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Chapter 4: Making a PDF interactive

content streams. In this chapter, we'll add content of a different nature. We'll add interactive features, known as annotations
Chapter 4: Making a PDF interactive | .NET

content streams. In this chapter, we’ll add content of a different nature. We’ll add interactive features, known as annotations
Chapter 5: Manipulating an existing PDF document | .NET

always created a new PDF document from scratch with iText. In the last couple of examples of chapter 4, we worked
Chapter 5: Manipulating an existing PDF document

always created a new PDF document from scratch with iText. In the last couple of examples of chapter 4, we worked
How to create a complex PDF document?

this technology. Click How to create a complex PDF document? if you want to see how to answer this question in iText 5. forms
Why iText and Blockchain?

to enable the paperless world, pushing the limits of digital document interactivity! With iText, we wanted to replace paper
Release iText 7.1.10

iText 7.1.10 brings the first quarterly release of 2020 for the iText 7 family, and coincidentally it's on the day that iText
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
Chapter 6: Reusing existing PDF documents | .NET

document manipulation, but there will be a subtle difference in approach. In the examples of the previous chapter, we created one
Chapter 6: Reusing existing PDF documents

merging interactive forms. Much more remains to be said about reusing content from existing PDF documents. In the next chapter
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
Interactive forms

https://github.com/itext/i7js-examples for Java and i7ns-samples https://github.com/itext/i7ns-samples for .NET (C#). Why does iText
Using iText 7 and AWS KMS to digitally sign a PDF document: Part 1

This example was written for the article "Using iText 7 and AWS KMS to digitally sign a PDF document
Using iText 7 and AWS KMS to digitally sign a PDF document: Part 5

This example was written for the article "Using iText 7 and AWS KMS to digitally sign a PDF document
Using iText 7 and AWS KMS to digitally sign a PDF document: Part 2

This example was written for the article "Using iText 7 and AWS KMS to digitally sign a PDF document
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
What does PDF 2.0 stand for?

system. Learn more about how to create and edit PDF 2.0 documents with iText 7
PdfSigner now correctly detects and creates PDF/A documents

What changed? In previous iText versions, when a PDF was signed, iText did not check whether a given document was a PDF or PDF
Why does the function to concatenate / merge PDFs cause issues in some cases?

in the original document, and so on. Concatenating PDFs was done using PdfCopy in iText 5. In iText 7 we create a new PdfDocument
Chapter 7: Creating PDF/UA and PDF/A documents

documents using iText 7. In chapters 5 and 6, we've manipulated and reused existing PDF documents. All the PDFs we dealt
How to underline a portion of text in a text field?

I have an application that uses iText to fill PDF form fields. One of these fields has some text with tags. I need the text
Chapter 2: Adding content to a Canvas or a Document

-level layout API and the low-level kernel API. In the previous chapter, we've already used the Document class. Let's start
Fix for when a link occupies more than two areas, a NullPointerException is thrown

Introduction In versions of iText 7 Core prior to 7.1.12 it was possible that a link could occupy more than two areas
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 merge documents correctly?

strongly advise against using PdfWriter to merge documents! This is typically not what you want. You're only making it harder
pdfCalligraph: Support wrapping at word boundaries for languages which don't use spaces for word separation

which do this include Thai and Khmer, but we will use Thai for the purpose of this example. iText has developed an advanced
How to create a document with unequal page sizes?

); Rectangle two = new Rectangle(700,400); I am creating the PDF like this: Document document = new Document(); PdfWriter writer
Blockchain for PDF Documents

. "Virtual money" or "Digital currency" is only one application of Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT). At iText, we've developed
Chapter 7: Creating PDF/UA and PDF/A documents | .NET

documents using iText 7. In chapters 5 and 6, we've manipulated and reused existing PDF documents. All the PDFs we dealt
When is the content flushed to a PDF File by iTextSharp?

the document creation process. Take a note, that in iText 7 Document class has a constructor with immediateFlush parameter: Document
How to superimpose pages from existing documents into another document?

https://github.com/itext/i7js-examples/blob/develop/src/main/java/com/itextpdf/samples/sandbox/stamper/SuperImpose.java example. In iText
pdfHTML: Creation and/or merging of outlines for documents

With pdfHTML 3.0.0 (released with iText Core 7.1.11) we improved the creation and/or merging of document outlines. Details
How can I log the number of documents / bytes I've processed?

I want to log the number of documents I've processed using iText, as well as the number of bytes I've read or produced
How to reuse a page from one PDF document into another PDF document?

to reuse a page from one PDF document into another PDF document? if you want to see how to answer this question in iText 5
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
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
Why does using ColumnText result in "The document has no pages" exception?

any content to the document! There is no ColumnText class in iText 7, but be careful when specifying the area for adding content
How do setMinimumSize() and setFixedSize() interact?

would like is for iText to increase the row height to accommodate the text in the cells whose minimum height is set, while letting
Removing Items from a PDF's Outline Tree

for users to navigate across their documents. With iText Core version 7.1.12, we have added functionality for removing elements from
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
Support for linearGradient Color Scheme in Layout, CSS and SVG

transitions between colors in graphical objects. With the release of iText 7 Core 7.1.12, we're thrilled to introduce support
Chapter 7: Handling events; setting viewer preferences and printer properties

always trivial, depending on what you want to achieve. In the previous chapter, we discussed interactivity. We introduced actions
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 merge forms from different files into one PDF?

Is there a way to merge both of my forms together without losing the interactive fields? I currently have a PdfReader
Chapter 3: Generating PDF based on Media Queries

iText to create a Tagged PDF. Because of this extra line of code, iText will also add the semantic structure of the document
How to convert an existing A4 PDF document to an A3 booklet?

I want to convert an existing A4 PDF document into an A3 PDF using Java. Since I am new to the iText API, I wonder if anyone
How to create a TOC when merging documents?

merging documents? if you want to see how to answer this question in iText 5. merge_documents toc table_of_contents concatenate
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
How to rotate a page while creating a PDF document?

document? if you want to see how to answer this question in iText 5. page_size page_rotation page_events landscape portrait
Why does iText enter a cross symbol when CheckType style is check mark?

is defined as The widget annotation's normal caption, which shall be displayed when it is not interacting with the user
How to extract text and anchor information from a PDF?

I am looking for a method to extract the text as well as anchor information using iText. For example: the PDF content is "You
Release iText Core 7.2.4

versions of iText 7 Core, we did not check if the given document was a PDF or a PDF/A document. This prevented the PdfSigner
Why are the AcroFields in my document empty?

annotations on the page level, but they aren't referenced in the /AcroForm fields set on the document root level. You can fix
How much does it cost to upgrade iText 5 to iText 7?

changes in the document model. iText 7 puts more emphasis on the separation of the high-level document model and the low-level
Migration guide from iText 5 to iText 7

features a new rendering framework (to accommodate pdfHTML) and several changes in the document model. iText 7 puts more emphasis
Chapter 3: Using ILeafElement implementations

. We've discussed the RootElement subclasses Canvas and Document in the previous chapter. We'll deal with the AbstractElement
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
Release iText Core 7.2.5

also means you can expect a new release of your favorite open-source PDF library: iText Core 7.2.5! That's not all though, since
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
Chapter 3: Using renderers and event handlers | .NET

building blocks such as Paragraph and List to that document object. iText made sure that the content was nicely organized on the page
Can I create a Reader-enabled PDF using iText?

this using iText. The technology that's used to add extra usage rights to a PDF document is based on asymmetric key cryptography
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
Do I need a license for Windows fonts when using iText?

