Extract PDF Outline
| Description | Generate a file containing the PDF outline from a PDF file. |
| Jar Path | org.jpedal.examples.text.ExtractOutline |
How to run the code
| Windows: | java -cp %jpedalDir%/jpedal.jar org/jpedal/examples/text/ExtractOutline inputValue |
| MacOS X Linux: | java -cp $jpedalDir/jpedal.jar org/jpedal/examples/text/ExtractOutline inputValue |
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An explanation of the input values
This example expects one space delimited input values.
| Input value: | The filename (including the path if needed) or a directory containing files. If it contains spaces it must be enclosed by double quotes (ie "C:/Path with spaces/"). |
Other details/screenshot
This example will extract the outline tree from a PDF file and output it as a plain text file (*.txt) containing XML.
An output directory called text contains sub-directories with multiple files. Each PDF document extracts only one file called outline.txt.
Links to related articles
Getting started tutorial
Additional optional libraries lists items which may be needed for some PDF files or functionality.
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