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 </code> </code>
  
 +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:<code>   * Split and merge PDF files:<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
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   * 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 ===== ===== pdfjam =====
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   * set multiple pages in one:<code>   * set multiple pages in one:<code>
 pdfjam --nup 2x1 --landscape true --frame false file.pdf 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> </code>
  
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   * crop pages (here remove 14% of page height at the bottom):<code>   * 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 sed 's/MediaBox \[0 0 612 1008*/MediaBox \[0 145 612 1008]/g'<in.pdf >out.pdf
-</code>+</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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