? I understand that iText does not come with any font programs and that you need to provide a font file. The PDFs I generate
Release iText Core 7.2.3

Release date: July 5, 2022 Q3 is upon us, and so is the release of iText 7 Core https://itextpdf.com/node/226/ 7.2.3! The big
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
Release iText 7.1.0

We are pleased to announce that iText 7.1.0 https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.itextpdf/itext7-core/7.1.0 is a new release
pdfOffice + iText Core Annotations Example

as input. After using pdfOffice to convert our Microsoft Word document into a PDF, we then utilize iText Core to apply a simple
Release iText Core 7.1.15

, and dajoropo https://github.com/dajoropo for their efforts in making iText even better. Thank you for all your pull requests
Chapter 3: Using renderers and event handlers

building blocks such as Paragraph and List to that document object. iText made sure that the content was nicely organized on the page
iText 7: Converting HTML to PDF with pdfHTML

to PDF using pdfHTML, an add-on to iText 7. If you're new to iText, please jump to chapter 1 immediately. If you've been working
How to tile a document and add margins to the tiles?

I am tiling a document as is done in the TilingHero example. That works well, but now I'd also like to add margins to each
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
Release iText 7.1.3

iText 7.1.3 is the third maintenance release for iText 7.1 Core https://itextpdf.com/itext-7-core/Community
Release iText 7.1.11

iText 7.1.11 brings the second quarterly release of 2020 for the iText 7 family, with SEVEN (7) out of EIGHT product releases
Release iText 7.0.0

document models and streamline its lay-out engine.” In addition, iText 7 will come with add-ons for specific new
Release iText Core 7.2.0

Release date: October 25, 2021 We are pleased to announce the next major version of iText 7; iText 7.2.0. The most important
Which image types are supported by iText?

/FlateDecode as filter. WMF is special. If you insert a WMF file into a PDF document using iText, iText will convert that image
Release iText 7.1.7

Manipulating PDF/A-1b Compliant document with iText breaks conformance due to XMP-metadata re-ordening Update itext7.licensekey
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 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
How to make an image a qualified mask candidate in itext?

Is there a way to mask an image using another image in iText? I want to mask an image using another image, for example A.jpg
Chapter 6: Creating actions, destinations, and bookmarks

a unique name. Internally, iText will map that name with a specific position - aka an explicit destination - in the document
How to fill XFA form using iText without breaking usage rights?

filled pdf, Adobe Reader says something like this: This document enabled extended features. This document was changed since
What is the difference between iText, JasperReports and Adobe LC?

"Reader enable" PDF documents because Reader enabling requires a private key that is proprietary to Adobe. However: iText competes
Release iText Core 7.1.13

Release date: October 22, 2020 The iText Core 7.1.13 release is the fourth quarterly release for 2020 of our innovative PDF
Release iText 7.0.3

for iText 7 Community. We've also updated pdfSweep to 1.0.2
Release iText Core 7.1.12

The iText Core 7.1.12 release is the third quarterly release of 2020 of our innovative PDF library. This Core release brings
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
Release iText 7.0.4

for iText 7 Community. We've also updated pdfCalligraph to 1.0.3
Why is iText embedding a font even when I specify not to embed?

https://blog.typekit.com/2014/07/15/introducing-source-han-sans/), I would assume that end user should be able to view the documents even
Release iText 7.1.6

iText 7.1.6 is the sixth maintenance release for iText 7.1 Core
Release iText 7.1.1

iText 7.1.1 https://search.maven.org/#artifactdetails%7Ccom.itextpdf%7Citext7-core%7C7.1.1%7Cpom is the first scheduled
Release iText 7.1.5

iText 7.1.5 is the fifth maintenance release for iText 7.1 Core
Support of proper word wrapping in languages with special scripts

In release 7.1.13 of the iText Core layout API, we have made some important changes regarding how word-wrapping is handled
How to delete attachments in PDF using iText?

shown in iText RUPS This gives us a hint on where to find the embedded file. Take a look at the code of the RemoveEmbeddedFile
Release iText 7.1.9

iText 7.1.9 is the latest quarterly release for iText 7 Core/Community. This release includes further documentation
Merging documents and create a Table of Contents

These examples were written in answer to questions such as: Click How to create a TOC when merging documents? Click How
Release iText 7.0.5

iText 7.0.5 https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.itextpdf/itext7-core/7.0.5 is a scheduled maintenance release for iText 7
Support for a symbol element in SVG

The release of iText Core 7.1.13 includes a number of bug fixes as well as useful feature additions. As we continue to work
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
How to generate a report with dynamic header in PDF using iText 7?

https://stackoverflow.com/users/3154466/user3154466 I've written a small example in Java which you can easily adapt to C# as iText and iT
Release iText 7.1.4

iText 7.1.4 is the fourth maintenance release for iText 7.1 Core https://itextpdf.com/itext-7-core/Community
iText 7.1 - Migration guide for Java

will broadly cover the breaks in the API. Please consult the breaking changes on the iText website
iText 7.1 - Migration guide for .NET

will broadly cover the breaks in the API. Please consult the breaking changes on the iText website
.Merging documents and create a Table of Contents vLatest

These examples were written in answer to questions such as: Click How to create a TOC when merging documents? Click How
How not to merge documents

This is an example that is used by many people, but it is completely wrong: you should not use PdfWriter to merge documents
Release iText 7.1.2

iText 7.1.2 is the second maintenance release for iText 7 Core https://itextpdf.com/itext-7-core/Community
Merging documents with bookmarks

here is a direct port from the iText5 code. Merging documents while maintaining bookmarks in iText7 is done automatically when
.Merging documents with bookmarks vLatest

here is a direct port from the iText5 code. Merging documents while maintaining bookmarks in iText7 is done automatically when
General questions about iText

by iTextSharp? Why can't I compile the iText source code? How to format a String resulting in a two-column display? How to find out
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
Digital Signatures Hub

signing PDF documents with iText 7. eBooks Digital Signatures for PDF Documents Our Digital Signatures eBook
.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
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
How can I create a Reader enabled PDF with a signature field that can be signed in Adobe Reader

I've read that I need to Reader enable my document, but I can't find how to do this using iText. Using iText, I've
pdfHTML: Using emojis in iText

Introduction From their humble beginnings in 1999, emojis have become a staple of digital communication and most document
Volume Counter FAQs

various iText operations that cause events to be added to the volume counter. Example 1 – Reading a PDF document (forms) final
How do I use pdfRender in a .NET environment?

Introduction While iText does not currently offer a native C# version of pdfRender
pdfHTML: Custom ResourceRetriever

In release 7.1.13 of iText Core and 3.0.2 of pdfHTML we've implemented a new class called ResourceRetriever. This class allows
Chapter 1: Introducing basic building blocks

to create a document programmatically. In this first chapter, we've discussed high-level objects such as Paragraph, List, Image
How to get the page width and height of a PDF document?

this question in iText 5. page_size page_boundaries crop_box media_box itext_7 itext_7_community itext_7_core itext_7_suite faq
Chapter 1: Introducing basic building blocks | .NET

https://itextpdf.com/content/itext-7-jump-start-tutorial/examples/chapter-1#c01e01_helloworld.cs example for iText 7: var writer = new Pd
Chapter 1: Hello HTML to PDF

and making PDFs "accessible" in chapter 3. Converting HTML to iText objects The convertToPdf
How to add text as a header or footer?

"iText in action" says. There are no errors but the footer doesn't show up. Can somebody tell me what I'm doing wrong? class
Why do I get a StackOverflowException in the OnEndPage() event handler?

. It is not the Document you have created in your code, but an internal object that is used by iText. You should use it for read-only purp
Why does ColumnText ignore the horizontal alignment?

side and some on the right side. For some reason iText seems to ignore the alignment entirely. For example: // create 200x100
Why can't I embed a font due to licensing restrictions?

a license for Windows fonts when using iText? Just like all software (including iText), fonts are licensed
Installing iText 7 for .NET

How to install iText 7 .NET version Thank you for your interest in our open-source PDF library, iText 7, we hope you
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
Why do I get a font embedding error when creating PDFA/1a?

