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How to add a cover page to an existing PDF document?

I need to add an existing cover page (a single-page PDF) to another existing PDF document. How can this be done? Posted

How to rotate and scale pages in an existing PDF?

that the width is greater than the height. Summarized: it's a piece of cake to rotate pages in an existing PDF, so is scaling the pages u

Clipping pages in an existing PDF

This example was written in answer to the question Click How to crop out a part of PDF file? clippdf <div data-pym-src

How to reorder pages in an existing PDF file?

I can move pages in an existing PDF? Actually I want to move a couple of the last pages to the start of the document

How do I add XMP metadata to each page of an existing PDF?

creating a PDF from scratch, but about modifying an existing PDF. In that case, you also need the page dictionary. It is very

.Clipping pages in an existing PDF vLatest

This example was written in answer to the question Click How to crop out a part of PDF file? clippdf <div data-pym-src

How to add blank pages to an existing PDF in java?

I have a normal PDF file, I want to insert blank pages at the end of this PDF using iText, without changing the existing PDF

Manipulating existing PDFs

How to add alternative text for an image in Tagged PDF? How do I add XMP metadata to each page of an existing PDF? Why do I

How to shrink pages in an existing PDF?

it to photos of people standing up vertically, you'll make them look fat. Click How to shrink pages in an existing PDF? if you want

How can I crop the pages of an existing PDF document?

How can I crop the pages of an existing PDF document? if you want to see how to answer this question in iText 5. page_size

Adding a cover page to an existing PDF

These examples were written in answer to the question Click How to add a cover page to an existing PDF document? addcover1

Adding page numbers to an existing PDF

In this example, we use ColumnText to add page numbers to an existing PDF document. stamppagexofy <div data-pym-src

How do I insert a hyperlink to another page in an existing PDF?

I would like to add a link to an existing pdf that jumps to a coordinate on another page. I am able to add a rectangle using

Chapter 5: Manipulating an existing PDF document | .NET

https://itextpdf.com/content/itext-7-jump-start-tutorial/examples/chapter-5#c05e03_addcontent.cs example shows how we can add content to

How to superimpose pages from existing documents into another document?

I need to add existing pages from different PDFs under an existing page in another PDF. This is the code I have so far

Chapter 5: Manipulating an existing PDF document

of examples of chapter 4, we worked with an existing PDF document. We took an existing interactive PDF form and filled it out, either

How to convert an existing A4 PDF document to an A3 booklet?

https://github.com/itext/i7js-examples/blob/develop/src/main/java/com/itextpdf/samples/sandbox/merge/MakeA3Booklet.java example. In this

How to set the line width of a clipping path?

How do I change the size of my clipping path? I have a PdfTemplate and I want to clip its shape to a specific path. I know how

Chapter 6: Reusing existing PDF documents | .NET

instance for the first page of the existing PDF (line 3), and we get its dimensions (line 6). We then add three pages to the new PDF

Chapter 6: Reusing existing PDF documents

for the first page of the existing PDF (line 3), and we get its dimensions (line 4). We then add three pages to the new PDF document: We

How to stamp image on existing PDF and create an anchor?

, you jump to the last page of the document. Click How to stamp image on existing PDF and create an anchor? if you want to see how

How to crop out a part of PDF file?

clipping. I've written an example that clips the content of all pages of a PDF by introducing a margin of 200 user units (that's

How to reuse a page from one PDF document into another PDF document?

How can I create an element from an existing PDF, so that I can place it in my new PDF? I'm trying to add an image that I have

How to reorder the pages of a PDF file?

10, page 11, page 12, page 16. To learn more see the answer to the “How to reorder pages in an existing PDF file” question

How to add a page number in the header of a PDF/A Level A file?

); canvas.endMarkedContent(); I use this second approach to add several elements. Click How to add a page number in the header of a PDF

Changing page sizes of existing PDFs

This example was written in answer to the question Click How to extend the page size of a PDF to add a watermark

How to add blank pages while concatenating several PDFs using PdfSmartCopy

to, I explained how to insert a blank page into an existing PDF using PdfDocument: PdfDocument pdfDoc = new PdfDocument(new

How to extend the page size of a PDF to add a watermark?

the page dictionary. It has plenty of information about a specific page in the PDF. We are only looking at one entry

Absolute positioning of lines and shapes

How to draw vertical gradient in iTextSharp? How to add an image to an existing PDF using AffineTransform? How to fill

.Changing page sizes of existing PDFs vLatest

This example was written in answer to the question Click How to extend the page size of a PDF to add a watermark

How to fix the orientation of a PDF page in order to scale it?

of an existing PDF document. This works fine if the pages aren't rotated, but I don't succeed in rotating pages correctly

How to rename named destinations in existing PDF files?

to rename named destinations in existing PDF files? if you want to see how to answer this question in iText 5. named_destinations

How to move the content inside a rectangle inside an existing PDF?

the resulting PDF more demonstrative. Click How to move the content inside a rectangle inside an existing PDF? if you want to see how

How to add a table on a form (and maybe insert a new page)?

I essentially just need to be able to specify where the table starts on the page (so it wouldn't overlap the existing content

How to protect an already existing PDF with a password?

How do I set a password for an existing PDF? Posted on StackOverflow on Dec 2, 2014

How to watermark PDFs using text or images?

on each odd page and a transparent image on each even page of an existing PDF document. This is how it's done: protected void

How to convert an A4 size PDF to a PDF booklet?

to the following question: How to convert an existing A4 PDF document to an A3 booklet? I have more or less the same requirement, but I

How to extract a page number from a PDF file?

We explored many API's like Tika, PdfBox and iText to extract page numbers from a PDF file, but we weren't able to meet

How to set the OCG state of an existing PDF?

and adapt it to your language of choice. Click How to set the OCG state of an existing PDF? if you want to see how to answer

Questions about PDF in general

the coordinates of a rectangle in PDF? What is the connection between LTV and document timestamps? How to protect an already existing

Scaling and rotating pages

and scale pages in an existing PDF? Click How to shrink pages in an existing PDF? Click How to fix the orientation of a PDF page

.Scaling and rotating pages vLatest

and scale pages in an existing PDF? Click How to shrink pages in an existing PDF? Click How to fix the orientation of a PDF page

How to add an image to an existing PDF using AffineTransform?

to an existing PDF using AffineTransform? if you want to see how to answer this question in iText 5. images itext_7 itext_7_suite

How to prevent the resizing of pages in PDF?

to have a PDF file that contains no differences between the actual size vs "fit to page" when printing. Posted on StackOverflow

How to merge PDFs and add bookmarks?

https://github.com/itext/i7js-examples/blob/develop/src/main/java/com/itextpdf/samples/sandbox/merge/MergeWithOutlines.java example that

How to get the page number of an arbitrary PDF object?

I am trying to find the page number of a PDF object using iText's Java API. The following code reads in the PDF file, and gets

Reordering pages

Read the following Q&As for more info: Click How to reorder pages in an existing PDF file? Click How to reorder the pages

How do I rotate a PDF page to an arbitrary angle?

I need to rotate a PDF page by an arbitrary angle, but it seems that the functionality to rotate pages is restricted

How to add a watermark to a page with an opaque image?

for customers) on Mar 19, 2015 If you have opaque shapes in your PDF (such as images, but also colored shapes), you need to add

.Reordering pages vLatest

Read the following Q&As for more info: Click How to reorder pages in an existing PDF file? Click How to reorder the pages

How to get the UserUnit from a PDF file?

What do I need to do to get the user unit for each page so I can then get the page dimensions in pixels? I have a bunch of PDF

Scaling large HTML content to render onto smaller PDF page sizes

There are often instances where you need to convert HTML content that is larger then the default page size of your PDF

How to get the page width and height of a PDF document?

I have a PDF, and I want to get the width and height of each page using iTextSharp. This is what I have so far: string source

How to only read text from a constant location on PDF pages?

How do I read only a specific part of each PDF page where information on each page is located at a constant position? I have

Chapter 7: Creating PDF/UA and PDF/A documents

In chapter 1 to 4, we've created PDF documents using iText 7. In chapters 5 and 6, we've manipulated and reused existing PDF

How to add a new form from an existing PDF template?

I want create a PDF template from another template. The resulting PDF should still be a template that I can fill out with data

Chapter 4: Making a PDF interactive

In the previous chapters, we've created PDF documents by adding content to a page. It didn't matter if we were adding high

How to add a border to a PDF page?

); Why am I not able to add border to my PDF page even after enabling borders for all sides? I've set border and its color too

How to rotate a page while creating a PDF document?

