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PDF Processing Guide
by anthropics/skills
Use this skill whenever the user wants to do anything with PDF files. This includes reading or extracting text/tables from PDFs, combining or merging multiple…
Skill content
Comprehensive PDF processing with text extraction, merging, splitting, form filling, and OCR capabilities.
- Supports core operations: merge/split PDFs, extract text and tables, rotate pages, add watermarks, encrypt/decrypt, and extract images
- Includes Python libraries (pypdf, pdfplumber, reportlab) and command-line tools (qpdf, pdftotext, pdftk) with ready-to-use code examples
- Handles scanned PDFs via OCR using pytesseract and pdf2image for searchable text extraction
- Dedicated form-filling workflow documented in FORMS.md; advanced features and JavaScript alternatives covered in REFERENCE.md
PDF Processing Guide
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.
Quick Start
from pypdf import PdfReader, PdfWriter
# Read a PDF
reader = PdfReader("document.pdf")
print(f"Pages: {len(reader.pages)}")