PDF (Portable Document Format) is an open standard for document exchange.
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How can I convert a PNG to a PDF in high quality so it's not blurry or fuzzy?
There are a lot of questions out there about how to convert a PDF file to a PNG image, but I'm looking to take a nice sharp PNG file and just basically wrap it or embed it in a PDF file without having ...
2
votes
1answer
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Convert to postscript format using the Backend command before sending to a printer
Without using CUPS is there an way to add something on the Backend line in the print queue to convert all print sent to a queue to postscript from PDF format before sending the output to the printer?
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7answers
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grep pdf files?
Is there a way to search pdf files using the power of grep, without converting to text first in Ubuntu?
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vote
1answer
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how to pdfjoin landscape and portrait oriented JPEG images to one PDF file?
I have some JPEG files. Most of them are landscape oriented, but some are portrait oriented.
I want to combine them into one big PDF file. I tried pdfjoin but this results in all images beeing ...
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vote
2answers
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Splitting large PDF into small files
Using pdftk it is possible to extract page ranges from a pdf using
pdftk a.pdf cat 124-end output b.pdf dont_ask
I have a bunch of huge PDFs with about 500 pages and over 100 MB, is it possible to ...
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votes
2answers
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convert images to pdf: How to make PDF Pages same size
I did something like
convert -page A4 -compress A4 *.png CH00.pdf
But the 1st page is much larger than the subsequent pages. This happens even though the image dimensions are similar. These images ...
4
votes
1answer
362 views
Find links and their positions in a PDF
I need to find all links in a PDF file, along with the page they're on and their X/Y position. Is there any tool or combination of tools I can use to do that?
4
votes
1answer
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emblem for pdf created by libreoffice
If I create a test pdf file in a directory, by using something like
ls -al > testpdf.pdf
the file is shown in Caja 1.4.0 with an understandable emblem that is 'acrobat-like'.
If I create a ...
5
votes
3answers
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How to convert pdf to eBook format
Is there a way to convert a PDF document into an eBook format such as epub, azw or mobi?
I am looking for an application, which is fast in conversion. I have just tried calibre. After 10 minutes not ...
3
votes
0answers
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How to convert a pdf to 4-up in landscape mode (ideally using ghostscript)?
I have pdf slides in landscape mode and would like to create a new pdf file containing the slides 4-up (in landscape mode again) like this:
-----------------
| 1 | 2 |
-----------------
| 3 ...
3
votes
5answers
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Stitch two JPEGs together into a PDF
I need to take two 8.5in by 11in JPEG images and merge them together into two pages of a PDF. Is there a commandline or GUI tool to help me do this?
2
votes
1answer
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Change zathuras display mode to single page only
I recently switched from Debian to Arch. Now I have a newer version of zathura, which displays the pages continuously. For poppler as well as mupdf. I need the discrete display mode. Is this fixed ...
3
votes
1answer
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Looking for a good interactive pdf viewer
I like zathura for its simple UI, very nice for just reading.
I like xournal for its rich annotation features.
But what I still need is a reader that
is interactive,
has a "find" feature,
is able ...
7
votes
5answers
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Add and edit bookmarks to pdf
By getting metadata from some pdf files with bookmarks by pdftk, I observe the format of bookmarks in pdf metadata. So I am guessing that with pdftk, it is possible to add and edit bookmarks of a pdf ...
2
votes
2answers
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Storing Okular PDF annotations and metadata in the PDF itself
The PDF viewer Okular (part of KDE desktop) has lots of nice features and supports lots of file formats.
One of the things I like about it is the comments and annotations.
Unfortunately, all of the ...
5
votes
5answers
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How to convert TXT to PDF?
I want to convert .txt files to .pdf. I'm using this:
ls | while read ONELINE; do convert -density 400 "$ONELINE" "$(echo "$ONELINE" | sed 's/.txt/.pdf/g')"; done
But this produces one "error" -- ...
