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Better PDF

mszturcmszturc66k downloads

Insert, scale, rotate and cut-out PDF pages into your notes.

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Goal of this Plugin in to implement a native PDF handling workflow in Obsidian

Features

  • Insert a single PDF Page inside Note
  • Insert a list or range of pages into Obsidian Note
  • Hyperlink to PDF
  • Scale the size of PDF Pages to fit Note layout
  • Rotate PDF
  • Cutout PDF Parts

Demo

Sample

Syntax

parameter required example
url yes myPDF.pdf or subfolder/myPDF.pdf or "[[MyFile.pdf]]"
link optional (default = false) true or false
page optional (default = 1) 1 or [1, [3, 6], 8] where [3, 6] is an inclusive range of pages. page = 0 is an alias for the whole document
range optional [1, 3] Insert pages 1 to 3 (inclusive). Overwrites page.
scale optional (default = 1.0) 0.5 for 50% size or 2.0 for 200% size
fit optional (default = true) true or false
rotation optional (default = 0) 90 for 90deg or -90 -90deg or 180
rect optional (default = [0,0,0,0]) offsetX, offsetY, sizeY, sizeX in Pixel

Integration

  • JavaScript for Adobe Acrobat Pro and AppleScript for Skim for creating automatically the necessary Better PDF Plugin snippet
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About
Insert single PDF pages, page ranges, or entire documents directly into notes. Link to source PDFs, scale and rotate pages, and cut out page parts to fit your note layout.
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Details
Current version
1.4.0
Last updated
4 years ago
Created
5 years ago
Updates
7 releases
Downloads
66k
Compatible with
Obsidian 0.11.13+
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Author
mszturcmszturc
github.com/MSzturc
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