Chapter 14: Working with PDF Files

To recall what we learned in the last chapter, we worked with automating emails. This included reading and looping through specified mailbox folders, as well as applying filters, such as filtering by subject-line text or the sender's email address. The walk-through also demonstrated how to save attachments from received emails. We also walked through how to use RPA to send emails, as well as replying to and forwarding them.

Progressing onward, in this chapter, we will be exploring PDF files. PDF files are used extensively within businesses. They can take many forms, such as business flow documents, design plans, or invoices. This chapter will teach you how to extract text from a PDF file, as well as saving a document as an image. Other actions that you will learn include manipulating PDF files by merging and splitting PDF documents. Finally, you will also get to encrypt a PDF file, as well as decrypt it. This is an essential part of adding...