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# Preparing and troubleshooting PDF/A conversion

This guide explains how to prepare documents, validate output, and troubleshoot fidelity issues when converting files to PDF/A with Nutrient Java SDK.

## Related guides

- [Convert PDF to PDF/A with Java SDK](https://www.nutrient.io/guides/java/conversion/pdf-to-pdf-a.md)

- [Handle Java SDK errors](https://www.nutrient.io/guides/java/troubleshooting/error-handling.md)
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## Related pages

- [Nutrient Java SDK conversion guides](/guides/java/conversion.md)
- [Converting CAD files to PDF](/guides/java/conversion/cad-to-pdf.md)
- [Converting email files to PDF](/guides/java/conversion/email-to-pdf.md)
- [Converting a document from XLSX to PDF format](/guides/java/conversion/excel-document-to-pdf.md)
- [Converting HTML to PDF](/guides/java/conversion/html-to-pdf.md)
- [Converting a document from Markdown to PDF format](/guides/java/conversion/markdown-to-pdf.md)
- [Converting PDF documents to Excel format for data analysis](/guides/java/conversion/pdf-to-excel-document.md)
- [Converting PDF documents to HTML format for web publishing](/guides/java/conversion/pdf-to-html.md)
- [Converting PDF documents to image format](/guides/java/conversion/pdf-to-image.md)
- [Converting PDF documents to Markdown format](/guides/java/conversion/pdf-to-markdown.md)
- [Converting PDF documents to PDF/A format](/guides/java/conversion/pdf-to-pdf-a.md)
- [Converting PDF documents to PDF/UA format](/guides/java/conversion/pdf-to-pdf-ua.md)
- [Converting PDF documents to PowerPoint presentations](/guides/java/conversion/pdf-to-powerpoint-document.md)
- [Converting a document from PDF to DOCX format](/guides/java/conversion/pdf-to-word-document.md)
- [Converting a document from PPTX to PDF format](/guides/java/conversion/powerpoint-document-to-pdf.md)
- [Converting a Word document to PDF while preserving comments](/guides/java/conversion/word-document-to-pdf-including-comments.md)
- [Converting a document from DOCX to PDF/UA format](/guides/java/conversion/word-document-to-pdf-ua.md)
- [Converting a document from DOCX to PDF format](/guides/java/conversion/word-document-to-pdf.md)