Questions tagged [pdf]
Portable Document Format (PDF) is a platform-independent standard developed by Adobe System in 1993 for document exchange.
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Coherent PDF: Does it support variables, like PDFtk?
Does anybody know whether Coherent PDF support variables, like PDFtk?
This works:
cpdf -merge input1.pdf 1-3 input2.pdf input1.pdf 4-~1 -o output.pdf
But this doesn't:
cpdf -merge A=input1.pdf B=...
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Where can I find a full list of Poppler utils?
I have installed Poppler on macOS using Homebrew (brew install poppler). I know I can use pdfimages or pdftoppm, but where can I find a full list of Poppler utils? I tried man poppler, but it returns &...
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How can one automatically check if a PDF contains a section with a specific title?
Task: I have several PDFs. How can one automatically check if a PDF contains a section with a specific title?
Environment: I can use Windows, or command line on Ubuntu.
Motivation: https://...
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Pdf table pasted into excel via word but there is hidden text i dont want. I cannot find how to remove
My excel data appears to be cells like 200.00 BUT I cannot add up because the actual cell content is Money in (£) 200.00. So it has text at start and . at end that I don't see in the display. I just ...
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How to set up lossless settings for convert from Imagemagick ran on colored images with -compress JPEG2000/WebP for PDF/TIFF output?
Continuing Lossless or near lossless compression options for PDFs containing grayscale with JPEG2000? and Which compression modes of convert of imagemagick are lossless (with -quality 100)?, which ...
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Does changing the program that a certain file extension opens with change the file type somehow?
I have a .pdf file of my CV and since I don't have any programs that are made for reading/editing PDFs, I set it so that .pdf files open with Chrome by default. Now, when I go to the Properties ...
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How can one automatically check if the text in one of the pages of a PDF exceeds the page margin?
I have a PDF with 10 pages. How can one automatically check if the text in one of the pages exceeds the page margin?
Example of a page that exceeds the page margin (I added the vertical black margin ...
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How to import a PNG signature into Adobe Acrobat Reader?
I've been trying to import my signature stored as a .png file into Adobe Acrobat Reader to sign PDF documents, but I can't find the "Add Signature" option. I've looked under "Fill & ...
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How to Print a PDF with Ansarada Restrictions
I have a PDF file that is encrypted with Ansarada. The restrictions set on the file prevent me from editing, printing, or copying the document. However, I need to print the file for a submission.
I ...
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How do I fill up a PCI DSS SAQ form?
I have established that my business needs to complete a PCI DSS SAQ-D form for attesting PCI compliance... twice - once as a merchant and once as a service provider!
Even completing it once is a ...
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PDF format limitation or? Proper PDF creation impossible with image height greater than 23950 pixels (one large page)?
Is a maximum of 23950 pixels image height at some point in a PDF creation process
a general limitation of the PDF format for a single page?
MY TEST EXAMPLE
image dimensions in px:
width: 1402
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PowerPoint to PDF fonts colour is wrong
I'm trying to export a PowerPoint document to PDF. I'm using foxit reader. When opening the PDF document the colour of the fonts changes from white to black (in the ppt I'm using white fonts, Arial).
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File Size increases on basic pdf -> raster image -> pdf roundtrip with `pdfimages` + `magick`
Why do I not succeed into making this simple pdf → raster image → pdf round-trip file-size-stable?
$ # Get original file (8KB, just extracted from my scanner).
$ curl "https://nextcloud.mbb.cnrs....
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"Creating TIFF with legacy Deflate codec identifier" warning when converting from DjVu to PDF
When converting to PDF with ddjvu:
ddjvu -format=pdf input.djvu output.pdf
there is a warning:
TIFFWriteDirectorySec: Warning, Creating TIFF with legacy Deflate codec identifier, ...
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Setting default programs for only one file in Windows
I will explain my problem through an example. I have three PDF files (A.pdf, B.pdf, C.pdf) with Chrome set as the default program to open them all. Now, I want to configure it so that file A opens ...
