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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What Is A PDF?

What Is a PDF? PDF stands for “Portable Document Format.” It’s a widely-used file type designed to display documents consistently across different devices. If...
Mark Stephens
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How to print PDF files from Java (Tutorial)

Printing PDF files from Java is something that raises a lot of general questions, so this short article is a general guide to the...
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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5 ways to protect PDF files from copying

Many times you want to allow your users to view the contents of a PDF file, but not to copy the content or the...
Mark Stephens
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How to add an image annotation to a PDF…

If you’ve been struggling to find a solution for inserting image annotations into a PDF, look no further. With JPedal you now have the...
Jacob Collins
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What is tagged PDF?

What is tagged PDF? A tagged PDF is a PDF file which contains additional information to define its structure (wordflow, headers, tables, paragraphs, etc)....
Mark Stephens
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