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Complete guide for reading and editing PDF documents with PyMuPDF.

When to use

• reading PDF content
• finding text positions
• inserting text
• filling empty form fields
• replacing existing text
• true redaction of sensitive data

When not to use

• using strikethrough lines to cross out text
• rasterizing or flattening PDF to images
• converting PDF pages to PNG/JPG
• using pdf-to-image-to-pdf workflows
• using add_redact_annot with BLACK fill
• adding text next to old values instead of replacing

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