From ca600a5a142006f210fce540aa000218cebfde28 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kenneth Odle Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2021 20:28:35 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Formatting changes --- pdftk basic usage.md | 17 ++++++++++------- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/pdftk basic usage.md b/pdftk basic usage.md index 850688d..047cef8 100644 --- a/pdftk basic usage.md +++ b/pdftk basic usage.md @@ -1,21 +1,21 @@ To merge (concatenate) pdfs: -$ pdftk inputs cat output newfile.pdf + $ pdftk inputs cat output newfile.pdf To merge all pdfs: -$ pdftk *.pdf cat output newfile.pdf + $ pdftk *.pdf cat output newfile.pdf To break a pdf into single page files: -$ pdftk input.pdf burst + $ pdftk input.pdf burst To combine parts of two or more files, use handles: -$ pdftk A=firstfile.pdf B=secondfile.pdf cat A1-7 B1-5 A8 output newfile.pdf + $ pdftk A=firstfile.pdf B=secondfile.pdf cat A1-7 B1-5 A8 output newfile.pdf ======================================================================== @@ -23,10 +23,11 @@ To edit metadata is a multistep process: 1) Dump the pdf metadata: -$ pdftk input.pdf dump_data metadata.txt + $ pdftk input.pdf dump_data metadata.txt 2) Edit the metadata (Geany appears to work), adding: +``` InfoBegin InfoKey: Author InfoValue: Kenneth John Odle @@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ InfoValue: Journal #42 3) Update the metadata in the pdf file: -$ pdft input.pdf update_info metadata.txt output.pdf + $ pdft input.pdf update_info metadata.txt output.pdf Note that you must write to another file, as pdftk cannot overwrite the original file. Thus, make the file you save the scan as different than what you want the final file to be named. @@ -55,7 +56,9 @@ This gives you pages 1 3 5 7 9 Scan the reverse sides: 001b.pdf This gives you pages 10 8 6 4 2 -$ pdftk A=001a.pdf B=001b.pdf shuffle A1-5 B5-1 output 001.pdf + $ pdftk A=001a.pdf B=001b.pdf shuffle A1-5 B5-1 output 001.pdf 001.pdf should now be in the order: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 + +See the sample files included in this repo.