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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Glossary of PDF Terms

This article lists and defines commonly used terminology from the PDF world.   AcroForm AcroForm is a PDF form format that was introduced in...
Jacob Collins
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How to remove a page from a PDF file…

The PDF file format is not natively supported by Java. Therefore, to remove a page from a PDF file, you will need an external...
Jacob Collins
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How to convert PDF to HTML in Java (Tutorial)

In this article I will show you how you can convert PDF files to HTML in Java using our library BuildVu. PDF to HTML...
Mark Stephens
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How to split PDF files in Java (Tutorial)

The PDF file format is not natively supported by Java. Therefore, to split a PDF file into multiple PDFs, you will need an external...
Jacob Collins
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What Is A PDF?

Imagine you have just created an awesome Microsoft Word document, filled with images, tables, cool fonts, and all sorts of fancy stuff. You share...
Mark Stephens
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What is the best compression format for PDF?

The Portable Document Format (PDF) offers multiple compression options to achieve the optimal balance between file size and quality. The choice of compression depends...
Promil
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