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How to extract text from PDF files in Java

PDF files are not directly supported by Java. This tutorial shows you how to extract text from a PDF file in simple steps using...
Mark Stephens
1 min read

Java PDF to Image conversion tutorial

Do you need to convert your PDF files to images in Java? PDF files are not directly supported in Java but you can solve...
Mark Stephens
1 min read

Drawing Java Components without displaying them.

Recently I have had a need to draw a pdf page to a provided graphics object. Considering that we draw the page to a...
Kieran France
1 min read

Search PDF Files With Regular Expressions – Searching With…

Recently our search code has undergone a major update to give you greater control over what text you can find. We have now made...
Kieran France
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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
1 min read