Checking IEEE compatibility with IEEE eXpress

If you are planning or you have submitted an article to IEEE, you may know it must adhere to the IEEE Xplore PDF specification.  It is, your pdf must be labeled within its document properties as being "Certified by IEEE PDF eXpress" or it won't be accepted.

PDF specification can be found here: IEEE Xplore PDF Specs

If you are in this situation, you may visit IEEE eXpress PDF site, which allows you to make IEEE compatible PDFs (by converting them) or check if your article is compatible or not (in case it is not, it will tell you the corrections you need).

And here's a mini-howto:

1. Go to http://www.pdf-express.org/
2. Register. You will need your conference id (e.g the conference id of ISCAS2010 is iscas10x).*
At this point, they will send you an email to confirm your account has been created and a reminder for the submission date of your conference.
3. Access to your account with your email and password. You will enter to a conference-specific webpage
4. Now click on Create new title. In Enter title info it is recommended to write the title of your article. Then Upload source file(s) for conversion and/or pdf(s) for Checking **
5. You will receive an email with your checked pdf or ieee eXpress-converted pdf attached. If you submitted a pdf for checking, the email will show if your file passed or failed and why.***
 
* Previous users, but using it the first time for a new conference: enter the new conference id,  your email and password. When you click Login, you will need to set up an accout. Click continue and enter your email and password. Now you can use your account to check/convert your pdf for this conference.
** With one paper ID you can convert 10 pdf files and check 3 (is not that much, so do not check/convert until your article is final).
*** If your pdf has passed, you will receive a message like this:

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Congratulations! The following PDF has passed the PDF Check:
Filename: ***.pdf
Title: Title of your paper
Paper ID: id
Creation Date: 9 January 2010 14:29 -0800 GMT
The approved file is attached to this message, and is labeled within its document properties as being "Certified by IEEE PDF eXpress", with an exact date and time stamp. The file attached to this message is the file that you should submit to your conference's final paper collection site.
Please remember that ANY changes made to your PDF at this point could impact Xplore compatibility.  PDF eXpress has examined and passed only the file version submitted to the site. This email serves as the official confirmation.

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