pdf-processinglisted

# PDF Processing Skill This skill provides capabilities for working with PDF documents. ## Quick Start Use pdfplumber to extract text from PDFs: ```python import pdfplumber with pdfplumber.open("document.pdf") as pdf: text = pdf.pages[0].extract_text() ``` ## Capabilities ### Text Extraction - Extract text from single or multiple pages - Preserve layout and formatting - Handle multi-column documents ### Table Extraction - Identify and extract tables - Convert to structured data (CSV, JSON) - Handle complex table layouts ### Form Operations - Fill PDF forms programmatically - Extract form field values - Create fillable forms ### Document Operations - Merge multiple PDFs - Split PDFs by page - Rotate pages - Add watermarks ## Best Practices 1. Always check if the PDF is encrypted before processing 2. Handle OCR cases for scanned documents 3. Validate extracted data for accuracy 4. Use appropriate libraries (pdfplumber for extraction, PyPDF2 for manipulation)