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Rearrange existing PDF documents
PDF document in individual pages
Split PDF document into front pages/back pages
Extract specific PDF pages
Extract specific PDF front/back pages
Composition of multiple PDF documents
Combine PDF documents
Scale PDF document
Duplicate PDF document on print sheet
Change existing PDF documents
Create multi-page mail merge
Resort PDF documents
Example – Scale PDF document
A Din A4 PDF document can be scaled into different formats. This makes sense when printing books, for example if an A4 book needs to be reduced to B5 format.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<job>
<dialog>
<topic>
<prompt>PDF-Inputfile</prompt>
<type>file</type>
<filter>'.pdf'</filter>
<variable>inFile</variable>
</topic>
<topic>
<prompt>Zielbogen</prompt>
<choices>
<choice><value>'A4'</value></choice>
<choice><value>'A5'</value></choice>
<choice><value>'B5'</value></choice>
<choice><value>'D6'</value></choice>
</choices>
<variable>inSize</variable>
</topic>
</dialog>
<moulds>
<mould name="paper">
<width>variable('papersize.'+{inSize}+'.width')</width>
<height>variable('papersize.'+{inSize}+'.height')</height>
</mould>
</moulds>
<eval variable="outFile" expression="filepath({inFile})+'_'+{inSize}+'.pdf'" />
<instance>
<iterate file="{inFile}" variable="pdfin">
<append>
<template mould="paper"/>
<compose file="'scale.compose.xml'"/>
<output file="{outFile}"/>
<eval variable="pageNr" expression="{pdfin.pagenr}"/>
</append>
</iterate>
</instance>
</job>
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Open selection window
Description field in the selection window
Only allow PDF files
Remember selected file name
Query target arc size
The paper sizes are written to a selection list
Note target arc size
Define blank sheet.
The paper sizes can be easily adjusted using the
Access to built-in values for all common DIN sizes.
Name output file
Cycle through the selected file
Append page to output file
Take a defined pressure area
Where something should be positioned
Specify output file
Transfer current page number
End of program loop
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The appropriate compose file, "scale.compose.xml", only describes the placement of the PDF page in the specified area. Registration marks or labels could also be specified at this point.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<compose>
<field type="pdf" left="0mm" right="0mm"
top="0mm" bottom="0mm">
<file>{inFile}</file>
<page>{pageNr}</page>
<scale>fit</scale>
<halign>center</halign>
<valign>middle</valign>
</field>
</compose>
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Field is 100% of the page (so margins are 0mm)
PDF input file
Just take this current page
Allow scaling
Center align if original size is not in same aspect ratio
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