APC

Manipulate and work with PDF files

According to the statistics released by Adobe as part of the 25th anniversary of PDF in 2018, more than 200 billion PDF files were accessed using Adobe products in 2017. In the years since, and taking into account non-Adobe products, the sheer number of PDF files accessed in a year, or even on a daily basis is practically incalculable.

The trusted and popular document format started its journey as a proprietary format at Adobe in 1993, and was released as an open standard in 2008. Today, there are a large number of graphical and command-line utilities that you can use to not only read, but also manipulate PDF files.

Here, we’ll discuss everything from splitting large PDF files into smaller ones, or merging multiple small files into a single PDF file. We’ll also discuss how to churn multiple image files into a PDF document and shrink the size of a PDF file. We’ll reveal how to run OCR on your PDF files, edit metadata of PDF files, extract text, or images out of PDF files and more!

Creating a PDF from image files

It’s a common practice to use your cellphone camera to digitise documents. Unless you’re using dedicated scanner apps, you’ll end

You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

More from APC

APC4 min read
Parallel Compression
Compressing files is one of the most mundane activities, and frequently performed without much thought. For most Linux users, irrespective of distro, Gzip is the tool of choice. But it’s quite slow, especially with large files running into hundreds o
APC8 min read
The Robot Dog Leading Blind People
We explore the trends and technologies that are set to shape the future We’re used to seeing dogs help blind and partially sighted people navigate the world. But normally the dogs are real. Researchers at the University of Glasgow have developed a s
APC9 min read
How Do You Know If You’ve Been Hacked
Cyberattacks don’t look like you might expect – and they certainly don’t look like they do in the movies. If your security is compromised, you probably won’t see a big flashing sign saying “YOU HAVE BEEN HACKED”, or weird skull-and-crossbones graphic

Related Books & Audiobooks