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 work, he’s a 1900‑rated chess player, guitarist, and French learner.

 



50 Stories by Jacob Collins

How to add annotations to a PDF file

What is PDF Annotation? Annotating PDF files is an essential skill for collaboration, review, and seamless communication in both professional and educational workflows. PDF...
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How to translate PDF files in Java (Tutorial)

Today I will demonstrate a worked example to show how you can create a PDF translator using our PDF toolkit JPedal and Translator. This...
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PDF Library Licensing and Pricing Guide

Developers that work with PDF in Java often have to rely on SDKs made specifically for the document format. Where free community based libraries...
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Java PDF to HEIC conversion (Tutorial)

Why convert PDF files to HEIC images? A PDF is a vector image (so it is rendered when you display it at whatever size...
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How to attach files to a PDF in Java (Tutorial)

In this article I will show you how you can attach PDF files in Java using our JPedal PDF SDK toolkit, using a few...
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Java PDF to WebP conversion (Tutorial)

Why convert PDF files to WebP images? A PDF is a vector image (so it is rendered when you display it at whatever size...
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