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Package: pdftk (1.40-2)

A useful tool for manipulating PDF documents

If PDF is electronic paper, then pdftk is an electronic stapler-remover, hole-punch, binder, secret-decoder-ring, and X-Ray-glasses. Pdftk is a simple tool for doing everyday things with PDF documents. Keep one in the top drawer of your desktop and use it to: 

 - Merge PDF documents
 - Split PDF pages into a new document
 - Decrypt input as necessary (password required)
 - Encrypt output as desired
 - Fill PDF Forms with FDF Data and/or Flatten Forms
 - Apply a Background Watermark
 - Report PDF on metrics, including metadata and bookmarks
 - Update PDF Metadata
 - Attach Files to PDF Pages or the PDF Document
 - Unpack PDF Attachments
 - Burst a PDF document into single pages
 - Uncompress and re-compress page streams
 - Repair corrupted PDF (where possible)


 Author: Sid Steward <ssteward@accesspdf.com>
 Homepage: http://www.accesspdf.com/pdftk

Tags: Implemented in: C++, Java, User Interface: Command Line, Role: Program, Scope: Utility, Security: Cryptography, Purpose: Data Conversion, Works with: Text, Supports Format: PDF Documents

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