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.TH "pdfbook" "1" "10 March 2010" "" ""
.SH "NAME"
pdfbook \- put the pages of PDF files into 2-up signatures
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.PP
pdfbook [--short-edge] [OPTION [OPTION] \&.\&.\&.] [SRC [PAGESPEC] [SRC [PAGESPEC]] \&.\&.\&.]
.PP
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
pdfbook makes 2-up versions of PDF files, with the pages ordered as
signatures. The default signature size is 4: to change this, use the
option '--signature N', where N is a multiple of 4 (alternatively use '--signature* N' for
right-edge binding).
.PP
The default is to make pages suitable for long-edge binding. For short-edge
binding, use '--short-edge' as the first argument; this will only work if the LaTeX package 'everyshi' is installed.
.PP
The default output page orientation is
landscape. To change this, use the '--no-landscape' option.
.PP
By default, the option '--booklet true' is used (see the pdfpages manual
for details). To turn this off, just specify '--booklet false'.
.PP
If no source PDF file ('SRC') is specified, input
is from /dev/stdin. If 'PAGESPEC' is omitted, all pages are processed.
.PP
Source files are processed sequentially into a single output
unless the '--batch' option is used, in which case they are processed
separately.
.PP
pdfbook is a simple wrapper for pdfjam, which provides a front end to
many of the capabilities of the pdfpages
package for pdflatex\&. A working installation of pdflatex, with
the pdfpages package, is required\&.
.PP
pdfbook operates on one or more PDF files, and (either with the '--batch'
option or with '--outfile DIR' where 'DIR' is a directory) the
resulting files have
the suffix '-book' applied to their names by default. To change the suffix,
use the '--suffix' option, for example
.PP
.RS
.B pdfbook --suffix 'sig4' --batch myfile1.pdf myfile2.pdf
.RE
.PP
will result in files named 'myfile1-sig4.pdf' and 'myfile2-sig4.pdf'.
.PP
pdfbook is part of the "PDFjam" package of tools, whose homepage is at
http://www.warwick.ac.uk/go/pdfjam\&.
.PP
.SH "SETUP"
.PP
See http://go.warwick.ac.uk/pdfjam .
.PP
.SH "USAGE"
.PP
For the other available options and
site/user defaults, see the output of
.PP
.RS
.B pdfjam --help
.RE
.PP
For further information and some examples see
http://go.warwick.ac.uk/pdfjam .
.PP
.SH "LIMITATIONS AND BUGS"
.PP
pdfbook does not work with encrypted PDF files, and does not
preserve hyperlinks.
.PP
Please report bugs! See the website at
http://www.warwick.ac.uk/go/pdfjam \&.
.PP
.SH "LICENSE"
.PP
PDFjam is distributed under the GNU public license\&.
.PP
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.PP
pdfjam(1)\&.
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.SH "AUTHOR"
.PP
pdfbook is written and maintained by David Firth as part of the PDFjam package\&.
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