Acronym for Portable Document Format, a file format created by Adobe Systems.
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I have a pdf file that needs to be resized to 30% of it's original size and keep the image quality [closed]
It's being turned into an image on the site, I have this pdf file, it's 2490px x 3288px and I need it reduced to 731px x 965px while maintaining it's visual fidelity. I've been messgin around with ...
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How to make Google index files retrieved from database?
We use Joomla with Remository to store and manage publications (don't ask me why). Files (PDF) are stored in a database and can be accessed via dynamic, rewritten links of the form
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Provide Search Across Multiple PDFs
I know there are probably many solutions, but what's the easiest and/or most user friendly way to provide search capabilities across PDF files? I'm thinking of a webpage that links to several PDFs and ...
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CMS that allow pdf to be view online (not download into the computer)
Is there any CMS that allow user to view the pdf file on the CMS instead of downloading them into the computer and open using a PDF viewer?
I notice that the CMS I encounter usually require user to ...
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Do search engines crawl PDFs and if so are there any rules to follow when making them
The website I am working on has a few hundred PDFs in it. I don't think I have ever seen any of them come back in a search but there are linked to directly from out site. They are also full of ...
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rel=“Canonical”: Ranking Benefits ? & specifying for PDF?
I think I understand the basic case for using rel="canonical": to tell Google which is the preferred URI when the same page/content may be accessed via more than one URI.
This helps you avoid ...
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Hide a file showing up in google search [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to protect PDF file from indexing?
Hi guys,
Really basic question here I'm sure - I'm not a webmaster however am thrown into it sometimes!!
We have a particular ...
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Can email harvesters extract addresses from PDFs?
Our website does some basic obfuscation (foo at example dot org) for email addresses on web pages visible to the general public, but doesn't do so for PDF documents. Is it common for email harvesters ...
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How to track opens and pageviews in PDFs?
I know how to track clicks in links to pdfs and pfd's downloads.
But I need to track how many times a PDF is opened after being downloaded and if possible track how many times certain pages are ...
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Pros and cons of creating a print friendly page to remove the use of pdfs?
the company I work for has a one page invoice that uses the library tcpdf. they wanted to do some design changes that I found are just incredibly difficult for setting up in .pdf format.
Using ...
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Should I post my PDF library for SEO? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Do search engines crawl PDFs and if so are there any rules to follow when making them
When a Sales call comes in, the caller often says something like: 'I searched for 3 ...
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Turn Site into a PDF
I have a wordpress site about 25 pages, is it possible to click and make a PDF from the whole site ?
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Backlink question - google viewer
I have documents (.pdfs) that I'm planning to post on a site using the google docs viewer. I think others may wish to embed the same documents on their sites since the documents will be updated, ...
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PDF crawled an indexed and valued as 'normal' content [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Do search engines crawl PDFs and if so are there any rules to follow when making them
I am adding several .pdf documents to my site. Now I am wondering if the content ...
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Should I include PDF files in my sitemap.xml
Should I add a direct link to PDF files in my (xml) sitemap?
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Embed PDF for Android and iOS
Anyone know a way to embed PDFs so that both iOS (iPads and iPhones) and Androids (all versions after 2.2) can view?
My current site c.theborneopost.com does not support tablets... only desktop with ...
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Subscription service or software to handle a Magazine's PDF
I'm looking for an installable or hosted software (service) to handle the process of public users subscribing to the Magazine and receiving the PDF automatically upon an admin upload the new one.
The ...
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How can I get Google to index my PDF documents?
We are having troubles getting Google to index the PDF files in our site. There are about 50 PDF and range in size for 20 KB to a little under two megs. They are not protected, can be read ...
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What do you know about how google/search engines see's/crawls PDF files? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Do search engines crawl PDFs and if so are there any rules to follow when making them
I have done this PDF's for online purposes and now they sometime appear in some ...
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Convert secured website to PDF
I need to convert my MediaWiki site to PDF. The whole website, not just a page. Its a wiki with lots of articles.
Adobe Acrobat has function for this, but the problem is that the site is secured and ...
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Download as PDF - really worth implementing?
Many CMS systems (e.g. Joomla) offer the user an option to download the post content in PDF format.
Is this really worth implementing?
Are there any reliable stats showing how many users do use ...
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Why is there such a huge discrepancy between my Google Analytics and Webtrends stats for PDF downloads
I was charged with getting the number of times a specific PDF has been clicked on our site for the past two years. GA registered something like 30 downloads, which at first I found impossible to ...
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Is Google a reliable document search engine?
I have a site with PDFs and Word documents that I know have been indexed by Google because they appear in search results with filetype:pdf (or doc), and if I search for some very specific terms with ...
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Advice on web app to make pdf (documents) library
I want to create an online pdf library. Is there any free solution exist, CMS or something?
It should allow to upload pdfs, search documents and download them
Thank you!
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How to protect PDF file from indexing?
I have link to PDF document on a public web-page. How to prevent search engines to index this link and PDF document. The only idea that came to my mind is to use captcha. However I wounder if there ...
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PDF conversion on website using ASP.NET platform
I want to give users an option to download the web page of my website they are currently viewing. I have searched and found 3rd party windows software which convert the pages, but I am looking for an ...
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How to restrict the download of all files in a folder?
I have several .pdb files, which should be viewed in my website by clicking a link on a page. But when a pdf file opens, in the address bar it is visible the directory where all .pdf files reside. SO ...
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Browser plugin for measuring PDF
Is there a browser plugin that can allow a user to measure objects on a PDF in the browser window? It needs to be cross-browser.
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convert pdf to jpeg on linux?
Sometimes clients email me a poster which they received from a graphic designer in pdf format that they want added to the site. I have generally told them to ask the designer to export it in jpeg ...
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What tools are used to make a PDF accessible to people with disabilities
In the US sites should be made accessible for people with disabilities. This is often followed for HTML, but ignored for PDF files. Since there is quite a lot of PDF content on the web, what tools ...
