SchoolSplitter

Java utility to handle automatically splitting PDF document with school information into individual documents named based on the school name. This utility is intended to be used to aid in posting new versions of the "Getting In" and "Adults Returning to School" publications.

How to use

Note: If you only need to use this utility in order to post the Getting In or Adults Returning to School publications, the utility has been deployed to J:/OT/Josh/Help Documents/School Splitter/, along with instructions. The source is included here in order to allow for further development.

1. Manually remove all other sections of the PDF (previous chapters, non-degree-granting schools, etc)
2. Double click the SchoolSplitter.jar file
3. Select the PDF file containing only the school information (see testpdf.pdf for an example)
4. Check the output folder for individual documents and confirm file names and contents

Assumptions

1. There is a header with the school name, address, and/or email address centered at the top of the page
   1. The title of the school is in a larger font than the mailing/email address
   2. The header of the school is NO LARGER than 3.7 inches wide and 1.5 inches tall
   3. The header is positioned 2.3 inches from the left side of the page
   4. The header is positioned 0 inches from the top of the page
2. The school names will not change ("and" to "&", etc) as filenames are based on the school's name

Development

Build the project and generate runnable jar:

mvn install

Run the project from the command line:

java -jar target/school-splitter-1.0-SNAPSHOT-jar-with-dependencies.jar path/to/input/pdf

Or double click the jar file to use the GUI.

Prerequisites

Uses Maven to handle dependencies and testing.

apt-get install maven

Installing

Clone the repository

Install dependencies and generate jar file

mvn install

Double click target/school-splitter-1.0-SNAPSHOT-jar-with-dependencies.jar and select testpdf.pdf

Check the output folder to see the generated documents.

Running the tests

mvn test

Deployment

Generate the new jar

mvn install

Rename target/school-splitter-1.0-SNAPSHOT-jar-with-dependencies.jar as desired and copy it into a folder containing an empty output directory and this readme

Update the readme as necessary

Copy the folder to the J:/ drive as desired by supervisor of Web team (JPROCTOR at time of writing)

Author

Brent Klein (BKLEIN), unless something's broken, in which case it was Josh Proctor (JPROCTOR).