Mark Stephens

  https://www.idrsolutions.com Mark has been working with Java and PDF since 1999 and is a big NetBeans fan. He enjoys speaking at conferences. He has an MA in Medieval History and a passion for reading.

   



191 Stories by Mark Stephens

Is the PDF file format Open and Free?

One of my pet annoyances on forums is the number of people who think that the PDF file format is a proprietary format. So...
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3 steps to creating local mirrored Git repositories for your Continuous tests

At IDRsolutions, we have spent the last 6 months working to make our Java code base for our Java PDF Library and PDF to...
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How to extract data from pdf files in Java (Tutorial)

This tutorial shows you how to extract pdf file form data in simple steps using JPedal Java PDF library. JPedal includes extensive support for...
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How to view PDF metadata in Java (Tutorial)

As someone who works with PDFs, it is not straightforward to view PDF metadata since it is not directly supported by Java. This tutorial...
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How to extract text from PDF files in Java (Tutorial)

This tutorial shows you how to extract text from a PDF file in simple steps using JPedal Java PDF library. It covers different formats...
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