DR 12-0024 - General: Problems with the rendering of figures

[Jim Thatcher]

Yes, transparency is one of the PDF features that is prohibited in the edition of ISO 19005 that Word implements (PDF/A-1, ISO 19005-1:2005). The second edition of PDF/A, published in June 2011, allows transparency. We are working with the product team to update the PDF/A support in a future version of Microsoft Word.

Jim

-----Original Message-----
From: Rex Jaeschke [mailto:rex at RexJaeschke.com] 
Sent: Monday, January 28, 2013 10:58 AM
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Subject: DR 12-0024 - General: Problems with the rendering of figures

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I generated the 29500:2012 PDFs using MS Office 2010, and I selected the PDF/A option. Unbeknownst to me that setting disables transparency of graphical objects. I extracted from the standard the figures in question and generated PDFs with and without PDF/A selected (see attached). The version without PDF/A looks just like the original DOCX, so the solution going forward is to deselect that option.

Rex