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Name Adobe Portable Document Catalog Index File
Version 3.0
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Identifiers PUID:  fmt/447
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Description Adobe Portable Document Catalog Index File (PDX) is the format of a file created when an index is built for a collection of PDF documents defined as a catalog in Adobe Acrobat Pro versions 2.0 and later, allowing users to search through the contents of the catalogue.
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Source Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives
Source date 28 Aug 2012
Source description PDX is Adobe Acrobat Catalog Index file, available in Adobe Acrobat versions 2 and later. When created, a PDF Catalog Index will also create a number of dependent sub-files of specific filetypes. The extensions for these filetypes within earlier versions of .pdx are .wld, .abt, .did, .ddd, .pdd, .plc, .cat, .trn. In later versions only .idx files are created.; The Catalog Index creates a fully text-searchable relationship between the indexed pdf files.; 04/2024 (v.118): Description and links added as part of PRONOM Research Week 2023. Archives nationales (French National Archives).
Last updated 17 Apr 2024
Note https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/using/creating-pdf-indexes.html
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