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Metadata in PDF documents

Metadata in a typical PDF.

PDF files have much less scope for incorporating metadata than HTML. The fields within ‘Document properties’ are the only ones we can use. These are:

Title
apply the same principles used for HTML titles
Author
apply the same principles used for HTML creators
Subject
apply the same principles used for HTML description
Keywords
apply the same principles used for HTML keywords

How

In Acrobat click on File > Document Properties >Description and complete as many fields as possible.

PDF metadata, title, author, subject and keyword

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Metadata in PDF's can either be imported from the source Word document or can be added directly using Adobe Acrobat. The preference is the have the full and correct metadata in the source Word document. In Word See File and Properties.

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