Add Text to PDF via Java

Add text to PDF document with Java. Use Aspose.PDF to modify PDF documents programmatically

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How to Work with Text in PDF Using Java Library

To add Text into PDF File Aspose.PDF for Java API, which is a feature-rich, powerful, and easy-to-use conversion API for the Java platform. You can download its latest version directly from Maven and install it within your Maven-based project by adding the following configurations to the pom.xml.

Repository

<repository>
    <id>AsposeJavaAPI</id>
    <name>Aspose Java AP</name>
    <url>https://releases.aspose.com/java/repo/</url>
</repository>

Dependency

<dependency>
<groupId>com.aspose</groupId>
<artifactId>aspose-pdf</artifactId>
<version>version of aspose-pdf API</version>
</dependency>

Add Text to PDF File via Java

You need Aspose.PDF for Java to try the code in your environment.

  1. Load the PDF with an instance of Document.
  2. Create a TextParagraph and define its properties.
  3. Add the TextParagraph to Page using TextBuilder.
  4. Save the file again.

Add Text to PDF - Java

This sample code shows how to add text into PDF document - Java


    public static void AddingText() {
    // Load the PDF file
    Document document = new Document(_dataDir + "sample.pdf");

    // get particular page
    Page pdfPage = document.getPages().get_Item(1);
    // create text fragment
    TextFragment textFragment = new TextFragment("Aspose.PDF");
    textFragment.setPosition(new Position(80, 700));

    // set text properties
    textFragment.getTextState().setFont(FontRepository.findFont("Verdana"));
    textFragment.getTextState().setFontSize(14);
    textFragment.getTextState().setForegroundColor(Color.getBlue());
    textFragment.getTextState().setBackgroundColor(Color.getLightGray());

    // create TextBuilder object
    TextBuilder textBuilder = new TextBuilder(pdfPage);
    // append the text fragment to the PDF page
    textBuilder.appendText(textFragment);

    // Save resulting PDF document.