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votes
5answers
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Split pages in pdf
I have a scanned pdf file which has scanned two pages on one virtual page (page in pdf file).
The resolution is with good quality. The problem is I have to zoom when reading and drag from left to the ...
3
votes
3answers
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Split PDF into documents with several pages each
There are several resources on the web explaining how one can split a PDF into many files with on page per file.
But how can you split them into chunks of, say, five pages each? I have looked into ...
1
vote
1answer
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Convert ps to pdf by ps2pdf, but the pdf file is not well-behaved
I have a ps file,and converted it to a pdf file using ps2pdf.
ps2pdf elden.ps elden.pdf
When I open the pdf file in evince, and try to select some text in it using my mouse, the selected content ...
2
votes
0answers
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Insert bookmark in .pdf file for print
I have searched many solutions on what is the best way to search a .pdf, and if a page named spec_out is located in the .pdf it will insert the first bookmark before other bookmarks as Spec Out. I'm ...
5
votes
4answers
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how to merge pdf files so that each file begins on an odd page number?
I need to merge a few dozed pdfs, and i want all of the input pdfs to start on an odd page in the output pdf.
Example: A.pdf has 3 pages, B.pdf has 4 pages. I don't want my output to have 7 pages. ...
0
votes
0answers
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Unable to open EPS files
I am unable to open eps files in my machine. I have attached the screenshots of what happens when try to view a eps file with default pdf viewer and ghost script viewer (gv). The condition is same ...
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votes
4answers
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View pdf file in terminal
I want to see pdf files available on our cluster rather than copying them into my local machine and than visualize.
Please tell me how can i do this.
5
votes
0answers
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Split PDF into colour and black/white pages
I would like to automatically split a large PDF document into two files: one file should contain only the pages with black and white content, and the other should contain only the pages with any ...
6
votes
2answers
652 views
How to preserve bookmarks when rearranging pages of a PDF file with tools like pdftk?
I am using pdftk to rearrange pages of a pdf file with bookmarks/outlines, but after that, the output file lost the bookmarks of the original.
My command is pdftk in.pdf cat 1-22 43 23-42 44-end ...
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votes
4answers
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pdf to jpg without quality loss; gscan2pdf
When I convert a pdf file to bunch of jpg files using
convert -quality 100 file.pdf page_%04d.jpg
I have appreciable quality loss.
However if I do the following, there is no (noticeable) quality ...
0
votes
0answers
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Acrobat Reader and PCManFM don't play nice in E17
I am using Arch Linux, and I was using Awesome WM for quite some time before switching to E17 recently.
For the past year, I think, I was using PCManFM as my file manager, and being dissatisfied with ...
2
votes
1answer
2k views
Convert pdf file to epub
Is to possible to convert pdf file to epub format without errors? Is there some application in Linux that can do it? I found only ecub and calibre which gives not good results or fail.
Command-line ...
2
votes
2answers
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Xpdf fit to page width in fullscreen mode
When I call the command:
$ xpdf file.pdf -z width -fullscreen
...it does not have the desired effect.
The individual options:
$ xpdf file.pdf -z width
...and:
$ xpdf file.pdf -fullscreen
...
2
votes
3answers
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How do you output an info page to pdf?
If man -t ls | ps2pdf - > ls.pdf is useful for outputting the ls man page via ps2pdf to pdf, what about info pages?
I've tried something like the following but with no success:
info -o info | ...
3
votes
2answers
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How can I convert raw printer commands back to a postscript or pdf file?
I have a string of raw printer commands that are for my postscript printer saved to a file.
I believe there is a lpr option like -o raw which will read these raw command and send them to the printer.
...
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vote
2answers
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PDF tool similar to ImageMagick
I was introduced to ImageMagick a few months back for manipulating images for print but now I'm curious to know if anyone has seen one for .pdf? I would like to create scripts that will check or ...
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0answers
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What is required for qxd support for opening pdf docs under linux for pocket book?
