Tools, Services and Code for
PDF Users and Programmers
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.
Keep one in the top drawer of your desktop and use it to:
Merge PDF Documents
Split PDF Pages into a New Document
Rotate PDF Pages or Documents
Decrypt Input as Necessary (Password Required)
Encrypt Output as Desired
Fill PDF Forms with FDF Data or XFDF Data and/or Flatten Forms
Apply a Background Watermark or a Foreground Stamp
Report on PDF Metrics such as Metadata, Bookmarks, and Page Labels
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)
Pdftk allows you to manipulate PDF easily and freely. It does not require Acrobat, and it runs on Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, FreeBSD and Solaris.
About PDF Labs
PDF Labs is where you can find professional tools and services for your PDF-related jobs. It is run by Sid Steward, author of PDF Hacks (O’Reilly) and the popular PDF Toolkit.
Contact Sid Steward by email. Please include pdftk in the subject, even if it isn’t related to your inquiry:
About PDF Hacks
"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
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