Jacob Collins

  Jacob is the JPedal Product Lead and specialises in PDF creation and manipulation. He also develops Salesforce backend systems and contributes to marketing and support. Outside of work, he’s a 1900‑rated chess player, guitarist, and French learner.

 



63 Stories by Jacob Collins

How to add a table of contents to a PDF in Java (Tutorial)

To add a table of contents to a PDF file in Java, you can use our PDF toolkit JPedal. Once you have downloaded the...
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New options for our PDF merger

In the latest release of our PDF library JPedal, we added some new features to our PDF merging tool. These new settings allow for...
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Manipulate PDF files in the JPedal Viewer

The PDF library JPedal contains a ‘tools’ menu in the Viewer which allows you to make quick edits to PDF files, such as copying,...
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How to remove annotations from PDF files in Java (Tutorial)

Short answer: you can remove annotations from PDF files using JPedal. The PDF file format is very complex and contains many features to boost...
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Mastering Server-Side PDF Processing in Java

The Hidden Risks in Server-Side PDF Processing PDFs are the lifeblood of enterprise document workflows, but processing them at scale on a server is...
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How to crop a PDF file in Java (Tutorial)

Our Java PDF library JPedal contains a powerful PDF Manipulator which you can use to crop PDF files as well as performing other common...
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