[Techtalk] multiple pdf's to single paginated pdf file?

Glen Strom gstrom at teksavvy.com
Sat May 19 00:43:21 UTC 2007


On Fri, 18 May 2007 19:30:06 +0100
Figaro <ynegorp at charter.net> wrote:

> Quick question:
> I have a bunch (600+) of scanned files that someone  before me saved
> as .pdf (#####.pdf1. #####.pdf2, etc...).
> They are good files, lots of valid information that should be saved
> but I now would like to sort them out and save as a single .pdf
> documents (say for instance Newsletter Issue 10, 11, etc..) whereby
> each individual .pdf# is a page.
> My question: Ideas for best way to do this?
> Debian Unstable this is an MS free zone!
> Thank you for any help and suggestions.
> OR.. translation to HTML, for saving in Issue groups as above would
> be an acceptable alternative. Or eps?
> matthew

Pdftk is worth looking at. http://www.pdfhacks.com/pdftk/

If you use KDE, you can even integrate it into Konqueror with a service
menu item called Pdftk Tools. You can find it at www.kde-apps.org .


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Glen Strom
gstrom at teksavvy.com


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