IOException, DocumentException, XMPException { Document document = new Document(); PdfAWriter writer = PdfAWriter.getInstance(document
Option to disable AGPL-usage warning messages

When using iText 7 Core in AGPL mode (without loading an iText license) a message will occasionally be printed to the standard
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
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
Release iText Core 7.1.17

Release date: October 25, 2021 The iText 7.1.17 release is a maintenance release with a security bug fix for a vulnerability
Release iText Core 7.1.18

Release date: December 16, 2022 The iText 7 Core 7.1.18 release is a maintenance release for iText 7.1.x which includes some
Release iText Core 7.1.16

improvements, making our SDK even more flexible, customizable and productive. We continue to improve the SVG support in iText
Release iText Core 7.2.2

the release of iText 7 Core with releases of the iText 7 add-ons making up the rest of the iText 7 Suite. So, besides Core
Installing iText 7 for Java

How to install iText 7 Java version Thank you for your interest in our open-source PDF library, we hope you will enjoy using
Why is content missing in my table?

or anything. Below is my Q> snippet: try { Document document = new Document(PageSize.A4.rotate()); PdfWriter writer
Release iText 7.0.2

For this release, we have added some a minor updates to our iText 7 platform, version 7.0.2. As well as some updates
Where is the origin (x,y) of a PDF page?

I want to position text at some specific place in the document. However, I cannot figure out where to find the origin
Release iText 7.0.1

iText 7.0.1 is our first functional product update. It's a maintenance release that fixes a number of minor bugs, re-syncs
How to shrink pages in an existing PDF?

of the pages and I lose all interactive features. Is there another way I can shrink pages? Posted on StackOverflow on Aug 18
How to change the spacing between words and characters?

I want to set the text alignment to justified, but I don't want iText to add any extra space between the characters. I don't
Release pdfOffice 2.0.3

Release date: October 25, 2022 pdfOffice https://itextpdf.com/node/15181/ is an iText 7 add-on that enables high-quality
How to set the page size to Envelope size with Landscape orientation?

in iText 7 with this code: PdfDocument pdf = new PdfDocument(new PdfWriter(dest)); Document doc = new Document(pdf, PageSize.A4
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
Installing iText 7 pdfHTML for Java developers

you will enjoy using our product and share your experiences with us and the iText community. We will walk you through
Installing iText 7 pdfOCR for Java developers

product and share your experiences with us and the iText community. We will walk you through the installation process, from
Installing iText 7 pdfSweep for Java developers

using our product and share your experiences with us and the iText community. We will walk you through the installation process
Installing iText 7 Community for .NET developers

How to install iText 7 Community .NET version Thank you for your interest in our open-source PDF library, we hope you
How to add a page number in the header of a PDF/A Level A file?

Why is it that when I introduce text that is added at an absolute position, iText tells me that the content I'm adding isn't
Installing iText 7 pdfCalligraph for Java developers

and share your experiences with us and the iText community. We will walk you through the installation process, from downloading
Installing iText 7 pdfRender for Java developers

using our product and share your experiences with us and the iText community. We will walk you through the installation process
Installing iText 7 pdfXFA for Java developers

experiences with us and the iText community. We will walk you through the installation process, from downloading iText 7 pdfXFA
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
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
How to continue an ordered list on a second page?

I am currently creating the document by creating ColumnText objects that are placed at specific coordinates. The content
How to add a table as a header?

OnStartPage(PdfWriter writer, Document document) { base.OnStartPage(writer, document); PdfPTable tabHead = new PdfPTable(new
iText 7: Jump-Start Tutorial for .NET

find a full list of features here https://itextpdf.com/features. We announced iText 7 at the Great Indian Developer Summit
iText 7: Jump-Start Tutorial for Java

find a full list of features here https://itextpdf.com/features. We announced iText 7 at the Great Indian Developer Summit
Installing iText 7 pdfOCR for .NET developers

product and share your experiences with us and the iText community. We will walk you through the installation process, from
Installing iText 7 pdfHTML for .NET developers

you will enjoy using our product and share your experiences with us and the iText community. We will walk you through
Installing iText 7 pdfSweep for .NET developers

using our product and share your experiences with us and the iText community. We will walk you through the installation process
How to print mathematical characters like ?, ?, ?, ?, ? ?, ??

I am using iText for PDF generation. I have some characters/symbols to print like ∈, ∩, ∑, ∫, ? (Mathematical symbols
Installing iText 7 pdfOptimizer for Java developers

will enjoy using our product and share your experiences with us and the iText community. We will walk you through the installation
Installing iText 7 pdfCalligraph for .NET developers

and share your experiences with us and the iText community. We will walk you through the installation process, from downloading
Installing iText 7 pdfXFA for .NET developers

experiences with us and the iText community. We will walk you through the installation process, from downloading iText 7 pdfXFA
Installing the iText license key and license key library for Java and .NET

and the iText community. We will walk you through the installation process of the iText license key and library. If you
Installing iText free trial for Java and .NET developers

and the iText community. We will walk you through the installation process of the iText free trial version. If you require any
Installing iText 7 pdfOffice for Java developers

will enjoy using our product and share your experiences with us and the iText community. We will walk you through the installation
Installing iText 7 pdfOptimizer for .NET developers

will enjoy using our product and share your experiences with us and the iText community. We will walk you through the installation
Installing iText 7 pdf2Data for Java

experiences with us and the iText community. We will walk you through the installation process, from downloading iText 7
Installing iText 7 pdf2Data for .NET

experiences with us and the iText community. We will walk you through the installation process, from downloading iText 7 pdf2Data
Release pdfCalligraph 3.0.2

Release date: January 16, 2023 pdfCalligraph is our iText 7 add-on which provides advanced typography support when creating
Installing iText 7 Community for Java developers

How to install iText 7 Community Java version Thank you for your interest in our open-source PDF library, we hope you
Before we start: installing iText 7

All the examples explained in this tutorial are available on our web site from this URL: Examples for the iText 7 jump-start
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
Why does my header overlap with my content?

https://github.com/itext/i7js-examples/blob/develop/src/main/java/com/itextpdf/samples/sandbox/events/TableHeader.java example adapted fo
How to get the current page count?

of all you should create a PDF document in a right way. In iText 7 you’ll need: PdfDocument pdfDoc = new PdfDocument(new
How to add blank pages while concatenating several PDFs using PdfSmartCopy

(pdfDoc.getNumberOfPages() + 1, ps); pdfDoc.close(); There is no PdfCopy and PdfSmartCopy classes in iText 7 and merging documents is done
I upgraded to iText 7, how do I use my license?

How to install your new iText license. If you're using iText 7.2 and newer, you should have a license key in JSON format
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
iText 7: Building Blocks

of iText 7. In this book, we'll focus on the high-level building blocks that were introduced in the first chapter of that tutorial
How to set the zoom level of a PDF using iTextSharp?

reader = new PdfReader("input.pdf".ToString()); Document doc = Document(reader.GetPageSize(1)); doc.OpenDocument(); PdfWriter
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
Release pdfOffice 2.0.2

Release date: April 11, 2022 pdfOffice is an iText 7 add-on which enables high-quality native conversion of Microsoft Office
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 parse multiple HTML files into one PDF?

pdf. If you have three single-page PDF document, PdfMerger can merge them into a single PDF with three pages, taking the pages
pdfOffice: Digital Signing

Background With the introduction of the pdfOffice add-on to the iText 7 Suite, we have now extended our capabilities to cover
Release pdfCalligraph 3.0.1

Release date: April 11, 2022 pdfCalligraph is our iText 7 add-on which provides advanced typography support when creating PDF
Why aren't images added sequentially?

