pdf - PDF Toolkit Skill

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PDF Toolkit Skill

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Description

Complete toolkit for PDF reading/writing, text and table extraction, merging/splitting, form filling, and content editing

Use Cases

Extract data and tables from PDF reports
Batch fill PDF forms
Merge multiple PDF files
Split large PDF documents
Process legal documents and contracts

Core Capabilities

Text Extraction: Extract searchable text from PDFs
Table Extraction: Identify and extract table data to structured formats
Form Processing: Fill and read PDF form fields
Document Merging: Combine multiple PDFs into one file
Page Operations: Extract, delete, or reorder pages

Example

Please extract from this financial report PDF:
1. All data tables, converted to CSV format
2. Summary of key financial metrics
3. Data points from charts (if identifiable)

Notes

Scanned PDFs may require OCR processing
Encrypted PDFs need to be decrypted first
Table extraction accuracy depends on PDF structure

Applicable Roles

Developer Data Analyst Finance HR Legal Executive