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pdfinfo

PDF file information

Since R2023a

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    Syntax

    info = pdfinfo(filename)
    info = pdfinfo(filename,Password=password)

    Description

    info = pdfinfo(filename) returns information stored in the specified PDF file.

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    info = pdfinfo(filename,Password=password) also specifies the user or owner password to read the PDF file.

    Examples

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    Open Live Script

    Extract the PDF information from the file exampleSonnets.pdf.

    filename = "exampleSonnets.pdf";
info = pdfinfo(filename)
    info = struct with fields:
                NumPages: 47
                PageSize: [47×4 double]
              PDFVersion: "1.6"
                   Title: ""
                 Subject: ""
                Language: "en-GB"
                Keywords: ""
                  Author: "William Shakespeare"
                 Creator: "Microsoft® Word 2013"
                Producer: "Microsoft® Word 2013"
            CreationDate: 21-Jul-2017 11:53:33
        ModificationDate: 28-Sep-2022 17:30:37
               Encrypted: 0
    AllowsTextExtraction: 1
                Filename: "C:\TEMP\exampleSonnets.pdf"

    Input Arguments

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    Name of the file, specified as a string scalar, character vector, or a 1-by-1 cell array containing a character vector.

    Data Types: string | char | cell

    Password to open the PDF file, specified as a character vector or a string scalar.

    Example: "skroWhtaM"

    Data Types: string | char

    Output Arguments

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    PDF file information, returned as a structure with these fields:

    • NumPages — Number of pages

    • PageSize — Size of the pages, specified as a NumPages-by-4 array. PageSize(n,:) is the vector [left bottom width height] that corresponds to page n, where:

      • left is the distance of the left edge of the canvas to the left edge of the page in PDF points (1/72 inch)

      • bottom is the distance of the bottom edge of the canvas to the bottom edge of the page in PDF points

      • height is the height of the page in PDF points

      • width is the width of the page in PDF points

    • PDFVersion — Version of PDF file

    • Title — Title stored in PDF file metadata

    • Language — Language stored in PDF file metadata

    • Keywords — Keywords of PDF file

    • Author — Author of PDF file

    • Creator — Creator of PDF file

    • Producer — Producer of PDF file

    • CreationDate — Date and time when PDF file was created

    • ModificationDate — Date and time when PDF file was last modified

    • Encrypted — Flag indicating whether PDF file is encrypted

    • AllowsTextExtraction — Flag indicating whether PDF file allows text extraction

    • Filename — Filename of PDF file

    Version History

    Introduced in R2023a

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