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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Is it possible to add bookmarks to a PDF document with Acrobat Reader?
I've been trying to bookmark several pages of a PDF file using Acrobat Reader, and while the Bookmarks tab is available, it is disabled:
Is it possible to bookmark pages using Acrobat Reader?
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Get owner password of pdf from qpdf decryption?
I have a pdf file which I removed the owner password using
qpdf --decrypt encrypted_document.pdf decrypted_document.pdf
However, I need to know what the owner password is. Did qpdf find the onwer ...
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How to split a PDF to multiple overlapping pages with cpdf?
I am trying to use cpdf to split single-page PDFs of various page height in to PDFs with multiple pages of a fixed A4 page size with some overlap for the page end of a page to the begin of the next ...
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PDF to CAMT (XML/MT940) conversion
Is there someone who can provide any information about converting PDF documents to the CAMT, appropriate XML or MT940 format?
Target OS is a windows 10 machine.
I appreciate any useful information.
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download related to pdf
how can i download this file in which you can view it but you can't( download , print , copy) http://shodhbhagirathi.iitr.ac.in:8081/jspui/image/pdf/web/viewer.html?file=/jspui/bitstream/123456789/...
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Stitch two PDF pages together and duplicating sheet width
I have lecture slides in pdf format that were generated with the default LaTex presentation format. I want to write digital notes on them and for that I would like to have a big lined/ruled space to ...
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How to create a redacted PDF where the redactions disappear with a password
I submit drawings of structures to clients. Sometimes the clients refuse to pay after I submit the drawings. Is there a way in which I can obscure parts of a PDF of the drawings and protect it using a ...
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Save as PDF using the Firefox mxt08-real/Export-Web-to-PDF extension
MacOS Ventura 13.6.3
Firefox 123 and 124b (developper edition)
I am testing the mxt08-real/Export-Web-to-PDF Firefox extension, which allows to add an icon to trigger the "Save as PDF" ...
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Can Chrome open PDF documents in the system viewer app by default?
In Firefox, when I click on a PDF link it opens my default system viewer (SumatraPDF). Isn't Google Chrome capable of this behavior?
In Chrome's settings, here:
chrome://settings/content/pdfDocuments
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Unable to Save Edited Comments in Adobe Acrobat - "Dictionary Keys Must Be Direct Name Objects" Error (LaTeX PDF)
I'm facing an issue with saving edits to comments in Adobe Acrobat. Here's the situation:
I created a document using LaTeX (compiler unknown, possibly Overleaf or MikTeX locally).
I potentially used ...
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How can I improve my Windows Batch File that merges two PDFs into a separate folder to move the PDF regardless of whether a merge exists
I have a windows batch file that merges PDFs from two separate folders and dumps them into a 3rd folder. One of the PDFs is a PDF of a map survey and the other are any accompanying photos the surveyor ...
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How can I download a list of urls but filter by pdf content?
I have a large list of links to PDFs. I'd like to download all the PDFs that contain a certain keyword. Is there software that will allow me to input a large list of urls for download but then only ...
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How get first filename and rename it to new file in Automator on macOS?
I cannot find how can I do this with Automator on macOS:
We are merging 2 or more PDF files into (new) one. New file should be named as first original file.
So I need:
Take name of first original ...
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How does Zotero find the information used to rename PDFs, and how can one incorporate this functionality into a shell script?
The bibliography management software Zotero can automatically rename manuscript PDFs in a AUTHOR - YEAR - TITLE.pdf format. Per this question, Zotero doesn't support batch-renaming all PDFs in a ...
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How to fix/repair a corrupted PDF?
I had a book (PDF) in Apple Books from local files on iPad. I had 2 months worth of notes on the PDF.
Today I was not able to open it and getting an error:
"Cannot open Document. Unable to open '...
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How to delete signature from a PDF
This PDF has an invalid signature, so I want to delete it. Is there some tools to do it? I use Windows/Linux system.
