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February 26, 2009
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Sorting PDFs from Inside Strings

  • February 26, 2009
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I know this is slightly off topic, and I'm pretty sure I know the answer, but I'd like to get some assurance before I go around stating this.

We get a large PDF file with hundreds of pages. Each page displays two part numbers. Is there any way to sort the pages by part number? For simplicity's sake let's assume that the two part numbers on the same page are concurrent.

Thanks!
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    Inspiring
    February 26, 2009
    Theoretically you could extract the content using ddx, and I imagine reassemble an alternately sorted document. Assuming that is a requirement. Though I do not know about performance. Another option might be to provide a table of contents using the extracted text.

    http://blog.cutterscrossing.com/index.cfm/2007/12/3/CF8-PDF-Manipulation-Pulling-Text-Out
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