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rainerf42737143
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October 7, 2019
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Acrobat Pro DC: create PDF 2.0

I can't find the option to create documents as pdf 2.0.

Isn't it possible in Release DC 19.012.20040?

    Dov Isaacs
    Dov IsaacsCorrect answer
    Legend
    October 7, 2019

    No. Although PDF 2.0 features and support are being incrementally added “under the hood,” no current version of Acrobat fully supports PDF 2.0 and especially not PDF 2.0 creation.

     

    At this particular point, there is virtually nothing in the commercial world that fully supports use of PDF 2.0-exclusive features.

     

    This will likely change in the second half of 2020 when the following events occur:

     

    • ISO publishes ISO 32000-2:2020, an update to the original PDF 2.0 specification.

    • ISO publishes the PDF/X-6 (prepress/printing) and PDF/A-4 (achiving) PDF subset specifications which are both dependent on ISO 32000-2:2020 as well as publication of PDF of the PDF/VT-3 (variable data publishing) PDF specification layered on PDF/X-6.

     

    At that time, I believe you will see PDF 2.0 support become mainstream.

     

    - Dov Isaacs, former Adobe Principal Scientist (April 30, 1990 - May 30, 2021)
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    JR Boulay
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    JR BoulayCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    June 11, 2022

    "Acrobat DC has supported embedded media for almost 20 years now. "

    Leonard_Rosenthol, yes, but 20 years ago it worked better than today.
    Since the abandonment of Flash Player the multimedia support is minimalist.
    We are still waiting for the possibility of playing sound or video that displays the control bars, this is a strong demand from users.

    So I ask you, for the third time, whether or not Acrobat will ever be able to display the control bar when it plays a video. Because the two previous times you didn't answer me (see your Facebook).

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    Dov Isaacs
    Dov Isaacs
    Legend
    December 6, 2020

    Update - December 5, 2020

     

    2020 has been a rough year for everybody, including those of us in the ISO standards development community. Nonetheless, I am thrilled to provide the following update to my posting earlier in this thread.

     

    • ISO 32000-2:2020, an update to the original PDF 2.0 specification, has passed all committee votes and has been submitted to ISO for final editing and publication. I now expect to see publication within the next month or two at most.

    • PDF/X-6 (prepress/printing), PDF/A-4 (achiving), and PDF/VT-3 (variable data publishing) PDF subset specifications have already been published by ISO at the end of November 2020. (You can purchase copies of those specifications from the ISO website!)

     

    At this juncture, my belief is that you will see the release of applications generating PDF 2.0-exclusive features within the next 12 to 18 months, depending upon the feature complexities. (Some of the features, especially those related to per-page and/or per-object color management output intents and document parts may require very extensive re-architecting of major portions of some applications).

     

    Stay tuned!

     

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    - Dov Isaacs, former Adobe Principal Scientist (April 30, 1990 - May 30, 2021)
      Goldfinger100
      Participant
      November 17, 2021

      Thanks Dov, i was hoping that you can give us a further information update? any news on Adobe's ability to create a 2.0 document in Acrobat DC yet?

      Thx,

      G

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      Leonard_Rosenthol
      Adobe Employee
      December 20, 2021

      @Goldfinger100 What use cases do you have that require PDF 2.0?  We are looking to see which features of PDF 2.0 are important to our users and adopting them accordingly.   

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      Dov Isaacs
      Dov IsaacsCorrect answer
      Legend
      October 7, 2019

      No. Although PDF 2.0 features and support are being incrementally added “under the hood,” no current version of Acrobat fully supports PDF 2.0 and especially not PDF 2.0 creation.

       

      At this particular point, there is virtually nothing in the commercial world that fully supports use of PDF 2.0-exclusive features.

       

      This will likely change in the second half of 2020 when the following events occur:

       

      • ISO publishes ISO 32000-2:2020, an update to the original PDF 2.0 specification.

      • ISO publishes the PDF/X-6 (prepress/printing) and PDF/A-4 (achiving) PDF subset specifications which are both dependent on ISO 32000-2:2020 as well as publication of PDF of the PDF/VT-3 (variable data publishing) PDF specification layered on PDF/X-6.

       

      At that time, I believe you will see PDF 2.0 support become mainstream.

       

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      - Dov Isaacs, former Adobe Principal Scientist (April 30, 1990 - May 30, 2021)
        rainerf42737143Author
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        October 7, 2019
        Many thanks for your detailed respons. That ist good to know....
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