Using Python to Process PDF Work
Last Updated on July 26, 2023 by Editorial Team
Author(s): Yeung WONG
Originally published on Towards AI.
Without Adobe PDF software, you can also edit the PDF such as adding text, splitting pages, and extracting information.

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One of the office challenges people may face would be the lack of software to handle PDF editing actions. In today tutorial, I will show you how to use Python to freely extract information from PDF or modify the content in the PDF. After the article, you will learn
the methods to EXTRACT the key information from the PDF.the ways to SPLIT the PDF page.the procedure to ADD different elements to the PDF.the manner to EXPORT the PDF into images.
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