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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 ] 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,  scal‐
       ing, 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 sepa‐
       rated 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  land‐
       scaped 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)