1 .TH pdf2swf "1" "June 2008" "pdf2swf" "swftools"
3 pdf2swf - Converts Acrobat PDF files into Flash SWF Animation files.
6 .B pdf2swf [-options] file.pdf -o file.swf
9 Converts a PDF file to a SWF file.
13 \fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
14 Print short help message and exit
16 \fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
17 Print version info and exit
19 \fB\-o\fR, \fB\-\-output\fR file.swf
20 will go into a seperate file.
22 \fB\-p\fR, \fB\-\-pages\fR range
25 \fB\-P\fR, \fB\-\-password\fR password
26 Use password for deciphering the pdf.
28 \fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-verbose\fR
29 Be verbose. Use more than one -v for greater effect.
31 \fB\-z\fR, \fB\-\-zlib\fR
32 The resulting SWF will not be playable in browsers with Flash Plugins 5 and below!
34 \fB\-i\fR, \fB\-\-ignore\fR
35 SWF files a little bit smaller, but it may also cause the images in the pdf to look funny.
37 \fB\-j\fR, \fB\-\-jpegquality\fR quality
38 Set quality of embedded jpeg pictures to quality. 0 is worst (small), 100 is best (big). (default:85)
40 \fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-set\fR param=value
41 Set a SWF encoder specific parameter. See pdf2swf -s help for more information.
43 \fB\-w\fR, \fB\-\-samewindow\fR
44 When clicked on, the page they point to will be opened in the window the SWF is displayed.
46 \fB\-t\fR, \fB\-\-stop\fR
47 The resulting SWF file will not turn pages automatically.
49 \fB\-T\fR, \fB\-\-flashversion\fR num
50 Set Flash Version in the SWF header to num.
52 \fB\-F\fR, \fB\-\-fontdir\fR directory
53 Add directory to the font search path.
55 \fB\-b\fR, \fB\-\-defaultviewer\fR
56 Therefore the swf file will be "browseable", i.e. display some buttons for turning pages.
57 The viewer swf to be used is determined by a symlink named "default_viewer.swf" in
58 the swftools data directory.
60 \fB\-l\fR, \fB\-\-defaultloader\fR
61 The loader swf to be used is determined by a symlink named "default_loader.swf" in
62 the swftools data directory.
64 \fB\-B\fR, \fB\-\-viewer\fR filename
65 See http://www.quiss.org/swftools/pdf2swf_usage.html for information on how to create your own viewers.
67 \fB\-L\fR, \fB\-\-preloader\fR filename
68 filename is an arbitrary swf animation.
70 \fB\-q\fR, \fB\-\-quiet\fR
71 Suppress normal messages. Use -qq to suppress warnings, also.
73 \fB\-S\fR, \fB\-\-shapes\fR
74 Don't use SWF Fonts, but store everything as shape.
76 \fB\-f\fR, \fB\-\-fonts\fR
77 Store full fonts in SWF. (Don't reduce to used characters).
79 \fB\-G\fR, \fB\-\-flatten\fR
80 This usually makes the file faster to render and also usually smaller, but will increase
83 \fB\-I\fR, \fB\-\-info\fR
84 Don't do actual conversion, just display a list of all pages in the PDF.
86 \fB\-Q\fR, \fB\-\-maxtime\fR n
87 Abort conversion after n seconds. Only available on Unix.