Invented by Adobe Systems over 20 years ago, the Portable Document Format (PDF) is now an open standard for electronic document exchange maintained by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). When you convert documents, forms, graphics, and web pages to PDF, they look just like they would if printed.

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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...
Jacob Collins
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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...
Jacob Collins
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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...
Jacob Collins
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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...
Jacob Collins
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Faster Financial Processing and Turnaround with HTML Forms

Financial organizations sometimes require clients to fill in PDF forms. However, using PDF forms brings with it some friction and annoyance as the organizations...
xinyu zhang
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Make Academic PDF Forms Work in Any Browser

Educational organizations sometimes require students to fill in PDF forms. However, using PDF forms brings with it some friction and annoyance as the organizations...
xinyu zhang
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