PDF Operator

PDF Operator is a Python-based tool that provides multiple PDF functionalities, including merging, splitting, extracting text, and converting images to PDFs. It offers both a console-based version with more features and a GUI-based version for simpler, user-friendly interactions.

Features

1. Console-Based Version (Advanced Features)

• PDF Text Extractor: Extract text from a specific page of a PDF document.
• PDF Merger: Merge multiple PDF files into one.
• Split PDF Pages: Split selected pages from a PDF document into a new file.
• Image to PDF Converter: Convert image files (JPG, PNG, etc.) into a PDF file (with merging capability).

2. GUI-Based Version (Simplified)

• PDF Merger: Merge multiple PDF files through a simple user interface.
• Image to PDF Converter: Convert and merge multiple images into a single PDF file.

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Getting Started

Prerequisites

To run this project, you’ll need the following Python libraries:

• PyPDF2
• img2pdf
• tkinter (for the GUI version)
• tkmacosx (for better button styling in macOS)

You can install these libraries via pip:

pip install PyPDF2 img2pdf tkmacosx

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Console-Based Version

How to Use

1. Clone the repository and navigate to the folder:

   https://github.com/chaitanyakhandare/PDF-Operator-withGUI.git
   cd PDF-Operator-withGUI

2. Run the script:

   python pdfOperator.py

3. Select the feature you want to use from the menu:

   • Press 1 for PDF Text Extractor.
   • Press 2 for PDF Merger.
   • Press 3 for Image to PDF conversion.
   • Press 4 for Split PDF Pages.
   • Press 99 to exit.

Features Description

• PDF Text Extractor:

  • Enter the path to the PDF file and the page number to extract the text.
  • The extracted text will be saved to a file.

• PDF Merger:

  • Provide the paths of the PDF files to be merged, and the tool will create a new merged PDF.

• Image to PDF:

  • Convert multiple image files (JPG, PNG, etc.) into a single PDF file.

• Split PDF Pages:

  • Select specific pages from a PDF to split into a new file.

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GUI-Based Version

How to Use

1. Run the GUI-based script:

   python pdf_operator_gui.py

2. Choose your desired feature from the user interface:

   • Click on PDF Merger to merge PDF files.
   • Click on Image to PDF to convert images into a single PDF.

Features Description

• PDF Merger:

  • Use the Open file button to select multiple PDF files, and then click Start Merging to merge them into one PDF.

• Image to PDF:

  • Select multiple image files (JPG, JPEG, PNG) to convert and merge them into a PDF file by clicking the Convert button.

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