Translate PDF Objects in C#

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using IronPdf;
using System.Linq;

ChromePdfRenderer renderer = new ChromePdfRenderer();

// Render simple HTML to PDF
PdfDocument pdf = renderer.RenderHtmlAsPdf("Test");

// Access the first text object on the first page
var objects = pdf.Pages.First().ObjectModel.TextObjects.First();

// Translate by 100 points right and 100 points down
objects.Translate = new System.Drawing.PointF(100, -100);

// Save the modified PDF
pdf.SaveAs("translated.pdf");

Imports IronPdf
Imports System.Linq

Dim renderer As New ChromePdfRenderer()

' Render simple HTML to PDF
Dim pdf As PdfDocument = renderer.RenderHtmlAsPdf("Test")

' Access the first text object on the first page
Dim objects = pdf.Pages.First().ObjectModel.TextObjects.First()

' Translate by 100 points right and 100 points down
objects.Translate = New System.Drawing.PointF(100, -100)

' Save the modified PDF
pdf.SaveAs("translated.pdf")

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Translate PDF Objects in C#

There are times when users need to move a particular text, image, or shape within a PDF to another location. With IronPDF, we offer ways for developers to directly access a PDF object and translate it using our library.

Within this code example, we'll go through how you can translate objects with the PDF DOM easily with IronPDF.

5-Step Code to translate PDF Objects

ChromePdfRenderer renderer = new ChromePdfRenderer();
PdfDocument pdf = renderer.RenderHtmlAsPdf("Test");
var objects = pdf.Pages.First().ObjectModel.TextObjects.First();
objects.Translate = new System.Drawing.PointF(100,-100);
pdf.SaveAs("translated.pdf");

Code Explanation

We first instantiate a ChromePdfRenderer and then call RenderHtmlAsPdf to render an HTML string into a PDF.

After rendering the text, we then access the PDF DOM object collection. We get the first page using Pages.First, then access its ObjectModel to find the TextObjects collection. The TextObjects collection holds all TextObject instances within the PDF. We access the first element in this collection and assign it to the variable.

After obtaining the first TextObject within the PDF (in our example, this would be the word "Test"), we then assign a new PointF(X, Y) to the Translate property. By assigning a new point, the position of the word shifts 100 points to the right and 100 points down along the X and Y axes.

Finally, after the text has been moved, we utilize the SaveAs method to save the modified PDF.

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