Jacob Collins

  https://www.idrsolutions.com/team#jacobc Jacob is the JPedal Product Manager 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.

 



74 Stories by Jacob Collins

How to Duplicate Pages in a PDF in Java (Tutorial)

The Java PDF toolkit, JPedal makes duplicating pages in PDF documents an easy task. You might want to duplicate pages when filling in multiple...
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How to N-Up Pages in PDF Files in Java (Tutorial)

If you have ever printed slides for a presentation and wanted to save paper when sharing handouts, you might have encountered N-up formatting. N-up...
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How to extract text from a PDF as Markdown

Some PDF files can be “tagged” which means they contain information about the structure of the file. This structure is embedded as metadata within...
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JPedal: Java PDF Parser

Why do we need to parse PDF files? PDF files are unusual in that they do not contain the actual content you see displayed...
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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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