Converting pdfs

[Alexander Skwar]

Hi

On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 5:40 AM, rikona <rikona at sonic.net> wrote:
> I have a ton of stuff stored in pdf format that will need to be
> accessed for many years to come. With Adobe dropping some linux
> support, is this a significant risk?

No. Especially not, if your stuff is in PDF/A format. This is standardized
by ISO and supported by "every" reader currently available (I guess…).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDF/A

> Is there a way to convert pdfs to
> another format, **reliably**, so I can start to convert docs to a more
> accessible long-term format?

PDF/A is already the right choice, I'd say. Or even just ordinary PDF.

Regards,

Alexander
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