The order of the elements on paper is not the same as the order that I used to put the element in the document via
Can I change the page count by changing internal metadata?

the internal structure of a PDF document in ISO-32000-1, but if you prefer a more practical approach, please download iText RUPS
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
How to get the color properties of an AcroForm field?

annotation’s normal caption, which shall be displayed when it is not interacting with the user. Unlike the remaining entries listed
Before we start: Overview of the classes and interfaces

tagged PDF; iText will just render the content to the document using the appropriate IRenderer implementation. Figure 0.4 shows
How to rename named destinations in existing PDF files?

I would like the named destinations in all the documents to be the same. I've been using named destinations in PDF files
How to disable the save button and hide the menu bar in Adobe Reader?

. However: if you only encrypt a document with an owner password, it is very easy to decrypt the document and to remove
Release iText 7.0.7

iText 7.0.7 is a scheduled maintenance release for iText 7.0 Core https://itextpdf.com/itext-7-core/Community
Release iText 7.0.8

iText 7.0.8 is a scheduled maintenance release for iText 7.0 Core https://itextpdf.com/itext-7-core/Community
Before we start: installing iText 7 | .NET

: https://itextpdf.com/content/itext-7-jump-start-tutorial/examples https://itextpdf.com/content/itext-7-jump-start-tutorial/examples Befo
Best iText 7 Questions on StackOverflow

, StackOverflow is the most important channel used by iText Software to answer questions about iText from developers who do not have
How to add text at an absolute position on the top of the first page?

on StackOverflow on Nov 9, 2015 https://stackoverflow.com/questions/33609447 by BiJ https://stackoverflow.com/users/3890478/bij iText
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 use a Digital Signing Service (DSS) such as GlobalSign, with iText 7

time; } } </div> </div> 2) Creation of the PDF signature and inserting it into the document. From the perspective of iText
Release iText 7.0.6

iText 7.0.6 https://search.maven.org/#artifactdetails%7Ccom.itextpdf%7Citext7-core%7C7.0.6%7Cpom is a scheduled maintenance
Chapter 1: Introducing fonts

be used when rendering the document. We can avoid this by embedding the fonts. Creating a FontProgram object iText supports
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 add an image watermark to a PDF file?

# and iTextSharp to add a watermark to my PDF files: Document document = new Document(); PdfReader pdfReader = new PdfReader
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
Release pdfXFA 3.0.3

Release date: October 25 2022 pdfXFA https://itextpdf.com/node/261/ is an iText 7 add-on for Java and C# (.NET) that allows
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
How to adapt the position of the first line in ColumnText?

in iText 7 you should set margin value to 0 and leading to 1: public void addColumn(Document doc, boolean useAscender
How to allow page extraction when setting password security?

in iText: bit 1: Not assigned bit 2: Not assigned bit 3: Degraded printing: ALLOW_DEGRADED_PRINTING bit 4: Modify contents
Is iText free?

the iText SDK into per the terms of the AGPL license, or you can license iText commercially if you don’t want to open source
How to attach files to a PDF?

can't seem to reference them as links within the PDF. iText in Action suggests I can do this as annotations or document level
How to create a PDF with font information and embed the actual font while merging the files into a single PDF?

document, I want to insert actual font needed by the PDF. I create different PDFs and then concatenate them into a single PDF. My
Which languages are supported in pdfHTML?

This is not a new question. The answer can be found in chapter 6
Safeguards against loops in cross-reference structure of PDF files

https://blog.idrsolutions.com/2011/05/understanding-the-pdf-file-format-%E2%80%93-pdf-xref-tables-explained/. When loading PDF documents
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
Release iText 7.1.8

iText 7.1.8 is the quarterly release for iText 7 Core/Community. This release includes support for XFDF, a much anticipated
How to solve an UnsupportedCharsetException when using itext-asian.jar

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/25836370/how-to-use-itext-asian-library-in-eclipseby Han Kun https://stackoverflow.com/users/4040263/
How can I serve a PDF to a browser without storing a file on the server side?

https://github.com/itext/i7js-book/blob/develop/src/main/java/com/itextpdf/samples/book/part3/chapter09/Listing_09_01_Hello.java Servlet
Why are PDF files different even if the content is the same?

this defect? I've read the following paragraph in "iText in Action - Second Edition" (p 17). "There's usually more than one way
How to add text to an image?

I use iText to generate a PDF document. Suppose that the height of a page measures 500pt (1 user unit = 1 point), and that I
Are iText 5 and iText 7 backwards compatible?

No. During development iText 7 went through some architectural changes which means some public class or package names have
How to create a link to launch an external program?

action. I'm the author of the book about iText, and I usually don't talk about this functionality because it's considered being
Release pdfXFA 2.0.7

posts that may be interesting to you: How to modify XFA documents before flattening
Release pdfXFA 3.0.1

Release date: April 11 2022 pdfXFA is an iText 7 add-on for Java and C# (.NET) that allows you to flatten dynamic XFA forms
Release pdfXFA 3.0.2

Release date: July 5 2022 pdfXFA https://itextpdf.com/node/261/ is an iText 7 add-on for Java and C# (.NET) that allows you
Release pdfXFA 3.0.4

Release date: January 16, 2023 pdfXFA https://itextpdf.com/node/261/ is an iText 7 add-on for Java and C# (.NET) that allows
Getting started

spacing of text? Argument not specified in iTextSharp How to create a complex PDF document? How to strike through text using iText
How to define the width of a cell?

: Option 1: You don't define an absolute width. Instead you ask iText to calculate the width based on the available space
Examples for the iText 7 jump-start tutorial

https://github.com/itext/i7ns-samples/tags). All the examples used in the iText 7 jump-start tutorial are available from here: chapter 1,
Examples for the iText 7 jump-start tutorial | .NET

https://github.com/itext/i7ns-samples/tags). All the examples used in the iText 7 jump-start tutorial are available from here: chapter 1,
How to tell iText how to clip text to fit in a cell?

When I call setFixedHeight() on a PdfPCell, and add more text than fits in the given height, iText seems to print the prefix
How to add a printable or non-printable bitmap stamp to a PDF?

is described in Chapter 7 of iText in Action - Second Edition, more specifically in the TimeTableAnnotations3
Does anyone have any idea how TabStop works?

I'm still trying to learn iText and have a few of the concepts down. However I can't figure out what TabStop is or how to use
Chapter 4: Adding AbstractElement objects (part 1)

, and by adding all of these Paragraph objects to a Document instance one way or another. The screen shots in the previous chapters
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
Release pdfOffice 1.0.0

https://itextpdf.com/en/products/itext-7/convert-ms-office-to-pdf-pdfoffice, the newest addition to the iText 7 Suite https://itextpdf.co
Release pdfRender 2.0.3

Release date: October 25, 2022 pdfRender https://itextpdf.com/node/14046 is an iText 7 add-on for Java to generate images from
How to add multiple images into a single PDF?

the following code, but this code only adds the last image to the PDF. Document document = new Document(); PdfWriter writer
How to protect a PDF with a username and password?

because encryption with a username and password doesn't exist in PDF. There are two ways to encrypt a PDF document: Using
How to open an MS Word attachment by clicking an image?

on the images. I wonder how can I do this with the iText library. I can add the images and attach the MS word documents but I haven't
How to modify the size of annotations and make them read-only?

" isn't shown in that list by encrypting the document using an owner password, making sure that you don't set the option that allows
How to add text inside a rectangle?

code is: Document doc = new Document(new Rectangle(570, 924f)); PdfWriter writer = PdfWriter.GetInstance(doc
How to create a new PDF file if a file name already exists?

, the following code just overwrites the data of the first user in the PDF file: Document document = new Document
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
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 set background image in PdfPCell in iText?

