# PDF Documents

> Create PDF and PDF/A-3b with pdf/create: properties, passwords, access permissions, digital signatures and attachments; read PDF metadata and embedded files.

- **Product:** DS Server
- **Section:** Documentation
- **Kind:** Topic
- **Path:** DS Server > Document Processing > PDF Documents
- **Web URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/ds-server/document-processing/pdf/
- **LLMs URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/ds-server/document-processing/pdf/llms.txt
- **LLMs-Full URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/ds-server/document-processing/pdf/llms-full.txt

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## On This Page

- [How Creating a PDF Works](https://docs.textcontrol.com/ds-server/document-processing/pdf/#how-creating-a-pdf-works)
- [PDF or PDF/A](https://docs.textcontrol.com/ds-server/document-processing/pdf/#pdf-or-pdf-a)
- [Create a PDF/A Document With curl](https://docs.textcontrol.com/ds-server/document-processing/pdf/#create-a-pdf-a-document-with-curl)
- [Create a PDF/A Document With .NET](https://docs.textcontrol.com/ds-server/document-processing/pdf/#create-a-pdf-a-document-with-net)
- [Set the PDF Options](https://docs.textcontrol.com/ds-server/document-processing/pdf/#set-the-pdf-options)
- [Protect a PDF With Passwords](https://docs.textcontrol.com/ds-server/document-processing/pdf/#protect-a-pdf-with-passwords)
- [Sign the PDF](https://docs.textcontrol.com/ds-server/document-processing/pdf/#sign-the-pdf)
- [Read the Metadata of a PDF](https://docs.textcontrol.com/ds-server/document-processing/pdf/#read-the-metadata-of-a-pdf)
- [Read the Embedded Files](https://docs.textcontrol.com/ds-server/document-processing/pdf/#read-the-embedded-files)
- [Next Steps](https://docs.textcontrol.com/ds-server/document-processing/pdf/#next-steps)

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