Summary:

How do I check if the PDF is machine-readable or how can I create a machine-readable PDF?

Instructions:

The data must be in a format that can be extracted and easily processed by a computer. This means that the invoices cannot be hand-written, scanned or contain the information in image format.

How can I check check if the PDF data is machine-readable:

1. Open the invoice you created
2. Select one or more lines of invoice data using you mouse (or all the information by pressing ctrl + A)
3. Copy the invoice data to the clipboard
4. Paste the invoice data into a word processing software, for example Word, Excel or NotePad
   

How do I create machine-readable PDFs?

There are multiple different ways to create a machine-readable PDF invoice. Some of these are:

• You can use your current accounting software, if it allows you to export invoices in machine-readable PDF format
• You can also create machine-readable PDF invoices with Word or Excel by saving the document as .pdf file:

More information about how to create a machine-readable PDF eInvoice is available in this guide.