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		Jacobi on Dec 12, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Any page loaded in IE can track your mouse movemen... The PDF document format is incredibly complex. It can incorporate JavaScript actions !

ygra on Dec 13, 2012 [–]

They are not needed to parse the file. PDFs can also contain Flash content or movies or 3D models or any number of other objects. It's just a blob in the file, same as OLE. Few applications beyond Adobe Reader care about implementing those parts, though.

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