Franc Gagnon

What is a Microsoft Logo Certification? A Microsoft Logo Certification is the recognition that a software product has undergone and satisfied all of testing requirements specified by Microsoft. For a printer driver, some of these tests include: Verifying that the printer driver do... (more)

What is Metadata and Why Use it? Metadata is descriptive information about data. It can be embedded into a PDF file (as XML) to help identify its contents or characteristics during its travels. Examples of metadata include: author names, document title, subject description, sourc... (more)

From Check List to PDF Options More than a decade ago Chuck Weger coined the term “preflight” to define the verification process of digital files prior to printing. Since then, this process or “check list” has materialized into integrated PDF options, plug-ins, and standalone pr... (more)

With the release of Acrobat 6 (PDF 1.5), Adobe introduced the concept of the layered PDF. A layered PDF contains optional content that can be displayed or hidden by its reader. A layered PDF is a document that was originally generated by software with layer-generating capabilitie... (more)

Background information PDF Layers are called Optional Content within the PDF specifications. This is a feature that was added as of PDF-1.5 (Acrobat 6.) A layer is identified by an identifier and a title. Only the layer title is visible to the end-user of the PDF document. Layers... (more)