Mitch Eccles wrote: >Is it possible to get the text from an existing PDF and then >create a new PDF using the same text but with different fonts and font sizes >to those used in the original PDF. I am looking to create a PDF convertor >that helps people with reading difficulties. The user will be able to >specify the changes they want making to a PDF like font size and font style. >I am trying to find the right java PDF libraries that will allow me to do >this, but im not sure if these libraries allow you to get the text from an >exising PDF. > Retrieving text from any existing PDF is only possible with OCR tools (not free). See: http://groups.google.be/group/comp.text.pdf/browse_frm/thread/66dc7b710d133b69/
(read the third answer). If however your PDF documents are Tagged PDFs, a format that is designed to solve problems for (among others) people with reading difficulties, it's a completely different story. So the question is: what kind of PDFs are you talking about? Tagged PDFs or any PDF? br, Bruno ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions
