Developing with PDF. Dive Into the Portable Document Format (e-book) Katowice

PDF is becoming the standard for digital documents worldwide, but its not easy to learn on your own. With capabilities that let you use a variety of images and text, embed audio and video, and provide links and navigation, theres a lot to explore. This practical guide helps you understand how to work with PDF to construct your own documents, troubleshoot problems, and even build your own tools. Youll also find best practices for producing, manipulating, and consuming PDF documents. In addition, this highly approachable reference will help you navigate the official (and complex) ISO documentation. Learn how to combine PDF objects into a cohesive whole Use PDFs imaging model to create vector and raster graphics Integrate text, and become familiar with fonts and glyphs Provide navigation within and between documents Use annotations to overlay or incorporate additional content Build interactive forms with the Widget annotation Embed related files such as multimedia, 3D content, and XML files Use optional content to enable non-printing graphics Tag content with HTML-like structures, including paragraphs and tables Spis treści: Developing with PDF Preface Who Should Read This Book Organization of Content Conventions Used in This Book Safari Books Online How to Contact Us Acknowledgments 1. PDF Syntax PDF Objects Null Objects Boolean Objects Numeric Objects Name Objects String Objects Array Objects Dictionary Objects Name trees Number trees Stream Objects Direct versus Indirect Objects File Structure White-Space The Four Sections of a PDF Header Trailer Body Cross-reference table Incremental Update Linearization Document Structure The Catalog Dictionary The Page Tree Pages PDF units Rects and boxes Inheritance The Name Dictionary Whats Next 2. PDF Imaging Model Content Streams Graphic State The Painters Model Open versus Closed Paths Clipping Drawing Paths Transformations Basic Color Marked Content Operators Property Lists Resources External Graphic State Basic Transparency Whats Next 3. Images Raster Images Adding the Image Image dictionaries Images in content streams JPEG Images Transparency and Images Soft Masks Stencil Masks Color-Keyed Masks Vector Images Adding the Form XObject The Form Dictionary Copying a Page to a Form XObject Whats Next 4. Text Fonts Glyphs Font Types The Font Dictionary Encodings Text State Font and Size Rendering Mode Drawing Text Positioning Text Whats Next 5. Navigation Destinations Explicit Destinations Named Destinations Actions The Action Dictionary GoTo Actions URI Actions GoToR and Launch Actions Multimedia Actions Nested Actions Bookmarks or Outlines Whats Next 6. Annotations Introduction Annotation Dictionaries Appearance Streams Markup Annotations Text Markup Drawing Markup Attributes Squares and circles Lines Polygons and polylines Ink Stamps Markup Text Annotations and Pop-ups Non-Markup Annotations Whats Next 7. AcroForms The Interactive Form Dictionary The Field Dictionary Field Names Field Flags Fields and Annotations Field Classes Button Fields Text Fields Plain text Rich text Text field flags Choice Fields MultiSelect flag Options Values Scrolling lists Combo boxes Editable combo boxes Signature Fields Form Actions SubmitForm Submission formats ResetForm ImportData Whats Next 8. Embedded Files File Specifications Embedded File Streams URL File Specifications Ways to Embed Files FileAttachment Annotations The EmbeddedFiles Name Tree Collections The Collection Dictionary Collection Schema GoToE Actions Whats Next 9. Multimedia and 3D Simple Media Sound Annotations Sound actions Movie Annotations The movie dictionary The movie activation dictionary Movie actions Multimedia Screen Annotation The appearance characteristics dictionary Rendition Actions Rendition objects 3D 3D Annotations The 3D annotation dictionary 3D views 3D streams Markups on 3D Whats Next 10. Optional Content Optional Content Groups Content State Usage Optional Content Membership Visibility Policies Visibility Expressions Optional Content Configuration Order Key RBGroups AS (Automatic State) Optional Content Properties Marking Content as Optional Optional Content in Content Streams Optional Content for Form XObjects Optional Content for Annotations Whats Next 11. Tagging and Structure Structured PDF The Structure Tree Structure Elements Standard structure types Grouping elements Block-level structural elements Inline-level structural elements Artifacts Role Mapping Associating Structure to Content Tagged PDFs Whats Next 12. Metadata The Document Information Dictionary Metadata Streams XMP Schemas XMP in PDF XMP versus the Info Dictionary Whats Next 13. PDF Standards PDF (ISO 32000) PDF/X (ISO 15930) PDF/A (ISO 19005) PDF/E (ISO 24517) PDF/VT (ISO 16612-2) PDF/UA (ISO 14289) Other PDF-Related Standards PAdES (ETSI TS 102 778) PDF Healthcare Index About the Author Colophon Copyright