Re: How does one make pdftohtml run?

On 1/25/07, jimw wagner <jpw@sasktel.net> wrote:

> >> I have a large book, 230 pages long, done in pdf. I'd really like to
> >> switch it to html, or possibly even a series of graphic files, so I
> >> could
> >> make enlargements of the pages before I print them out.
> >
> > The GIMP (in Feisty, anyway) can open PDFs so maybe try that :)
> >
> I can load it into the GIMP too, but I can't seem to get more than the
> Title Page. Can't see any way of moving from page to page.

In Feisty when you load a PDF there's a "Load PostScript" window that
allows a whole bunch of options (Rendering, Coloring, etc.). Under
rendering is "Pages" Set that to the page number you want to open,
e.g. "230" :)

> >> Suppose we say the pdf I want to muck around with is /home/x/y.pdf,
> >> what
> >> should the command look like, including for instance, the f(irst)
> >> [p1] and
> >> the l(ast) [p230].
> >
> > Disclaimer: Since I'm using Feisty, so this might be a bit different
> > (pdftohtml is now part of poppler-utils), but if you cd to the dir
> > with the PDF and run:
> >
> > pdftohtml -f 1 -l 230 y.pdf
> >
> > that should work.

Adding the -c option (pdftohtml -f 1 -l 230 -c y.pdf) will export
images, though the quality isn't overly great.

CK
Received on Thu Jan 25 23:16:07 2007