Questions tagged [pdf]
Software that manipulates PDF (Portable Document Format) files: converting to/from PDF, printing, editing, assembling, splitting, etc.
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Web application to store and modify InDesign assets
We're looking to buy a Web application that can manage InDesign files with variables and render high res PDFs of those files.
It will allow users to log onto their portal to see their assets, set the ...
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Freeware program to convert big PDF eg 200MB PDF, to RTF, and compatible with Windows 7?
Is there a freeware program to convert a big PDF (e.g. 200MB) PDF, to RTF, that is compatible with Windows 7?
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PDF to PDF/X conversion .NET
I'm looking for a .NET library (preferably free/open source) or a command line tool to programmatically convert ordinary PDF (or PDF/A if that's easier) files to PDF/X-1a (2001 or 2003) for print ...
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Check/validate PDF files conformance to standards like PDF/A or PDF/UA
There are various PDF standards:
PDF/A: PDF/A-1a, PDF/A-2a or PDF/A-3a
PDF/UA
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I want to check with Python if a given PDF file follows any of those.
I have seen veraPDF which seems ...
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Software to determine the field names of PDF forms
I currently have a PDF form that I can fill out. I can upload the PDF to a piece of software that I purchased that converts form values to CSV. The problem is that the CSV shows headers like Field1, ...
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MCQ test for students
I have to create an MCQ test for my students. I know I can use MS Word for that. I want to know if there is a free specialised tool for this.
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Any software recommendations for getting the metadata of a PDF?
I have 10,000 PDF files in my drive and I need to capture the following metadata. I tried using wordstat but I'm unable to capture the following:
File Name
File Type
Asset Type
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Product ...
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Absolutely Free PDF Tools (Compress, Merge, Split, etc) software for Windows. (Not Web Based)
I need a completely free PDF tools app which could Merge, Split, Compress, Reduce, Crop, etc and all other features and that too without any payment of any money.
Also it should not be cloud based or ...
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Invoice, etc. templating system for PDF generation
I'm looking to pull invoice data from an ERP system and create PDF files of the invoices in a similar format to what the ERP system provides.
I can do that, but I'd prefer not to "hard code" ...
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PDF Annotation sidebar / increase width of document
I recently bought a Surface 3 pro tablet, and really love the ability to annotate pdf documents using the stylus.
Still, for scribbling along my thoughts while reading a document, I would need more ...
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Looking for a camscanner for windows 10
I need something that scans a big pdf (1000 pages) like camscanner does but for windows 10. Linux is ok as well as I've multiple VMs. I already have a pdf that is dark, I need to lighten it like ...
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Simple PDF centralized signing/approval system for LAN environment
In our office we typically have this highly in-efficient workflow:
User A writes a technical report with recommendations
There are between 4-5 people that must sign this document for it to be released
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A collection of Markdown files to a Book
I have a set of related markdown files. I would like to create a book like format or html or pdf. I searched and found 3 tools:
Pandoc ebook
Gitbook
Bookdown
What features I am looking for:
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PDF library to extract text and image in Xamarin (Android)
I'm a single developer trying to develop an Android app to convert PDF to ePub. I already have a prototype working for Windows in C#, and for that I used iText library.
Problem is, C# version of ...
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PDF reader with search history for Windows
Looking for a PDF reader with search history (say 100 last items) for Windows.
Both commercial and freeware recommendations are welcome.
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Python module for converting PDF to text
Is there any Python module to convert PDF files into text? I tried one piece of code (mirror) found in Activestate which uses pypdf but the text generated had no space between and was of no use.
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Is there any software to find lookalike image in PDFs?
I have a cropped screenshot of complicated math equation (digitised), which I can't find in a pdf file containing it just by simply typing the equation in the find box of the pdf viewer (because it is ...
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PDF parsing library compatible with .NET Core
I'm looking to parse some PDF (extract paragraph from them). I used iTextSharp in the past, but it doesn't support .NET Core.
I also tried this lib: https://github.com/VahidN/iTextSharp.LGPLv2.Core
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Annotating a PDF presentation with a Wacom graphics tablet in Linux
Usually I use Evince to show a PDF beamer presentation and I use Xournal to annotate the PDF with handwritten notes using a Wacom tablet.
Is there a software for Linux where I can combine both, i.e....
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Document generation library
I need advice about a technical problem regarding to document generation (PDF, Doc). I want to provide external data and combine that with a predefined template. The goal is to generate a lot of ...
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Which software to use for PDF scanning that can extract information and send to an invoice program?
I'm working as an intern at a company where they need accurate scanning of invoices that comes in PDF-forms. The program, or java-library, needs to be able to extract certain parts of the invoice so ...
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PDF editing software/note taking with indexing capability
I am a graduate student who is looking to upgrade my note taking capabilities. I am looking for a pdf editor (for windows 10) that can edit text (i.e highlight, underline, etc) but can also index ...
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Free PDF text highlighter: how to permanently highlight all occurences of a word at once?
Objective:
I need to speed read hundreds or academic articles when doing Systematic Literature Reviews;
the main idea is to do skimming in order to find just the information that I need to exclude/...
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.NET library for scanning documents to searchable PDF's (with barcode support)
I have a requirement to develop an application that can scan documents and produce searchable PDF's that can be previewed from a desktop application (e.g. WPF) or a web browser. Also ability to scan a ...
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Looking for software that can transfer PDF files and print them automatically (and then move them to a processed folder)
I'm running a webshop that is hosted online. Shipping labels for orders are currently exported once a day in a CSV file. I import them, and then print them to my local printer.
