README.md

Obsidian Better PDF 2 Plugin

Goal of this Plugin in to implement a native PDF handling workflow in Obsidian This version 2 was created as the original Obsidian Better PDF Plugin was not updated anymore.

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

Syntax

as json string or yaml:

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

Example json (from the original Better PDF plugin)

```pdf
{
  "url" : "[[My_pdf.pdf]]",
  "page": 1
}
```

Example yaml (new syntax)

```pdf
url: [[My_pdf.pdf]]
page: 1
```

Integration

• JavaScript for Adobe Acrobat Pro and AppleScript for Skim for creating automatically the necessary Better PDF Plugin snippet

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