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howtos:software:how_to_merge_pdf-files [2013/03/15 09:58 (UTC)] – [ghostscript (gs)] markush | howtos:software:how_to_merge_pdf-files [2013/03/15 17:30 (UTC)] – Added pdfunite as well as other edits allend | ||
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- | PDF documents are created from traditional text-documents via a printer-driver, or as with LaTeX created directly from a source-code. One important consequence is, that one cannot convert a PDF-document " | + | PDF documents are created from traditional text documents via a printer driver, or as with LaTeX, created directly from source-code. One important consequence is that one cannot convert a PDF-document " |
- | This article describes, how one can merge several PDF-documents into one. This is useful | + | This article describes how you can merge several PDF documents into a single PDF document. For example, this is useful if you have several pages from a scanner in PDF format and want to put these files into one file. There are several tools available; |
- | ===== The Tools ===== | + | ===== Default |
- | At first I will describe the tools which are already available on your Slackware computer if you have a complete installation. | + | Tools which are already available on your Slackware computer if you have a complete installation. |
==== ghostscript (gs) ==== | ==== ghostscript (gs) ==== | ||
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The ghostscript package resides in Slackware' | The ghostscript package resides in Slackware' | ||
- | With GhostScript you can merge PDF files on the commandline | + | With GhostScript you can merge PDF files on the command line. |
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Thanks to mrclisdue from [[http:// | Thanks to mrclisdue from [[http:// | ||
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==== imagemagick (convert) ==== | ==== imagemagick (convert) ==== | ||
- | The imagemagick package | + | The convert tool comes in Slackware' |
- | convert uses the -adjoin option to achieve this. | + | The convert |
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Thanks to jlinkels at [[http:// | Thanks to jlinkels at [[http:// | ||
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+ | ==== pdfunite ==== | ||
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+ | The pdfunite tool comes in Slackware' | ||
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+ | Thanks to nivieru at [[http:// | ||
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+ | ===== Additional tools ===== | ||
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+ | Additional tools that can be easily installed. | ||
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==== pdftk ==== | ==== pdftk ==== | ||
- | pdftk is available at [[http:// | + | pdftk is available at [[http:// |
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pdftk can do more things than joining PDF files, for example rotating a document by 180 degrees is done this way: | pdftk can do more things than joining PDF files, for example rotating a document by 180 degrees is done this way: | ||
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Thanks to brianL and michaelk at [[http:// | Thanks to brianL and michaelk at [[http:// | ||
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==== pdfshuffler ==== | ==== pdfshuffler ==== | ||
- | pdfshuffler is also available at [[http:// | + | pdfshuffler is also available at [[http:// |
==== pdfjam ==== | ==== pdfjam ==== | ||
- | pdfjam is a LaTeX-package which is unfortunately **not** included in tetex. But those of us who have instead texlive | + | pdfjam is a LaTeX-package which is unfortunately **not** included in tetex. But those of us who have installed |
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Thanks to joghi at [[http:// | Thanks to joghi at [[http:// |