Mark Stephens

  https://www.idrsolutions.com Mark founded the company and has worked with Java and PDF since 1997. The original creator of the core code, he is also a NetBeans enthusiast who enjoys speaking at conferences and reading. He holds an Athletics Blue and an MA in Mediaeval History from St. Andrews University.

   



204 Stories by Mark Stephens

Why is white a special color in PDF files?

White is a special color in the PDF file format. This is because of the way different colours work in the PDF file format....
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7 ways to navigate around a PDF file

Update: You can see all these modes in action on Youtube. A PDF file is a multipage document which can contain many pages. Unlike...
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What Java Developers need to know about PDF Files?

PDF stands for portable document format and is the world’s most popular file format. So it’s likely to be one that Java Developers need...
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PDF Text extraction – Why can I not extract text from a PDF file?

Every so often people send us files and ask why we cannot extract the text from them – I mean we can view the...
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How to Embed your own data in PDF files

Because of its power and flexibility, the PDF file format is often used for Internal workflows. Sometimes it would be useful to embed your...
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How are images displayed in a PDF file?

Images are not stored inside a PDF file as Tiff or PNG or JPG images. They are stored as the binary pixel data along...
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