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Old 06-25-2008, 03:47 AM   #1
Diamantis
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Unhappy software for merging pdf files


Hi,
I would like to merge four pdf files as a 2x2 grid. Is there any software available that can help with such a problem?
Thank you very much,
Diamantis
 
Old 06-25-2008, 05:10 AM   #2
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Google for "merging pdf files" and possibly add "linux" and you shall find what you are looking for.
 
Old 06-25-2008, 05:13 AM   #3
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u can try---

pdf2ps file1.pdf file1.ps
pdf2ps file2.pdf file2.ps
cat file1.ps file2.ps > file12.ps
ps2pdf file12.ps file12.pdf

OR
using convert , directly from the ImageMagick toolkit. You probably already have this one installed on your favourite Linux distribution; if not, almost every known Linux distribution has a package for it. Even if you don't need to edit PDF files you should have it, it is a wonderful swiss army knife for command line image processing. The syntax for merging PDF files is simple:

convert file1.pdf file2.pdf file3.pdf out.pdf

[See the man page of convert ]
 
Old 06-25-2008, 05:38 AM   #4
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It's easy to turn 4 pdf pages into a 4x1, but 2x2 is a different matter. swagata paul's convert solution led me to look at the manpage of ImageMagick, which has a montage option and deals with pdfs. Check it out.

edit - montage is actually a program in the ImageMagick suite.

Last edited by billymayday; 06-25-2008 at 05:41 AM.
 
Old 06-26-2008, 08:14 PM   #5
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Thank you for your suggestions, but the problem is that with imagemagick I loose resolution, that is why I am looking for software that works directly on pdf or ps files.
Thanks
 
Old 06-27-2008, 04:13 PM   #6
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I dunno but this might help:
http://www.accesspdf.com/pdftk/
 
  


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