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PDF Processing Guide

Prerequisites

• pypdf: core PDF reading and writing
• pdfplumber: text and table extraction
• reportlab: PDF creation
• pdftotext (poppler-utils): command-line text extraction
• pdftoppm (poppler-utils): PDF-to-image conversion
• qpdf: PDF manipulation (merge, split, rotate, decrypt)

Overview

This guide covers essential PDF processing operations using Python libraries and command-line tools. For advanced features, JavaScript libraries, and detailed examples, see REFERENCE.md. If you need to fill out a PDF form, read FORMS.md and follow its instructions.