PDF (Portable Document Format)

Description

PDF (Portable Document Format) is a popular file format used to illustrate documents and exchange data. A PDF file is a self-contained cross-platform document, therefore, it will look the same on the screen and in print, regardless of what kind of computer or printer someone is using and regardless of what software package was originally used to create it.

The PDF action can streamline document creation and sharing as well as increase productivity and consistency across your enterprise by allowing you to automate an assortment of common PDF operations. It can concatenate or merge two or more PDF files, append new pages to an existing PDF file, extract pages, insert pages at a particular location in an existing PDF file or split one PDF into two or more PDF files. Security features include the ability to encrypt and decrypt PDF files with either 40-bit, 128-bit, or 256-bit encryption and also specify user passwords for further protection.

Available activities

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Activity	Description
PDF - Add annotation	Adds a sticky note, text box, or watermark annotation to an existing PDF file.
PDF - Add attachment(s)	Attaches one or more files to a PDF file. To specify more than one file, use wildcard characters (for example, * or ?). To specify multiple files or wildcard masks, separate them with a pipe character (for example, c:\*).
PDF - Add header/footer	Adds an image or text-based header or footer to a PDF file.
PDF - Clear signature(s)	Clears a specific signature or all signatures attached to a PDF file.
PDF - Create	Creates a new PDF file from plain text or HTML.
PDF - Create session	Creates a unique session which can be used to associate subsequent PDF steps. This provides a single task the ability to execute numerous PDF operations associated to a specific session.
PDF - Decrypt	Decrypts an encrypted PDF file.
PDF - Delete annotation(s)	Deletes one or more annotations from a PDF file.
PDF - Delete attachment(s)	Removes one or more attachments embedded in a PDF file. To specify more than one attachment to delete, use a comma as a delimiter.
PDF - Disable field(s)	Disables entry of data into specific form fields or all form fields that exist in a PDF file.
PDF - Encrypt	Encrypts a PDF file and sets a password needed to later open the file.
PDF - End session	Ends a session previously created by the Create Session activity. This activity automatically saves any changes made during the session.
PDF - Extract	Extracts data contained in a single page or all pages of a PDF file and outputs the data onto an existing variable or particular file type/location.
PDF - Get attachment(s)	Extracts all files or specific files attached to a PDF file and saves them to the location identified.
PDF - Get field value	Populates an existing variable with the current value of a specific form field in a PDF file.
PDF - Get field(s)	Creates and populates a dataset with the information of a specific form field (for example, field name, type, value)or all form fields in a PDF file.
PDF - Get PDF information	Creates and populates a dataset with file specific information (for example, creation date, author, number of pages, file location) of a PDF file.
PDF - Get signature(s)	Creates and populates a dataset with the information of a specific signature (for example, signature name, location, creation date, signer) or all signatures attached to a PDF file.
PDF - Insert	Inserts one or more specific pages of a source PDF file into a particular page of a target PDF file.
PDF - List annotation(s)	Retrieves information related to all Text, Free Text, and Watermark annotations contained in a PDF file and then creates and populates a new dataset with the results.
PDF - List attachment(s)	Retrieves attachments contained in a PDF file and populates a dataset with results.
PDF - Remove	Removes one or more specific pages from a PDF file.
PDF - Replace	Replaces text found in a particular page or all pages of a PDF file.
PDF - Search	Finds text matching a particular word or phrase, from a single page, all pages or specific pages of a PDF file and populates a dataset with properties (for example, text, position, font name, font size) of the found text.
PDF - Set field(s)	Enters a value into one or more form fields in a PDF file.
PDF - Sign	Adds a visible or non-visible signature to one or more particular pages in a PDF file.
PDF - Split	Splits a PDF file to individual pages.
PDF - Stamp	Adds a text, image, or PDF page stamp in a PDF file.