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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What is inside a PDF file?

A PDF document structure consists of several components that determines how text, images and other elements are stored and displayed. It is a binary...
Jacob Collins
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PDF.js Alternative for PDF Documents

Display Documents on Web Apps PDF.js is maintained by Mozilla for Firefox, but it works reasonably well with other browsers. It allows you to...
Leon Atherton
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How to sign PDF files in Java (Tutorial)

Introduction PDF files are not natively supported in Java, so to digitally sign them, you will need some special software. This tutorial demonstrates how...
Jacob Collins
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PDFBox alternative

Working with PDF documents in Java, developers often encounter the choice between open-source libraries like Apache PDFBox and commercial solutions like JPedal. While PDFBox...
Jacob Collins
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iText Alternative (and when you should consider one)

When it comes to finding an iText alternative, a name that often pops up is JPedal. Both libraries offer robust features for handling PDFs,...
Jacob Collins
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How to extract embedded files from a PDF in…

PDF files sometimes reference external resources such as images or other documents. To increase portability and ease archival of such PDF files, these resources...
Jacob Collins
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