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What is WebViewer

Overview

Inside WebViewer

Deployment options

Standard API

Full API

Browser support

Framework compatibility

File format support

Feature support

Run samples

DocumentViewer

Overview

Working with documents

Adjusting layout and zoom

Interacting with tools

Open/Save Document

Overview

Open a document

Save a document

Samples

APIs

Events

Loading events

Viewer events

UI events

Annotation events

Text select events

UI customization

Annotation

Overview

AnnotationManager

Introduction

Events

Annotation Selection

Grouping Annotations

Show/Hide Annotations

Aligning Annotations

Permissions

Display authors

Replies

Create annotations

Annotation Types

Highlights

Underline

Strikeout

Squiggly

Sticky note

FreeText & callouts

Rectangle

Ellipse

Polygon

Line

Polyline

Free Hand

Stamp

File Attachment

Redaction

Caret

Arc

Custom

Customize

Custom annotations

Custom selection models

Putting it all together

Customize rendering

Customize serialization

Rect & Quads

Import / Export

Remove annotations

Statuses

Flatten annotations

Freeform rotation

Hide certain annotations

Custom selection model

XFDF format

Annotation tools

Annotation link

Annotation numbering

Customize tools

Customize default styles

Rich text

Custom stamps

Custom appearances

Inline appearances

3D annotation

Annotation attachments

Samples

APIs

Collaboration

Overview

Setup viewer

Connect to Server

Events/triggers

Mentions

Samples

APIs

MS Office

Overview

Open MS Office file

Edit MS Office file

Create MS Office file

Convert MS Office to PDF

Samples

APIs

Template Generation

Overview

Generate DOCX template

Data Model

APIs

Conversion

Overview

Office to PDF

Image to PDF

PDF to Image

PDF/A

Overview

Convert PDF to PDF/A

Validate PDF/A

Samples

APIs

Forms

Overview

Fields and widgets

Form builder

WebViewer 11

WebViewer 8

WebViewer 7

Create form fields

Fill form fields

Style form fields

Modify form fields

Remove form fields

Form flatten

Import/export

Embedded JavaScript

APIs

Samples

Generate

Overview

Template generation

Create a blank PDF

Create a thumbnail

Samples

APIs

Page manipulation

Overview

Create a thumbnail

Insert pages

Remove pages

Rotate pages

Crop pages

Reorder pages

Extract pages

Merge files

Thumbnail controls

Samples

APIs

Edit page content

Overview

Coordinates

Stamp content

Custom stamps

Watermark

Remove content

Read content

Write content

Replace content

Graphics state

Text Edit

Samples

APIs

Extraction

Overview

Text extraction

Text position

Selected text

Image extraction

Color separation

Embedded fonts

Samples

APIs

Digital signature

Overview

Signature tool

Signature field

Sign a document

Certify a document

Verify a document

DocTimeStamp Signature

Long-Term Validation

Custom Signing

Embedded timestamping

Samples

APIs

Overview

Search using UI

Programmatic Search

Programmatic Search without UI

Samples

APIs

Outlines/Bookmarks

Overview

Outline tree

Add outline

Edit outline

Remove outline

User bookmarks

Samples

APIs

Compare files

Overview

PDF Overlay

Image Overlay

Compare Semantic

Samples

APIs

Optimization

Overview

Optimize

Flatten

Viewer optimized

Samples

APIs

Layers (OCGs)