I am currently using iText to generate PDF reports. I want to set a medium size image as a background in PdfPCell instead
iText 7 Core: Fixing incorrect height calculation

. However, in older versions of iText the returned values of a BBox (height and width) were slightly misrepresentative of the actual
How to use Cyrillic characters in a PDF?

: var document = new Document(); document.Open(); Paragraph p1 = new Paragraph("Testing of letters ?,?,Š,Ž,?", new Font
Use cases

batches of invoices to check whether or not the documents were tampered with. Supply chain Invoices are merely a first step, we
pdfOffice + pdfSweep Redaction Example

Background: With the addition of pdfOffice to the iText 7 Suite portfolio comes a wide range of potential synergies and new
Release pdfXFA 2.0.10

throws unexpected exceptions when processing XFA. If you need to process XFA documents, we have a related blog post that may
Release pdfXFA 2.0.11

fields. If you need to process XFA documents, we have a related blog post that may be interesting to you: How to modify XFA
Release pdfXFA 3.0.0

other products, plus a couple of bugfixes. If you need to process XFA documents, we have a related blog post that may be interesting
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 change the order of Optional Content Groups?

reader = new PdfReader(input); var document = new Document(reader.GetPageSizeWithRotation(1)); var pdfCopyProvider = new PdfCopy
How to preserve high resolution images in PDF?

the document document = new Document(PageSize.A4, 0, 0, 0, 0); FileStream output = new FileStream(pdfPath + "document.pdf
How to add an image and text to the same cell?

https://stackoverflow.com/users/5064085/semil-sebastian In iText 7 we use Cell instead of PdfPCell and Table instead of PdfPTable. I’ll w
How to change the text color of an AcroForm field?

the document. Changing the color of a field (or other properties) would require changing the XML and iText(Sharp) can not do that. If I
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
How to introduce a custom font weight in iText 7?

Bold-Italic (arialbi.ttf),... When you switch styles the way you do in your code snippet, iText switches fonts. In other words
How to distribute the radio buttons of a radio field across multiple PdfPCells?

to figure out how to do it with radio buttons / radio groups. Is this possible with iText? Does anyone have an example? Posted
How to use two different colors in a single String?

. String result = "Developed By : Mr.XXXXX"; I can create a paragraph in iText and set font with color like this: Font
How to reorder pages in an existing PDF file?

I want to move a couple of the last pages to the start of my document. I am using the iText pdf library. Does any one know how
How can I add an image to all pages of my PDF?

used the following code below all the otherdoc.add() Document doc = new Document(iTextSharp.text.PageSize.A4, 10, 10, 30, 1
Why can't I set the font of a Phrase?

that there are no Chunks and Phrases in iText 7. Let me introduce some changes: Text as an atomic part of text in the sense that all the
.Release pdfHTML 4.0.0 vLatest

https://repo.itextsupport.com/webapp/#/artifacts/browse/tree/General/ iText pdfHTML https://itextpdf.com/en/products/itext-7/pdfhtml – 4.
Release pdfHTML 4.0.0

https://repo.itextsupport.com/webapp/#/artifacts/browse/tree/General/ iText pdfHTML https://itextpdf.com/en/products/itext-7/pdfhtml – 4.
Release pdfOffice 2.0.4

Release date: January 16, 2023 pdfOffice https://itextpdf.com/node/15181/ is an iText 7 add-on that enables high-quality
Deploying iText 7 Suite SDK/API on Amazon Web Services

These instructions are for subscribers of the iText 7 Suite (BYOL) on AWS Marketplace
How to create a JavaScript action to open the attachments panel?

This can be done using a JavaScript action. Use the following code in iText 7: public void createPdf(String dest) throws
How to introduce multiple PdfPageEventHelper instances?

I have to generate a large amount of different types of documents using the iTextSharp library that all have things in common
How to create an uncompressed PDF file?

https://stackoverflow.com/users/2076286/g%C3%A1bor In iText 7 you can set the compression level to 0, which means no compression
Release pdfXFA 2.0.12

a breakBefore condition could switch back to a previous content area and overwrite it. If you need to process XFA documents, we have
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
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 set initial view properties?

. Document Options: Show = Bookmarks Panel and Page Page Layout = Continuous Magnification = Fit Width Open to Page number = 1 Window
.How to add "continue on next page" / "continued from next page" to a table? vLatest

corresponds with a row in a PdfPTable and finally I add this PdfPTable to the Document. When the table is split, I need to add
How to add "continue on next page" / "continued from next page" to a table?

corresponds with a row in a PdfPTable and finally I add this PdfPTable to the Document. When the table is split, I need to add
iText 7

iText 7 is the latest version of iText's powerful PDF Toolkit for PDF generation, PDF programming, handling & manipulation
How to stamp image on existing PDF and create an anchor?

I have an existing document, onto which I would like to stamp an image at an absolute position. I am able to stamp the image
How to create a table in which the cells have different widths?

which in total is 90% of table width In short: what would the iText code look like if I wanted a table as shown here: Question
How to give an image rounded corners?

is the size of an image? You have an Image instance gif. In iText 7 this is done in the following way: Image gif = new Image
How to load a PDF from a stream and add a file attachment?

to create in memory and never will be in file system. How can I do this with iText? I'm using a MS SQL Report Server web service
How to continue field output on a second page?

at the position defined by the field using ColumnDocumentRenderer: Java C# 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Document doc = new Document(pdfDoc
How to add a border to a paragraph?

I've created a Paragraph using iText. Now I have to add a border to this paragraph, not to the whole document. How do I do
Release pdfOptimizer 2.0.0

Release date: October 25, 2021 In a nutshell, the pdfOptimizer 2.0.0 release benefits from all the improvements in iText 7.2.0
.Release pdfOptimizer 2.0.0 vLatest

Release date: October 25, 2021 In a nutshell, the pdfOptimizer 2.0.0 release benefits from all the improvements in iText 7.2.0
How to solve an UnsupportedCharsetException when using itext-asian.jar?

KozMinPro-Regular.otf, you don't need the iText-Asian.jar. Just use the font file with an encoding that is supported by that font
Part IV - Appearances

are used to separate levels of a field hierarchy in the document. But the iText signing API does not support signature fields
How to get the UserUnit from a PDF file?

https://stackoverflow.com/users/192305/shawson Allow me to quote from my book, iText in Action - Second Edition, page 9: What
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
How to format a String resulting in a two-column display?

"}, }; There are three ways to achieve this using iText. Solution #1: use a table Please take a look at the SimpleTable13
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
Release pdfOptimizer 1.0.1

Release date: April 14, 2021 We continue to improve pdfOptimizer, our newest iText 7 add-on designed to reduce the file size
Release pdfHTML 4.0.2

Release date: April 11, 2022 pdfHTML is an iText 7 add-on that allows you to easily convert HTML and CSS into standards
Release pdfHTML 4.0.3

Release date: July 5, 2022 pdfHTML https://itextpdf.com/node/241/ is an iText 7 add-on for Java and .NET to create PDF from
How to set up a table display?

I have an application that I want to print an invoice like document in a table setup. Does anyone have a piece of code to use
Basic Concepts (Glossary)

, records management, provenance tracking, and document lifecycle management. Centralized, decentralized, or distributed storage
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
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
How to strike through text using iText?

, iText has made a couple of decisions for you: where do I put the line? How thick is the line? If you want to make
How do I change the border color of a PdfPCell?

of code that shows how to create a cell with different borders in iText 7: PdfDocument pdfDoc = new PdfDocument(new PdfWriter
How to change the icon of a push button field?

to replace the icon in a button field. This can be done in iText 7 using this code snippet: PdfDocument pdfDoc = new PdfDocument(new
How to write a table header if part of a table is forwarded to the next page?