->top. I want to produce a PDF with pages in landscape. While I can set the size of the page to landscape using

Chapter 7: Creating PDF/UA and PDF/A documents | .NET

In chapter 1 to 4, we've created PDF documents using iText 7. In chapters 5 and 6, we've manipulated and reused existing PDF

Chapter 4: Making a PDF interactive | .NET

In the previous chapters, we’ve created PDF documents by adding content to a page. It didn’t matter if we were adding high

How to continue an ordered list on a second page?

consists of variable data (text/barcodes/images) that is added to existing PDF documents/templates (think boiler plate). Most

Where is the origin (x,y) of a PDF page?

of the coordinate system of the page. What is the coordinate of the bottom left corner, top right corner, bottom right corner, top left

.How to add a border to a PDF page? vLatest

); Why am I not able to add border to my PDF page even after enabling borders for all sides? I've set border and its color too

How can I add an image to all pages of my PDF?

, you'll discover that it is very easy to port the Java to C#. Click How can I add an image to all pages of my PDF? if you want to see

Why is the text I extract from an English PDF page garbled?

I'm trying to extract and print English text out of a PDF on the console. Extraction is done through iText's PdfTextExtractor

Creating and editing PDF 2.0 Documents

PDF 2.0 support to iText! This page details how to create a PDF 2.0 document using iText, and how to take advantage of the new

How to tile a document and add margins to the tiles?

page. Is that possible? Posted on StackOverflow on Sep 24, 2015 https://stackoverflow.com/questions/32769493 by lagnat

Page numbers and PDF/A

This example was written in answer to the question Click How to add a page number in the header of a PDF/A Level A file

Actions and annotations

of an annotation? How do I insert a hyperlink to another page in an existing PDF? How to delete attachments in PDF using iText

How to update a PDF without creating a new PDF?

I need to change the value of a field in an existing PDF file. I am using PdfReader, PdfStamper and AcroFields and that's

What is the size limit of pdf file?

I am using iTextSharp in a web application to generate PDF files. These PDF files contain .tiff images taken from a folder

Can I change the page count by changing internal metadata?

(and if) I can edit the page count in a way it won't affect the way the PDF is visualized. Can I change some metadata field, so

How to create a document with unequal page sizes?

I have the option to specify the page size, but I want different page sizes for different pages in my PDF. Is that possible? I

Page events

to a paragraph? How to introduce multiple PdfPageEventHelper instances? How to add a page number in the header of a PDF/A Level A file? H

How to insert a "linked rectangle" with iText?

can use PdfDocument to manipulate an existing PDF. Adding a rectangular link on one page to another page, is as simple as adding

How to add text at an absolute position on the top of the first page?

How can I add text automatically to the 1st page, instead of the last? I have a script that creates a PDF file and writes

Chapter 3: Using ILeafElement implementations

3.23, you see a WMF file representing a butterfly and a page from an existing PDF file that were added to a Document using

Chapter 3: Generating PDF based on Media Queries

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/itext/i7js-examples/develop/src/main/java/com/itextpdf/samples/htmlsamples/chapter03/C03E01_Normal.java

Why is the page size of a PDF always the same, no matter if it's landscape or portrait?

If I call the getPageSize(), the value is always the same. Why isn't the value different for a page in landscape ? I have

Cut and paste content in a page

Example in answer to the question Click How to move the content inside a rectangle inside an existing PDF? cutandpaste <div

How to parse multiple HTML files into one PDF?

the PdfMerger class. This class can merge different PDF files on a page per page basis into a master PdfDocument, in this case

How to use the full size of a page?

I managed to set the size of the PDF document I'm creating to the size I need (~3cm x ~7cm), but the content inside the page

Chapter 7: Handling events; setting viewer preferences and printer properties

an existing PDF generated by one of the examples in the previous chapter. We inserted one page to be the new page 1. We removed

Release iText 7.1.5

page-margin box dimensions calculation bugs related to font providers, RTL, and property inheritance "!important" CSS attribute

.Cut and paste content in a page vLatest

Example in answer to the question Click How to move the content inside a rectangle inside an existing PDF? cutandpaste <div

What does PDF 2.0 stand for?

or printed. It is intended for developers of : software that creates PDF files (PDF writers), software that reads existing PDF

How to change the color of pages?

page becomes blue. I'm creating report based on client activity. I'm creating this report with the help of the iText PDF library

How to get the current page count?

When I try to count the total number of pages, I don't get the current amount. Why is that? I have to create a PDF document

How to merge documents correctly?

to have it fit to page? I would like to add a link to an existing pdf that jumps to a coordinate on another page. I have

How to set a fixed background image for all my pages?

Click, I generate 4 pages on my PDF, I added this image to provide a background image: string imageFilePath = parent + "/Images

Superimposing content from one PDF into another PDF

Example written in answer to the question Click How to superimpose pages from existing documents into another document

How to add an In Reply To annotation?

of the PDF and the page number of the page to which the annotation is added. Click this link if you want to see how to answer

When is the content flushed to a PDF File by iTextSharp?

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/21854409/when-is-the-content-flushed-to-a-pdf-file-by-itextsharp by sameer https://stackoverflow.com/

Inspect a PDF

Why is the page size of a PDF always the same, no matter if it's landscape or portrait? How to get the author of a free text

How can I read Roman page numbers?

Should I use labels or annotations to get Roman page numbers instead of indexed page numbers? In Adobe Reader, the first pages

Does a PDF file have styles, headers and footers?

page, is just a bunch of glyphs, paths and shapes drawn on a canvas. However: if your PDF is a Tagged PDF, the PDF contains

Can I generate a PDF from a URL instead of from a file on disk?

, and the result will look like this: The IMDB page rendered to A4 pages in PDF Maybe an A4 page isn't the ideal page size for a web

.Superimposing content from one PDF into another PDF vLatest

Example written in answer to the question Click How to superimpose pages from existing documents into another document

How to preserve high resolution images in PDF?

Is there any way to add a big image to an A4 page without losing quality? I'm trying to put high quality images into PDF (one

How to write a table header if part of a table is forwarded to the next page?

I want this page to have table header row as well. However, I want this header row only when the table data goes on new page

Chapter 4: Creating reports using pdfHTML

. If you use the second approach, you'll discover that you soon hit the limitations of the existing forms technology in PDF

How to set the page size to Envelope size with Landscape orientation?

I create a PDF document using iTextSharp and this code: Document pdfDoc = new Document(PageSize.A4.Rotate(), 10f, 10f, 100f

pdfOffice: improved conversion of docx files with repeating table header on new page

and the output PDF file below. If you download both files and compare them, you will find that the table header cells on the second page

How to split a row over multiple pages?

Can anybody suggest how I can split a row over multiple pages? I am using PdfPTable to create a table in PDF. I have a single

How to add a rectangle to every page of a document?

Why does my code only add the rectangle on the last page? I'm using iText to create a PDF document. Right now I am trying

How to add multiple images into a single PDF?

How do I update my code in order to add all the images into the exported PDF instead of only the last one? I have

How to create a link to a specific page number?

should take to 6th page. I know how to target any text of any PDF page using code: Anchor click = new Anchor("Click to go

What is causing syntax errors in a page created with iText 7?

The document prints fine, so why do I get an error? I am getting the following error when I want to print a PDF generated

Safeguards against loops in cross-reference structure of PDF files

We've made some improvements to how we parse cross-reference tables or streams in existing documents. The PDF file format uses

Why do PDFs change when processing them?

metadata to an existing PDF using a PdfDocument instance: PdfDocument pdfDoc = new PdfDocument(reader, writer); This creates a new

How to use Cyrillic characters in a PDF?

generating a PDF. I'm mostly using paragraphs for inserting some static text into my PDF report. Here is some sample code I used

How to extract text and anchor information from a PDF?

. The interactive features you can see in a PDF file are stored outside the content stream of a page in a so-called Annotation dictionary

How to rotate a page 90 degrees?

I am trying to use a PDF for stamping and need to rotate it 90 degrees to lay it on correctly? Anyone know how to do

How to add an image watermark to a PDF file?

My problem is that in some PDF files no watermark is added although the file size increased. Why is that? I'm using C

Chapter 2: Adding content to a Canvas or a Document

a self-sufficient PDF. It manages high-level operations such as setting page size and rotation, adding elements, and writing text

Interactive forms

to a PDF? How to add a new form from an existing PDF template? How to fill out a PDF file programmatically? (Dynamic XFA) How to get

Why does the function to concatenate / merge PDFs cause issues in some cases?

The code usually works great! But once in a while, it's rotating some of the pages by 90 degrees. Anyone ever have this happen

How to show an image with large dimensions across multiple pages?

I have an image with large dimensions which I How could I split the image into multiple pages while retaining its original

How to set initial view properties?

