1DVIBOOK(1)                  General Commands Manual                 DVIBOOK(1)
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NAME

6       dvibook - rearrange pages in DVI file into signatures
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SYNOPSIS

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

13       Dvibook rearranges pages from a DVI file produced by TeX into  ``signa‐
14       tures''  for printing books or booklets, creating a new DVI file usable
15       by any of the TeX conversion programs.
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17       The -s option selects the size of signature which  will  be  used.  The
18       signature  size  is  the number of sides which will be folded and bound
19       together; the number given should be a multiple of four. The default is
20       to  use  one  signature  for  the whole file. Extra blank sides will be
21       added if the file does not contain a multiple of four pages.
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23       By default, dvibook rearranges the pages into  left-hand  side  binding
24       signatures;  the  -r  option switches to right-hand side binding signa‐
25       tures. This might be useful for pTeX vertical writing (tate-kumi) docu‐
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28       Dvibook  normally  prints the page numbers of the pages rearranged; the
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AUTHOR

32       Angus Duggan, from dviselect(1), by Chris Torek, University of Maryland
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SEE ALSO

35       dviconcat(1), dviselect(1), latex(1), tex(1)
36       MC-TeX User's Guide
37       The TeXbook
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BUGS

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