NAME

       dvitodvi - rearrange pages in a DVI file

SYNOPSIS

       dvitodvi [ -q ] [ -i infile ] [ -o outfile ] [ -wwidth ] [ -hheight ] pagespecs [ infile [ outfile ] ]

DESCRIPTION

       Dvitodvi  rearranges  pages  from a DVI file, creating a new DVI file.  Dvitodvi can be used to perform a
       large number of arbitrary re-arrangements of Documents, including  arranging  for  printing  2-up,  4-up,
       booklets, reversing, 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 modulo-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 specifier. 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)