I want to set the properties available under the Initial View tab in Adobe Acrobat for an existing PDF programmatically

Chapter 3: Using renderers and event handlers | .NET

would draw an opaque rectangle after the page was rendered, that rectangle would cover all the existing content. We need access

How to divide a page in N parts so we can fill each with a different source?

How can I achieve this using iTextPDF in java? Example So the first half of the page would be in English while the second part

How To find internal links in a PDF file?

I am using ItextSharp for searching internal links in a PDF file. This is already done with External Links. //Get the current

How to continue field output on a second page?

I have generated a PDF from a template. The PDF has a field in the middle of it that is of variable length. I am trying

Chapter 6: Creating actions, destinations, and bookmarks

click on the first link, the PDF we created in the previous example is opened on the first page in a new viewer window. When we

Why does using ColumnText result in "The document has no pages" exception?

is added to the PDF and rather than showing an empty page, iText throws an exception saying: there are no pages! You didn't add

How to allow page extraction when setting password security?

Is it possible to create a PDF with password security enabled that also allows extraction of pages? I haven't found any

How to add alternative text for an image in Tagged PDF?

in an existing tagged PDF without changing anything else? I need to implement this feature in a program without using GUI

Chapter 3: Using renderers and event handlers

an opaque rectangle after the page was rendered, that rectangle would cover all the existing content. We need access to a content

Why are PDF files different even if the content is the same?

Can someone please explain to me what kind of differences there are between files and the reason why the PDF format has

Adding backgrounds using page events

Examples written in answer to questions such as: Click How to change the color of pages? How to draw a border for PDF pages

How to generate and design PDFs with iText or iTextSharp?

I'm wondering what is the best/easiest way to design a PDF document? Is it remotely legit to actually design a whole PDF

How to define the page size based on the content?

I'm generating a PDF document with iTextSharp. This document must have only one page. In other words the content must fit

Part IV - Appearances

and page of an existing, unused signature field simply by setting its name in the PdfSigner, see the excursion above. Built-in iText

How to give an image rounded corners?

into a PDF. Now I want to get the image width and height (while getting the image from disk) and make the edges of image curved

How can I add a new AcroForm field to a PDF?

I have used iText to fill data into existing AcroForm fields in a PDF. I am now looking for a solution to add new AcroForm

How to convert an ASP or JSP page to PDF?

the HTML. The pdfHTML add-on will gladly accept that HTML for conversion to PDF. faq pdfhtml

How to define multiple actions for a PushbuttonField?

How do I keep a page redirect or how do I set it in code? In a PDF, I can set up a button to: Submit the FDF data to my

Release iText 7.0.3

DEVSIX-1173 https://jira.itextsupport.com/browse/DEVSIX-1173: Signature Appearance not added when page has a pre-existing anots

Release iText 7.1.10

an already tagged pdf rewrites the parenttree dictionary [CORE] Problem with PDF/A end page event [PDFCALLIGRAPH

How to set the zoom level of a PDF using iTextSharp?

I need to set the zoom level to 75% in a PDF file using iTextSharp. I am using following code to set the zoom level. PdfReader

iText 7: Converting HTML to PDF with pdfHTML

pages to PDF, yet that was how many developers tried to use it. This caused plenty of frustration because HTMLWorker didn't

How to remove text from a PDF?

the following page: Original PDF Now we want to remove all the text in the rectangle defined by the coordinates: llx = 97, lly = 405

Which PDF filters are used to encode data?

. That means that content streams (e.g. for pages) use /FlateDecode, which is what every other PDF producer will use by default

How to add a table to the bottom of the last page?

I have created table in a PDF document using iText. This works fine, but I don't want to add the table at the current pointer

How to add "continue on next page" / "continued from next page" to a table?

a header on the next page that explains that this is the next page of a table that started on the previous page. Unfortunately

Why do I get an error saying that "use of extended features is no longer available"?

What do I do when I get an error message about reader extensions. I am stamping text on an existing PDF document using

How to add a table in the top-right corner of the page?

I'm creating a table in PDF using iText. I want to place it in top right corner. Here is my code snippet: PdfPTable table

How to add JPEG images that are multi-stage filtered (DCTDecode and FlateDecode)?

Recently I am tasked with reducing the file sizes of PDF generated from blank office documents. The images are mostly blank

Page orientation and rotation

Examples written in answer to questions such as: Click How to rotate a page while creating a PDF document? pageorientations

Reuse a font from an existing PDF

reusefont <div data-pym-src='https://itext.jdoodle.com/embed/itext'

How to move an AcroForm field?

https://stackoverflow.com/users/3381321/cro717 First some info about fields and their representation on one or more pages. A PDF form can

How to create a complex PDF document?

I have an Java/Java EE based application wherein I have a requirement to create PDF certificates for various services

How to write a Zapfdingbats character at a specific location on a page?

I want to put a check mark using Zapfdingbats on a specific location in my PDF document. What I achieved so far is this: I can

Page events for headers and footers

How to create a table with 2 rows that can be used as a footer? Click How to add HTML headers and footers to a page

Using iText 7 and AWS KMS to digitally sign a PDF document: Part 4

This example was written for the article "Using iText 7 and AWS KMS to digitally sign a PDF document

.How to add "continue on next page" / "continued from next page" to a table? vLatest

a header on the next page that explains that this is the next page of a table that started on the previous page. Unfortunately

PDF and Digital Signatures

this page is served. If you have a URL to a PDF document, e.g. the address of the PDF reference, you can encounter the problem

How to create a PDF with a Cartesian grid?

left corner on a PDF of page size "Letter"? (max X = 8.5 Inches; max Y = 11 Inches) Posted on StackOverflow on Jun 10, 2014

How to hide the Adobe floating toolbar when showing a PDF in browser?

I am generating a PDF document and displaying it in a Web browser (the current version of IE is the most important target). I

Release iText 7.0.4

] - NullPointerException thrown when converting HTML to PDF [DEVSIX-1441 https://jira.itextsupport.com/browse/DEVSIX-1441] - Digital Signa

How do the measurement systems in HTML relate to the measurement system in PDF?

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/14586315/how-to-get-the-userunit-property-from-a-pdffile-using-itextsharp-pdfreader If you live in th

.How to create a PDF with a Cartesian grid? vLatest

left corner on a PDF of page size "Letter"? (max X = 8.5 Inches; max Y = 11 Inches) Posted on StackOverflow on Jun 10, 2014

How to flatten a XFA PDF Form using pdfXFA

())); pdfdoc.close(); Where src, dest and xml are String paths to your documents. A dynamic XFA form usually consists of a single page PDF

How to flatten a XFA PDF Form using iTextSharp?

src, dest and xml are String paths to your documents. A dynamic XFA form usually consists of a single page PDF (the one

Using iText 7 and AWS KMS to digitally sign a PDF document: Part 3

This example was written for the article "Using iText 7 and AWS KMS to digitally sign a PDF document

How to generate a report with dynamic header in PDF using iText 7?

I'm generating a PDF report with iTextSharp, the header of the report has the information of the customer. In the body

How to make a single letter bold within a word?

is to write a program that colorizes existing PDF files without changing the structure of the PDF. Do you think this approach

Chapter 4: Adding AbstractElement objects (part 1)

shows yet another conversion of the story to PDF. The total number of pages is lower because we changed the distance between

How to create hierarchical bookmarks?

this in an existing pdf? I mean without creating new PDF, I want to add bookmarks to an existing pdf. As it is shown above, iText 7

Volume Counter FAQs

maxPageCount = 2; // create a new PDF per 2 pages from the original file new PdfSplitter(new PdfDocument(new PdfReader(new File(SRC

Using iText 7 and AWS KMS to digitally sign a PDF document: Part 1

, please see the following links: Page Title Using iText 7 and AWS KMS to digitally sign a PDF document: Part 2

Using iText 7 and AWS KMS to digitally sign a PDF document: Part 5

examples relating to this article, please see the following links: Page Title Using iText 7 and AWS KMS to digitally sign a PDF

How should I interpret the coordinates of a rectangle in PDF?

to the question "Where is the origin (x,y) of a PDF page?" The main thing is that the origin of the coordinate system is (0, 0). Positive

How to position text relative to page?

My code gives me inconsistent positions of text. int n = reader.getNumberOfPages(); PdfImportedPage page; PdfCopy.PageStamp

How to merge forms from different files into one PDF?

, we need to rename the fields, because we probably want different values on different pages. In PDF a field can only have

How to resize a PdfPTable to fit the page?

I am generating a document that contains a table. I need to make sure that this table never exceeds one page in size

Using iText 7 and AWS KMS to digitally sign a PDF document: Part 2

relating to this article, please see the following links: Page Title Using iText 7 and AWS KMS to digitally sign a PDF document

How to find out the current cursor position on a page?

