.TH "thumbpdf" "1" "8 March 2022" "TeX Live"
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.SH "NAME" 
thumbpdf \- generate thumbnail images for a PDF file
created with \fBpdftex\fP
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.SH "SYNOPSIS" 
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\fBthumbpdf\fP [ \fIOPTION\fP\&.\&.\&. ]  \fIPDF_FILE\fP
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.SH "DESCRIPTION" 
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\fBthumbpdf\fP is used to create thumbnail images of individual pages
within a PDF (Portable Document Format) document\&.
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.SH "USAGE" 
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First run \fBpdftex\fP(1) on your document to create a PDF file\&.
Then run \fBthumbpdf\fP to generate the thumbnails, a PDF file
containing the thumbnails, and a pdfTeX file to include the thumbnails
in the PDF file\&.  Finally, run \fBpdftex\fP(1) on your file again to
create the final PDF file\&.
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\fBthumbpdf\fP calls \fBgs\fP(1) to generate PNG images of the pages
within \fIPDF_FILE\fP, and \fBpdftex\fP(1) to create a PDF file
containing the thumbnail images\&.
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.SH "OPTIONS" 
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.IP "\fB--help\fP" 
print usage
.IP "\fB--(no)makepng\fP" 
make PNG thumbnail images (default: true)
.IP "\fB--(no)makepdf\fP" 
generate new PDF file containing the
thumbnails (default: true)
.IP "\fB--(no)makedef\fP" 
create a TeX file for \fBpdftex\fP(1) to
read in (default: true)
.IP "\fB--(no)quiet\fP" 
suppress messages (default: false)
.IP "\fB--(no)verbose\fP" 
verbose messages (default: false)
.IP "\fB--(no)debug\fP" 
print debugging information while parsing
(default: false)
.IP "\fB--resolution\fP \fIres\fP" 
resolution for GhostScript step
(default: 9)
.IP "\fB--compress\fP \fIn\fP" 
\epdfcompresslevel for \fBthumbpdf\&.pdf\fP
(0-9; default: 9)
.IP "\fB--device\fP | \fBpng\fP\fIdev\fP" 
GhostScript PNG device;
\fIdev\fP = `mono\', `gray\',
`16\', `256\', `16m\' (default:
`png16m\')
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.SH "FILES" 
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.IP "\fIthumb\fPnn\fI\&.png\fP" 
PNG thumbnail images
.IP "\fIthumbpdf\&.pdf\fP" 
PDF file containing thumbnail images
.IP "\fIthumbpdf\&.tex\fP" 
A pdfTeX program to include the thumbnails
file
.IP "\fIthumbpdf\&.log\fP" 
pdfTeX log file
.IP "\fIthumbpdf\&.sty\fP" 
a LaTeX package to be included in files
for which a user wants to generate thumbnails
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.SH "SEE ALSO" 
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\fBgs\fP(1), \fBpdftex\fP(1)\&.
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Web page: <https://ctan.org/pkg/thumbpdf/>
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.SH "BUGS" 
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Submit reports via the bug url on the CTAN package page.
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.SH "COPYRIGHT" 
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Copyright Â\[co] 1999\&.  \fBthumbpdf\fP is distributed under
version 1, or (at your option) a later version of the LaTeX Project
Public License\&.
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.SH "AUTHOR" 
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\fBthumbpdf\fP was written by Heiko Oberdiek.
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This manual page was written by C\&.M\&. Connelly for the Debian
GNU/Linux system\&. It is now maintained as part of TeX Live.