Thank Akira and BPJ for your suggestions. I did try Akira's hypersetup suggestion and it was able to change the creator field. Thank you very very much!
I did look through my TeXLive repository that I just updated earlier today, but I did not see pdftk. I may look further if hyperref does not work out. Thank you again, Dan On Sat, Sep 20, 2014 at 3:24 PM, BPJ <b...@melroch.se> wrote: > If I am not mistaken you can change the metadata with pdftk, although it is > probably a pain to do so. Also I do not know if pdftk comes for Windows. > > lördag 20 september 2014 skrev Daniel Greenhoe <dgreen...@gmail.com>: >> >> Dear XeTex, >> >> I think my original email was not so clear. ArXiv.org of course >> accepts papers generated using LaTeX, but they want to be given the >> source files (.tex files, etc) rather than a pdf file. However, they >> apparently sometimes make exceptions to this rule if the pdf file was >> generated using XeTeX/XeLaTeX rather than LaTeX. That is, they *may* >> in at least some cases accept a pdf generated by XeLaTeX, but will >> *not* accept a pdf generated by LaTeX. >> >> Therefore, if it is not too much trouble, I would like the metadata in >> my XeLaTeX/xdvipdfmx generated pdf file to clearly indicate that it >> was generated by XeLaTeX (*not* by LaTeX). Would any one have time for >> this? >> >> Many thanks in advance, >> Dan >> >> ------------- please ignore the following ------------- >> Dear arXiv-moderation >> [arXiv #128343] >> [arXiv #128400] >> >> On Sat, Sep 20, 2014 at 10:15 AM, Daniel Greenhoe <dgreen...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > Dear XeTeX, >> > >> > I have tried uploading a paper in pdf format that I typeset using >> > XeLaTeX to arXiv.org. However, it was later removed because it >> > "appeared to be PostScript/PDF generated from TeX source". I wrote to >> > arXiv-moderation, strongly arguing my case for using XeLaTeX rather >> > than LaTeX. They responded saying "In order to approve such a request >> > we'd have to have a PDF which includes it's XeTeX nature within the >> > pdf properties...". >> > >> > When I typeset my paper using xelatex.exe, an xdv file is generated >> > which contains this in the metadata: >> > \Creator(LaTeX with hyperref pacakge)\Author()\Producer(XeTeX 0.99991) >> > Later I use xdvipdfmx.exe to generate a pdf file. It contains this >> > information in the metadata: >> > Creator: LaTeX with hyperref package >> > Producer: xdvipdfmx (20140317) >> > >> > So although the producer fields provides evidence that I am using >> > XeLaTeX, the creator field erroneously implies that I have typeset >> > using LaTeX. Hence, there will be a high probability that my paper >> > will either be removed by an automated server at arXiv.org or a human >> > administrator. >> > >> > I realize that I could possibly hand edit the xdv file or use a >> > metadata editor to edit the pdf file. But I would rather not do this. >> > I would rather work transparently, not surreptitiously changing the >> > metadata of files. >> > >> > Would it be possible that some qualified person could correct the >> > creator metadata output of XeLaTeX? I am currently using xelatex from >> > TeXLive 2014 running on Windows. Here is the first line from the log >> > file: >> > This is XeTeX, Version 3.14159265-2.6-0.99991 (TeX Live 2014/W32TeX) >> > (preloaded format=xelatex 2014.9.20) 20 SEP 2014 07:16 >> > >> > Many thanks in advance, >> > Dan >> > >> > -----please ignore the following----- >> > Dear arXiv-moderation, >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------- >> Subscriptions, Archive, and List information, etc.: >> http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/xetex > > > > > -------------------------------------------------- > Subscriptions, Archive, and List information, etc.: > http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/xetex > -------------------------------------------------- Subscriptions, Archive, and List information, etc.: http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/xetex