How distill a file to strictly PDF/A‑1a:2001 using Acrobat XI? Is that possible at all?

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How to distill a MS WORD file to strictly PDF/A‑1a:2001 by using Acrobat XI? Is that possible at all?

Answer 1

It is Amazing because in the Product description to the buyer as you learn from this discussion and see the links it is not absolutley explicit. There is the Product page for standard on:
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobatstandard.html
there you find the option "more..." under "top features" for Adobe Acrobat Standard, you click and com to:
Features | Adobe Acrobat XI Standard
Then down there you see as top feature:
"http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/iso-pdf-x-32000-standards.htmlhttp://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/iso-pdf-x-32000-standards.htmlIMPROVED  Conform to ISO PDF standards
Create PDF documents that comply with standards managed by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO)."
and with a image that shows that the product includes both PDF/A and PDF/X.
Even if you follow this link further to:
PDF ISO 32000, PDF/X, PDF archive | Adobe Acrobat XI
The URL indeed says "acrobatstandard" and the page does not distinguish.
Only the section:
"Get help creating accessible PDF files/ Simplify the creation and verification of PDFs that need to conform to accessibility standards for people with disabilities. The Make Accessible guided Action* will help you every step of the way."
is explicitly with anasterix footnoted and is distinguished. It makes clear to buyer that "PDF/X and PDF/A are part of the Standard version", I would say.
I would say as a buyer of the Standard version under these conditions of product description it is normal to believe that two of the most basic "standards" are in the "Standard" version included PDF/X and PDF/A, otherwise Adobe would Asterix and footnote it at least or be more explicit and not mention it as Improvement a.s.f. Another interpretation would be to get the buyer first buying without very explict information the Standard version and then making him over days of trial and questions in a forum where people have also similar problems: Aha!! it is not included. "Upgarde it! and pay us more!"
This is amazing, Gilad.