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

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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How to Compare PDF files

Asking how to compare PDF files is a frequent question on the PDF forums. It is important to understand what you are trying to...
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