I'd like to execute a command to tell me how much height has been consumed thus far in the document (for the current page) so

Adding metadata

These examples were written in answer to questions such as: Click How do I add XMP metadata to each page of an existing PDF

Can pdfHTML render Base64 images to PDF?

was truncated to fit this page): <html> <head><title>Test</title></head> <body> <h1>Test</h1> <p>Hello World</p> <img alt="Embedded

How to convert PdfStamper to a byte array?

In my application, I need to read the existing PDF and add barcodes to this PDF and pass it to output stream. Here

Adding fields to an existing form

Example to answer Click How can I add a new AcroForm field to a PDF? addfield <div data-pym-src

How to check for an event and remove it?

, PdfDocumentEvent.REMOVE_PAGE, PdfDocumentEvent.END_PAGE) using hasEventHandler(String type) method. To remove an existing page event, yo

Chapter 5: Adding AbstractElement objects (part 2)

developers use iText to convert the result set of a database query into a report in PDF. They create a Table of which every row

How to invoke a page break for nested tables?

I have one PdfPTable with one column. One page fits 50 rows. If I add some text data to table (for an example, 300 rows

How to create a TOC when merging documents?

I need to create a TOC (not bookmarks) at the beginning of this document with clickable links to the first pages of each

XFDF examples

="https://github.com/itext/i7js-examples/blob/develop/cmpfiles/sandbox/acroforms/cmp_listInSetField.pdf" target="_blank">cmp_listInSetFiel

Why does iText enter a cross symbol when CheckType style is check mark?

When filling in a PDF programmatically, how can I show check marks instead of cross checks? I have an existing PDF that I am

How to read text from a specific position?

I have a problem using iTextSharp when reading data from PDF File. What I want to achieve is to read only specific part of PDF

General questions about iText

to encode data? How to set initial view properties? How to prevent the resizing of pages in PDF? When is the content flushed

How can I generate a PDF/UA compatible PDF with iText?

We have a number of dynamically generated PDFs on our site that were created using iText 2.1.7. However, we also have a large

.Write on previous page vLatest

This example in answer to the question Click How to add text at an absolute position on the top of the first page

Basic Concepts (Glossary)

If you are new at Blockchain and PDF, you'll find this short glossary interesting. Concepts related to Blockchain: Distributed

What is the difference between iText, JasperReports and Adobe LC?

, fill out PDF forms, examine and manipulate existing PDFs. JasperReports is a Business Intelligence / Reporting tool that uses

Write on previous page

This example in answer to the question Click How to add text at an absolute position on the top of the first page

Image on rotated page

Example that shows how to position an image on a rotated page. imageonrotatedpage <div data-pym-src

PDF Portfolios

This example demonstrates the use of the PDF Portfolio feature (sometimes called Portable Collections). A PDF Portfolio can

Is iText PDF a PDF viewer?

The iText SDK does not include a pdf viewer. Our SDK helps automate the generation and manipulation of pdf files. itext_7

Chapter 1: Introducing basic building blocks

. These PDF documents couldn't be produced manually due to the volume (the high number of pages and files) and because the content wasn't

Chapter 1: Introducing basic building blocks | .NET

. These PDF documents couldn’t be produced manually due to the volume (the high number of pages and files) and because the content wasn’t

How to create a PDF with font information and embed the actual font while merging the files into a single PDF?

I would like to create PDFs which only embed font information, not the full font. Then when I merge these PDFs into a single

How to attach files to a PDF?

I am struggling with attaching files to a PDF that I am generating at runtime. I manage to attach a file to the PDF, but I

How to convert colored images to black and white?

", or "An error exists on this page" upon trying to open the resulting PDF. What am I doing wrong? I'm trying to compress PDFs using

How to change the color of a circle annotation?

I am adding a SquareCircle annotation to an already existing PDF using iTextSharp in C#. Now I want to change the Fill Color

Chapter 1: Hello HTML to PDF

In this chapter, we'll convert a simple HTML file to a PDF document in many different ways. The content of the HTML file

How to add text to an image?

This was the original question: Pdf vertical postion method gives the next page position instead of current page In my project

Release iText Core 7.1.12

signing a PDF using an existing signature field, PdfSigner.PreClose does not mark the AcroForm dictionary as modified eBooks

pdfHTML: Support for generating cross references for TOC creation with target-counter, target-counters CSS properties

to pages 1, 2, and 3 respectively. We use target-counter to gather the page of each destination within the table of contents

How to set the export value of a check box?

I need to add a check box to an existing PDF. I also need set the export value of this check box. I saw that I can get

How to make a field not required?

an existing PDF where you have required fields. It’s really simple to change the FF_REQUIRED flag in iText 7: public void

How to get specific types from AcroFields? Like PushButtonField, RadioCheckField, etc

); This returned false every time. To better explain my scenario: I have an existing PDF (I am NOT generating this file

Chapter 2: Adding low-level content | .NET

When we talk about low-level content in iText documentation, we always refer to PDF syntax that is written to a PDF content

.Chapter 2: Adding low-level content | .NET vLatest

When we talk about low-level content in iText documentation, we always refer to PDF syntax that is written to a PDF content

How to protect a PDF with a username and password?

How do I encrypt a PDF? Let's say I have a private teaching forum, where each user has a username and an encrypted password

Chapter 2: Adding low-level content

When we talk about low-level content in iText documentation, we always refer to PDF syntax that is written to a PDF content

Getting started

text using iText? How to set the page size to Envelope size with Landscape orientation? How can I generate a PDF/UA compatible PDF

Chapter 2: Defining styles with CSS

="www.imdb.com/title/tt4680182">IMDB</a></font> </body> </html> The HTML page and the PDF that were created based on this HTML page are sh

Release pdfHTML 3.0.4

such as the handling of percentage width values for inline-block elements, or rendering cells distributed between two pages of the output

Release pdfRender 1.0.0

in comparison to other PDF to image solutions. To give you an idea of performance, we rendered a 4.6 MB 130-page PDF to images

Can I convert an HTML form to a PDF?

There is limited support for converting HTML forms to a PDF document. If you have an HTML file with text fields that you want

Why are the AcroFields in my document empty?

I have a PDF form with filled out fields. I can change the values and save them. But when I try to read the AcroFields

How to decrypt a PDF document with the owner password?

I need to remove the security/encryption from some PDF documents, preferably with the iText library. This used to be possible

pdfOffice: Spreadsheet To PDF Support

and .xls spreadsheets to PDF along with the other Office document formats pdfOffice supports. We have been working hard to include

How to encrypt PDF using a certificate?

We need to encrypt a PDF with a certificate. I've found something using iText some months ago, but I cannot find it any more

How to create a new PDF file if a file name already exists?

How can I create a new PDF file without appending or overwriting the original data of the first user? I need to create simple

How to tell iText how to clip text to fit in a cell?

of the string which fits. Can I control this clipping algorithm? For example: Print a suffix of the string rather than a prefix

What does "Not LTV-enabled" mean?

iText to sign and timestamp PDF documents. It works very well. But I recently switched from Acrobat Pro X to XI and now I see

Page events for Paragraphs

=https://github.com/itext/i7js-examples/blob/develop/cmpfiles/sandbox/events/cmp_border_for_paragraph2.pdf>cmp_border_for_paragraph2.pdf</

Create booklet from A4 document

This example was written in response to questions such as: Click How to convert an existing A4 PDF document to an A3 booklet

Header and footer examples

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/24678640/itext-pdfdocument-page-size-inaccurate regarding stamping content on an existing document in

.Create booklet from A4 document vLatest

This example was written in response to questions such as: Click How to convert an existing A4 PDF document to an A3 booklet

What are the extra characters in the font name of my PDF?

Why does it happen only for a few PDF file? While extracting font name from PDF, I get some junk characters followed by plus

Is it safe to remove XFA?

corresponds with one or more widgets with fixed positions on specific pages. The form is described using nothing but PDF syntax. Dynamic

Why do I get an "InvalidPdfException: PDF header signature not found"?

Is there some other way around this issue, that can allow reading of the pdf despite this problem? I have some code that reads

Positioning different text snippets on a page

These examples were written in response to questions such as: Click How to divide a page in N parts so we can fill each

Why is my content overlapping with my footer?

I want the content that overlaps to automatically move to the next page. I am using iTextSharp to generate PDF documents

How to create an uncompressed PDF file?

During development testing, I'd prefer to create uncompressed, non-binary PDF files with iTextSharp so that I can check

Why aren't images added sequentially?

the document.add() method. Why is this? I am working on a pdf report that contains topics and images (charts). The document is formatted

How to prevent splitting a table?

How to ensure the entire table goes on the same page. I'm developing an app that generates PDF using iText. I have a table

How to extract embedded streams?

