Saving to PDF/A

Saving to PDF/A in Word

  1. Open the Save As dialog box
  2. From the dropdown menu, choose PDF as your file type
  3. Click on Options
  4. Flag the (PDF/A) check box
  5. Click OK to close the Options dialog box.
  6. Enter a name for the PDF/A file in the File Name field.
  7. Click Save.

Saving to PDF/A in LibreOffice 4.0

  1. Open the file you want to save to PDF/A
  2. Select File / Export to PDF
  3. Click on Options
  4. From the General box, select the PDF/A-1a check box
  5. Click Export.

Saving to PDF/A in PDFCreator

  1. Install PDFCreator
  2. Open the document, open the Print dialog box and choose PDFCreator as a printer
  3. Enter a name for the PDF/A file in the File Name field.
  4. Click on Options 
  5. From the Save box, select the PDF/A-1 option from the dropdown menu
  6. Click Save.