Serif Page Plus X3 allows you to import PDF files,edit them and republish them as a PDF!

PDF is our friend. It is of course the genius extension of the PostScript Page Description Language.

Postscript describes/defines how text, lines, images (graphics) are supposed to appear on a page.

It gained prominance as an EOE (Equal Opportunity Explainer) of what's supposed to happen on a computer rendered page - kind of a dual Sherpa meets interpreter for your design exploration and intent. It functions regardless of local explored or language spoken.

Like the great and legendary comicbook artist Jack Kirby, PostScript rendering language starts in one corner and works out from there! It renders the visual commands using a precise measurement map in terms of points (of points and picas fame) - (usually) and that's good news for our understanding it!. It is however, also flexible enough to interpret/represent other measurement types and allow options we nary need with printing as our objective.

So along comes the PDF and specifically PDF X-1a which adds some print healthy restrictions. We're flyin' along as designers for print primarily, - the PDF adds a way to 'embed' the fonts we choose and use in our design in such a way that our intent is read as we intend it to be - regardless of the computer, operating system and likewise - human eyes recieving it!

Major breakthrough! But as cool as it is - sometimes a little too cutesy for basic print. We have abilities to freeze our work in option rich ways we don't even know about - but ours is a print neccesity. - Do we really need all the fru-fru options? That's where PDF X-1A comes in (specifically PDF X-1a 1.4). It simplifies things so there are no (or far fewer) mistakes in the printing phase!

As you design your pages with Serif Page Plus X3, The graphics on your hard drive are being replaced in the design/layout phase by lower resolution versions. This helps things move along much faster as you design!


PDF X-1A inclusion inside Serif Page Plus X3, eliminates the question of whether the graphics you are sending to the printer are the higher of the resolutions in existence between those used to design in Serif Page Plus X3 and that of the original on your harddrive/network server. The linking or 'standing in' of lower resolution files created by the smooth and intuitive Serif Page Plus X3 interface, are not at issue once you set the PDF X-1a preferences contained within the Serif Page Plus X3 program.

Say goodbye to prepress nightmares and hello to high productivity and effortlessly,smooth workflow!