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Lisa333026982som
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November 1, 2023
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converting from .pdf to .pdfA - multiple files

  • November 1, 2023
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Hi - I am running Adobe Acrobat Pro 2023.006.20360.0  I have thousands of .pdf files I need to convert to .pdfA in order to comply with information keeping guidelines...does Acrobat have a function I can use to perform this automatically to save myself many manhours of work ???

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    Bernd Alheit
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    Bernd AlheitCommunity Expert
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    November 1, 2023

    Try the Action Wizard in Acrobat Pro.

    try67
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    try67Community Expert
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    November 1, 2023

    To expand a bit, in the Action Wizard create a new Action and add a "Save" command from the "Save and Export" panel. Then click the Specify Settings buttons underneath it (in the right-hand pane) and select "Export files to Alternate Format" and then select PDF/A from the list:

     

    Now you can run this Action on your files and they'll be converted to PDF/A. Note this will overwrite the originals, though. If you want to change that you can do so in the same dialog as above, by adding a pre-/suffix to the file-names.

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