The JPedal Java PDF library can reorder pages from documents in bulk.
Rationale
You may want to reorder pages in a PDF to improve the structure or clairty of the document. For example, you might want to modify the order of steps in a business proposal. Page order can affect how people understand your document so a misplaced page should be corrected.
How to reorder pages using Java
First, you will need to download the JPedal jar. You can get a trial jar from our website.
Next, you need to add JPedal to your Java project. We have lots of guides on our support site for how to add JPedal to different types of projects. For example: how to add JPedal to a maven project.
Finally, you can add the code to reorder pages using the PDF Manipulator class.
// Load the PDF file
final PdfManipulator pdf = new PdfManipulator();
pdf.loadDocument(new File("inputFile.pdf"));
// Move page 1 to just before page 5
pdf.movePage(1, 5);
// Swap pages 3 and 4
pdf.swapPages(3, 4);
// Reverse the order of all pages in the document
pdf.reversePages();
// You can also remove pages
pdf.removePage(new PageRanges("10-20"));
// Apply the queued manipulations and write the file to disk
pdf.apply();
pdf.writeDocument(new File("outputFile.pdf"));
pdf.closeDocument();
pdf.reset();
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The JPedal PDF library allows you to solve these problems in Java
//Convenience static method (see class for additional options)
ExtractClippedImages.writeAllClippedImagesToDir("inputFileOrDirectory", "outputDir", "outputImageFormat", new String[] {"imageHeightAsFloat", "subDirectoryForHeight"});
final PdfManipulator pdf = new PdfManipulator();
pdf.loadDocument(new File("inputFile.pdf"));
pdf.addPage(1, PaperSize.A4_LANDSCAPE);
pdf.addText(1, "Hello World", 10, 10, BaseFont.HelveticaBold, 12, 1, 0.3f, 0.2f);
pdf.addImage(1, new BufferedImage(), new float[] {0, 0, 100, 100});
pdf.rotatePage(1, 90);
pdf.apply();
pdf.writeDocument(new File("outputFile.pdf"));Viewer viewer = new Viewer();
viewer.setupViewer();
viewer.executeCommand(ViewerCommands.OPENFILE, "pdfFile.pdf");
//Convenience static method (see class for additional options)
ExtractTextAsWordList.writeAllWordlistsToDir("inputFileOrDirectory", "outputDir", -1);
PdfMerge.mergeFiles(new File("inputFile1.pdf"), new File("inputFile2.pdf"), new File("outputFile.pdf"));
PdfManipulator.splitInHalf(new File("inputFile.pdf"), new File("outputFolder"), pageToSplitAt);PrintPdfPages print = new PrintPdfPages("C:/pdfs/mypdf.pdf");
if (print.openPDFFile()) {
print.printAllPages("Printer Name");
}//Convenience static method (see class for additional options)
ExtractClippedImages.writeAllClippedImagesToDir("inputFileOrDirectory", "outputDir", "outputImageFormat", new String[] {"imageHeightAsFloat", "subDirectoryForHeight"});
//Convenience static method (see class for additional options)
ArrayList resultsForPages = FindTextInRectangle.findTextOnAllPages("/path/to/file.pdf", "textToFind");
java -jar jpedal.jar --inspect "inputFile.pdf"PdfSigner.signPdf(
"inputFile.pdf",
"outputFile.pdf",
"keystorePassword",
"keystoreFile.p12",
"signerName",
"signerLocation",
"signingReason",
ACCESS_PERMISSION.P1
);What is JPedal?
JPedal is a commercial Java PDF Library that makes it easy for Java developers to work with PDF Documents in Java.
Why use JPedal?
JPedal makes it much easier to work with PDF files from Java. Because we have been actively developing our Java PDF Toolkit for over 20 years, it works with all those problem PDF files out there.
What licenses are available?
We have 2 licenses available:
'Server' for on premises and cloud servers and 'OEM' for use in a named end user applications. Both are one time fees with options support renewal after 12 months.
How to use JPedal?
Want to learn more about JPedal and how to use it, we have plenty of tutorials and guides to help you.
