Portable Document Format (PDF) is a file format used to present documents in a manner independent of application software, hardware, and operating systems.

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Digital Signatures in a PDF

Digital signatures are a stamp of authentication for digital information. For PDF files, they provide the ability to detect whether the document has been...
Jacob Collins
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How to search for text in a PDF file…

Can you determine if a PDF is searchable for text without opening it? Well you will need some special software. This might be useful...
Jacob Collins
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How to read a PDF file

To show how to read a PDF file, I have created a step by step guide to reading very ‘simple’ PDF (it just shows...
Mark Stephens
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What is a PDF Form?

What exactly is a PDF form? A PDF form is an electronic document in Portable Document Format (PDF) which has interactive fields that let...
Mark Stephens
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How to remove unused objects from PDF file (Tutorial)

PDF files sometimes contain objects which are never used. This increases the file size and is wasteful. This tutorial shows you how to reduce...
Jacob Collins
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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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