I just wondered to read PDF book formatted with QXD (quarkxpress) on pocket Linux.
What is required for ?
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0answers
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how to download pdf from http site? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to download specific files from some url path with wget
I want to download pdf files from this site.
I tried wget -r -l 1 ...
0
votes
1answer
360 views
Is there a pdf viewer capable of opening multiple documents in the same window?
I would like to open all chapters of my PDF ebooks in the same window but neither evince nor okular seems to be capable of doing that (at least not out-of-the-box).
Is there a way to work this out?
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vote
2answers
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How to create indexes in a pdf?
iPdf is rotten.
Is there any other software or any other way by which an "index" can be created in a pdf file?
3
votes
2answers
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How to save a copy of a protected PDF form in Evince?
I've got a pretty long PDF form from my ISP and filled it carefully. Willing to save my work of filling it I've tried to use File - Save a copy.... But Evince says it can't save it because it is ...
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vote
0answers
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How to change font substitutions in kpdf?
I'm trying to read a pdf that was created with MSWord using Garamond and kpdf is substituting 'Deja Vu Sans'. But I've got Palladio! Where can I change it?
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votes
2answers
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How to merge 2 PDF files with interleaving pages order?
I've got a double-side-printed multipage document to scan with a linear bulk scanner. So, as the result I get 2 PDF files: one containing all odd pages and the second containing all even pages. I need ...
5
votes
1answer
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How to make ghostscript not wipe PDF metadata
Ghostscript wipes the PDF metadata like author, title, subject etc. How can I tell ghostscript not to touch the metadata? I invoke it as follows:
gs \
-dBATCH \
-dNOPAUSE ...
4
votes
4answers
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Export terminal display to PDF
I want to include the display of my terminal in a beamer presentation. Simply taking a screenshot, however, produces a fairly low-resolution png that looks poor in the presentation. I would like it ...
2
votes
2answers
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How do I extract the colours from a PDF?
I have a PDF and I want to verify the colours being used (check that they match our corporate colour scheme for instance). Specifically, I want to check that the correct CMYK colours are being used.
...
4
votes
1answer
273 views
Send a fax via SIP
How can I send a fax from my Linux machine using a SIP connection? I don't have a modem.
Ideally, I'd like to provide a PDF or TIFF file, and send it via my SIP provider. Is this possible?
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vote
2answers
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Acroread Firefox plugin Ubuntu 12.04 issues
Since I upgraded to Ubuntu 12.04, every time I try to open a PDF through Firefox (which I like to do quite often as I read a lot of PDF documents and downloading each then deleting is tiresome) I get ...
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vote
0answers
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troff to PDF conversion
I am very new to UNIX and trying to learn troff. I have some set of very old written troff files (before 20 years from now).
Some samples are hereunder:
file_00.g
B,4.5,3.5,15.5,23.5
...
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0answers
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How do I unbooklet a PDF-booklet? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I 'unbook' a pdf
I'm not shure that what I have is actually a booklet, or a book. I have a paper in A4-format consisting of 96 pages (plus coverpages). I ...
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votes
1answer
376 views
How do I 'unbook' a pdf
I have a pdf file that was made into a booklet format. It is meant to print on A4 paper in landscape orientation; here are two pages in the pdf, which should correspond to four pages in the actual ...
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0answers
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PDF editor with regular expressions for bookmarks?
Are there any Unix-based PDF editors with automatic bookmark creation?
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vote
0answers
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Rescale a PDF file [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to change height and width of each page of a pdf
Is it possible to rescale a PDF file (retaining perspective) to be within a maximum width / height?
Rendering to an ...
2
votes
0answers
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Implementing a String -> PDF Stamp tool
I wrote a little shell function which creates a fixed-size PDF file (A4) from a character string using gs:
make_stamp() {
file=$1
string=$2
tmp=${file}-small.pdf
gs -o "$tmp" -sDEVICE=pdfwrite ...
