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<html><head><META http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"><title>iText Tutorial: Working with existing PDF documents</title><meta name="Description" content="How-to copy/manipulate existing PDF documents."><meta name="Keywords" content="PDF, JAVA, iText, examples, copy PDF, stamp, existing PDF"><link rel="stylesheet" href="./../../style.css" type="text/css"></head><body><a name="top" class="logo" href="http://www.lowagie.com/iText"><img src="http://www.lowagie.com/iText/images/logo.gif" border="0" alt="iText"></a><h1>Tutorial: iText by Example</h1><h2>Working with existing PDF documents</h2><div id="content"><div id="sidebar"><a class="toc" href="./../../index.html#forms_fill">
Table of Contents
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build.xml
</a></li></ul></div></div><div id="main"><font color="#FF0000" size="+2">UNDER CONSTRUCTION</font><a name="inaction"></a><div class="title">In the book:</div><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:site="http://www.lowagie.com/iText/site">
<p xmlns=""><a href="http://itext.ugent.be/itext-in-action/"><img src="http://itext.ugent.be/img/lowagie_3d.jpg" border="0" align="right"></a>
The examples in this free online tutorial will help you getting started
with iText. Note that most examples are two years old.
Some of the examples may be obsolete. Also the theory that
comes with the examples isn't always 100% accurate.
If you want more recent examples or if you want to know more
about the theoretical background of PDF and iText, please consult the book
<a href="http://itext.ugent.be/itext-in-action/">
"iText in Action".
</a>
Note that the first and the third chapter of the book
can be downloaded for free from <a href="http://www.manning.com/affiliate/idevaffiliate.php?id=223_53">http://manning.com/lowagie/</a></p><p>
More specifically:
<ul><li><a class="subtitle" href="http://itext.ugent.be/itext-in-action/chapter.php?chapter=15">
Chapter 15:
</a>Creating annotations and fields</li><li><a class="subtitle" href="http://itext.ugent.be/itext-in-action/chapter.php?chapter=16">
Chapter 16:
</a>Filling and signing AcroForms</li></ul></p>
</div><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">You can also find an article about forms (and
an example on how to create one) here:
<a href="http://itext.ugent.be/articles/eid-pdf/">eID + PDF: forms and digital signatures</a></div><a class="top" href="#top">Go to top of the page</a><a xmlns="" name="stamper"></a><div class="title">PdfStamper:</div><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"></div><a class="top" href="#top">Go to top of the page</a><div id="footer">
Page Updated: 2006/09/17 10:13:57
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Bruno Lowagie<br><a href="http://www.lowagie.com/iText/">iText</a> is a Free Java-Pdf library by Bruno Lowagie and Paulo Soares.
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