Remove transparent link annots from pdfdoc #551
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Third case in #341 seems to be caused by link annotations in the pdf.
The links are square boxes which link to something. The box can have a visible border but often it is transparent (invisible).
This commit removes the link annotation (box) if it is transparent.
For the pdfs which have transparent links that I have tested this commit with, it does:
The improvement can be seen on this file:
https://www.adobe.com/content/dam/acom/en/devnet/pdf/pdfs/pdf_reference_archives/PDFReference.pdf
We could of course just close # 341 and just live with the issue.