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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Make your own PDF file. Part 4: Hello World…

This is part of a series on How to make your own PDF files. Back when dinosaurs roamed the earth I talked about the...
Daniel
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PDF Text extraction – Why can I not extract…

Every so often people send us files and ask why we cannot extract the text from them – I mean we can view the...
Mark Stephens
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How to Compare PDF files

Asking how to compare PDF files is a frequent question on the PDF forums. It is important to understand what you are trying to...
Mark Stephens
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Useful PDF tools – pdfedit

10th February 2022 – We have added a new article on the free RUPS viewer, which may be more relevant now. Read our updated...
Mark Stephens
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How to find out if a PDF file has…

Because it turned out that people wanted to make PDF files accessible and extract content from PDF documents (and not just view them), Adobe...
Mark Stephens
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Why PDF to HTML conversion does not work very…

When people convert PDF files into HTML files, they tend to be disappointed with the results. The main reason for this tends to be...
Mark Stephens
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