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pdfjam-pocketmod(1)

NAME

   pdfjam-pocketmod  -  make  an  8-page  PDF document into a pocket-sized
   booklet

SYNOPSIS

   pdfjam-pocketmod SRC [PAGESPEC] [OPTION [OPTION] ...]

DESCRIPTION

   pdfjam-pocketmod converts 8 pages of a PDF  file  into  a  single  8-up
   page,  with  pages  ordered  and oriented for folding into pocket-sized
   booklet ( as described at http://repocketmod.com/ ).

   SRC must be a regular PDF file (not /dev/stdin).

   If PAGESPEC is omitted, the first 8 pages are processed.

   OPTION is any option to pdfjam(1) other than --batch.

   pdfjam-pocketmod is a simple wrapper for pdfjam, which provides a front
   end  to  some of the capabilities of the pdfpages package for pdflatex.
   A working installation of  pdflatex,  with  the  pdfpages  package,  is
   required.

   pdfjam-pocketmod  is  part  of  the  "PDFjam"  package  of tools, whose
   homepage is at http://go.warwick.ac.uk/pdfjam .

SETUP

   See http://go.warwick.ac.uk/pdfjam .

USAGE

   For the available options and site/user defaults, see the output of

          pdfjam --help

   For     further     information     and     some      examples      see
   http://go.warwick.ac.uk/pdfjam .

LIMITATIONS AND BUGS

   pdfjam-pocketmod  does  not work with encrypted PDF files, and does not
   preserve hyperlinks.

   The '--keepinfo' option does not work.

   Please      report      bugs!      See       the       website       at
   http://www.warwick.ac.uk/go/pdfjam.

LICENSE

   PDFjam is distributed under the GNU public license.

SEE ALSO

   pdfjam(1).

AUTHOR

   pdfjam-pocketmod  is  written  and maintained by David Firth as part of
   the PDFjam package.

                             10 March 2010             pdfjam-pocketmod(1)



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