# PDF
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+ **Create PDF file** - Generates a PDF file from text. Used to create a new PDF document with formatted contents.
+ **Read PDF text** - Extracts text from a PDF file. Used to get the content of text-based PDF documents. Does not extract text from scanned documents or preserve the structure of the extracted text.
+ **Split PDF file** - Extracts pages from a PDF. Used to create a new PDF from selected pages of an original file.
+ **Merge PDF files** - Combines multiple PDF files. Used to create a single PDF from several documents by appending their pages.
+ **Get page count** - Gets the count of pages in a PDF. The number of pages can be used in subsequent steps to extract text from specific pages or split the PDF.