You’re asking for something that should be trivial, but that isn’t. Please take a look at the MergeWithToc example. You’ll see that your code to merge PDFs is correct, but in my example, I added one extra feature: chunk = new Chunk(String.format(“Page %d”, pageNo)); if (i == 1) chunk.setLocalDestination(“p” + pageNo); ColumnText.showTextAligned(stamp.getUnderContent(), Element.ALIGN_RIGHT, new Phrase(chunk), … Read more
The selectPages() method is explained in chapter 6 of my book (see page 164). In the context of code snippet 6.3 and 6.11, it is used to reduce the number of pages being read by PdfReader for consumption by PdfStamper or PdfCopy. However, it can also be used to reorder pages. First allow me to … Read more
You can not change the page size after you have added content to that page. One way to work around this, would be to create the document in two passes: first create a document to add the content, then manipulate the document to change the page size. That would have been my first reply if … Read more
As no actual solution has been posted, here some pointers from the accompanying itext-questions mailing list thread: As you want to merely trim pages, this is not a case of PdfWriter + getImportedPage usage but instead of PdfStamper usage. Your main code using a PdfStamper might look like this: PdfReader reader = new PdfReader(resourceStream); PdfStamper … Read more