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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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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Can I split up PDFs based on text in specific areas?
I work for a University in the admissions office and we get large PDFs of every document that an applicant uploads to us. I need to split these PDFs into separate documents. Each of the separate ...
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Copy paste an image from pdf file while maintaining transparency [duplicate]
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How to maintain image transparency when copying from the browser
I have a pdf document and when I try to copy-paste an image from it with the Selection Tool, the background ...
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Command line Linux any document format to PDF converter? [duplicate]
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How do I convert this filetype to pdf?
I am looking for tool to (similar to ooffice) convert to PDF. I know where from .odt can be converted to PDF. How about .doc or .docx?
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Can I assign preset bookmarks for a page in Adobe?
Is there a method - without merging several .pdf files into one .pdf file - to preset bookmarks for Adobe?
After I am done scanning my pages, I would like to be able to assign a pre-named bookmark to ...
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MS Word Export to PDF Makes Images Soft
We have a bunch of letterheads that we have created in MS Word for Mac. These looks great on the mac and when we make them into a PDF they still look great.
When trying them on a PC, they still look ...
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How can I create a PDF with form fields from a collaboratively edited source document?
I want to create a PDF document with a fill-in form. The source of the document is right now Google Docs, so that my team can edit it collaboratively with ease.
However, Google docs doesn't support ...
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Adobe Reader renders Times fonts fuzzy [duplicate]
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Why do fonts look messed up in Adobe Acrobat?
The first row are times fonts, rendered by PDF XChange Viewer( or Sumatra, Evince, their rendering are almost the same) and Adobe ...
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How to batch print multiple e-mails into one single PDF with one click on Windows 7?
I use the e-mail software "Postbox 2" and I won't switch this so fast, as I have like 7000 e-mails in my GoogleMail account, which is the main account I want to print the e-mails from.
I'm going ...
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Border does not print from PDF
When I print from an HP Business Inkjet 5800 printer (shared from an XP computer) the borders only print from a random side. This happens when printing from Windows XP, Vista or 7.
When printing the ...
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Tagging PDF files on CD/DVD and opening them with the associated viewer
Simple thing. I have a lot - and I do mean, A LOT (if it was possible to colour this in red, it probably would be red as well) of PDF/dejavu/word/plain jpeg files; mostly articles from my professional ...
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The same PDF file is shown differently in iPad and Mac
I bought a PDF book from O'Reilly, and copied the file to iPad to read.
And it I see some marks as below. I tested with a couple of PDF apps and all of my apps show the marks.
And this is the ...
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Is there a way to make Acrobat 10 change size of the Note icon?
For Highlighting and the Note's icon, I can click on it, and choose to view the Property bar and change its color, icon image, etc, and then say, "Use as Default Property", so now all the highlighting ...
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Imagemagick convert creates monochrome output only
I have a book scan as a pdf. When I open it with Adobe Reader, it looks like grayscale. When I open it with IrfanView, it looks like grayscale, and the Information option tells me that the image is ...
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How to optimize process of outlook files (*msg) conversion to .pdf?
The aim is to convert several messages from Microsoft Outlook (2003 and/or 2007 versions) to .pdf files.
Condition: One message should generate a corresponding single pdf file. If possible, pdf file ...
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How do I save a MS Word 2008 document as a PDF with valid hyperlinks on OSX
I am trying to save a Word document as a PDF using MS Word 2008 for the Mac.
The document contains a bunch of hyperlinks, which work correctly from inside Microsoft Word.
When I save the document as ...
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How do I tell Chrome to open a pdf in Mac Preview instead of in-line? [duplicate]
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How to disable automatic opening of PDF files in chrome
I've looked at the answers to this question: How to disable automatic opening of PDF files in chrome, but they do not ...
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how do i embed text in a pdf i'm making with microsoft power point (2007 i think)
need it to print right on a print shop's computer
which fonts do i need to embed? i found somewhere arial doesn't need to be embed, but it doesn't seem to be the default sans-serif on newer microsoft ...
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Any software that could convert PDF file to CHM
is there any convenient way to convert PDF file to CHM file?
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Text from pdftotext and alignment
I used texttopdf on linux to extract all the text from a multipage pdf, everything is fine, except that each page get a different alignment, although in the original pdf this is not the case, here is ...
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Convert PDF with Arabic and English Fonts to Word
I need to convert a PDF file that has arabic and english text to word. A sample page from the file can be found on this link
http://digital-dividend.com/clients/00000217.pdf
I need to do this so the ...
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Ghostscript renders embedded fonts in pdf poorly (all jaggy)
Ghostscript doesn't render embedded fonts in pdf's properly. e.g. http://vegro.nl/cmsfiles/ConsumentenAssortiment/Brochure/10.axd The characters of the logo on the right top ('Thermrad') are all ...
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Macbook has trouble sending PDFs to print
I can't seem to send PDFs over a certain size (450Kb) to any printer using my MacBook (Snow Leopard).
Documents that aren't in PDF send fine regardless of size and some small PDFs will send grand.
A ...
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How to reduce the file size/rendering performance of PDFs embedding large EPS?
If one has a PDF with EPS-like graphics embedded.
The EPS-like is something like finite-element method plot or browian motion which takes quite a long time for the machine to render.
That makes the ...
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Tool to annotate and format PDF [duplicate]
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Looking for a good annotation tool for PDF documents on Windows
i am looking for a preferably free tool to re-format and annotate PDF documents. the reason why i want to ...
