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From: Karen McCall
Date: Wed, May 25 2022 8:14AM
Subject: Removing the PDF/UA Identifier in Acrobat Pro DC
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Morning Everyone!
I have a PDF from a scanned image that I cannot make accessible and someone has put the PDF/UA identifier on it. How do I remove the PDF/UA identifier from a PDF document?
I can't find any information on how to do this online.
Thanks in advance for your help!
Cheers, Karen
From: Steve Green
Date: Wed, May 25 2022 9:10AM
Subject: Re: Removing the PDF/UA Identifier in Acrobat Pro DC
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I just used the following process to add the PDF/UA Identifier to a document:
1. In Acrobat Pro click File > Properties to open the Document Properties dialog.
2. Click the Description tab.
3. Click the Additional Metadata button.
4. Click the âAdvancedâ option near the top left of the dialog.
5. Click the Append button. A dialog will open, prompting you to select a file.
6. Locate and select the pdfUA-ID.xmp file and click the Open button. If you don't have the file, you can download it from https://taggedpdf.com/xmp/pdfUA-ID.xmp.
7. Click all the OK buttons.
This added the following 3 items that were not there previously:
1. http://www.aiim.org/pdfua/ns/id
2. Dublin Core Properties (dc, http://purl.org.dc/elements/1.1/)
3. http://www.aiim.org/pdfa/ns/extension/
PAC3 verified that the PDF/UA Identifier was set.
I then deleted http://www.aiim.org/pdfua/ns/id. PAC3 verified that the PDF/UA Identifier was no longer set.
I then deleted http://www.aiim.org/pdfa/ns/extension/, which made no different that I can tell. I was not able to delete the Dublin Core Properties, but again this didn't seem to make any difference.
Hopefully, that should give you enough information to fix your document.
Steve Green
Managing Director
Test Partners Ltd
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Subject: [WebAIM] Removing the PDF/UA Identifier in Acrobat Pro DC
Morning Everyone!
I have a PDF from a scanned image that I cannot make accessible and someone has put the PDF/UA identifier on it. How do I remove the PDF/UA identifier from a PDF document?
I can't find any information on how to do this online.
Thanks in advance for your help!
Cheers, Karen
From: L Snider
Date: Wed, May 25 2022 9:10AM
Subject: Re: Removing the PDF/UA Identifier in Acrobat Pro DC
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I had to do this a couple of times a year or so ago. I went into Acrobat
Pro, Properties, Additional Metadata and then I deleted the PDF/UA entry
and saved it and it gets rid of the PDF/UA identifier. That is the only way
I could do it.
Cheers
Lisa
On Wed, May 25, 2022 at 11:14 AM Karen McCall < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:
> Morning Everyone!
>
> I have a PDF from a scanned image that I cannot make accessible and
> someone has put the PDF/UA identifier on it. How do I remove the PDF/UA
> identifier from a PDF document?
>
> I can't find any information on how to do this online.
>
> Thanks in advance for your help!
>
> Cheers, Karen
> > > > >
From: Karen McCall
Date: Wed, May 25 2022 10:16AM
Subject: Re: Removing the PDF/UA Identifier in Acrobat Pro DC
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Thanks everyone!
That worked! I seldom go into those property areas and forget they exist.
Cheers, Karen
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Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Removing the PDF/UA Identifier in Acrobat Pro DC
I had to do this a couple of times a year or so ago. I went into Acrobat Pro, Properties, Additional Metadata and then I deleted the PDF/UA entry and saved it and it gets rid of the PDF/UA identifier. That is the only way I could do it.
Cheers
Lisa
On Wed, May 25, 2022 at 11:14 AM Karen McCall < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:
> Morning Everyone!
>
> I have a PDF from a scanned image that I cannot make accessible and
> someone has put the PDF/UA identifier on it. How do I remove the
> PDF/UA identifier from a PDF document?
>
> I can't find any information on how to do this online.
>
> Thanks in advance for your help!
>
> Cheers, Karen
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From: Alan Zaitchik
Date: Wed, May 25 2022 4:17PM
Subject: Re: Removing the PDF/UA Identifier in Acrobat Pro DC
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Isn't it exposed in the Optimize PDF's Preflight tool? I know you can set it there but never bothered to see if you can remove it there.
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> On May 25, 2022, at 10:14, Karen McCall < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = > wrote:
>
> Morning Everyone!
>
> I have a PDF from a scanned image that I cannot make accessible and someone has put the PDF/UA identifier on it. How do I remove the PDF/UA identifier from a PDF document?
>
> I can't find any information on how to do this online.
>
> Thanks in advance for your help!
>
> Cheers, Karen
>