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

PDFBox alternative

Working with PDF documents in Java, developers often encounter the choice between open-source libraries like Apache PDFBox and commercial solutions like JPedal. While PDFBox...
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iText Alternative (and when you should consider one)

When it comes to finding an iText alternative, a name that often pops up is JPedal. Both libraries offer robust features for handling PDFs,...
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How to extract embedded files from a PDF in Java (Tutorial)

PDF files sometimes reference external resources such as images or other documents. To increase portability and ease archival of such PDF files, these resources...
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Digital Signatures in a PDF

Digital signatures are a stamp of authentication for digital information. For PDF files, they provide the ability to detect whether the document has been...
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How to search for text in a PDF file without opening it

Can you determine if a PDF is searchable for text without opening it? Well you will need some special software. This might be useful...
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How to remove unused objects from PDF file (Tutorial)

PDF files sometimes contain objects which are never used. This increases the file size and is wasteful. This tutorial shows you how to reduce...
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