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 flatten PDF layers in Java (Tutorial)

TL;DR Flattening PDF layers in Java is a way to lock a document’s appearance, ensure cross-device compatibility, and reduce file size by merging optional...
Jacob Collins
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How to Reorder Pages in a PDF Using Java…

TL;DR The JPedal Java PDF toolkit can reorder pages in a PDF file. Motivation In document processing workflows, page order is everything. Whether you...
Jacob Collins
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How to remove blank pages from a PDF in…

The JPedal Java PDF library can remove blank pages from documents. Rationale But why might you want to do this? A common reason would...
Jacob Collins
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Convert PDF to HTML5: Preserving Layout

Whether you’re a developer building a web application or a business looking to digitize a massive archive, you’ve likely struggled to choose the best...
Leon Atherton
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How to add a table of contents to a…

To add a table of contents to a PDF file in Java, you can use our PDF toolkit JPedal. Once you have downloaded the...
Jacob Collins
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New options for our PDF merger

In the latest release of our PDF library JPedal, we added some new features to our PDF merging tool. These new settings allow for...
Jacob Collins
2 min read