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DVITODVI(1)		     General Commands Manual		     DVITODVI(1)

NAME
     dvitodvi - rearrange pages in a DVI file

SYNOPSIS
     dvitodvi [ -q ] [ -i infile ] [ -o outfile ] [ -wwidth ] [ -hheight ] page-
     specs [ infile [ outfile ] ]

DESCRIPTION
     Dvitodvi  rearranges  pages from a DVI file, creating a new DVI file.  Dvi-
     todvi can be used to perform a large number of arbitrary re-arrangements of
     Documents, including arranging for printing 2-up, 4-up,  booklets,  revers-
     ing, selecting front or back sides of documents, scaling, etc.

     pagespecs follow the syntax:

	    pagespecs	= [modulo:][mag@]specs

	    specs	= spec[+specs][,specs]

	    spec	= [-]pageno[(xoff,yoff)]

     modulo  is the number of pages in each block. The value of modulo should be
     greater than 0; the default value is 1.  The optional mag parameter adjusts
     the file's magnification by the magnification specified. The  magnification
     and  modulo  can  be  specified in reverse order if desired.  specs are the
     page specifications for the pages in each block. The value of the pageno in
     each spec should be between 0 (for the first page in the  block)  and  mod-
     ulo-1 (for the last page in each block) inclusive.  The optional dimensions
     xoff  and yoff shift the page by the specified (positive) amount.	xoff and
     yoff are in PostScript's points, but may be followed by the units cm or  in
     to  convert  to  centimetres  or inches, or the flag w or h to specify as a
     multiple of the width or height.  If the optional minus sign is  specified,
     the page is relative to the end of the document, instead of the start.

     If page specs are separated by + the pages will be merged into one page; if
     they  are	separated by , they will be on separate pages.	If there is only
     one page specification, with pageno zero, the pageno may be omitted.

     The -w option gives the width which is used by the w  dimension  specifier,
     and  the -h option gives the height which is used by the h dimension speci-
     fier. These dimensions are also used (after scaling) to  set  the	clipping
     path for each page.

     Dvitodvi  normally prints the page numbers of the pages re-arranged; the -q
     option suppresses this.

EXAMPLES
     This section contains some sample re-arrangements. To put two pages on  one
     sheet (of landscaped A3 paper), the pagespec to use is:

	    2:0+1(21cm,0)

     To reduce an A3 page to A4 size, the pagespec to use is:

	    700@(-.3in,-.3in)

     To select all of the odd pages in reverse order, use:

	    2:-0

AUTHOR
     Angus  Duggan,  from  dviselect(1), by Chris Torek, University of Maryland.
     Currently maintained as part of TeX Live (https://tug.org/texlive).

SEE ALSO
     dvibook(1), dviconcat(1), dviselect(1), latex(1), tex(1)
     MC-TeX User's Guide

BUGS
     Dvitodvi does not adjust some of the parameters in the postamble. This  may
     be  a  problem  if  these values are used to size certain structures in the
     output conversion programs.

TeX Live			8 September 2020		     DVITODVI(1)

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