Thank you Shlomo. This is what I needed to know. I am off vor a vacation now fot a 2 1/2 weeks and will have to check this out upon my return.
In the meantime: God bless. Bodvar. On 3/13/06, Shlomo Perets <shlomo2 at microtype.com> wrote: > Bodvar, > > You wrote: > > >I had a small book I made in Aug 2005 which had distilled perfectly > >until I added one blank page file to it in order to print it duplex > >(and I updated the book, of course). Now the distller gives me this > >report and quits without producing a PDF file (BTW, I also have the > >"Generate Acrobat Data" set): > > > >.... > ><PDFA ISO="19005-1:DRAFT" COMPLIANT="false"> > > > >PDF/A Compliance Report > > > >1. Content > > > > [Violation] The F key in the Annot dictionary is missing or has an > >invalid value. > > Page 3, Occurrences: 17 > > Page 5, Occurrences: 1 > > Page 6, Occurrences: 3 > >.... > > This document does not pass PDF/A:DRAFT compliance checks. > > > ></PDFA> > > > >%%[ Warning: Did not pass PDF/A compliance tests.. No PDF file produced. ] %% > >Distill Time: 1 seconds (00:00:01) > >**** End of Job **** > >UNQOUTE ******** > > > >What does this mean? I guess it has something to do with > >cross-references to the last page page-count that I x-ref to the other > >chapter pages, since the blank page was added after the TOC which > >precedes the chapter files. Will I have to reset the Last page x-ref > >marker and the x-refs in the footers of every master page of the > >chapters, or is there another (and possibly easier) way out here? > > Do you need the PDF to be "PDF/A" compliant? This standard was meant > primarily for long-term archiving/reliability and some of its flavors may > expressly prohibit external dependencies, or place restrictions on links to > other PDFs (or interactivity in general). > > You can turn off the standard compliance testing in Acrobat Distiller > settings, Standards section. > > > Shlomo Perets > > MicroType, http://www.microtype.com * ToolbarPlus Express for FrameMaker > FrameMaker/Acrobat training & consulting * FrameMaker-to-Acrobat > TimeSavers/Assistants > Template Design, Single Sourcing, FM-to-PDF & Technical Indexing seminars > > > > > >