I use ((PdfStream)obj).getBytes(), iText will look at the filter. For instance: page content streams consists of PDF syntax

Blockchain for PDF Documents

with PDFs to write applications. We all know blockchain because it's the technology used by Bitcoin in the context of cryptocurrency

How to get the image DPI in PDF?

scanned images that are saved into PDF files through iText (using Java). I can get width and height (either through Matrix

How to merge PDFs from ByteArrayOutputStreams?

I have two PDF files, each one in a ByteArrayOutputStream. I want to merge the two PDFs, and I want to use iText, but I don't

What's an easy to print "first right, then down"?

I would like to print "first right, then down", which is similar to row-major order. Print the first page-full of rows

How to send a file to the server through a PDF?

Is there a way to create some kind of Input File, File Chooser, etc, and attach it on the generated PDF file? And then send

How to close a PDF file to recreate it? (File in use problem)

If I don't close the file I get an error. How can I fixed this problem? I have the Java application that can create a PDF file

How to load a PDF from a stream and add a file attachment?

When I save stream to file, the resulting PDF is not correct. The file attachment will always be an XML file, which I need

Release iText 7.1.7

/creation of PDF/A-3 and PDF/A-1b documents sign Improve placement of signatures on rotated pages svg Added support for em values

Release pdfOffice 2.0.1

with the existing Word and PowerPoint conversions. As an example is worth a thousand words, make sure that you check out the one

Which languages are supported in pdfHTML?

to this question is Every language is supported as long as you provide the appropriate font. For instance: if you want to convert an HTML

Fail-safe processing of Outlines without Parent link

PDF or copying PDF pages. In the iText 7.2.1 release iText ignores the Parent links in the PDF; instead, it follows the hierarchy

Can I create a Reader-enabled PDF using iText?

I want my PDF to have extra usage rights for people opening the document in Adobe Reader, but I can't find how to achieve

Clearer exception messages when Outline Dictionaries break PDF specification rules

In the past iText threw generic exceptions when a PDF's Outline Dictionary violated the PDF specification

How to display barcodes in a matrix-like structure?

How can I display different bar codes in multiple columns in a PDF page using iText? I have to display 12 bar codes

pdfOCR: How to OCR an Image to PDF/A-3u?

With our open source tool, pdfOCR https://itextpdf.com/en/products/itext-7/pdfocr, it is possible to OCR an image to a PDF

How to make a particular sub-string Bold when converting HTML to PDF?

I am using iText in Java to convert a HTML to PDF. I want a particular paragraph which has some words as Bold and some as Bold

How can I serve a PDF to a browser without storing a file on the server side?

How can I serve the PDF file to the client without storing the file on the server side and allow the client side to directly

How to add a map with a pointer to a PDF?

I am using java and iText to create a pdf. Is it possible to add a map with a pointer on it so the user will know where

How to create Persian content in PDF?

have problem with UNICODE character showing in PDF file. There is a solution for this that it is not very efficient for me

Release pdfOffice 2.0.2

documents to PDF. pdfOffice 2.0.2 brings a bumper selection of newly-supported features for document conversions, including

Creating a simple PDF/UA document

This example was written in answer to the question How can I generate a PDF/UA compatible PDF with iText

Chapter 5: Custom tag workers and CSS appliers

worker factory in such a way that the <a>-tag is treated as a <span> tag. Figure 5.1 shows the resulting PDF. Figure 5.1: A PDF

How to delete attachments in PDF using iText?

at the Attachments panel of the resulting PDF, we see an attachment test.txt with description "some test file": Attachment shown in Adobe

Content parsing, extraction and redaction of text

can't I extract text added using a Type3 font correctly from a PDF? Why is the text I extract from an English PDF page garbled

How to read PDFs created with an unknown random owner password?

How do I bypass the owner password? Requirement is to process a batch of PDFs one at a time and on success encrypt each

How to change the properties of an annotation?

I am adding Caret annotation in already existing PDF using iTextSharp in C#. Now I want to made some changes in the Annotation

.Named destinations vLatest

Examples in answer to questions such as: Click How to rename named destinations in existing PDF files? renamedestinations <div

Fix for when a link occupies more than two areas, a NullPointerException is thrown

link PdfAction action = PdfAction.createURI("http://itextpdf.com"); //create div with height 2000 will expand to three pdf pages

pdfHTML: Accessible PDF Creation

A simple example showcasing the creation of a Tagged PDF with pdfHTML, and the configuration to include the metadata

Why is my font not applied when I create a PDF document?

I am generating PDF documents with iText. When I try to include the "Agenda Tabular Light" font, iText ignores my choice

How to add a printable or non-printable bitmap stamp to a PDF?

I would like to add a bitmap stamp to a PDF file, that would be either printable or non-printable depending on the actual

How can I set the zoom level of a PDF using iText 7?

A simple iText 7 example showing how to set a specific magnification level for a PDF. You can use setOpenAction to open

Why can't I extract text added using a Type3 font correctly from a PDF?

I have PDF file in Arabic that has text with font Type3 when I extract text using PDFBox some characters are empty

pdfRender: BufferedImage as output format

able to convert PDF pages to JPG, PNG or other image file formats. As of pdfRender 1.0.2 this has been extended to include

Before we start: Overview of the classes and interfaces

or a showTextAligned() method. The Document object will add this content to a page. The Canvas object doesn't know the concept of a page

How to define the data encoding when submitting a PDF form using AcroForm technology?

When I create a PDF form (for instance using Acrobat) that contains text fields in AcroForm format (PDF dictionaries, no XFA

How to allow a Unicode subscript symbol in a PDF without using setTextRise()?

trying to create PDF files using iText. I have found that Superscript (0,4,5,6,7,8,9) and Subscript (0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9

How to convert HTML containing Arabic/Hebrew characters to PDF?

https://github.com/itext/i7js-examples/blob/develop/src/main/resources/htmlsamples/html/say_peace.html HTML file to PDF. Say Peace in HTM

Release iText 7.1.0

for iText 7 Core and Community, focusing on PDF 2.0 support. iText 7.1 brings new improvements, and some changes to our

Named destinations

Examples in answer to questions such as: Click How to rename named destinations in existing PDF files? renamedestinations <div

Changing OCGs

Examples in response to questions such as: Click How to set the OCG state of an existing PDF? Click How to change the order

.Changing OCGs vLatest

Examples in response to questions such as: Click How to set the OCG state of an existing PDF? Click How to change the order

Release iText 7.1.1

https://www.nuget.org/packages/itext7/7.1.1 Improvements in font handling: irregular Panose, encoding entries that are PDF Stream objects

How to add a table as a header?

I am working with iTextSharp trying to add an header and a footer to my generated PDF, but if I try to add an header that have

Removing Items from a PDF's Outline Tree

an existing PDF's outline tree. Previously, there existed full functionality for adding and reading outlines, but you now have

PDF/A-3

=https://github.com/itext/i7js-examples/blob/develop/cmpfiles/sandbox/pdfa/cmp_pdf_a3.pdf>cmp_pdf_a3.pdf</a><br/></div> xml_worker itext_7

Digital Signatures Hub

signing PDF documents with iText 7. eBooks Digital Signatures for PDF Documents Our Digital Signatures eBook

Release pdfOffice 2.0.0

to improve on this latest addition to the iText 7 Suite, and have made some changes to produce more precise Office document to PDF

Image examples

cell? How to add a map with a pointer to a PDF? How to generate 2D barcode as vector image? How to create unique images

pdfHTML: Responsive Design

This is an example of how pdfHTML is able to reflow the contents of generated PDF documents using responsive design. The code

Release iText 7.1.3

: placeholder color is now grey, as in browsers. page-break-before is now also applied for tables. pdfSweep 2.0.2 for Java

Chapter 6: Using fonts in pdfHTML

fonts is especially welcome if you want to convert web pages found in the wild to PDF, but please take into account that your

.PDF/A-3 vLatest

=https://github.com/itext/i7js-examples/blob/develop/cmpfiles/sandbox/pdfa/cmp_pdf_a3.pdf>cmp_pdf_a3.pdf</a><br/></div> xml_worker itext_7

Release iText 7.1.6

#signDetached Improve OCSPVerifier responder certificate verification Cover the case of updating LTV verification data of PDF when

How to change the author name for comments?

over the annotations of a page and change the title (if it equals to "iText"). We use PdfDocument to persist the changed PDF

Large Image examples

These examples were written in the context of the Help, I only see blank pages in my PDF

How does iText Group count processes/files?

for purposes of our volume licensing: Opening a PDF file and extracting the text on the second page. Creating a single invoice

Release iText 7.0.8

https://www.nuget.org/packages/itext7.pdfhtml/1.0.5 1 backported fix for @Page rules in CSS License Key Library 3.0.3 for Java

How to add a text to the left and to the right in a header?

side, the page number in the middle and some info regarding the contents in my table to the right. Posted on StackOverflow on Feb

How to add a full line break?