PDF source: https://zh.z-library.se/book/3355492/93d409/classical-mechanics.html
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Installing Adobe Pro and Adobe Reader on the same machine
We have multiple users working on a terminal servers
A few have license for Adobe Pro
The rest of the users need access to the 'regular' Adobe Reader that does not require a license.
Tried installing ...
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Chrome suddenly automatically opens PDF files in Adobe Acrobat after download
Since a few weeks, after I've downloaded a PDF file, Chrome suddenly has started to open these files in Adobe Acrobat. I have absolutely no idea why that happens.
Does someone know what the reason for ...
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change language for pdf export in libreoffice calc
This must surely be obscure but I'd really like to fix it for an important document.
My system language is in one European language. Still, I managed to change all the languages for a Libreoffice Calc ...
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Change page size when Printing as PDF
I have a list of .xhtml document that are size 539*709. This is a kind of weird B5 (190x250mm).
When I do CTRL+P and use the "Save As PDF" feature, I do not have the page format that I want.
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Copying files from Linux server to windows machine over SSH, using expect script and crontab is not reliable
We have a server that is producing reports from some elements in two formats. PDF and DOCX. I created a crontab job to automate transfer of these files from the server to one of the local Windows ...
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Autohotkey: Can't get the name and path of a pdf file
The following code gets the selected text from a file after pressing ctrl+shift+c and appends its name and path to it, then copies it to the clipboard. It works with a .txt file, but not with a pdf ...
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How to remove documents stored on Evince's "home page"?
Is there a way to remove certain documents from the front page of Evince? Or reset the entire thing back to zero and have no documents show up until I pull one up again?
This page is what I mean:
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Is it possible to recover files on NTFS after writing to the same directory?
I've accidentally deleted a couple of .tex and .pdf files. The files were stored under C:\Users\Name\Desktop\notes on my laptop's SSD. I'm using a Windows 11 Pro. It seems like this happened about a ...
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Opening PDF previews with Chrome on an Optiplex 7010 or 7000 results in a grey square in the preview pane
As the title states. Opening PDF previews with Chrome on an Optiplex 7010 or 7000 results in a grey square in the preview pane.
Notes:
This issue does not occur for any other Optiplex series (5060, ...
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Windows 11 Edge cannot open PDFs that have spaces in filename
Windows 11 Edge opens PDF by default, but it seems like it can't handle filenames that have spaces. e.g. Invoice AAA.pdf will result in opening 2 tabs, Invoice and AAA.pdf, both of which don't exist.
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Why does my PDF repeat the last edit I made to an included image?
I have a multi-page PDF that has an image on its first page that I recently edited before re-saving the PDF. The edit involved changing the number 46 to 40 by pasting a 0 on top of the 6 and then ...
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Is it possible to convert Word to PDF without screenshot quality loss?
In Word I have a code screenshot.
I tried to convert it using many different ways (save as PDF, export to PDF, Print to PDF (Microsoft, Adobe, CutePDF), Adobe Acrobat (paid) Create PDF / Convert PDF (...
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Unable to Print in Landscape Mode from Excel Document
I'm encountering difficulty when attempting to print an Excel page in landscape mode. Despite trying various adjustments, such as scaling, changing paper formats, and playing with file and printer ...
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Header and Footer Option missing in Microsoft Print to PDF / Printing Preferences / Page Layout
I was trying to print some txt files in PDF via 'Microsfot Print to PDF' and by default it prints the header and footer.
Reading about it online articles mention that I could remove them by ...
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How to prevent large file size in JPEG-PDF roundtrip conversion?
TL;DR: File size doubled in roundtrip conversion between JPEG and PDF. Tools used : poppler and imagemagick
I am doing this
Extract images from a pdf containing only images (scanned document), via ...
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Is there a certificate file containing an signature image?
Some PDF editors have this nice feature to sign your document and placing a scanned image of your signature at the same time. Is there any digital signature format out there supporting to contain an ...
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Open multiple pdf files in separate staggered windows in a single app on a Mac
How can I open from the command line on a Mac more than 15 pdf files, 1 file per window, in separate staggered windows in a single app?
