.TH "pdfpun" "1" "10 March 2010" "" "" 
.SH "NAME" 
pdfpun \- n-up the pages of a pdf file, with right-to-left ordering
.SH "SYNOPSIS" 
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pdfpun SRC [PAGESPEC] --outfile FILENAME [OPTION [OPTION] \&.\&.\&.] 
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.SH "DESCRIPTION" 
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pdfpun converts a file in the Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF)
to a "n-up" PDF file, that is, with multiple input pages 
per output page, for
more economical printing etc\&.  The pages are ordered right-to-left in the
output.  The default processing is to 2-up 
landscape output with no frame around pages, equivalent to using the 
options '--nup 2x1 --landscape --frame false'.
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SRC must be a PDF file; '/dev/stdin' can be used for PDF input via a pipeline.
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If PAGESPEC is omitted, all pages are processed (equivalent to '-' as PAGESPEC)
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OPTION is any option of pdfjam(1) other than --batch.
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pdfpun is a simple wrapper for pdfjam, which provides a front end to many 
of the capabilities of the pdfpages package for pdflatex\&.  
A working installation of pdflatex, with
the pdfpages package, is required\&.
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pdfpun is part of the "PDFjam" package of tools, whose homepage is at
http://www.warwick.ac.uk/go/pdfjam\&.
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.SH "SETUP" 
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See http://go.warwick.ac.uk/pdfjam .
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.SH "USAGE" 
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For the available options and site/user defaults, see the output of 
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.RS
.B    pdfjam --help
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For further information and some examples see 
http://go.warwick.ac.uk/pdfjam \&.
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.SH "LIMITATIONS AND BUGS" 
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pdfpun does not work with encrypted PDF files, and does not 
preserve hyperlinks.
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The '--keepinfo' option does not work.
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Please report bugs! See the website at
http://www.warwick.ac.uk/go/pdfjam \&.
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.SH "LICENSE" 
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PDFjam is distributed under the GNU public license\&. 
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.SH "SEE ALSO" 
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pdfjam(1) pdfnup(1)\&.
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.SH "AUTHOR" 
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pdfpun is written and maintained by David Firth as part of the PDFjam package\&.