DVITODVI(1)                 General Commands Manual                DVITODVI(1)

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)