PDF Document Manipulation

Aspose.Pdf.Kit for Java offers developers the capability to manipulate pre-existing PDF documents. It allows you to concatenate or merge two or more PDF documents, Append new pages to an existing PDF file, extract pages, insert pages at a particular location in an existing PDF file, Split one PDF into two or more PDF documents. Create N-Up's (number of pages over single page) and create Booklets.

Aspose.Pdf.Kit for Java also offers the facility to transform each page of a PDF file into conventional image formats such as BMP, JPEG, PNG and GIF - this also allows you to transform all the pages of a PDF file to a single multipage TIFF. All these features are provided by Aspose.Pdf.Kit for Java, manipulate PDF documents with the greatest of ease.

PDF Content Manipulation

Aspose.Pdf.Kit for Java offers the capability to add XMP Metadata information such as CreateDate, CreatorTool, ModifyDate and MetaDataDate to PDF documents. The product also allows developers to change Meta information like Title, Author Name, Header, Keywords, Subject etc.

Aspose.Pdf.Kit for Java also allows you to add watermarks or logos, embed backgrounds at specific locations or all pages. and also insert text or images on any page of the PDF document. You can also get detailed information about all images contained within a PDF file. 

It provides support for setting and querying compression level in a PDF file. Create bookmarks, create hyperlinks to local or web locations, create File Attachments and annotations, delete attachments, delete annotations, delete bookmarks, replace text and much more.

PDF Content Extraction

Security Features

Using Aspose.Pdf.Kit for Java you can conveniently modify the security settings of a PDF document. PDF documents can be encrypted (with 40-bit, 128-bit or 256-bit encryption) and decrypted with owner's password and user's password. Set access privileges over the PDF document to allow or restrict a PDF document being copied, printed or modified etc.

In addition to all of this, the owner can change passwords and reset security settings. Aspose.Pdf.Kit for Java also allows you to sign a PDF file with a Digital Certificate. You can specify the certificate level and set the graphical appearance of the signature.

Aspose.Pdf.Kit for Java also provides support for checking Usage Rights of a PDF file. PKCS#1, PKCS#7 and PKCS#7 detached signature types are also supported.

Form Features

Aspose.Pdf.Kit for Java offers advanced PDF form processing functions. Create PDF Forms with Text, ComboBox, RadioButton, PushButton and CheckBox fields, set the visual attributes of a field including, border style, width - border color, background color - font, font size - caption, text color - text alignment, text rotation. 

Aspose.Pdf.Kit for Java allows you to edit existing PDF Forms by removing fields, moving Form fields, changing field attributes i.e. READ_ONLY, REQUIRED, NO_EAPORT, add submit buttons to post data to a specified URL. You can also read all form fields within a PDF document including their names and values into XML, FDF (Form Data Format) and XFDF files.

Populate Form fields programmatically through specifying the field name or by importing data from XML, FDF or XFDF files. You also have the option of flattening specific fields or all Form fields within the PDF document. In addition to this, form fields can easily be bound to any data source, this allows export of data into a database or the population of data into PDF fields from a database.

PDF Viewer

Aspose.Pdf.Kit for Java offers an advanced PDF Viewer which can be embedded into your applications to enable viewing of PDF files, you can enhance the detail by zooming in and out of the PDF content as well as the ability to print PDF files. You can print the document by setting the page size, specify detailed printer settings, print large PDF files and can also adjust the resolution value for viewing and printing.

Platform Independence

Aspose.Pdf.Kit for Java runs where Java Runtime is installed and its compatible with JDK1.4, JDK1.5, JDK1.6 and JDK1.7 versions. You may also consider using Aspose.Pdf.Kit for Java in Perl, PHP and Python.