Overview

Show/hide layers

Add layer

Extract layer

Samples

APIs

Measurement

Overview

Setup

Create

Customize

Samples

APIs

Overview

APIs

Redaction

Overview

Setup

Create

Redact

Video Redaction

Audio Redaction

Samples

APIs

Security

Overview

DRM support

Encrypt

Decrypt

Custom Security Handler

Samples

APIs

HTML

Overview

Load and Annotate HTML

Convert HTML to PDF

Client API

Proxy Server API

Changelog

BIM

Overview

Setting up Server

Setting up Client

Framework Agnostic Setup

Samples

Client API

Server API

Video

Overview

Get Started

Open video files

Integrating Webviewer Audio

Annotate videos

Watermark videos

Make your own UI

Adapative Streaming

Video Redaction

Passing authentication headers to video HTTP requests

API

Changelog

Audio

Overview

Open audio files

Audio Redaction

API

Changelog

Portfolios

Overview

Create/Load portfolio

Edit portfolio

Samples

APIs

Low-level PDF API

Overview

Info dictionary

PDF format

SDF/COS object model

Filters and streams

Samples

APIs

Full API

Overview

Setup

Run without viewer

Advanced features

More operations

Samples

APIs

WebViewer Server

Overview

Setup

Configuration

Usage

Hardware and Networks

WebViewer Server Troubleshooting

WVS API Wrapper

Hardening Guide

Performance Guide

Deployment

DockerHub image

Deploy to Azure

Deploy to AWS

Deploying without Docker

Custom server

Overview

Best practices

Overview

Optimize for production

Viewer optimized PDF

Preload library

Stream XOD

Stream PDF

Advanced

Accessibility

Build your own UI

Config files

Customization through Config

Loading WebViewer from another domain

CORS for IE9

Lower level document APIs

Cross origin workers

Offline

Coordinates

Reader mode

Changelogs

Latest (v11.1.1)

Version 11

v11.1

v11.1.0

v11.0

v11.0.0

Version 10

v10.12

v10.12.0

v10.11

v10.11.1

v10.11.0

v10.10

v10.10.1

v10.10.0

v10.9

v10.9.0

v10.8

v10.8.0

v10.7

v10.7.3

v10.7.2

v10.7.1

v10.7.0

v10.6

v10.6.1

v10.6.0

v10.5

v10.5.2

v10.5.1

v10.5.0

v10.4

v10.4.1

v10.4.0

v10.3

v10.3.1

v10.3.0

v10.2

v10.2.4

v10.2.3

v10.2.2

v10.2.0

v10.1

v10.1.2

v10.1.1

v10.1.0

v10.0

v10.0.2

v10.0.1

v10.0.0

Version 8

v8.12

v8.12.2

v8.12.1

v8.12.0

v8.11

v8.11.0

v8.10

v8.10.0

v8.9

v8.9.0

v8.8

v8.8.0

v8.7

v8.7.0

v8.6

v8.6.1

v8.6.0

v8.5

v8.5.0

v8.4

v8.4.1

v8.4.0

v8.3

v8.3.3

v8.3.2

v8.3.1

v8.3.0

v8.2

v8.2.0

v8.1

v8.1.0

v8.0

v8.0.1

v8.0.0

Version 7

v7.3

v7.3.5

v7.3.3

v7.3.2

v7.3.1

v7.3.0

v7.2

v7.2.0

v7.1

v7.1.2

v7.1.1

v7.1.0

v7.0

v7.0.1

v7.0.0

Version 6

v6.3

v6.3.6

v6.3.5

v6.3.4

v6.3.3

v6.3.2

v6.3.1

v6.3

v6.2

v6.2.4

v6.2.3

v6.2.2

v6.2.1

v6.2

v6.1

v6.1.1

v6.1

v6.0

v6.0.5

v6.0.4

v6.0.3

v6.0.2

v6.0

Version 5

v5.2

v5.1

v5.0

Version 4

v4.1

v4.0

Version 3

v3.3

v3.2.1

v3.2

v3.1

v3.0.1

v3.0

Version 2

v2.2.2

v2.2.1

v2.2

v2.1

v2.0

WebViewer Server

2024 Releases

2023 Releases

2022 Releases

2021 Releases

2020 Releases

2019 Releases

2018 Releases

WebViewer BIM

2024 Releases

2023 Releases

APIs to extract text & content from PDFs

DocumentViewer - A control class used for document viewing and operations.
- Method
  - getSelectedText
  - getSelectedTextQuads
- Event
  - textSelected
Document - Represents a document with individual pages

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