. I am using PdfWriter to create a PDF document. I am adding a PdfPTable to the PDF document. This table has header row
How do I add XMP metadata to each page of an existing PDF?

So far all the examples seem to involve adding metadata while creating a new Document. I want to take an existing PDF and add
How to reorder the pages of a PDF file?

I am generating Table of Contents after creating a document and I want to move Table of Contents to the start of the document
How to add a text to the left and to the right in a header?

How do I divide my header and footer into three sections? I need to add more than one header and footer to my document
How to split a row over multiple pages?

by Manish https://stackoverflow.com/users/1189254/manish In iText 7, table rows are split by default. Suppose that you have
How to get text and image in the same cell?

https://stackoverflow.com/users/1912983/nickname If you are using iText 7 I recommend to look at TabStop class. You can create
How to invoke a page break for nested tables?

. https://itextpdf.com/sites/default/files/a8A5Q.png Nested table In iText 7 the rows are not splitted by default, hence your code will lo
How to create a table with 2 rows that can be used as a footer?

I want to add footer with 2 rows. The 1st row will have the document name with a background color. The 2nd row will have
How to add alternative text for an image in Tagged PDF?

I know that iText can generate tagged PDF documents from scratch, but is it possible to insert alternative text for images
Chapter 4: Creating reports using pdfHTML

Roughly speaking, there are three major ways to create PDF documents using iText, You can create a PDF document from scratch
Why is the text I extract from an English PDF page garbled?

class. The text I'm getting is not understandable. The following code snippet represents my string extractor: Document document
Chapter 6: Using fonts in pdfHTML

that Helvetica is the default font used by iText when no font is specified (chapter 2), and we know that pdfHTML
How to add a background image to a cell?

I want to create a document which contains a table with cells with the same background image and text. I have the following
How to find out which fields are required?

that the best solution will be to use iText library. I can read file, and read AcroFields from a document but is there any possibility
Release pdfXFA 2.0.8

blog posts that may be interesting to you: How to modify XFA documents before flattening
How to use System Font in iTextSharp with VB.net?

Can someone help me with writing the code to use a system font? I'm using Itextsharp to convert text files to PDF documents
Improving SVG to PDF conversion

What has changed? In the latest release of iText 7, there have been a couple of fixes for certain bugs that had the potential
Release pdfOffice 2.0.1

functionality. It raises the bar for Office document conversion to a new level by introducing support for Excel spreadsheets to go along
pdfOffice: improved conversion of docx files containing embedded videos

With the release of iText 7.2.2 and pdfOffice 2.0.2, we've resolved an issue affecting the conversion of .docx files
Chapter 2: Adding low-level content

. Just like in the previous chapter, we create a PdfWriter (line 2) and a PdfDocument object, but instead of creating a Document
Chapter 2: Adding low-level content | .NET

a Document object. Just like in the previous chapter, we create a Stream (line 1), a PdfWriter (line 2) and a PdfDocument (line 3
Release pdfRender 2.0.4

Release date: January 16, 2023 pdfRender https://itextpdf.com/node/14046 is an iText 7 add-on for Java to generate images from
Building blocks : Examples

https://github.com/itext/i7ns-samples/tags). Chapter 1: Introducing fonts Chapter 2: Adding content to a Canvas or a Document Chapter 3:
How to add a table on a form (and maybe insert a new page)?

Exception { PdfDocument pdfDoc = new PdfDocument(new PdfReader(src), new PdfWriter(dest)); Document doc = new Document(pdfDoc
Why is the page size of a PDF always the same, no matter if it's landscape or portrait?

i = 0; i pdfreader.getNumberOfPages(); i++) { document = PdfStamper.getOverContent(i).getPdfDocument(); document.getPageSize
Is it possible to attach multiple layout events to a PdfPCell?

https://stackoverflow.com/users/4587348/robert Take into account that in iText 7 we use Table and Cell classes instead of PdfPTable and P
.Why does the cell background color affect the color of other lines? vLatest

void DrawLines(Document pdfDoc, PdfContentByte cb) { cb.MoveTo(0, 562); cb.LineTo(pdfDoc.PageSize.Width, 562); cb.MoveTo(0, 561
Why does the cell background color affect the color of other lines?

void DrawLines(Document pdfDoc, PdfContentByte cb) { cb.MoveTo(0, 562); cb.LineTo(pdfDoc.PageSize.Width, 562); cb.MoveTo(0, 561
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
How to right-align text in a PdfPCell?

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/13607970/right-aligning-text-in-pdfpcellby colincameron https://stackoverflow.com/users/970789/colinc
How to introduce rounded cells with a background color?

in iText 7: protected class RoundedCellRenderer extends CellRenderer { protected float[] cmykColor; protected boolean
Why is my cell event not triggered?

to the table. Document doc = new Document(PageSize.A4); float twocm = Utilities.millimetersToPoints(20f); doc.setMargins(twocm, twocm
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
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 while
What functionalities does iText 7 support?

The iText core v7 SDK includes APIs for almost 500 functions. A complete listing of the functions supported can be found here
How do I install iText 7 Core?

Installing iText 7 Core is as simple as downloading the binaries https://developers.itextpdf.com/downloads and adding them
Installing iText Core 7.2.x on Android

Gradle dependency You can download iText 7 from our Artifactory by adding this to your Gradle file: maven { url
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
How to rotate a page 90 degrees?

create a PdfDocument to get an instance of the document, and just change the /Rotate value in every page dictionary
How to check for an event and remove it?

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/23087035/checking-for-an-event-in-itextsharp by IyaTaisho https://stackoverflow.com/users/1631060/iya
Release pdfOCR 1.0.1

https://itextpdf.com/en/products/itext-7/pdfcalligraph customers, so that they can render advanced typography in their OCRed documents. G
Release pdfXFA 2.0.9

to modify XFA documents before flattening https://itextpdf.com/en/blog/technical-notes/how-modify-xfa-documents-flattening GitHub
Is it possible to set a different alignment for text on the same line in the same cell?

PdfWriter(dest)); Document doc = new Document(pdfDoc); Table table = new Table(1); Paragraph p = new Paragraph() .add(new Text
How to underline text with a dotted line?

example: PdfDocument pdfDoc = new PdfDocument(new PdfWriter(dest)); Document doc = new Document(pdfDoc); doc.add(new
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
How to create hierarchical bookmarks?

How can I create a hierarchical bookmark structure in PDF using iText? I have data in ArrayList like below : ArrayList tree
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
Release pdfHTML 3.0.2

of inline text by adding the text-transform: capitalize property and provide more control over the document conversion process
Release pdfHTML 3.0.3

for generating cross-references (e.g., for a table of contents) within HTML documents. Please take a look at the examples
Font examples

embedding error when creating PDFA/1a? Can I embed a font only partially? Why is my font not applied when I create a PDF document? How
I have been using iText 5 or 7 without a commercial license but never open sourced my application. What should I do?

using the iText SDK. We can work with you to help bring you into compliance. It may be possible for us to issue you a back-dated
If iText is free why do I have to pay for it?

(including iText developers) and the ability for us to legally license usage of the code commercially and offer the full benefit
How to insert a "linked rectangle" with iText?

this question in iText 5. faq Published by Scroll Versions from this space and version Latest
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
How to update a PDF without creating a new PDF?

Microsoft Word works: you can't open a Word document and write directly to it. Word always creates a temporary file, writes
.How do I set parameters back to the default value? vLatest

I am using absolute positioning when writing text in a PDF document using iTextSharp. It only have a single BaseFont instance
How do I set parameters back to the default value?

