Modern versions of PDF readers will be able to read older pdf file formats. I think I'm pretty safe in saying that they are backwards compatible. Various topics exist here on the subject of PDF version support among modules (see Extracting content text from PDFs and Extracting text from PDF. No really among others), even Open Office (v3.2 on Linux) exports PDF v1.4 files. Is there a particular feature of the PDF format (greater than v1.4) that you need to accommodate? IF all you are doing is mass populating text within a template PDF, ensure the person supplying the template is aware of your version restrictions.

I'm sure others will pitch in with their experiences on this subject.

In reply to Re^3: PDF Template Solution- Why is this so hard? by marto
in thread PDF Template Solution- Why is this so hard? by mkenney

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