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PDF viewing demo

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The private PDF viewing use cases we have been asked to demo recently include an online financial statement application and a requirement for customers to view their own personalised PDF reports.

In response we put together a PDF viewing demo.

Output reports in Access 2007 to PDF

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2007 Microsoft Office Add-in: Microsoft Save as PDF or XPS add on for Access 2007 that will enable you to output reports as PDFs.

Optimising PDF Files

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PDF creation can sometimes result in large files. This is becuase the PDF document is device independent and can contain lots of high quality print information. If the PDF is only going to be used on the web for viewing it is a good idea to optimise the PDF. This will result in a smaller PDF and quicker load times for visitors.

PDFtk

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Manipulate PDF easily with PDFtk. PDFtk is a simple tool for doing everyday things with PDF documents. PDFtk allows you to manipulate PDF easily and freely. PDFtk can be used from the command line.

Printsoft Pres

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PrintSoft PReS is a commercial programming language used in mail houses to prepare documents for printing. It can also be used to create personalised PDF documents.

Turn XML into PDFs using Apache FOP

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Apache FOP (Formatting Objects Processor) is a print formatter driven by XSL formatting objects (XSL-FO) and an output independent formatter.

Using Perl to create and manipulate PDFs

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PDF::Reuse is a great module for where you have a requirement to programmatically manipulate a PDF. Features include PDF split and PDF merge.

Visit PDF processing with perl for great tutorial about how to use module.

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