MickaelJRPerrier Posted March 23, 2023 Share Posted March 23, 2023 (edited) Hello, I am building my CV/Resume in Publisher and when exported as a PDF, it doesn't seem to matter which format I choose (Print, Digital, for export…) or the compatibility version (1.7, 1.6, 1.4…), once loaded into an applicant tracking software (ATS) scanner, like https://cultivatedculture.com/resume-scanner/ for instance, the text is not properly extracted and so the match between my CV and the job offer is pretty low (of course). The only reason that I found could be that the encoding software used by Affinity is incompatible, somehow, with this ATS technology. Indeed, once I upload my Affinity PDF into PDF Reader Pro Lite and save it as another PDF, the encoding software in the file info (cmd+i) changes from "PDFlib+PDI 9.2.1-j (macOS (x86_64))" for the Affinity file to "macOS version 12.6.1 (Build 21G217) Quartz PDFContext" for the PDF Reader Pro Lite file, which is read by the ATS scanner. The "Version" in the file info also changes from 1.7 to 1.4; but as I said, it doesn't matter as I've also tried to export it as a 1.4 file with Affinity Publisher to no more success. Does anyone know why this happens, if there is a way to fix this in Affinity, and if Serif is aware of this problem? P.S.: I attach the files in case people want to dig this issue. CV_PERRIER_Mickael_AlternanceUX [Affinity].pdf CV_PERRIER_Mickael_AlternanceUX [PDF Reader Pro Lite].pdf Edited March 23, 2023 by MickaelJRPerrier Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Dan C Posted March 24, 2023 Staff Share Posted March 24, 2023 Hi @MickaelJRPerrier, Welcome to the Affinity Forums Unfortunately I'm not personally aware of the specifics with the PDFlib library that Affinity uses for exporting to PDF and whether this should be supported, however I can certainly see that the files exported aren't being correctly interpreted by the ATS scanning software currently, my apologies for this. I will be logging this with our development team now to see if this can be improved in a future update, as in none of my testing currently have I been able to export a compatible file from Affinity using different PDF export settings. I hope this helps! TypoFace and MickaelJRPerrier 2 Quote Please note - I am currently out of the office for a short while whilst recovering from surgery (nothing serious!), therefore will not be available on the Forums during this time. Should you require a response from the team in a thread I have previously replied in - please Create a New Thread and our team will be sure to reply as soon as possible. Many thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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