I am using absolute positioning when writing text in a PDF document using iTextSharp. It only have a single BaseFont instance
Release pdfOCR 1.0.2

improvements which allow you to process documents more precisely. These are: Refinement of the symbol position based on the HOCR data
Release pdfRender 2.0.2

Release date: July 5, 2022 pdfRender https://itextpdf.com/node/14046 is an iText 7 add-on for Java to generate images from PDF
pdfHTML: Support for 'vertical-align' CSS property for inline blocks within HTML

Document image-2023-1-11_21-33-20.png iText 7.2.5 image-2023-1-11_21-34-51.png iText 7.2.4 and prior image-2023-1-11_21-37-50.png
Chapter 5: Adding AbstractElement objects (part 2)

finished this chapter, we'll have covered all of the basic building blocks available in iText 7. We've saved two of the most used
How to create a nested column?

I need help creating a nested table in iText. How can I create a table that looks like the table in the following screen shot
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 to convert colored images to black and white?

PNGs and replacing them in the document (the PNG is much smaller than a JPG for black and white format). I've tried varieties
Cell heights

These examples were written in answer to questions such as: Click How do setMinimumSize() and setFixedSize() interact
How to move the content inside a rectangle inside an existing PDF?

document like this: Original PDF I also have the coordinates of a rectangle: new Rectangle(100, 500, 100, 100); and an offset
pdfHTML: support for CSS4 device-cmyk example

document with CMYK colors using pdfHTML you'll need to define colors in your CSS with the device-cmyk() function, as shown
How to draw a borderless rounded rectangle?

for a rectangle with a border of 0f. Here is the code I'm using: magazine = new Document(PageSize.LETTER,0,0,0,0); pdfw
How to draw vertical gradient in iTextSharp?

of an iTextSharp pdf document: PdfShading shading = PdfShading.SimpleAxial(pdfWriter, 0, document.PageSize.Height
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
pdfOffice - Example

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

of a document? How can I add titles of chapters in ColumnText? How to add a table as a header
Digital signatures - chapter 2

These examples were written in the context of Chapter 2 - "PDF and digital signatures" of the Digital Signatures for PDF
iText Core: Support Type3 fonts reading for stamping mode

fonts for stamping mode in which standard glyph names are used to identify glyphs. In version 7.1.16 of iText 7 Core you can now
.iText Core: Support Type 3 fonts reading for stamping mode vLatest

fonts for stamping mode in which standard glyph names are used to identify glyphs. In version 7.1.16 of iText 7 Core you can now
How to define different border types for a single cell?

) throws Exception { PdfDocument pdfDoc = new PdfDocument(new PdfWriter(dest)); Document document = new Document(pdfDoc); Table
How to resize an Image to fit it into a PdfPCell?

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/23607002/how-to-resize-an-itextsharp-text-image-size-into-my-code by Andrea Nobili https://stackoverf
How to rotate a single line of text?

How do I rotate text using the central point? I'm converting a document which is created with a online editor. I need
How to change a background Image into a watermark by altering the opacity?

I want to make my background image in iText transparent. Here is my code for the image: string root = Server.MapPath
How to add a full line break?

how to do this. The document always has a margin to the left and the right. Chunk linebreak = new Chunk(new DottedLineSeparator
How to fill out a PDF file programmatically? (Dynamic XFA)

the XFA XML data is and see the structure of the data. I am essentially trying to mimic that with iText using the following code
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
Actions and annotations

? How to insert a linked rectangle with iText? How to add an onMouseOver javaScript action to a TextField? How to set
How to extend the page size of a PDF to add a watermark?

I want to add a watermark to a document that doesn't cover any of the existing text (not even if the watermark is transparent
How to precisely position an image on top of a Table?

the table to the Document, and then query the table to get the absolute positions of the rows and columns, and then add the image
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
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
pdfOffice: improved conversion of docx files with repeating table header on new page

With the release of iText 7.2.2 and pdfOffice 2.0.2, we improved the conversion of docx files where a table extends to a new
How to divide a page in N parts so we can fill each with a different source?

is each page in this document: the upper part shows the text in Latin, the middle part shows the text in English, the lower part
Is it safe to remove XFA?

pre-filled on Acrobat Reader but not in Acrobat Pro. Other viewers like Ubuntu Document Viewer, present the file correctly. I
Absolute positioning of text

syntax errors in a page created with iText? How to fit a String inside a rectangle? Why does ColumnText ignore the horizontal
Why do PDFs change when processing them?

PDF file in which objects are being reordered. IText 7 offers a StampingProperties class and you can simply use it in append
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
How to fit a String inside a rectangle?

. In iText 7 LayoutResult class has the following available constants: LayoutResult.FULL LayoutResult.PARTIAL LayoutResult.NOTHING
What's an easy to print "first right, then down"?

, but all columns for those rows. Then print the next page-full of rows, and again all columns for those rows. As I understand it, iText
Release pdf2Data 2.1.8

for that column, even Qtd! If you find pdf2Data useful for document data extraction, be sure to also check out pdfOCR
How to send a file to the server through a PDF?

prepared an example that explains how to create such a field when creating a document from scratch: FileSelectionExample
How to remove text from a PDF?

Is it possible to remove all text occurrences contained in a specified area (red color rectangle area) of ??a pdf document? I
Does a PDF file have styles, headers and footers?

for PDF/A Level A and PDF/UA documents. A majority of the PDF files you can find in the wild aren't tagged (or aren't tagged
How to draw lines on an image?

I am trying to draw lines on image that needs to be added to a document, just like we draw graphics on paint event of any
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
Questions about PDF in general

of a rectangle in PDF? What is the connection between LTV and document timestamps? How to protect an already existing PDF with a password
pdfHTML: Support for overflow-wrap, word-break CSS Properties

Background: Among the wide array of feature additions and bug fixes arriving with iText Core 7.1.14 and pdfHTML 3.0.3 comes
How to move an AcroForm field?

value. Fields are defined using a field dictionary. Each field can have zero, one or more representations in the document
How to send a 'success' response back to Acrobat Reader from a java servlet?

in PDF, but add some document-level JavaScript that opens an alert that says "This form was submitted on 2014-07-21". If you
How to use a dotted line as a cell border?

https://github.com/itext/i7js-examples/blob/develop/src/main/java/com/itextpdf/samples/sandbox/tables/DottedLineCell.java. The resulting
pdfHTML: Bézier Curve Improvements

Background: With the 7.1.16 release of iText Core and 3.0.5 of pdfHTML have come some improvements to how Bézier curves
iText 7 Building Blocks - Chapter 5: AbstractElement examples (part 2)

ublications.highlevel/itext/highlevel
pdfOCR: If your scanned document has a mixture of sections with paragraphs and tables, what is a recommended strategy here?

This question is related to the TextPositioning property, which you can read about it here
When Contracts aren't Smart Contracts

We're constantly talking about documents, and some of these documents might be agreements, or "contracts." The word "contract
PDF and Digital Signatures

of the PDF digital signatures functionality is to ensure: Integrity: we want assurance that the content of the document hasn't been
How to get the page number of an arbitrary PDF object?

= originalPdfItext.getPdfObject(soOpenActionReference.getNumber()); Now what? There is a class Document that contains a method
Manipulating existing PDFs

PDFs using text or images? How can I crop the pages of an existing PDF document? How to merge PDFs from ByteArrayOutputStreams
pdfOffice: Improved line space calculation

of the original Word document so that the output PDF looks as close as possible to the original input document. Previous
pdfOptimizer: Support added for Font, Image, Color Space optimization

innovation in the PDF document space. It provides extensive additive functionality to our Core libraries, specifically within
Chapter 2: Defining styles with CSS

In the previous chapter, we looked at different snippets of Java code. In this chapter, we'll use the same snippet for every
Chapter 5: Custom tag workers and CSS appliers

This document looks exactly like the result we had in chapter 2, but when we try clicking the IMDB link in the actual PDF, nothing happen
Part III - PKCS#11

Pkcs11Interop, a managed .NET wrapper for unmanaged PKCS#11 libraries, available via NuGet and documented here
Digital signatures - chapter 4

These examples were written in the context of Chapter 4 - "Creating signatures externally" of the Digital Signatures for PDF
Part II - Proprietary APIs and Custom Providers

iText 7 and AWS KMS to digitally sign a PDF document
An IExternalSignature implementation for signing via PKCS#11 with the Entrust Signing Automation Service

documents. The process for iText integration is described in the manual provided by Entrust, but here we’ll run through the basics
Where can I download the license key library?

