Mark Stephens

  https://www.idrsolutions.com Mark founded the company and has worked with Java and PDF since 1997. The original creator of the core code, he is also a NetBeans enthusiast who enjoys speaking at conferences and reading. He holds an Athletics Blue and an MA in Mediaeval History from St. Andrews University.

   



196 Stories by Mark Stephens

What is PDF form flattening?

Interactive Forms in PDF Files PDF files can include interactive forms – radio buttons, checkboxes, text boxes, lists, etc. There are interactive widgets –...
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3 steps to finding a range of numeric values on a PDF page

Over the holiday I read an interesting question asking how to find numbers within a specific range on a PDF page. This set me...
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Why is my PDF Producer showing up in Chinese (or all the adventure of the wrongly encoded textstream)

I was recently sent a PDF file where some of the metadata appeared to be wrong. In particular, the PRODUCER field was appearing in...
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How to calculate PDF image dpi

How to calculate PDF Image dpi Most elements of a PDF file are device independent Vector graphics. This means that they will always appear...
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Why is white a special color in PDF files?

White is a special color in the PDF file format. This is because of the way different colours work in the PDF file format....
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7 ways to navigate around a PDF file

Update: You can see all these modes in action on Youtube. A PDF file is a multipage document which can contain many pages. Unlike...
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