Acrobat DC Extract

[kaiserwilhelm]

Not sure if this has always been this way?

Have a vendor that is very picky. Requires 1.3 pdf (PDF A)??

Receive in 1.3 from our artist.
Open in Acrobat DC
30 page pdf
Extract pages

Now, when I do a "command D" it states it is a 1.6

Thoughts from the experts?

 

[mattbeals]

Pdf/a and 1.3 aren't the same. Use the optimizer to save it back to pdf 1.3, or use pdf/x-1a, or pdf/a-1b, Pdf/x-3.

The only reson to ask for pdf 1.3 is to not support transparency, optional content groups, etc. Seems odd that they would have such specific restrictions on pdf versions.

 

[zoran]

Matt is correct, also every version of Acrobat saves in it's own version, unless as Matt suggested you "optimize" PDF version you want.
Traditionally Enfocus Pitstop had in it's preferences "Prevent changing version on save" option that would prevent Acrobat from changing version of PDF during the save, not sure if that is still the case since I don't have yet Pitstop 12 update 3 or Pitstop 3 to test with Acrobat DC.

 

[mattbeals]

Traditionally Enfocus Pitstop had in it's preferences "Prevent changing version on save" option that would prevent Acrobat from changing version of PDF during the save, not sure if that is still the case since I don't have yet Pitstop 12 update 3 or Pitstop 13 to test with Acrobat DC.

It's still there. It really should be non issue for the receiver. It's kind of an absurd requirement.