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Any Repeating text/phrase finder function/software for text editor? replace/remove? [closed]
I compile my own PDF for my personal use from texts copied from other sources and other ebooks I have purchased. When I copy texts from other PDFs, the chapter title, page # and book titile appear ...
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Import PDF in Inkscape without per character spacing
I have a PDF form I imported into Inkscape. It did a pretty great job of created an SVG from it, however it appears to have given per character x coordinates to each tspan in every text block. I'm ...
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How to edit and enlarge the font in a PDF document?
I have a 6" Kindle. I often read technical PDF files, but the problem is that they don't get converted very well to Kindle's native format (for example, code blocks get messed up, etc). When looking ...
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How to transfer my PDF files from my PC to my iPhone [duplicate]
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iPhone App for reading PDF files
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iPhone App for reading PDF files
I have about 10 PDF files on my PC, and I'd like to find a way to transfer to my ...
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Changing ZapfDingbat font character in a PDF file
I've got a PDF file which has a single 'ZapfDingbat' font character (a big tick mark) in it. I opened it in Adobe Acrobat Professional and tried to use 'touch up' tool to change this character.
But I ...
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Merger several pdf files using pdftk by creation date
I have several pdf files and I would like to merge these files using pdftk. I can do it like this
C:\pdftk *.pdf cat output merged.pdf
This merges files using their alphabetical order, but I would ...
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How can I export a PDF from a Word document, which contains an SVG file with a gradient?
I am currently using Word 365, version 2207. The document I am editing contains an SVG file, which in turn contains a <radialGradient> element. When I import this SVG file into Word, the picture ...
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Using PDF as background of Word document
Original problem: I have a PDF document with me which I wish to comment on. However, I have yet to find a PDF editor that has the versatility of text boxes, comments and equation editors etc. as ...
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How to make pandoc use the correct font?
After spending 54 million years waiting for "TeX Live" (required by pandoc) to install, I was finally able to run the command to turn my .txt file into a PDF:
pandoc -i "1.txt" -o "1.pdf"
The result ...
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Chrome doesn't render fonts in PDFs
My Google Chrome isn't rendering fonts correctly, mainly in PDFs.
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The text simply doesn't appear. I'm using Manjaro Linux and Chrome 79.0.3945.88.
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Adjust the positioning of PDF content
Is there any way to adjust the positioning of PDF content? For example, suppose a PDF has the text "Hello World" written in the top left and is otherwise transparent, and I want to move this text 5 ...
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Merging PDF files with PDFTK
I have a directory with PDF files that looks like this:
2016_AAA_SomeRandomText1.pdf
2016_BBB_SomeRandomText1.pdf
2016_AAA_SomeRandomText2.pdf
2016_BBB_SomeRandomText2.pdf
2016_AAA_SomeRandomText3.pdf
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How to extract image rotation from a PDF
I'm extracting all the images from a bunch of scanned PDFs using pdfimages, in order to process and repackage them.
The problem is that some images are rotated 90° (either CW or CCW) and others are ...
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Extract multiple sections of pages from a pdf
I have a ton of pdf files (past exams), of which only two sections of pages (about 8 pages each) are relevant to me. I'd like to extract the two sections into a separate file for each of them.
I used ...
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How can a scanned document have multiple layers in resulting PDF?
A colleague and I find ourselves at odds about the details of a transaction. As proof to support his claims, I asked him to send me a copy of an invoice form he received with an order. The colleague ...
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How to change the font(s) used by a PDF in OSX? Specifically I want to change from bitmap to vector fonts
I have a number of PDFs of scientific papers that I want to be able to read on a Kindle. They look fine on my laptop but on the Kindle they look like low quality scans and are awful to read. As far as ...
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Scroll through multiple pdf from folder
I have multiple pdf-files in a folder - I would like to scroll through all the files so they seem like one pdf.
Merging the files to one file is not an option as it should be done "on the fly" from a ...
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Selecting several objects in Adobe Acrobat XI Pro by drag and drop
Short version: Is it possible to several objects in Adobe Acrobat XI Pro by drag and drop?
Example: I would like to move all the objects present in the selected area below (the selected area is in ...
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Adobe Acrobat : html to pdf broken layout
I recently converted an HTML page to an A4 PDF using Adobe Acrobat Pro. The problem is that layout is not split correctly. Is there a way to edit it (insert some blank space) to push all the broken ...
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Why do some pdf/acrobat files not support "previous view"?
I have several pdfs that have the "Previous View" (alt-back arrow) option disabled/grayed out. I'm not the only one with this unresolved problem.
Does anyone know why and if it's possible to fix ...
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How to disable "Request Signatures" notification in Adobe Acrobat
Every time I open up a PDF in Adobe Acrobat 2021 I get a notification asking me to request signatures.
I don't know what this is or why it's there and I can't figure out how to disable it.
I have read ...
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Remove the same image watermark from every page of a pdf file
I am in possession of a long PDF file. On each and every page of this file there is an annoying watermark/logo that I wish to remove. The printing shop unlawfully added their own logo on somebody else'...
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How do I use an online survey with question dependency to create a backend that can generate documents?
I plan to create a survey that is taken at an on-line web page and that stores the results into an Access database. The answers are primarily drop-down, numeric or strings. The results are meant to ...
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How to split pdf file into different pages
I have a document with extension .pdf . But it is secured one. If it is converted into unsecured(normal) mode , 4 pages is converted. So i think if it is splited into several pages, I can get whole ...
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Embed An Exe file Into PDF and Run it with PDF Start-Up
I have an exe which block many screen capturing utilities. My PDF itself is blocked and no one can copy text from it, I want to embed that exe file into my pdf and by running pdf file that exe ...