jackiexiao/jackie-skills-starter/jackiexiao-jackie-skills-starter-pdf
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Use this skill whenever the user wants to work with PDF files: read/extract, merge/split, rotate, watermark, create, fill forms, encrypt/decrypt, image extraction, and OCR.
Install
npx vskill@latest install jackiexiao/jackie-skills-starter/jackiexiao-jackie-skills-starter-pdfSKILL.md
(中文)PDF Processing Guide
Overview
This guide covers essential PDF processing operations using Python libraries and command-line tools. For advanced features, JavaScript libraries, and detailed examples, see REFERENCE.md. If you need to fill out a PDF form, read FORMS.md and follow its instructions.
Quick Start
Python Libraries
pypdf - Basic Operations
Merge PDFs
Split PDF
Extract Metadata
Rotate Pages
pdfplumber - Text and Table Extraction
Extract Text with Layout
Extract Tables
Advanced Table Extraction
reportlab - Create PDFs
Basic PDF Creation
Create PDF with Multiple Pages
Subscripts and Superscripts
IMPORTANT: Never use Unicode subscript/superscript characters (₀₁₂₃₄₅₆₇₈₉, ⁰¹²³⁴⁵⁶⁷⁸⁹) in ReportLab PDFs. The built-in fonts do not include these glyphs, causing them to render as solid black boxes.
Instead, use ReportLab's XML markup tags in Paragraph objects:
For canvas-drawn text (not Paragraph objects), manually adjust font the size and position rather than using Unicode subscripts/superscripts.
Command-Line Tools
pdftotext (poppler-utils)
qpdf
pdftk (if available)
Common Tasks
Extract Text from Scanned PDFs
Add Watermark
Extract Images
Password Protection
Quick Reference
| Task | Best Tool | Command/Code | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Merge PDFs | pypdf | writer.add_page(page) | |
| Split PDFs | pypdf | One page per file | |
| Extract text | pdfplumber | page.extract_text() | |
| Extract tables | pdfplumber | page.extract_tables() | |
| Create PDFs | reportlab | Canvas or Platypus | |
| Command line merge | qpdf | qpdf --empty --pages ... | |
| OCR scanned PDFs | pytesseract | Convert to image first | |
| Fill PDF forms | pdf-lib or pypdf (see FORMS.md) | See FORMS.md |
Next Steps
- For advanced pypdfium2 usage, see REFERENCE.md
- For JavaScript libraries (pdf-lib), see REFERENCE.md
- If you need to fill out a PDF form, follow the instructions in FORMS.md
- For troubleshooting guides, see REFERENCE.md
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Source
- SKILL.md in the repositoryCheckingskills/pdf/SKILL.md
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