11-18-2011
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Originally Posted by
Corona688
Yes, 'convert' determines file type from extension, which is how it knows you want an adobe acrobat file just because you told it "whatever.pdf"
Any recommended extensions then? It can't convert rtf or doc, and does a REALLY POOR job of converting txt.
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image::exiftool::pdf
Image::ExifTool::PDF(3pm) User Contributed Perl Documentation Image::ExifTool::PDF(3pm)
NAME
Image::ExifTool::PDF - Read PDF meta information
SYNOPSIS
This module is loaded automatically by Image::ExifTool when required.
DESCRIPTION
This code reads meta information from PDF (Adobe Portable Document Format) files. It supports object streams introduced in PDF-1.5 but
only with a limited set of Filter and Predictor algorithms, however all standard encryption methods through PDF-1.7 extension level 3 are
supported, including AESV2 (AES-128) and AESV3 (AES-256).
AUTHOR
Copyright 2003-2011, Phil Harvey (phil at owl.phy.queensu.ca)
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
REFERENCES
<http://partners.adobe.com/public/developer/pdf/index_reference.html>
Crypt::RC4
<http://www.adobe.com/devnet/acrobat/pdfs/PDF32000_2008.pdf>
<http://www.adobe.com/content/dam/Adobe/en/devnet/pdf/pdfs/adobe_supplement_iso32000.pdf>
<http://tools.ietf.org/search/rfc3454>
<http://www.armware.dk/RFC/rfc/rfc4013.html>
SEE ALSO
"PDF Tags" in Image::ExifTool::TagNames, Image::ExifTool(3pm)
perl v5.12.4 2011-03-10 Image::ExifTool::PDF(3pm)