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# init(document:)

Returns an empty `PDFSelection` object.

```
init(document: PDFDocument)
```

## Discussion

Typically, you don’t need to create a `PDFSelection` object, but you can use an empty `PDFSelection` object as a container into which you can place selections, using [`PDFSelection`](/documentation/PDFKit/PDFSelection) and addSelections.

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