MAVS PDF Prep Tool

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This is a single Windows executable. Python does not need to be installed on your son's computer.

Download MAVS_PDF_Prep_Tool.exe Download SHA256 checksum

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What It Does

Asks for the source folder containing the original PDFs.
Asks for the output root folder or SD card location.
Optionally accepts a parcel list in .txt, .csv, or .xlsx.
Copies PDFs into MAVS/Mathews/pdfs without changing the source folder.
Renames numeric files by removing leading zeros, so 0004130.pdf becomes 4130.pdf.
Validates PDF rendering and writes manifest/error files for review.
Can normalize bad PDFs into simpler image-backed PDFs if Android has trouble rendering them.

Recommended Run

Open MAVS_PDF_Prep_Tool.exe.
Choose the source PDF folder.
Choose the output root folder. For a tablet SD card, choose the SD card drive root.
Leave Validate PDF render checked.
Set Normalize to none for the first run.
Click Run Prep.
Review pdf_manifest.json, pdf_errors.csv, and pdf_missing.csv in the output folder.
If Android cannot render certain PDFs, rerun with Normalize set to bad.

Output Folder

The main tablet-ready PDFs are written here:

<output root>/MAVS/Mathews/pdfs

The utility also writes package reports under:

<output root>/MAVS/Mathews