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How I Became A PDF JavaScript Expert

I had no training or formal education in computers or programming. I was working as financial planner in the late 1990s.

Oct 23, 2023 •

PDF Field Calculation Order Matters

Incorrect calculation order can produce incorrect results

May 18 •

PDF Calculation Tricks

Increase PDF form performance with these simple calculation tricks

May 11 •

Date and Time in PDFs, Part 2

JavaScript Date Calculations

May 4 •

Date and Time in PDFs, Part 1

PDF JavaScript Date and Time

Apr 29 •

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Complex PDF Paperwork Automation Project

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Create a PDF Check Box Scoring Questionnaire in Five Minutes

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Cropping and Reverse Cropping PDF Pages

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PDF Calculation Tricks

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Password-Protecting Your PDFs

Prevent unauthorized opening or modification of your PDF documents.

Apr 20 •

Setting Form Field Properties Programatically

Setting form field properties using JavaScript can automate the process

Apr 13 •

Creating PDF Form Fields Programmatically

Creating form fields using JavaScript can automate the process

Apr 6 •

Where Did My PDF Stamp File Go?

I created a stamp and it works. But now I want to modify it. Where did it go?

Mar 30 •

How To Extract Words From a Specific Area of a PDF

Crop the page, extract all the words on the page, reverse crop the page

Mar 23 •

Cropping and Reverse Cropping PDF Pages

It's easy, but not as easy as you think

Mar 16 •

PDF Page Coordinates

The starting point for positioning form fields and annotations using JavaScript

Mar 9 •

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