety in those standards, it seems. And there is no way I am going to get governmental bodies to adopt something other than they have decided for. They are about as flexible as a concrete wall.

Bob_Niland

Community Expert

PDF/A-2a doesn't appear in the newer JOs found in:
C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe FrameMaker 2020\PDFStandardizer\Resource\Additional_PDF_Settings

If Acrobat Pro is available, how about:

Publish to PDF as PDF/A-2b
Open in Acrobat
(Enable Editing)
» Tools » PDF Standards » Save as PDF/A
[Settings]
⦿ Save as PDF/A-2a
{and you'll need to configure several options/corrections, it appears} …and on a PDF/A-2b I tried it on using defaults, it took a while, inflated the file size, and threw an unable error that I haven't chased down.

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