From the Wikipedia Page: [The] file format created by Adobe Systems in 1993 is used for representing documents in a manner independent of the application software, hardware, and operating system. Each PDF file encapsulates a complete description of a fixed-layout 2D document that includes ...
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Enlarge page with Adobe Acrobat?
I have a scanned document where a couple pages were generated with the wrong DPI setting and as a result they're too small. I'd like to scale up the pages. I notice that I can scale individual images, ...
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Acrobat: keyboard shortcuts to toggle page display (single page / two-up)?
Is there a keyboard shortcut to toggle page display in Acrobat (Reader or Professional) from single-page to two-up? (And even from continuous to 'normal')
(I know the various shortcuts for changing ...
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Can't search for a certain word in a PDF on OS X
I'm searching this PDF (84 pages) for the word 'software', which appears regularly – but neither Safari or Preview can find it.
If I search for 'soft' it finds instances like "VISSOFT', which is ...
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Margin problems when printing PDF using LPR on OS X
I'm printing a PDF document using LPR on OS X, to a Canon MP190 printer.
When printing the same document (Letter paper size) from the Preview app, the margins are correct.
When printing using LPR, the ...
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Batch producing PDFs from a sequence of URLs/multiple URLs
Does anyone know of a way of making PDFs from a sequence of URLS/multiple URLs for webpages? For example, I want to print individual PDFs from a batch of webpages via their URLs. Is there an ...
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Printing two DIN A6 pages on a A4 sheet without border in order 1,2,1,2
I have created a postcard in DIN A6 format which I want to print with a A4 printer.
To do that I need to place the two pages (1=front and 2=back) on the A4 page in the following order: 1,2,1,2. It ...
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How to convert Kindle books into PDF format?
I'm new to digital books and I use the Kindle app for Windows to read the books I bought but I hate how I can't read the bottom paragraph of a book in the Kindle app in the centre of the monitor; I ...
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Add a Header to Every Page in a PDF?
Is there a way to add a small header to every page in a PDF on OS X? For example, some option in Preview or something? Maybe even something in AppleScript, etc?
I have a 200+ page PDF file and need ...
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Page numbers in a PDF are off, how can I change them?
I have a digital edition of textbook I bought. The pages are numbered from 1 - 570.
As a result, when I search page 68, it shows page 51 as the first pages originally in the textbook aren't numbered ...
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Why can't I make Google Chrome my default PDF viewer any more?
I am trying to make Google Chrome the default program for opening PDF files on a Windows 7 PC. I right click the PDF and choose 'Open With'. Chrome is not listed, so I browse to its location ...
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Extract text from PDF with a right to left language
I'm trying to extract text from a PDF with right to left language, and the text is get is mirrored. This happens in Nitro Reader 2 and Adobe Reader.
How can I do it so that the text extracted will be ...
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I'm trying to copy text from a PDF, but I get garbage
I'm trying to copy text from a PDF file, but I get garbage. I'm using Document Reader on Ubuntu to read the document. It's not like its not allowing me to copy, but just that the copied text looks ...
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Speeding up the browsing of PDFs in Adobe Acrobat
I have the most recent version of Adobe Acrobat 9 (9.0.5) installed on a relatively powerful workstation: A Windows 7 64 bit machine with 96 GB of RAM and two six-core processors Intel Xeon X5690 @ ...
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How to convert a web page into a PDF?
There are many ways to convert a web page to a PDF (online services, bookmarklets, Print to PDF solutions, etc...).
But none of these produce a searchable PDF. It seems like they all convert HTML ...
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How to remove URL embedded in PDF document? (dialog “the document is trying to connect to” appears)
I have an Adobe PDF document which when opened displays a warning dialog with the words "the document is trying to connect to" followed by a certain URL.
I choose the "Block" option to try to be ...
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How do I 'unbook' a pdf
I have a pdf file that was made into a booklet format. It is meant to print on A4 paper in landscape orientation; here are two pages in the pdf, which should correspond to four pages in the actual ...
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Why i cannot show pdf document on Firefox even i have firefox-pdf plugin
i have no problem to view pdf document on IE and Chrome but not in Firefox.
i have installed pdf plugin for firefox.
Thanks you in advance,
Stev
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Cutting & Pasting Vietnamese characters from a PDF
I'm trying to copy/paste a bunch of Vietnamese text from a PDF document to Notepad++ (or anything, nothing works). The pasted text is different than the source text. What would be the best way to go ...
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How to take notes in PDFs in Linux
In Adobe Acrobat Pro you can do things like put little sticky notes in PDFs, highlight text, and create bookmarks. I have found this very useful for learning. In school you learn better when you put ...
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antiword “The combination PDF and UTF-8 is not supported”
I'm trying to convert a .doc file to pdf with antiword:
antiword -a a4 pruebaDoc.doc > pruebaDoc.pdf
I get this message "The combination PDF and UTF-8 is not supported"
How can I fix this?
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How can I capture PDFs of websites that faithfully reproduce styles and layout?
Working with a limited set-up (Adobe Acrobat X Pro, IE 7, Firefox 9) I need to create hundreds of PDF archives of websites. As much as possible I need to preserve the style and layout of the pages. I ...
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PDF printer - custom paper size
Can we make a custom paper size in Adobe Acrobat that has no length limit? Similar to a fanfold print type?
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unsaveable pdf file [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
PDF - What software to fill-out/fill-in a PDF form?
What free software can convert fillable forms pdf to fillable and **savable** pdf?
I have a fillable pdf file. I can ...
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Removing hidden information in Acrobat Pro X makes my file bigger, why?
I have a PDF file which is 41,273 KB (Acrobat Pro X).
When I "Remove Hidden Information", the file size increases to 116,129 KB.
