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Pdftk - The PDF Toolkit

If PDF is electronic paper, then pdftk is an electronic staple-remover, hole-punch, binder, secret-decoder-ring, and X-Ray-glasses. Pdftk is a simple tool for doing everyday things with PDF documents.

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Pdftk Man Page

This terse, technical documentation of pdftk features is your pdftk manual. Pdftk is a command-line program, so you should use your computer terminal or command prompt to try these examples.

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Pdftk Examples

These examples show you how to perform common PDF tasks from the command-line using pdftk.

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Install Pdftk

Pdftk installers are available for Windows, Mac OS X, Ubuntu Linux and other platforms.

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Build Pdftk

Instructions, code and tips on how to build pdftk on various platforms.

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Pdftk Version History

A history of pdftk features and fixes. It also links to older versions of pdftk.

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Pdftk License

Explains conditions under which you may distribute pdftk. Commercial license terms are available.

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About PDF Hacks

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"If you like pdftk, then you’ll appreciate the other 25 programs and scripts I created for my book, PDF Hacks. Read some sample hacks and the Table of Contents. See an online example or two, and then buy the book. Thanks!" — Sid