pdftk | useful tool for manipulating PDF documents | Mehr ... |
If PDF is electronic paper, then pdftk is an electronic stapler-remover, hole-punch, binder, secret-decoder-ring, and X-Ray-glasses. Pdftk is a simple tool for doing everyday things with PDF documents. Keep one in the top drawer of your desktop and use it to: - Merge PDF documents - Split PDF pages into a new document - Decrypt input as necessary (password required) - Encrypt output as desired - Fill PDF Forms with FDF Data and/or Flatten Forms - Apply a Background Watermark - Report PDF on metrics, including metadata and bookmarks - Update PDF Metadata - Attach Files to PDF Pages or the PDF Document - Unpack PDF Attachments - Burst a PDF document into single pages - Uncompress and re-compress page streams - Repair corrupted PDF (where possible) . Author: Sid Steward |