NAME

       dvibook - rearrange pages in DVI file into signatures

SYNOPSIS

       dvibook [ -q ] [ -s<num> ] [ -r ] [ -i infile ] [ -o outfile ] [ infile [ outfile ] ]

DESCRIPTION

       Dvibook  rearranges  pages  from  a  DVI  file  produced by TeX into ``signatures'' for printing books or
       booklets, creating a new DVI file usable by any of the TeX conversion programs.

       The -s option selects the size of signature which will be used. The signature size is the number of sides
       which will be folded and bound together; the number given should be a multiple of four. The default is to
       use one signature for the whole file. Extra blank sides will be added if the  file  does  not  contain  a
       multiple of four pages.

       By  default,  dvibook rearranges the pages into left-hand side binding signatures; the -r option switches
       to right-hand side binding signatures. This  might  be  useful  for  pTeX  vertical  writing  (tate-kumi)
       documents.

       Dvibook normally prints the page numbers of the pages rearranged; the -q option suppresses this.

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

       dvitodvi(1), dviconcat(1), dviselect(1), latex(1), tex(1)
       MC-TeX User's Guide

BUGS

       Dvibook does not adjust the parameters in the postamble; however, since these values  are  normally  used
       only  to  size  certain structures in the output conversion programs, and the parameters never need to be
       adjusted upward, this has not proven to be a problem.

TeX Live                                        8 September 2020                                      DVIBOOK(1)