PDF to PDF/A
Convert to PDF/A for long-term storage where fonts and layout must not change.
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Supports .pdf files
Frequently Asked Questions
About PDF to PDF/A
PDF/A is an ISO standard specifically designed for long-term archiving. Standard PDFs can rely on external resources — fonts, color profiles, JavaScript — that may not exist in ten or twenty years. PDF/A embeds everything the document needs to be rendered identically in the future, with no external dependencies.
This tool converts standard PDFs into PDF/A-1b or PDF/A-2b format, embedding fonts and normalizing color profiles to meet the archival requirements. PDF/A-2b is the better default for modern documents. PDF/A-1b is stricter and excludes transparency; PDF/A-3b allows embedded file attachments.
Government archives, legal record systems, and compliance workflows frequently require PDF/A. If a submission form specifies PDF/A, this tool produces a compliant file from any standard PDF.