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# Apache PDFBox<sup>&reg;</sup> - A Java PDF Library

<p class="lead">The Apache PDFBox<sup>&reg;</sup> library is an open source Java tool for working with
    PDF documents. This project allows creation of new PDF documents, manipulation of existing
    documents and the ability to extract content from documents. Apache PDFBox also includes several
    command-line utilities. Apache PDFBox is published under the Apache License v2.0.</p>

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## Getting Help ##

To get help on using PDFBox, please [Subscribe to the Users Mailing List](mailto:users-subscribe@pdfbox.apache.org) and post your
questions there. We're happy to help.

The project is a volunteer effort and we're always looking for interested people to help
us improve PDFBox. There are a multitude of ways that you can help us depending on your
skills. Subscribe to the [Mailing Lists](/mailinglists.html) and find out how you can help.

<h2 id="features">Features</h2>

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        <header><h4><svg aria-hidden="true" class="open-iconic open-iconic-box" width="8" height="8" viewBox="0 0 8 8" role="img" version="1.1" alt="box image" ><path d="M0 0v1h8v-1h-8zm0 2v5.91c0 .05.04.09.09.09h7.81c.05 0 .09-.04.09-.09v-5.91h-2.97v1.03h-2.03v-1.03h-3z" /></svg>Extract Text</h4></header>
        <p>Extract Unicode text from PDF files.</p>
    </div>
    <div class="col-md-3">
        <header><h4><svg aria-hidden="true" class="open-iconic open-iconic-box" width="8" height="8" viewBox="0 0 8 8" role="img" version="1.1" alt="box image" ><path d="M0 0v1h8v-1h-8zm0 2v5.91c0 .05.04.09.09.09h7.81c.05 0 .09-.04.09-.09v-5.91h-2.97v1.03h-2.03v-1.03h-3z" /></svg>Split &amp; Merge</h4></header>
        <p>Split a single PDF into many files or merge multiple PDF files.</p>
    </div>
    <div class="col-md-3">
        <header><h4><svg aria-hidden="true" class="open-iconic open-iconic-box" width="8" height="8" viewBox="0 0 8 8" role="img" version="1.1" alt="box image" ><path d="M0 0v1h8v-1h-8zm0 2v5.91c0 .05.04.09.09.09h7.81c.05 0 .09-.04.09-.09v-5.91h-2.97v1.03h-2.03v-1.03h-3z" /></svg>Fill Forms</h4></header>
        <p>Extract data from PDF forms or fill a PDF form.</p>
    </div>
    <div class="col-md-3">
        <header><h4><svg aria-hidden="true" class="open-iconic open-iconic-box" width="8" height="8" viewBox="0 0 8 8" role="img" version="1.1" alt="box image" ><path d="M0 0v1h8v-1h-8zm0 2v5.91c0 .05.04.09.09.09h7.81c.05 0 .09-.04.09-.09v-5.91h-2.97v1.03h-2.03v-1.03h-3z" /></svg>Preflight</h4></header>
        <p>Validate PDF files against the PDF/A-1b standard.</p>
    </div>
</div>

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    <div class="col-md-3">
        <header><h4><svg aria-hidden="true" class="open-iconic open-iconic-box" width="8" height="8" viewBox="0 0 8 8" role="img" version="1.1" alt="box image" ><path d="M0 0v1h8v-1h-8zm0 2v5.91c0 .05.04.09.09.09h7.81c.05 0 .09-.04.09-.09v-5.91h-2.97v1.03h-2.03v-1.03h-3z" /></svg>Print</h4></header>
        <p>Print a PDF file using the standard Java printing API.</p>
    </div>
    <div class="col-md-3">
        <header><h4><svg aria-hidden="true" class="open-iconic open-iconic-box" width="8" height="8" viewBox="0 0 8 8" role="img" version="1.1" alt="box image" ><path d="M0 0v1h8v-1h-8zm0 2v5.91c0 .05.04.09.09.09h7.81c.05 0 .09-.04.09-.09v-5.91h-2.97v1.03h-2.03v-1.03h-3z" /></svg>Save as Image</h4></header>
        <p>Save PDFs as image files, such as PNG or JPEG.</p>
    </div>
    <div class="col-md-3">
        <header><h4><svg aria-hidden="true" class="open-iconic open-iconic-box" width="8" height="8" viewBox="0 0 8 8" role="img" version="1.1" alt="box image" ><path d="M0 0v1h8v-1h-8zm0 2v5.91c0 .05.04.09.09.09h7.81c.05 0 .09-.04.09-.09v-5.91h-2.97v1.03h-2.03v-1.03h-3z" /></svg>Create PDFs</h4></header>
        <p>Create a PDF from scratch, with embedded fonts and images.</p>
    </div>
    <div class="col-md-3">
        <header><h4><svg aria-hidden="true" class="open-iconic open-iconic-box" width="8" height="8" viewBox="0 0 8 8" role="img" version="1.1" alt="box image" ><path d="M0 0v1h8v-1h-8zm0 2v5.91c0 .05.04.09.09.09h7.81c.05 0 .09-.04.09-.09v-5.91h-2.97v1.03h-2.03v-1.03h-3z" /></svg>Signing</h4></header>
        <p>Digitally sign PDF files.</p>
    </div>
</div>

## News
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