I use itextsharp and I need to draw a dotted line break from the left to the right of the page (100% width) but I don't know

How to add text as a header or footer?

There are no errors but my footer doesn't show up. I'm creating a pdf and want to add a footer. I did everything like the book

Release iText 7.1.4

for Pages entry in Catalog. Optional content requirements in PDF/A. Copying AcroForm fields with a dot in their name. Post-care

Release iText Core 7.1.13

or ImageRenderer PDF/A: page transparency check PDF/A: "Implementation limits" requirement check Refactor MemoryLimitsAwareHandler

Encrypting / Decrypting PDFs

These examples were written in answer to questions such as: Click How to decrypt a PDF document with the owner password

pdfOCR: How to OCR an Image to PDF?

With our open source tool, pdfOCR https://itextpdf.com/en/products/itext-7/pdfocr, it is possible to OCR an image to a PDF

What is the difference between getPageLabels and getPageLabelFormats?

most of the time, but occasionally this is NOT the case. I have an example. It's a 150Mb PDF file which appears to have 4670

Release pdfXFA 2.0.8

https://itextpdf.com/en/blog/technical-notes/how-modify-xfa-documents-flattening iText DITO: An alternative to PDF forms

Chapter 1: Introducing fonts

Stevenson. I made a first example turning a plain text file into a PDF eBook and I liked the result. When I discovered how many movies

.Why does the cell background color affect the color of other lines? vLatest

I'm creating a PDF where I add some text to each page as well as 2 lines that are drawn using the following method: private

Why does the cell background color affect the color of other lines?

I'm creating a PDF where I add some text to each page as well as 2 lines that are drawn using the following method: private

Release iText 7.1.2

]<optgroup>[/blockcode]. Added support for borders and margins for body and HTML tags. Added support for CSS3: Paged Media feature

How to render certain HTML entities (such as arrows) to PDF?

. Special characters in a PDF The HTML code uses HTML entities to represent these special symbols: public static final String HTML

Watermark examples

These examples were written in response to questions such as: How to add a watermark to a page with an opaque image? How

How to show an image at a text field position?

I have a PDF document which has AcroForm text fields. Now I want to insert a signature image in one of the those fields. I

Release pdfRender 1.0.2

formats. Previously, you could render PDF pages to JPG, PNG or other image file formats, but now BufferedImage as also supported

Do we need a browser engine to render HTML+CSS to PDF?

renders the PDF based on these objects and styles. However, pdfHTML doesn't support SVG for now, nor does it evaluate JavaScript

How to draw a line every 25 words?

I create a PDF using iText. The content consists of text and I need to draw a line to delimit this text every 25 words

How to avoid an exception when importing a TIFF file?

When I try to convert a specific tiff file to PDF, the following exception occurs: java.lang.RuntimeException: Scanline must

How to fit a String inside a rectangle?

some strings, images and tables into my pdf file (there have to be several pages) but when I try to use ColumnText (I use

Release pdfHTML 3.0.3

in HTML. Previously when converting HTML code to PDF we supported either Base64 encoded images or images given by URL. Now

pdfOffice - Example

pdfOffice is an iText 7 add-on that allows generating a PDF document from either a Word, PowerPoint, or Excel file. Currently

How to create a clickable polygon or path?

= PdfAnnotation.CreateLink(stamper.Writer, r, pfn, ac); int page = 1; stamper.AddAnnotation(anno, page); Is there any way to do

Use cases

Invoices The ZUGFeRD https://www.ferd-net.de/standards/zugferd.html invoicing standard uses a combination of PDF/A-3

How to get the color properties of an AcroForm field?

I have 20 AcroForm text fields in my pdf with different color fill properties. I'm not able to read these properties

Release iText 7.1.11

https://kb.itextpdf.com/home/it7kb/faq/volume-counter-faqs. iText pdfHTML the Ledger page size https://www.w3.org/TR/css-page-3/#page-siz

How can I create a Reader enabled PDF with a signature field that can be signed in Adobe Reader

Software. The technology that is used to enable a PDF document is based on public-key cryptography, where the viewer

How can I convert a CSV file to a table with a repeating header row?

I am generating a PDF file from CSV using iText. I need to format the file such that the header row (which occurs

Release pdfRender 1.0.6

up to 2021.08 Bugs Getting blank pages when certain pdfs are converted to jpegs release pdfrender 7_1_17_suite_release

Release pdfRender 2.0.0

of exception in PdfDocument/PdfReader constructors Getting blank pages when certain pdfs are converted to jpegs release pdfrender

Best iText 7 Questions on StackOverflow

PDF in general, high-level iText objects, low-level functionality, fonts, forms, page events, tables, HTML, and much more

Flexbox suport in pdfHTML

yet, however, it can already handle a lot of use-cases. Reminder All you need to do to convert the HTML code below into PDF

How can I find the maximum character limit for a text field?

, and if the limit is 60, then I need to add 60 characters in the first page and the remaining 40 character text in next page of pdf form

How to tell iText which fields to flatten first?

How do I change the order on the page of these fields with iText? I have a PDF with text form fields at are layered one on top

How to generate 2D barcode as vector image?

Why are our barcode pages coming out completely black? I am generating 2D barcodes using iText API, but these barcodes

How to reduce redundant code when adding content at absolute positions?

to use Canvas.showTextAligned() method: PdfPage page = pdfDoc.addNewPage(); PdfCanvas pdfCanvas = new PdfCanvas

Release iText 7.0.5

, but they are deprecated and will be removed in iText 7.1 PDF/A: we are now more strict on color space enforcement Barcodes: support

How does a PdfPCell's height relate to the font size?

PdfPCell and font size? I am making a PDF with pages of size A3, A4 and A5. I need to know the relation between Font size

Release pdfRender 1.0.4

Release date: April 14, 2021 This release of pdfRender brings a lot of performance improvements and few bugfixes that make PDF

Nested tables

How to invoke a page break for nested tables? Click How to add an inner table surrounded by text? nestedtableproblem <div data

Release iText Core 7.1.15

Release date: April 14, 2021 iText Core 7.1.15 is the second quarterly release for 2021 of our multifunctional PDF SDK

Release iText Core 7.2.0

RootRenderer#getCurrentArea().getPageNumber()to get the page number of current layout area. Inside DocumentRenderer#addNewPage

Repeating rows

rows of a table on the next page? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/22153449/print-last-5-rows-to-next-page-itext-java

Support for linearGradient Color Scheme in Layout, CSS and SVG

The following addLinearGradientAsElementBackground function example generates a PDF paragraph object colored with a linearGradient which

Release iText 7.0.2

support with FontProvider/FontSelector advanced page range definition, contributed by GitHub user @NayoLyon (thanks!) auto layout

Page Labels

pagelabels <div data-pym-src='https://itext.jdoodle.com/embed/itext'

Splitting tables

Examples that show what happens when a table doesn't fit the page: Click How to prevent splitting a table? splitrowatendofpage

Cell and table widths

-right corner of the page? columnwidthexample <div data-pym-src='https://itext.jdoodle.com/embed/itext' data-java-url

How to restrict the number of characters on a single line?

How can I add strings to a single line that is underlined? I am using iText to generate PDFs. In these PDFs, I need to add two

Page events for Watermarking

watermarking <div data-pym-src='https://itext.jdoodle.com/embed/itext'

Page events for Chunks

These examples were written in answer to questions such as: Click How to draw a line every 25 words? dashedunderline <div

TOC as first page

tableofcontents <div data-pym-src='https://itext.jdoodle.com/embed/itext'

.Page Labels vLatest

pagelabels <div data-pym-src='https://itext.jdoodle.com/embed/itext'

Release iText Core 7.1.14

Release date: January 14, 2021 iText Core 7.1.14 is the latest release of your favorite PDF library for Java and .NET

Widow and Orphan content support added

Support for controlling widow and orphan content was added in iText 7.1.11 so that content looks precise on the document page

Tables

surrounded by text? How to resize a PdfPTable to fit the page? How to add - continue on next page/continued from next page - to a table

Release iText 7.1.8

API page including the highly anticipated .NET API documentation

Absolute positioning of text

What is causing syntax errors in a page created with iText? How to fit a String inside a rectangle? Why does ColumnText ignore

Why does my header overlap with my content?

I am using page events to create a header that consists of a table. This table is added to each page in my document

pdfHTML: Added full background support

, and a full list of the supported background tags and CSS properties. In addition, the existing background CSS property support

How to find the absolute position and dimension of a field?