How to download the iText 7 or iText 5 license key library manually, or using Maven or NuGet. Important! As of the release
Volume Counter installation guide

Important! As of the release of iText 7.2 https://kb.itextpdf.com/home/it7kb/releases/release-itext-7-2-0, the old licensing
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
pdfRender: BufferedImage as output format

before displaying it. For example; imagine you want to preview the first page of a PDF document, however you want to view
Fail-safe processing of Outlines without Parent link

-level item is the outline dictionary itself. PDFs generated using iText conform exactly to the above requirement. iText's logic also
.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
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
Part I - Overview and Simple Cases

An Overview The iText 7 signing API is based on the PdfSigner class. This class takes care of the PDF-specific aspects of PDF
What is the size limit of pdf file?

, the PDF style: plain text cross-reference table vs cross reference stream, and the iText(Sharp) version: before 5.3 vs 5.3
Digital signatures - chapter 3

These examples were written in the context of Chapter 3 - "Certificate Authorities, certificate revocation and time stamping
Which version of the license key library should I use?

This depends on which version of iText you are using: If you're using iText 7 Suite version 7.2 (or newer) you'll need to use
How to use the font Verdana in PdfStamper?

file with iText PDF. The original file uses Verdana, which isn't an option in the class Basefont. Here is the function to create
How to avoid an exception when importing a TIFF file?

. iText can also tolerate errors, as explained in the answer provided by Michaël Demey
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
How do I load a license key?

key. This library will also enable the functionality in the iText 7 add-ons if there is an appropriate entry in the license key
Support for Beveled, Underline and Inset form field border styles

In iText 7 Core 7.1.14 we've implemented some border styles for PDF form fields which we were previously missing. The styles
How to format a field as a percentage?

I use iText from C# code. I use AcroFields to populate a form with data, but I lose my formatting. I am using the following
Release pdfOCR 2.0.0

with the other products in the iText 7 Suite, and removes some deprecated API methods. As the icing on the cake though, it benefits from
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
Why doesn't FontFactory.GetFont() work for all fonts?

https://stackoverflow.com/users/303685/water-cooler-v2 iText is written in Java, which means it's platform-independent. It ships with 14
pdfCalligraph: New types of GSOP lookup

positioning techniques, iText is working on supporting Glyph Positioning (GPOS). GPOS implementation will improve how iText renders
How does iText Group count processes/files?

Files are counted based on one open, close, or edit to a PDF file. For example all of the following would count as one process for
iText 7 jump-start tutorial : Chapter 1

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iText 7 jump-start tutorial : Chapter 2

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iText 7 jump-start tutorial : Chapter 3

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iText 7 jump-start tutorial : Chapter 4

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iText 7 jump-start tutorial : Chapter 5

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iText 7 jump-start tutorial : Chapter 6

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iText 7 jump-start tutorial : Chapter 7

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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
Digital signatures - chapter 5

These examples were written in the context of Chapter 5 - "Validation of signed documents" of the Digital Signatures for PDF
How to change width of single column of table?

I am looking to change the width of a column to fit a longer word. hello I have created table in a PDF file using iText
How does a PdfPCell's height relate to the font size?

In iText, what is the minimum height of a PdfPCell for which a given size of font text is visible? Is there any ratio between
How to change the author name for comments?

with annotations created by "iText" and turn it into a PDF with annotations created by "Bruno Lowagie". The code is really simple: we loo
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 convert PdfStamper to a byte array?

the existing pdf is like a template. I am using iText jar for adding barcode. I want to know the possibilities of converting PdfStamper
Release licensekey 3.1.4

-volume) which add support for our brand new iText product - pdfOptimizer
Release pdfHTML 4.0.1

. It brings better processing of SVG format, thanks to improvements to the SVG module in the iText 7 Core library. SVG support remains
Why doesn't getDefaultCell().setBorder(PdfPCell.NO_BORDER) have any effect?

different concepts. Concept 1: you define every Cell (no PdfPCell in iText 7) manually, for instance: Cell cell = new Cell() .add(new
Release pdf2Data 3.0.0

Release date: October 25, 2021 The main changes for pdf2Data 3.0.0 come from the upgrade of iText to 7.2.0, so all
Which PDF filters are used to encode data?

https://stackoverflow.com/users/2931516/midhun iText for C# supports the filters that are defined in the PDF specification
How to format a field as a currency?

filled these fields in the exact same way as you did. The result looks as expected: Currency in field iText has created two
How to rotate a paragraph?

. Also, they can add text at absolute positions, rotations, and alignments. The text can have new lines. I've been using the iText
Argument not specified in iTextSharp

. iText and iTextSharp are kept in sync, which means that, using the two rules explained above, a developer won't have any problem
How to get the author of a "free text" annotation?

Is it possible to get the author of a free text annotation using iText? I can retrieve the /Type and /Contents, but I can't
How to add a new form from an existing PDF template?

the XML from the PDF using iText, manipulate the XML using any type of XML editing software, and finally put back the XML
Release pdfHTML 4.0.4

Release date: October 25, 2022 pdfHTML https://itextpdf.com/products/itext-7/convert-html-css-to-pdf-pdfhtml is an iText 7 add
Release pdfHTML 4.0.5

Release date: January 16, 2023 pdfHTML https://itextpdf.com/products/itext-7/convert-html-css-to-pdf-pdfhtml is an iText 7 add
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
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
How to crop out a part of PDF file?

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/itext/i5js-sandbox/master/cmpfiles/stamper/cmp_hero_clipped.pdf (the iText superhero has lost arms, fee
Release pdfRender 1.0.5

while using the volume license library. In addtion, pdfRender also benefits from some stability improvements in iText Core
Core Layout: Text in PDF does not wrap appropriately (Text elements inside Paragraph)

Background In release 7.2.5 of the iText Core library we’ve introduced a fix in relation to how word wrapping is handled
iText 7 Building Blocks - Chapter 2: RootElement examples

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iText 7 Building Blocks - Chapter 3: ILeafElement examples

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iText 7 Building Blocks - Util: Utilities for the building blocks examples

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

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

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iText 7 Building Blocks - Chapter 1: PdfFont examples

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How to create a list without indentation?

https://stackoverflow.com/users/1430463/valeriane In iText 7 we create an ordered list like this: List list1 = new List(ListNumberingType
How to get the rendered dimensions of text?

of width 12pt and height 20pt, what portion of the string would fit in the available space? Where does iText break a given string when
How to create a custom dashed line separator?

https://stackoverflow.com/users/2338248/retalemine In iText 7 DottedLineSeparator class does not exist anymore, but we have DottedLine cl
How to apply color to Strings in a Paragraph?

this: Paragraph p = new Paragraph("abc" + "def"); You implicitly tell iText that "abc" and "def" should be rendered using the same (defau
Core SVG: Support <pattern> element

With iText 7.1.14 and pdfHTML 3.0.3, we are pleased to announce that we have added full support for SVG’s <pattern> element
Release pdfCalligraph 3.0.0

, which may be useful for languages such as Arabic or Hebrew. Besides that, the pdfCalligraph 3.0.0 release as other iText 7
How to make a field not required?

I am trying to make a field not required using iText. I know that I can make a field required using something like below
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
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
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

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