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Introduction
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PDFio is a simple C library for reading and writing PDF files. The primary
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goals of pdfio are:
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- Read any PDF file with or without encryption or linearization
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- Write PDF files without encryption or linearization
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- Extract or embed useful metadata (author, creator, page information, etc.)
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- "Filter" PDF files, for example to extract a range of pages or to embed fonts
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that are missing from a PDF
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- Provide access to objects used for each page
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PDFio is *not* concerned with rendering or viewing a PDF file, although a PDF
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RIP or viewer could be written using it.
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