PDF Express

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PDF Express is a Python-based application for PDF file operations.

Development Environment

• Python 3.11
• PyMuPDF==1.22.5
• Pillow
• Nuitka==1.8.6

Current Version

The current version is 0.4.1-BETA, which has been tested on 64-bit Windows 11.

Main Functions

• Merge PDF：Merge multiple PDF files into one
• Split PDF：Split one PDF to serval, supporting single-page splitting, by page count, by copy count, and by range
• Rotate PDF：Rotate each page by 90°, 180°, and 270° clockwise
• Edit TOC：Edit the table of contents
• Extract Text：Extract plain text from PDF files without formatting
• Extract Images：Extract images from PDF files and save them in original format
• Image to PDF：Convert images to one PDF
• PDF to Image：Convert each page to image
• PDF to Long Image：Convert each page to image and merge into a long image
• Merge Invoice：Merge multiple Chinese invoice PDFs into one for easy printing

Running Method

There are two types of pre-compiled packages, installers and portable packages. Download and install or unzip it, run PDFeXpress.exe.

You can also download from: Baidu

Build

If you want to build the application yourself, follow these steps:

> git clone https://github.com/chianjin/PDFeXpress.git
> cd PDFeXpress
> pip install -r requirements
> python <Python Path>\Tools\i18n\msgfmt.py src\locale\zh_CN\LC_MESSAGES\PDFeXpress.po
> python build.py

Precompiled package and installer are saved in the release directory.

Note: Installer will auto build on Windows, if Inno Setup installed.