[Therion] pdfTK for mix'n'match Therion Output
Bruce Mutton
bruce.mutton at paradise.net.nz
Tue Oct 7 06:48:08 CEST 2008
Thanks Olly
pdftk.exe streamlines the process quite a bit, and makes it repeatable.
I made myself a couple of batch files to ease the process, attached. They
work on DOS (Windows) OS machines.
Nice Features
Pdf pages can be combined and rearranged in almost any combination
The meta-data from any of the input files can be copied into the new output
file semi-automatically.
Batch processing, so, like Therion, can reproduce a new version of the map
without having to remember so many finishing touches.
The hyperlinks are preserved reliably (at least so far).
Missing Features
Does not rotate (individual or all) pages
Does not preserve bookmarks (Outlining) from the input files to the output
file.
Another Observation
Pdftk removes the named 'destinations' that Therion produced output pdf file
hyperlinks use, and replaces them with hyperlinks that use page numbers.
This works fine for any set of documents processed as a single run in pdftk,
but if multiple runs are required to produce a merged/meshed document, then
the hyperlinks remain, but they lose the location they are to jump to. If
this is taken into account it turns out (for me anyway) that pdftk is more
reliable and faster than Acrobat 6.
Regards
Bruce
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