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{{Feature
|explains= Pdf
|image=Adobe PDF.svg
|description=Through PDF Handler, we can display thumbnails of PDF files uploaded into the wiki
|imgdesc=PDF
|notes=relies on <code>gs convert and pdfinfo</code>
|title=
|tests=
|examples=[[Cloning]]
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[[File:Used car checklist.pdf|thumb|right|200px|2-page pdf version]]
{{#set:feature description = Through PDF Handler, we can display thumbnails of PDF files uploaded into the wiki }}
{{#set:feature notes = relies on <code>gs convert and pdfinfo</code> }}
{{#set:feature tests =  }}
{{#set:feature examples = The example on the right is used here and on the page [[Cloning]]. }}
More than ever, the Adobe "[[w:Portable Document Format|Portable Document Format]]" or PDF is a critical format for communication.  One feature of the format is that it bridges the world of the web with the world of print very well.
More than ever, the Adobe "[[w:Portable Document Format|Portable Document Format]]" or PDF is a critical format for communication.  One feature of the format is that it bridges the world of the web with the world of print very well.


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OpenOffice does output pdf, and so does KPrinter, but the PDF Toolkit offers many more features that really should be present in a GUI program like Okular (formerly Kpdf) -- which is a viewer rather than an authoring application.  At least you can install the "Service Menus" into Konqueror to get some easy right-click integration.  It would be interesting to use DCOP to create a simple merge GUI.
OpenOffice does output pdf, and so does KPrinter, but the PDF Toolkit offers many more features that really should be present in a GUI program like Okular (formerly Kpdf) -- which is a viewer rather than an authoring application.  At least you can install the "Service Menus" into Konqueror to get some easy right-click integration.  It would be interesting to use DCOP to create a simple merge GUI.


PHP developers should look at the libraries provided there for manipulating PDF forms.
PHP developers should look at the libraries and [https://www.php.net/manual/en/book.pdf.php functions] provided there for manipulating PDF forms.


== See Also ==  
== See Also ==