We want to automate ...
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JavaScript or Java. How to extract text and text coordinates from a PDF file?
I am looking for a pdfminer analog for js or java. i need to parse a pdf file into text and get the coordinates of each sentence (x, y, width, height). it would also be nice if it could work not only ...
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Software for reading 2 pages of PDF side by side
I'm not sure if this is the correct place to ask this kind of questions (and if anyone know the right place, he can let me know). Anyway I'm asking here because maybe somebody has (had? hopefully) my ...
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PDF Compression: Lossless or near-lossless compression options?
I'm looking for a tool for macOS (Windows and Linux would also be nice) that will compress PDFs with a lossless or near-lossless methodology.
There is an interesting discussion for ImageOptim PDF ...
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Minimizing the size of PDF files
Minimizing the size of JavaScript code (like JS Minifier) or PNGs (like Tiny PNG) are meant to reduce the bandwidth and speedup loading times of websites.
I'm looking for a similar thing but for PDF ...
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Software to print PDF to booklet with scaling
I have an OKI C911 printer that can do duplex printing up to SRA3. I often want to print PDFs that have a smaller page size (e.g. A4 or smaller).
Adobe Acrobat Reader allows either setting scaling, ...
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How to render a fillable PDF form on the web
I have a PDF that has a fillable form on it. You can see an example of such a PDF here. When I open this link in chrome, I'm guessing it uses the built in PDF viewer and I'm able to fill in the ...
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PDF website crawler
I need an open source system that can crawl websites to gather PDF documents and then index them.
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Node.js library to extract tables from PDF using JavaScript
I am looking for Node.js library for extracting tables from PDF files.
I have successfully used tabula-java as a stand-alone application.
I have tried the following:
Tried using tabula-js, which is a ...
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Free OCR software that makes a PDF searchable (with searchable text at the right place)
Is there any freeware OCR software (for Linux and/or Windows) that can take a PDF scanned document as input and output a Searchable PDF like Adobe Acrobat does?
With searchable PDF I meant that the ...
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Is there a npm library that converts html to pdf that support Angular and Bootstrap?
Is there a npm library that converts html to pdf that support Angular and Bootstrap?
I have a requirement that converts the html file into pdf.
I tried pdfmake npm library but it doesn't support ...
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Open source, simple Adobe Acrobat plugin (C++)
I am looking for an open source, simple Adobe Acrobat plugin (C++). That'd be convenient to get started to learn the plugin framework. Preference if the plugin do some text analysis (e.g., spell ...
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A tool to keep links towards pdf pages
For my researches, I review hundreds of pdf documents and I comment them while I keep some notes in Onenotes or Mindjet.
I would like a way to keep links toward specific pdf pages within my notes (the ...
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Tool to find text message in a PDF file
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Send a PDF file and a text message. Find if the text message exists in the pdf file.
The text message is a picture in the PDF file.
Problem:
What tool do you need to use i order to use it?
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How can I save to PDF from Chrome with as good results as Safari?
On macOS, Safari's "Export as PDF..." menu option is fast, and prints to a single page PDF. I'd like to do the same in Chrome.
It seems the recommended way to save a page as a PDF is to &...
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ODT to PDF Converter
We have a need to replace LibreOffice headless as a ODT-to-PDF converter.
The software we are looking should have to following requirements:
Convert a massive number (as a batch process) of ODT ...
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A tool to generate PDF reports from a client request in a Web App
I need an advice... I googled a lot and I'm a bit lost right now. I'll try to give you all the infos, keeping it short and simple (I hope - and sorry I'm not a native eng speaker):
What we have right ...
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Software to sign PDFs via browser (from Chromebooks)
We often need to fill in PDF documents, sign them (visually, a hand written signature), and return them to a business. Printing and scanning is time consuming and results in lower quality documents. ...
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Is there any PDF Reader that support both searching through opened tabs and navigating with vim binding?
I have the need to open many PDFs at one time. In this situation, the name of each tab is truncated so many that I can't see the location of my expected tab.
Is there any PDF reader that can search by ...
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How to batch highlight (permanently) keywords on PDFs for free?
Considering that:
I'm doing a Systematic Literature Review;
the relevant information is so much easier to find when the keywords I need are already permanently highlighted;
however, manually ...
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Application to recognize text in PDF files and images(OCR) for Windows
The problem: PDF files and images from a scanned paper document contain text that cannot be copied or edited. However, manual typing is not possible due to the size of the document and the high time ...
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Is there a software that simulates a pen and paper?
My university requires us to scan homework to PDF and send it via the website, and I have a problem using paper because my writing is messy. I saw some students using an iPad or a Chromebook to write ...
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Automatically synchronize OneDrive files when edited with specific software on iPad
Is it possible to edit PDF files, (for example,) with OneNote on my iPad and then those edited files are automatically updated also on my OneDrive? With edit, I mostly mean making notes with the Apple ...
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Website library to show a book online in a difficult-to-copy way, retrieving page-by-page from a PDF on the server
I'm developing a REST API in the Slim framework, it is used by web browser and Android devices.
It is on online books library. Most books are in PDF format.
Requirements for the code library:
The ...
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Bulk DjVu to PDF converter
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Windows 11 64 bit
Free
Can easily start converting (e.g. through drag and drop, selecting folder) an unlimited number of DjVus to PDF
Ideal:
No bloatware, spam, popups asking me to ...
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Looking for JPG image to PDF converter
I want an application that will:
Use pictures I've already taken of documents
Remove the background
Transform the image to be the right shape for a document
Convert it to PDF
Preferably it should:
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