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Format

Adobe Portable Document Catalog Index File

Summary

Name
Adobe Portable Document Catalog Index File
Version
2.0
Identifiers
PUID: fmt/446
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.
Note
https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/using/creating-pdf-indexes.html
File extensions
pdx
Source
Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives

Internal signatures

Adobe PDX 2.0

Note
BOF first 25 bytes: %PDX 2.0....ObjBegin ..<< EOF last 16 bytes >> ..ObjEnd ....

Byte sequences

Min Frag Length
Absolute from BOF
Offset
0
Max offset
0
Byte Sequence
2550445820322E300D0A0D0A4F626A426567696E200D0A3C3C
Endianness
None
Min Frag Length
Absolute from EOF
Offset
0
Max offset
0
Byte Sequence
3E3E200D0A4F626A456E64200D0A0D0A
Endianness
None

Changelog

  • Updated in V118

    Release date
    30 April 2024

    Adobe Portable Document Catalog Index File 2.0: Description created and documentation links added as part of PRONOM Research Week 2023. Submitted by Archives nationales (French National Archives).

  • Updated in V115

    Release date
    15 November 2023

    Adobe Portable Document Catalog Index File 2.0: Modified the offset values from null to 0 as part of a project to match PRONOM data with the xsd standard. Submitted by Digital Preservation Department, The National Archives (UK) (UK).

  • Added in V62

    Release date
    28 August 2012

    Acrobat Catalog Index 2.0: Signature developed through PRONOM Research.

    Acrobat Catalog Index 2.0: Outline Entry Added.