, ury]. If you want to know some information about the page, try this: PdfPage page = form.getField(name).getWidgets().get(0

PDF/A-1

pdfa1a_images <div data-pym-src='https://itext.jdoodle.com/embed/itext'

PDF/A-2

hellopdfa2a <div data-pym-src='https://itext.jdoodle.com/embed/itext'

Parsing PDFs

Examples written in answer to questions such as: Click How to use a text extraction strategy after applying a location extraction

Fonts and merging documents

This example was written in answer to the question Click How to create a PDF with font information and embed the actual font

Which image types are supported by iText?

I want to add a PNG image to a PDF file, but I've read that PNG files aren't supported in PDF. Does this mean that I can't use

How to define the width of a cell?

. The available space is the width of the page minus the size of the left and the right margin. If you create a document like

Release iText 7.0.0

increasingly rely on PDF. iText is the right partner to help you automate your documentation processes. We offer powerful and flexible

How to create a table with 2 rows that can be used as a footer?

= docEvent.getDocument(); PdfPage page = docEvent.getPage(); PdfCanvas canvas = new PdfCanvas(page.newContentStreamBefore(), page.getReso

Replacing PDF objects

replacestream <div data-pym-src='https://itext.jdoodle.com/embed/itext'

Extracting objects from a PDF

Example written in answer to the question Click How to extract embedded streams? extractstreams <div

Splitting a PDF file

mergeandcount <div data-pym-src='https://itext.jdoodle.com/embed/itext'

.PDF/A-1 vLatest

pdfa1a_images <div data-pym-src='https://itext.jdoodle.com/embed/itext'

.PDF/A-2 vLatest

hellopdfa2a <div data-pym-src='https://itext.jdoodle.com/embed/itext'

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Improving SVG to PDF conversion

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Why iText and Blockchain?

thought that PDF was here to stay, but when boarding a plane, we stopped using paper boarding passes, many of us are using a two

Release iText 7.0.6

compressed data during image extraction. [DEVSIX-1704] - Showing a horizontal page with 0 rotation value. Task [DEVSIX-561

How to change the zoom factor in link annotations?

https://github.com/itext/i5js-sandbox/blob/master/resources/pdfs/xyz_destination.pdf on page 11, there are 10 links to the 10 previous pa

How to disable the save button and hide the menu bar in Adobe Reader?

I am serving a PDF to a browser via a Servlet. I need to disable the "save" and "print" option in the Adobe Reader menu bar

PNG Image Handling

images to a PDF. Details When we use iText to add a PNG image to a document, in a few use cases we end up with a PDF file which

pdfHTML: Support for linearGradient in CSS and SVG

to HTML input for this PDF: linearGradient.html Link to resultant PDF: CSSOutput.pdf This code yields the following resultant

pdfOffice: Improved line space calculation

of the output PDF file. In pdfOffice 2.0.0 we have made the required improvements to calculate the correct amount of line spacing

iText 7 Building Blocks - Chapter 3: ILeafElement examples

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How to introduce multiple PdfPageEventHelper instances?

. Some pages have common headers, page counts, watermarks my initial thought was to have different PdfPageEventHelper subclasses

Repeating parts of a form

These examples were written in answer to questions such as: Click How to continue field output on a second page? Click How

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These examples were written in answer to questions such as: Click How to continue field output on a second page? Click How

Release iText Core 7.2.1

Release date: January 11, 2022 iText Core 7.2.1 is the latest release of your favorite PDF library for Java and .NET (and more

Font examples

a PDF document? How to create a PDF with font information and embed the actual font while merging the files into a single PDF? How

How to check if a font is bold?

I have an application, that extracts headings out of pdf files. The documents that the application is supposed to work

Where do I get the PDF library?

For download instructions go to: iText 5 Java version installation guide; iText 5 .NET version installation guide; iText 7 Java version

Tagged PDF: Adding Alt to the Structure Tree

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Why is my PDF missing several characters?

In spite of the abundance of documentation on how to use font files, and how to create documents with text in different languages, people

Advantages of using Blockchain for Signing PDF documents

Suppose that we don't store the signature of a document in the document itself, but instead store it in the blockchain. In a blockchain

How to open an MS Word attachment by clicking an image?

How can I make an image clickable so that an attached MS word document opens? I have some PDFs here where there are some

How to fill XFA form using iText without breaking usage rights?

there is no error in the XML. This is my code: using (FileStream pdf = new FileStream("C:/test.pdf", FileMode.Open)) using (FileStream xm

How to change the text color of an AcroForm field?

When I change the text color for a field it does not change. Why is that? I have a PDF with named fields I created with Adobe

pdfOffice + pdfSweep Redaction Example

frontiers for your company's document workflow, thanks to its capabilities for accurate conversion of MS Office documents to PDF

iText 7 Building Blocks - Chapter 5: AbstractElement examples (part 2)

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Why is iText embedding a font even when I specify not to embed?

Why does NOT_EMBEDDED option still embed the font ? I am using Noto fonts to create a PDF and evaluating embedding versus

pdfOffice: improved conversion of docx files containing embedded videos

in the resulting PDF documents. Below is a Java example showing how to do this: Java public static void main(String[] args) throws

Why do I get a "getOutputStream() has already been called for this response" error in JSP?

How can I generate a dynamic PDF file which can be downloaded by client machine? I'm using JDBC to fetch data from database

How to send a 'success' response back to Acrobat Reader from a java servlet?

How do I send a response back to the Acrobat Reader as a java servlet response? I am generating an editable PDF form

pdfHTML: Using emojis in iText

and communication formats support them in one form or another. For us this means of course that they are also supported in the PDF

How to enable LTV for a timestamp signature?

iText to sign PDF documents. I need these documents to be timestamped and LTV-enabled. I followed the instructions and used

iText 7 Building Blocks - Chapter 2: RootElement examples

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How to precisely position an image on top of a Table?

to the Document at that position, perhaps in direct content mode. But the table may split across pages, because it may have hundreds

iText 7

iText 7 is the latest version of iText's powerful PDF Toolkit for PDF generation, PDF programming, handling & manipulation

How to fill out a PDF file programmatically? (Dynamic XFA)

I have a dynamic XFA Form that I can fill out manually using Adobe Acrobat on my computer. Using iTextSharp I can read what the XFA XML

How do I use pdfRender in a .NET environment?

to specify the location of your pdfRender license file. The following is a list of the image file types which a PDF can be rendered

pdfHTML: support for inline-block with a width percent value

) would convert the HTML above into the following PDF output: image2021-4-6_14-32-57.png As you can see, the specified width

iText 7 Signing Examples

Signing a PDF with early versions of iText was something akin to rocket science: the code had to do a lot of stuff which

pdfCalligraph: Support for Myanmar script

Myanmar script. This functionality will allow users to easily render Myanmar script within their PDFs. Below is an quick example

Release pdfOptimizer 2.0.1

you in cases when processing can break the PDF/A-1 compatibility. In the future, we will extend the PDF/A-1 standard support

Why do I get a font embedding error when creating PDFA/1a?

, but it isn't. You can check this by using that font in any other PDF that isn't PDF/A: if you go to Document Properties > Fonts, you'll

What is the connection between LTV and document timestamps?

How do I make a PDF document LTV enabled without using timestamps? I have read the paper, discussions but there is one thing

Adding watermarks to images

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pdfOffice + iText Core Annotations Example

frontiers for your company's document workflow, thanks to its capabilities for accurate conversion of MS Office documents to PDF

How to create a link to launch an external program?

I am using iTextSharp to create PDF files. Can I use iTextSharp to create a link in pdf that will allow me to launch a program

Does my HTML have to be valid XML?

converting it to PDF with XML Worker. This is no longer necessary with pdfHTML. We have integrated jsoup https://jsoup.org

Release pdfHTML 4.0.2

compliant PDFs that are accessible, searchable and usable for indexing. It's also great for using HTML templates to generate well

iText 7 Building Blocks - Chapter 4: AbstractElement examples (part 1)

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How do I get a free trial?

-existent relative link to website page

Do you have customer testimonials?

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How to create and apply redactions?

Is there any way to implement PDF redaction using iText? Working with the Acrobat SDK API I found that redactions also just

Using forms for reporting

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How to merge forms from different files into one PDF? Click How to merge documents correctly? mergeforms <div data-pym-src

Before we start: installing iText 7

to import iText 7 in Eclipse to create a Hello World PDF? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxArv-GskLc& How to import iText 7

How to get the number of characters in a field?

I am trying to find out which format a date of birth should have in a empty field in a PDF using iText. I can stamp the field

How to use the font Verdana in PdfStamper?

Why doesn't exchanging the Part BaseFont.HELVETICA with "Verdana" work? I want to use Verdana as a font while stamping a PDF

How to change the line spacing of text?

In my PDF the default space between the lines is slightly greater than I consider ideal. I'm creating a PDF document

How to change the order of Optional Content Groups?

