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 +Compress PDF file containing images (''/screen'' compresses even more than ''/ebook''):
 +<code>
 +gs -dBATCH -dNOPAUSE -q -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -dCompatibilityLevel=1.4 -dPDFSETTINGS=/ebook -sOutputFile=out.pdf in.pdf
 +</code>
 ===== PDFTK ===== ===== PDFTK =====
  
-Split and merge PDF files: +  * Split and merge PDF files:<code> 
-<code>+pdftk in.pdf cat 2-4 output out.pdf
 pdftk 1.pdf 2.pdf 3.pdf cat output 123.pdf pdftk 1.pdf 2.pdf 3.pdf cat output 123.pdf
 pdftk A=one.pdf B=two.pdf cat A1-7 B1-5 A8 output combined.pdf pdftk A=one.pdf B=two.pdf cat A1-7 B1-5 A8 output combined.pdf
 pdftk A=one.pdf B=two.pdf cat A1 B1W output combined.pdf # rotate West B1 (E,N,W,S) pdftk A=one.pdf B=two.pdf cat A1 B1W output combined.pdf # rotate West B1 (E,N,W,S)
 +pdftk one.pdf two.pdf shuffle output combined.pdf # shuffle the two files (A1 B1 A2 B2 A3 B3...)
 </code> </code>
- +  * Encrypt/decrypt, set permissions, repair:
-Encrypt/decrypt, set permissions, repair:+
 [[http://www.accesspdf.com/article.php/20041129175231241]] [[http://www.accesspdf.com/article.php/20041129175231241]]
 +  * Rotate:<code>
 +pdftk in.pdf cat 1-left 2-down output out.pdf
 +</code>
 +
 +===== pdfjam =====
 +
 +  * split and merge:<code>
 +pdfjam file1.pdf '-' file2.pdf '1,2' file3.pdf '2-' --outfile output.pdf
 +</code>
 +  * set multiple pages in one:<code>
 +pdfjam --nup 2x1 --landscape true --frame false file.pdf
 +</code>
 +  * quickly rotate (pdf90, pdf180, pdf270):<code>
 +pdf90 file1.pdf
 +pdfjam --angle 180 in.pdf out.pdf
 +</code>
 +  * convert image to pdf in A4 format:<code>
 +pdfjam --paper a4paper --outfile file.pdf file.jpg
 +</code>
 +
 +===== sed =====
 +
 +  * crop pages (here remove 14% of page height at the bottom):<code>
 +sed 's/MediaBox \[0 0 612 1008*/MediaBox \[0 145 612 1008]/g'<in.pdf >out.pdf
 +</code>/!\ some tools such as pdftk or gs may consider the file as corrupted afterwards
  
 ===== convert (image magick) ===== ===== convert (image magick) =====
  
-Merge image files into a pdf file:+Merge image files into a pdf file (but better use pdfjam for A4 conversion):
 <code> <code>
 convert page-*.png -page A4 [-rotate 90] test.pdf convert page-*.png -page A4 [-rotate 90] test.pdf
 +convert -density 300x300 test.png test.pdf
 +convert -units PixelsPerInch -density 300x300 -extent 2480x3508 -gravity center -background white test.png test.pdf
 </code> </code>
  
 +Convert pdf page into image file at resolution 300dpi:
 +<code>
 +convert -density 300x300 test.pdf test.png
 +</code>
 +
 +Recompress the pages:<code>
 +convert -quality 80 page-1.jpg page-1c.jpg
 +</code>
 +
 +Erase a part of the image (especially useful for batch processing):<code>
 +convert page-1.jpg -fill white -draw "rectangle 0,0 300,1753" page-1c.jpg
 +</code>
 ===== pdftotext ===== ===== pdftotext =====
  
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