Invented by Adobe Systems over 20 years ago, the Portable Document Format (PDF) is now an open standard for electronic document exchange maintained by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). When you convert documents, forms, graphics, and web pages to PDF, they look just like they would if printed.

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What is inside a PDF file?

A PDF document structure consists of several components that determines how text, images and other elements are stored and displayed. It is a binary...
Jacob Collins
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PDF.js Alternative for PDF Documents

Display Documents on Web Apps PDF.js is maintained by Mozilla for Firefox, but it works reasonably well with other browsers. It allows you to...
Leon Atherton
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How to sign PDF files in Java (Tutorial)

Introduction PDF files are not natively supported in Java, so to digitally sign them, you will need some special software. This tutorial demonstrates how...
Jacob Collins
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PDFBox alternative

Working with PDF documents in Java, developers often encounter the choice between open-source libraries like Apache PDFBox and commercial solutions like JPedal. While PDFBox...
Jacob Collins
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PDF vs HTML for AI Web Apps

As AI integration in software products and services becomes more popular, the need for more dynamic and accessible documents has never been greater. For...
Leon Atherton
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iText Alternative (and when you should consider one)

When it comes to finding an iText alternative, a name that often pops up is JPedal. Both libraries offer robust features for handling PDFs,...
Jacob Collins
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