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PDF is getting change after loading using PDFBOX jar

I have a PDF having first page as different page ( as we have in MS word functionality under "Design" tab ). and the same PDF is passed to PDFBOX using below code :
File originalPdfFile = new File("D:\\AsposeOutput_temp.pdf");
PDDocument originalDocument = PDDocument.load(originalPdfFile);
originalDocument.save("D:\\pdfBoxGen.pdf");
But when i am opening the PDF that is generated by PDFBOX, is modified. I have attached the input PDF (named AsposeOutput_temp.pdf) and output PDF (named : pdfBoxGen.pdf). I want the PDF to same as i am passing as input.
File links : https://gofile.io/?c=lLPpQz
Any help would be greatly appreciated!!

I got the solution for the above problem. There was no issue with PDFBOX library. it was with the Aspose word.The input file that was passed to PDFBOX library , was having section break internally and the same was making the improper alignment of footer.

Search inside a pdf without opening the contents

I would like to create a searchview in android in a pdf file without opening the content and if the pdf has the searched word then it will show only the title/titles of that pdf.

It is not possible to search text in a PDF file w/o reading its content. What you may find - it is strings and names(field names, document info, metadata etc.), and it will work only if the document is not encrypted.
All streams in a PDF document are compressed(mostly using FlateDecode filter).

Creating a dynamic PDF in Java

This is not a duplicate question. I had searched and tried many options before posting this question.
We have a web page, in which user should be able to input data in text boxes, text areas, images and also Rich Text editors. This data has to be filled in an existing report, like filling the blanks.
I was able to achieve the functionality using Apache FOP when the user input is simple text. But Apache FOP doesn't work if the user input is Rich Text(html format). FOP will not render html, and it just pushes the html code(ex: <strong> XYZ /strong>) into the pdf.
I tried using iText, but the setback here is that even though iText supports rendering of html to pdf, it is not able to place the images, that are included in <img> tags, in the pdf file.
I can try to create a pdf using iText api block by block, but the problem is rich text data entered by the user can not be embedded between the code since building pdf block by block and html to pdf can not be done together in iText. Or at least that is what I think from my experience.
Is there any other way to create a pdf file from java with images, rich text rendering as it is, headers and footers?

iText provides the capability to convert HTML Data to Pdf. Below is the snippet to do it :
Lets assume the html data is available as Input Stream (If its a String then we can convert it to InputStream using Apache Commons - IOUtils)
InputStream htmlData; // Html Data that needs to converted to Pdf
ByteArrayOutputStream outputStream = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
Document document = new Document();
PdfWriter pdfWriter = PdfWriter.getInstance(document, outputStream);
document.open();
// convert the HTML with the built-in convenience method
XMLWorkerHelper.getInstance().parseXHtml(pdfWriter, document, htmlData);
document.close();
// outputStream now has the required pdf data

I am working as Social Media Developer for Aspose and to add rich text to a form field in PDF file, you can try our Aspose.Pdf for Java API. Check the following sample code:
// Open a PDF document
com.aspose.pdf.Document pdfDocument = new com.aspose.pdf.Document("c:\\data\\input.pdf");
//Find Rich TextBox field using Field Name
RichTextBoxField textBoxField1 = (RichTextBoxField)pdfDocument.getForm().get("textbox1");
//Set the field value
textBoxField1.setValue("<strong> XYZ </strong>");
// Save the modified PDF
pdfDocument.save("c:\\data\\output2.pdf");

I am not trying to market or promote this product. This api actually solved our problem so thought of mentioning it as it might help fellow developers. please let me know if this is against your policy.
I finally realized that the solution for my requirement can not be achieved with either FOP, iText, Aspose, Flying Saucer, JODConverter.
I found a paid api Sferyx. This api allows to render a very complex html to pdf almost preserving the original style. It also renders the images included in the html. We are still exploring this api and will post what other features this api provides.

Hyperlink in content of CSV file doesn't contains style

Hyperlink in content of CSV file works but style is not appearing on link. I have a .csv file that I was able to put in a hyperlink. When it opens in excel and put your cursor across the cell it shows the little hand and when click will open the hyperlinked document.
I have used Java Program to create a CSV file. My Code for hyperlink looks like:
hyperlink = "=HYPERLINK(\"http://stackoverflow.com\")";
What I would like to do is make that blue and underline?

Csv file does not support a format to append like styles
The only way is that we can use hyperlink in csv file

Convert entire JSP to PDF [duplicate]

I have a webpage with a export option to PDF. I have to display the contents of the page in the PDF. Currently I use iText PDF Library to generate PDFs. The problem is creating PDF with iText is quite a challenge. Moreover we get frequent layout/UI changes for the webpage, so we have make the same changes to PDF.
Is there any way i can convert my JSP output to PDF. Like for example "if we set the content type to contentType="application/vnd.ms-excel", a JSP table can be rendered as Excel document.

Have you checked Jasper Reports ? It has the concept of XML templates. Also same template can be used to generate Word / XLS / PDF/ CSV / XML output.

You don't need to change the iText code generation if you use it in combination with Flying Saucer (a.k.a. XhtmlRenderer). It's then basically as simple as:
String inputPath = new File("/file.xhtml").toURI().toURL().toString();
OutputStream outputStream = new FileOutputStream("/file.pdf");
ITextRenderer renderer = new ITextRenderer();
renderer.setDocument(inputPath);
renderer.layout();
renderer.createPDF(outputStream);
outputStream.close();
You can find a blog with more code samples here.

You should check wkhtmltopdf.