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Singularity
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Can you reverse engineer a PDF document?

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Let's say (theoretically, of course) I had a PDF document which is formatted according to the guidelines I need to use (per my school). Is there a way to find out what document class and packages were used to create it? (I bet you have never been asked that before, huh?).
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Can you reverse engineer a PDF document?

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It will be like trying to break up a once baked cake into its ingredients.
StupidUser wrote:[…] (I bet you have never been asked that before, huh?).
Yes, I was before.


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