I am using Preview as the default pdf viewer. I have not ...
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GIMP: using mask extracted from a PDF file
I frequently use pdfimages to extract graphic images from pdf files. A lot of the time, I find that the extracted image seems to be in two parts - the original image and a grey-scale mask that screens ...
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“Epson ET-4750 preparing to print the back side of the document. Do not touch the paper” This is a one-page doc with no back side
This problem began in the last couple of months--one page documents in Microsoft Word and Adobe Acrobat pdfs pause for about 20 seconds after printing the page and the printer Control Panel warns me &...
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How to put more than one image by page using img2pdf?
I have a series of images (>100) that I want to print in a specific size, that size let me put 8 of the images in a page, but when running the next command I get one image by page.
img2pdf *.png --...
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Is there any way to highlight all words of multiple words different colors in a pdf document?
It does not have to be a pdf document; some other format that a pdf could be converted to would also work. I would not be against having to make the software myself, so if there any any existing ...
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How can I add text (to enable searching and copy&paste) to a scanned PDF document? [closed]
I have Microsoft Word document. Someone has printed that document, signed it (yes. With a pen. Very nostalgic.) and then scanned it. Obviously this process turned the document into images making it ...
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Strange encoding of non-latin characters in Microsoft Word metadata embedded in a PDF file
I have a PDF file created from a Microsoft Word document that contains a block:
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/Author ( 52 &>;AB>9)
/Producer (Microsoft: Print To PDF)
/Title (Microsoft Word - ^T>:C&...
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How to view pdf online without downloading
I'm on Windows 11 home. I use Firefox for my browser.
I want PDFs that are on my PC to open in an app on my PC. I want PDFs that are online to open in my browser without downloading to my computer. ...
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How can I understand/detect/correct this pasting issue in Microsoft Word?
I have encountered some strange behavior pasting certain text into Microsoft Word 2016. If I paste page 21 of this document into Word, all of the text between the first two instances of the < (not ...
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How to reduce the number of clicks in Adobe acrobat/windows to save updated pdf file overwriting the existing one?
I am using the Adobe Acrobat readers to add comments to PDF files but every time I want to exit the file leaving the newer version overwriting the earlier one, I have to jump through several windows ...
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is it possible to force Acrobat to save as PDF/A by default?
Has anyone had experience forcing Adobe Acrobat to save created/edited/merged PDF's as PDF/A by default?
My workplace forces all PDF's to be saved as PDF/A, training the users to manually save each ...
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Adobe Indesign: Forms: Set critera/validation of form fields
I am running Adobe InDesign 19.0.1 x64.
I am creating a fillable form and would like to include validation on some of the fields. For example when the user is asked for ID# I would like to have the ...
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Word, Save as PDF cuts off right and bottom
I suspect the following problem to be a user-specific setting (because it happens to one user with all documents whereas the same documents work fine with a different user) but could not find anything ...
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What is the best way to create a mobile optimized PDF from Word (or other app)? [closed]
I sometimes need to make user manuals, and usually used Word or powerpoint and sent the users PDFs.
The problem is that almost all users read PDFs on their phone these days, and a normal PDF is of ...
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PDF form field sequential numbering across multiple pages
I have a single page form that has 2 fields (Named Record). My goal is to expand this to 50 pages each with 2 fields that add 1 to the previous field number. IE, page 1 has record 1 and 2, page 2 has ...
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Firefox cut off portion of text near page end when printing to PDF
I'm trying to print to PDF a page with Firefox.
But in the resulting PDF, a portion of text is cut off near the end of the page.
This happens both with "Margin: Standard" and "Margins: ...
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Convert many HTML files into several PDF files [closed]
Is there a tool or a program for Windows with which I can convert a lot of HTML files (approx. 3000) into individual PDF files?
I can only find requests for a single PDF everywhere, but I need to ...
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Save individual html-files in Httrack
I use Httrack to save a web page.
Normally I add a URL and mirror the website with all its subpages until I limit the depth or have them all. This results in an index.html file that I can open and ...