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 are text links defined in a PDF file?

When you are viewing a PDF file, you may well notice that (like a web page) there are blue clickable links. These are defined...
Mark Stephens
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What are PDF Xref tables?

What are PDF Xref tables? Xref tables are part of the original PDF file specification and one of the features which gives the PDF...
Mark Stephens
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PDF stack overflow and underflow

The PDF format makes extensive use of stacks. A stack is like a pile of books. If you add an item it goes on...
Mark Stephens
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How are carriage returns, spaces and other gaps defined…

One of the biggest issues within PDF files we find is  the use of carriage returns, spaces and line feeds as gaps with the...
Mark Stephens
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What are subsetted fonts in PDF files?

What are subsetted fonts? Subsetted fonts are fonts which  only include certain values. If you look at the fonts on your Computer you will...
Mark Stephens
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