I have a PDF file with a hierarchy of layers. How do I modify this data in order to copy it into new file? I have a PDF file

Merging documents with bookmarks

This example was originally written in answer to the question Click How to merge PDFs and add bookmarks? for iText5. The code

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iText 7: Jump-Start Tutorial for .NET

. It’s called a Jump-Start Tutorial because it gives you a quick overview of the basic iText functionality, limited to PDF creation

iText 7: Jump-Start Tutorial for Java

. It's called a Jump-Start Tutorial because it gives you a quick overview of the basic iText functionality, limited to PDF creation

Table events

How to define different border types for a single cell? How to add a table in the top-right corner of the page? How to get

pdfHTML: Support for overflow-wrap, word-break CSS Properties

, then provide an HTML code snippet, a Java/C# code sample, and an output PDF document for testing purposes. Feature demonstration

How to modify the size of annotations and make them read-only?

people to add annotations. Once the PDF is encrypted, you'll notice that the entries in the drop-down list are limited. (See How

How to print mathematical characters like ?, ?, ?, ?, ? ?, ??

I am using iText for PDF generation. I have some characters/symbols to print like ∈, ∩, ∑, ∫, ? (Mathematical symbols

Tiling and N-upping

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Release pdfOffice 1.0.0

It was developed to provide best-in-class native conversion of MS Office documents into fully ISO-compliant PDF files. It can handle file

Release iText Core 7.2.2

favorite PDF library for Java and .NET (and more! https://itextpdf.com/en/products/itext-7/itext-7-suite-byol-aws). On the Java

Tiling images

This example was written in answer to the question Click How to show an image with large dimensions across multiple pages

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Colspan and rowspan

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pdfHTML: Creation and/or merging of outlines for documents

When we generate a PDF file from iText that contains outlines, clicking such outlines should redirect to the corresponding contents

Release pdfRender 1.0.3

from password-protected PDFs (if you know the password, of course). pdfRender is a closed-source add-on and is currently only

Part II - Proprietary APIs and Custom Providers

iText 7 and AWS KMS to digitally sign a PDF document

Is it possible to set a different alignment for text on the same line in the same cell?

In one cell and on the same line, I must add two text (name and date). The first snippet of text must be on the left page side

How to set up a table display?

https://github.com/itext/i7js-examples/blob/develop/src/main/java/com/itextpdf/samples/sandbox/tables/SimpleTable11.java example and the

Table and cell events to draw borders

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pdfCalligraph: Support wrapping at word boundaries for languages which don't use spaces for word separation

with specified path to Thai font add Pdf Encodings doc.add(paragraph.setFont(PdfFontFactory.createFont(fontPath

Deploying iText 7 Suite SDK/API on Amazon Web Services

Converting PDF to Image job key payload (request on /api/job/) {"request": { "type":"PDF_TO_IMAGES", "imageType":"JPEG

How to check a check box?

" for the possible values. You need to use a value that is stored in the PDF. Try the CheckBoxValues

Why do I get a BouncyCastle NoClassDefFoundError?

I want to encrypt my PDF but there seems to be an error. Here is the code: PdfReader reader = new PdfReader("my.pdf

How to align AcroFields?

I'm using iText to populate the data to PDF templates, which are created in OpenOffice. The form is populating fine; I'm

Why does PdfStamper create a file with 0 bytes?

When attempting to encrypt a pdf, I get a zero size file as a result. Any ideas what is causing this? File f = new File("C

Release pdfOptimizer 1.0.1

of your PDFs using compression and proprietary optimization strategies to achieve best-in-class performance. This second release

Release pdfHTML 4.0.1

Release date: January 11, 2022 The pdfHTML 4.0.1 release is the first release of our HTML to PDF creation add-on in 2022

Release pdfXFA 3.0.1

to static PDF. It also enables you to add a digital signature to converted XFA forms as additional security for further processing

How to create radio buttons inside a table?

field using Rectangle objects that define the position of the radio buttons on the page. What I don't know, is how to make sure

How to change the icon of a push button field?

by xXx Your code sample simply adds an image to the content of a page. As you indicate, that's not what you want. You want

Why do I get a StackOverflowException in the OnEndPage() event handler?

to use document.Add() in a page event. The document object passed as a parameter is actually a PdfDocument object

How to rotate a single line of text?

(), endText(), etc. PdfPage page = pdfDoc.addNewPage(); PdfCanvas canvas = new PdfCanvas(page.newContentStreamBefore(), page.getResources

How to display indian rupee symbol?

, nothing will show up on your page. Please take a look at the RupeeSymbol

How to adapt the position of the first line in ColumnText?

= new Rectangle[]{new Rectangle(50, 750, 200, 50), new Rectangle(300, 750, 200, 50)}; // for canvas usage one should create a page

How to hyphenate text?

I generate a PDF file with iText in Java. My table columns have fixed widths. Text that is too long for one line is wrapped

How to resize an Image to fit it into a PdfPCell?

? If it's possible, where do have I to do this? Right after I load the image or when I put the image into my PDF table cell? When

How to define spacing and leading in PdfPCell objects?

Is it possible to add space between the elements of a cell (rows) in C#? I'm creating a PDF in visual studio 2012 and wanted

How to rotate a paragraph?

Library to automatize the creation of the Photobooks Hight Quality PDFs that are printed latter on. Adding the user uploaded

Multiline fields

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Embedded files

Examples for adding and removing embedded files in PDFs. These examples were written in answer to the question Click How

Removing content with pdfSweep

to questions such as Click How to remove text from a PDF? removecontentinrectangle <div data-pym-src

How to draw lines on an image?

also add a white ellipse using the ellipse() and stroke() method. This results in a PDF that looks like

How to get the author of a "free text" annotation?

: https://itextpdf.com/sites/default/files/hJlWA.png Annotations in a PDF You'll find this inside the PDF: https://itextpdf.com/sites/defa

How can I find the border color of a field?

Is there anyway of finding the border color of a specific field in my PDF? I could get AcroField.Item, but I don't see

How to read bookmark titles?

I am working with a single PDF containing multiple documents. Each document has a bookmark. I need to read the bookmark names

iText 7.1 - Migration guide for Java

https://demo.itextsupport.com/license-key/. 3. Accessibility changes In order to create a PDF/UA document, you need to explicitly call #a

iText 7.1 - Migration guide for .NET

. Accessibility changes In order to create a PDF/UA document, you need to explicitly call #AddUAXmpMetadata for WriterProperties, otherwis

How can I log the number of documents / bytes I've processed?

"How can I count the number of PDF reads and writes in iText 7?" in the Volume Counter FAQs. Please take a look

Installing iText 7 pdf2Data for Java

with pdf2Data is to create a data field template in the online editor. Upload your template PDF file to the first step

Installing iText 7 pdf2Data for .NET

to start with pdf2Data is to create a data field template in the online editor. Upload your template PDF file to the first step

Release pdf2Data 2.1.10

data grouping logic based on the field location on the page Bugs fixed potential licensing issues with the CLI Installation

Migration guide from iText 5 to iText 7

to rendering HTML to PDF (which in iText 5 was possible using XMLWorker). XMLWorker, which was originally intended to convert

How to create a table in which the cells have different widths?

https://stackoverflow.com/users/5684405/mcs So you want to use iText to create a table that looks like this: Table with cells of differen

How to embed a font only partially?

Is partial embedding automatic? I am asked to include partial font into a PDF. I think I will use iText and I found how

How to align a label versus its content?

to the list. I have a label (e.g. "A list of stuff") and some content (e.g. an actual list). When I add all of this to a PDF, I get

Tables and fonts

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pdfHTML: Support for the CSS object-fit Property

at this https://www.w3schools.com/css/css3_object-fit.asplink. object-fit in Practice: Attached is a PDF converted with pdfHTML which con

Core SVG: Support <pattern> element

" width="100" height="100" fill="url(#star)" stroke-width="0.8" stroke="black"/> </svg> The iText 7 Core code for generating the PDF

Release iText Core 7.1.16

that, support of non-encrypted PDF files with encrypted attachments, and ICCBased colorspaces has been added. Note: We are happy

iText 7 Building Blocks - Chapter 6: actions, destinations, bookmarks

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Objects in columns

Examples in answer to questions such as: Click How to continue an ordered list on a second page? columntextchunkimage <div

.Objects in columns vLatest

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How to draw a borderless rounded rectangle?

and shapes in PDF, you use path construction operators. The following method introduces an re (rectangle) operator to construct

Why isn't the Rupee symbol showing?

am using iText for creating PDF. I have read the answer to the question "How to display indian rupee symbol

How can I add titles of chapters in ColumnText?

Why can I only add a Chapter to the document body and not add a Chapter to create a TOC? I need to make a PDF like

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