Why is that? I was expecting the file to become smaller.
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How to crop PDF halfway and merge to a new file
I've got a PDF output file that has been generated by PowerPoint which has the slides on the left and lines for notes on the right side. The format is A4 and there are three slides per page. Now I'd ...
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Save As PDF on Microsoft Word 2007 isn't embedding the fonts
When i use internal Word "Save As" PDF it never embed the font. When i use PDF Creator it works ok, but then i lose the bookmarks and cross references.
I'm using Windows 7, when i go to the font ...
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Convert black to white in scanned PDF
I have scanned many pages on a scanner with scan type set to 300 dpi black and white text and output format set to PDF. Unfortunately, a great deal of the pages were from a book and there is a shadow ...
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How do I use classExec to only the first page of a Word Document?
I'd like to use classExec to print a Word document to PDFCreator from the command line. According to this page I can use the command:
classexec.exe worddocument.doc --action printto PDFCreator ...
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Free DJVU to PDF converter on that does not make a gigantic PDF
The answers to this question are not satisfactory for me, since they either make a gigantic PDF and/or cost money.
Either Windows or Linux is fine.
If this is a hard/impossible software problem for ...
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When exporting from PowerPoint to PDF, how do I prevent image compression?
It seems Powerpoint is compressing the images in my slides (each slide in my powerpoint is 1 large image). I have turned off image compression in the advanced settings.
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How to change default page print size in chrome
Is it possible to change the default page print size in Chrome? I'm printing the webpage to a pdf file and it seems that the size is letter. I want to be able to change that to A4. Or if there are any ...
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Batch convert AppleWorks files into PDF within originating folder, delete original file?
Probably AppleScript is the way to go with this - I have found scripts online that do this, but snag on oversize printable area and put files in the same folder - I need files to stay in the folder ...
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pdfgrep error under cygwin
I am trying to grep over some pdf using pdfgrep which I download from here:
http://fd0.x0.to/cygwin/release/pdfgrep/
I then unzip it and put files into the cygwin corresponding folders.
Initially I ...
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Is there any free way to write on a PDF form? [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Free PDF Editor for Windows
I have been sent a form as a scanned PDF (it has no fields). There are several online tools that can be used to fill it in such as ...
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Convert Multi-Page PDF to Single JPEG or TIFF File on Mac
I am trying to submit a paper to an academic journal. My file is in PDF form. Unfortunately, the journal only accepts papers as JPEGs or TIFFs.
I can turn a single page into a JPEG using preview. ...
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How can I produce a single document for a multitude of formats and screen sizes?
I've been writing a Word document that I want to distribute online. However, I want the document to be accessible to everyone, including
People who want to print it on A4/Letter from PDF. Note that ...
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Make PDF tables able to be copied into Excel? (InDesign)
My organisation is publishing data tables, with these two design requirements:
Must be a PDF to preserve our brand style and formatting, for people who want to print the tables themselves to use as ...
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How do I automatically convert academic papers (PDF) for reading on a Kindle?
I got a Kindle for Christmas and I'd like to read some academic papers on it. Almost all of those papers are in either PostScript or the PDF format and made for A4-sized paper. See the example here.
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Increasing margins of all pages in a pdf file
I need to increase the top and bottom margins of all the pages in a pdf file, or alternatively increase the size of each page so as to add a little white space at the top and the bottom. How can I do ...
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How to repair a PDF file with black boxes / rectangles?
I have a PDF file, and occasionally, there appear black filled boxes across the width of the page. The strange thing is, that when I mark the area and hit 'copy' and then paste it in a text editor, ...
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Accidentally tried to open an infected PDF, but MS Security Essentials gives false negative
I received a couple of emails with attached PDFs from a fairly tech-savvy friend who never sends me cute/annoying forwards, so I thought they were safe to open but Adobe Reader X threw an error and ...
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Why can't I save a PDF questionnaire's result?
There's a PDF questionnaire with radio buttons and textboxes which I filled out on the web.
When I'm trying to download this document, I get an empty local questionnaire without any results. How can ...
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How to remove PDF bookmarks (from terminal or programatically)?
I was surprised that there is no easy way to remove bookmarks from PDF.
pdftk can't do it, ghostscript same AFAIK, qpdf... and there are no other significant tools that I'm aware of
Easiest for me ...
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Stripping Non-Text from a Scanned, OCRd PDF
I have a PDF created from a scanned document. OCR was used to recognize text. In Acrobat, if I select text, and click 'copy with formatting', I can paste the formatted text into Word, so it seems that ...
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Resizing a selection in Adobe Acrobat X Pro
When working with block selections, you can resize the area by dragging the handles on each of the four corners. However, I can't seem to find a way to resize the area by dragging a single side of the ...
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Using convert to covert multiple jpg files to pdf - pdf quality
I used the command
convert *.jpg out.pdf
to convert multiple jpg files to pdf. But the quality of the output pdf is very low. Is there a way I can increase the quality?
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Link to image within pdf, and have the image displayed?
Is this possible? Basically, I have a file foo.png. I want to have foo.png displayed at a certain location in the pdf, while maintaining foo as a separate file. So, for example, if I changed the ...
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Ghostscript printing outside of the page
I have an application that generates pdf files using ghostscript (current gs version 9.04). The pdf files it generates are placed up and to the left about 1/4 inch each, outside of the printable ...
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How do I create a PDF to use as a template with PDFBox?
I've already used iReport/JasperReport, iNetDesigner and others reporting systems with dedicated editor.
For a new project, I'm trying to get a template with placeholder like $NAME$, then ...
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PDFs in Safari - Can they be annotated (setting Preview as the default viewer)?
Is it possible to annotate PDFs displayed in Safari browser (setting Preview as the default viewer)?
