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'''PdfHandler''' shows uploaded pdf files in a multipage preview layout. | |||
Together with the [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ProofreadPage Proofread Page extension] enabled, PDF files can be displayed side-by-side with text for transcribing books and other documents, as is commonly done with DjVu files (particularly in [https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/ Wikisource]). | |||
Usage: | |||
*The main usage of the PdfHandler extension is without user interaction. If you upload a new pdf file, the metadata will be stored in the database, and then this file can be shown in a multipage preview layout like the djvu handler does. Without this extension, pdfs will not display properly when uploaded. | |||
*Additionally, this extension allows [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ProofreadPage Extension:ProofreadPage] to handle pdfs in side-by-side view for transcribing/proofreading, as is done on [https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/ Wikisource] | |||
*Another option, introduced quite long ago ([http://svn.wikimedia.org/viewvc/mediawiki/trunk/extensions/PdfHandler/PdfHandler_body.php?revision=25575&view=markup r25575]), is to use it to display PDF files as an image, showing a single page at a time. | |||
*Because PdfHandler extends ImageHandler, you can use all the arguments that you would for an [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Image Image] -- for example: thumb, right/left, caption, border, link, etc. | |||
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Revision as of 06:49, 8 August 2022
Extension: PdfHandler
| Overview | |||
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| Description: | Shows uploaded PDF files in a multipage preview layout. | ||
| State: | stable | Dependency: | MediaWiki |
| Developer: | Martin Seidel | License: | GPL v2+ |
| Type: | MediaWiki | Category: | Rich Articles |
| Edition: | BlueSpice free (deactivated), BlueSpice pro (deactivated), BlueSpice Farm (deactivated)"BlueSpice Farm (deactivated)" is not in the list (BlueSpice free, BlueSpice free (deactivated), BlueSpice pro, BlueSpice pro (deactivated), BlueSpice farm, BlueSpice farm (deactivated), BlueSpice cloud, BlueSpice cloud (deactivated)) of allowed values for the "BSExtensionInfoEdition" property., BlueSpice Cloud"BlueSpice Cloud" is not in the list (BlueSpice free, BlueSpice free (deactivated), BlueSpice pro, BlueSpice pro (deactivated), BlueSpice farm, BlueSpice farm (deactivated), BlueSpice cloud, BlueSpice cloud (deactivated)) of allowed values for the "BSExtensionInfoEdition" property. | Version: | 4.1+ |
| For more info, visit Mediawiki. | |||
Features
PdfHandler shows uploaded pdf files in a multipage preview layout.
Together with the Proofread Page extension enabled, PDF files can be displayed side-by-side with text for transcribing books and other documents, as is commonly done with DjVu files (particularly in Wikisource).
Usage:
- The main usage of the PdfHandler extension is without user interaction. If you upload a new pdf file, the metadata will be stored in the database, and then this file can be shown in a multipage preview layout like the djvu handler does. Without this extension, pdfs will not display properly when uploaded.
- Additionally, this extension allows Extension:ProofreadPage to handle pdfs in side-by-side view for transcribing/proofreading, as is done on Wikisource
- Another option, introduced quite long ago (r25575), is to use it to display PDF files as an image, showing a single page at a time.
- Because PdfHandler extends ImageHandler, you can use all the arguments that you would for an Image -- for example: thumb, right/left, caption, border, link, etc.
Accessibility
| Test status: | 2-testing complete |
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| Last test date: | 2022-08-08
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| Extension type: | backend
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