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#pdf2htmlEX
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A beautiful demo is worth a thousand words:
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- **Bible de Genève, 1564** (fonts and typography): [HTML ](http://coolwanglu.github.com/pdf2htmlEX/demo/geneve.html ) / [PDF ](https://github.com/raphink/geneve_1564/raw/master/geneve_1564.pdf )
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- **Cheat Sheet** (math formulas): [HTML ](http://coolwanglu.github.com/pdf2htmlEX/demo/cheat.html ) / [PDF ](http://www.tug.org/texshowcase/cheat.pdf )
- **Scientific Paper** (text and figures): [HTML ](http://coolwanglu.github.com/pdf2htmlEX/demo/demo.html ) / [PDF ](http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.148.349&rep=rep1&type=pdf )
- **Full Circle Magazine** (read while downloading): [HTML ](http://coolwanglu.github.com/pdf2htmlEX/demo/issue65_en.html ) / [PDF ](http://dl.fullcirclemagazine.org/issue65_en.pdf )
- **Git Manual** (CJK support): [HTML ](http://coolwanglu.github.com/pdf2htmlEX/demo/chn.html ) / [PDF ](http://files.cnblogs.com/phphuaibei/git%E6%90%AD%E5%BB%BA.pdf )
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- [Try your own files ](https://github.com/coolwanglu/pdf2htmlEX/wiki/Try-Your-Own-Files )
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[Browser requirements ](https://github.com/coolwanglu/pdf2htmlEX/wiki/Browser-Requirements )
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### Introduction
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pdf2htmlEX renders PDF files in HTML, utilizing modern Web technologies.
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It aims to provide an accurate rendering, while keeping optimized for Web display.
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pdf2htmlEX is best for text-based PDF files, for example scientific papers with complicated formulas and figures.
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Text, fonts and formats are natively preserved in HTML such that you can still search and copy.
The generated HTML file is static, with optional features powered by JavaScript.
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pdf2htmlEX is not only a *converter* , but also an [*online publishing tool* ](http://coolwanglu.github.io/pdf2htmlEX/doc/tb108wang.html ) which is flexible for many different use cases. Learn more about [who ](https://github.com/coolwanglu/pdf2htmlEX/wiki/Use-Cases ) and [why ](https://github.com/coolwanglu/pdf2htmlEX/wiki/Introduction ) should use pdf2htmlEX.
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### Features
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* Precise and native text in HTML
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* Flexible Output
* Moderate Size
* More PDF stuffs that you love: links, outlines & printing
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* SVG background output & Type 3 font conversion
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[Learn more ](https://github.com/coolwanglu/pdf2htmlEX/wiki/Feature-List )
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[Compare with others ](https://github.com/coolwanglu/pdf2htmlEX/wiki/Comparison )
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### Wiki Portals
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* [Wiki Home ](https://github.com/coolwanglu/pdf2htmlEX/wiki )
* [Download ](https://github.com/coolwanglu/pdf2htmlEX/wiki/Download )
* [Building ](https://github.com/coolwanglu/pdf2htmlEX/wiki/Building )
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* [Quick Start ](https://github.com/coolwanglu/pdf2htmlEX/wiki/Quick-Start )
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* [Report Issues / Ask for Help ](https://github.com/coolwanglu/pdf2htmlEX/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#guidance )
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* [FAQ ](https://github.com/coolwanglu/pdf2htmlEX/wiki/FAQ )
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### Get in Touch
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* [Development Blog ](http://pdf2htmlex.blogspot.com )
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* [@pdf2htmlEX ](https://twitter.com/pdf2htmlEX )
* [Mailing List ](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/pdf2htmlex )
- [中文邮件列表 ](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/pdf2htmlex-cn )
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* Lead author: 王璐 (Lu Wang) < coolwanglu + no . support . for . pdf2htmlEX @ gmail . com > or [@coolwanglu ](https://twitter.com/coolwanglu )
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- Questions about pdf2htmlEX? Use the mailling list instead.
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- Accepting messages in **中文** , **English** or **日本語**
* [Make a donation ](http://coolwanglu.github.io/pdf2htmlEX/donate.html )
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### LICENSE
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pdf2htmlEX, as a whole package, is licensed under GPLv3.
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Some resource files are released with relaxed licenses, read `LICENSE` for more details.
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### Acknowledgements
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pdf2htmlEX is made possible thanks to the following projects:
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* [poppler ](http://poppler.freedesktop.org/ )
* [Fontforge ](http://fontforge.org/ )
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pdf2htmlEX is inspired by the following projects:
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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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#### Special Thanks
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* Hongliang Tian
* Wanmin Liu
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