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{{Feature

|~~explains~~image= ~~Pdf~~ Adobe PDF.svg|~~description~~imgdesc=~~Through PDF Handler, we can display thumbnails of~~ PDF ~~files uploaded into the wiki|notes=relies on <code>gs convert and pdfinfo</code>|tests=~~|~~examples~~title=~~[[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 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.

== Saving PDF Forms ==

Annoyingly, Adobe Software does not allow you to save the contents of PDF forms using Adobe Acrobat Reader. The software tells you to print the form if you wish to have a copy. The solution is to avoid Adobe Reader (I left out the 'acrobat' since it's not even flexible -- hardly an acrobat). Okular or Evince will allow you to save the contents of that application/healthcare/insurance/DMV form that you filled out so that you have an electronic record rather than a paper record.

== PDF Tools ==

Surprisingly, I could not easily create a new PDF that was a combination of two other pdf documents. That's when I found the "PDF Toolkit" http://www.pdfhacks.com/pdftk/

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 and [https://www.php.net/manual/en/book.pdf.php functions] provided there for manipulating PDF forms.

== See Also ==

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