<<However, to the best of my knowledge, there are no tools available as yet to create the PDF/A files. Bill R>> Apart from the Adobe Acrobat Pro, I've managed to find the following links: The DocBridge Products Can Optionally Create PDF/A Conformant Output Documents http://outputlinks.com/html/news/compart_english_120505.shtml Compart Creates PDF/A Conformant Output Documents http://www.compart.net/news/Currentnews/PDF-A_en.html Natasha Khramtsovsky Senior RIM expert, “Electronic Office Systems” (EOS) Elektrozavodskaya ul., 52, Moscow, 107023, Russia [log in to unmask] List archives at http://lists.ufl.edu/archives/recmgmt-l.html Contact [log in to unmask] for assistance