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# pdf2html**EX**
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[**View Demo** ](http://coolwanglu.github.com/pdf2htmlEX/demo/demo.html )
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[**Another Demo (CJK)** ](http://coolwanglu.github.com/pdf2htmlEX/demo/chn.html )
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**WINDOWS XP USERS: Please make sure ClearType is turned on**
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(Control Panel -> Display -> Appearance -> Effects -> "Use the following method to smooth edges of screen fonts" -> ClearType)
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## Introduction
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pdf2htmlEX renders PDF files in HTML, utilizing modern Web technologies, aims to provide an accuracy rendering, while keeping optimized for Web display.
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It is optimized for modern web browsers such as Mozilla Firefox & Google Chrome.
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This program is designed for scientific papers with complicate formulas and figures, so a precise rendering is also the #1 concern. But of course general PDF files are also supported.
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## Features
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* Single HTML file output
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* Precise rendering
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* Text Selection
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* Font embedding & reencoding for Web
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* Proper styling (Color, Transformation...)
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* Optimization for Web
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### Not supported yet
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* Type 3 fonts
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* Non-text object (Don't worry, they will be rendered as images)
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## Get started
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### Ubuntu PPA
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There is a Ubuntu PPA set up at [here ](https://launchpad.net/~coolwanglu/+archive/pdf2htmlex ).
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Make sure you install fontforge in the PPA or [the git version ](https://github.com/fontforge/fontforge ).
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### Build from source
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#### Dependency
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* CMake
* compilers support C++11
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* libpoppler with xpdf header >= 0.20.2
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* boost c++ library (format, program options, gil, filesystem, serialization, system(which is actually required by filesystem))
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* fontforge **Please use [the lastest version](https://github.com/fontforge/fontforge)**
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#### Compiling
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cmake . & & make & & sudo make install
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## Usage
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pdf2htmlEX /path/to/foobar.pdf
pdf2htmlEX --help
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## LICENSE
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GPLv2 & GPLv3 Dual licensed
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## Credits
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The following projects have been consulted for pdf2htmlEX:
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* pdftops & pdftohtml from poppler
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* MuPDF
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* PDF.js
* Crocodoc
* Google Doc
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## Contact
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* Lu Wang < coolwanglu @ gmail . com >
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### Special Thanks
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* Hongliang Tian < tatetian @ gmail . com >
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