.TH pdf2swf "1" "June 2008" "pdf2swf" "swftools"
.SH NAME
pdf2swf - Converts Acrobat PDF files into Flash SWF Animation files.

.SH Synopsis
.B pdf2swf [-options] file.pdf -o file.swf

.SH DESCRIPTION
Converts a PDF file to a SWF file.

.SH OPTIONS
.TP
\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR 
    Print short help message and exit
.TP
\fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR 
    Print version info and exit
.TP
\fB\-o\fR, \fB\-\-output\fR file.swf
    will go into a seperate file.
.TP
\fB\-p\fR, \fB\-\-pages\fR range
    3-5,10-12
.TP
\fB\-P\fR, \fB\-\-password\fR password
    Use password for deciphering the pdf.
.TP
\fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-verbose\fR 
    Be verbose. Use more than one -v for greater effect.
.TP
\fB\-z\fR, \fB\-\-zlib\fR 
    The resulting SWF will not be playable in browsers with Flash Plugins 5 and below!
.TP
\fB\-i\fR, \fB\-\-ignore\fR 
    SWF files a little bit smaller, but it may also cause the images in the pdf to look funny.
.TP
\fB\-j\fR, \fB\-\-jpegquality\fR quality
    Set quality of embedded jpeg pictures to quality. 0 is worst (small), 100 is best (big). (default:85)
.TP
\fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-set\fR param=value
    Set a SWF encoder specific parameter.  See pdf2swf -s help for more information.
.TP
\fB\-w\fR, \fB\-\-samewindow\fR 
    When clicked on, the page they point to will be opened in the window the SWF is displayed.
.TP
\fB\-t\fR, \fB\-\-stop\fR 
    The resulting SWF file will not turn pages automatically.
.TP
\fB\-T\fR, \fB\-\-flashversion\fR num
    Set Flash Version in the SWF header to num.
.TP
\fB\-F\fR, \fB\-\-fontdir\fR directory
    Add directory to the font search path.
.TP
\fB\-b\fR, \fB\-\-defaultviewer\fR 
    Therefore the swf file will be "browseable", i.e.  display some buttons for turning pages.
    The viewer swf to be used is determined by a symlink named "default_viewer.swf" in
    the swftools data directory.
.TP
\fB\-l\fR, \fB\-\-defaultloader\fR 
    The loader swf to be used is determined by a symlink named "default_loader.swf" in
    the swftools data directory.
.TP
\fB\-B\fR, \fB\-\-viewer\fR filename
    See http://www.quiss.org/swftools/pdf2swf_usage.html for information on how to create your own viewers.
.TP
\fB\-L\fR, \fB\-\-preloader\fR filename
    filename is an arbitrary swf animation.
.TP
\fB\-q\fR, \fB\-\-quiet\fR 
    Suppress normal messages.  Use -qq to suppress warnings, also.
.TP
\fB\-S\fR, \fB\-\-shapes\fR 
    Don't use SWF Fonts, but store everything as shape.
.TP
\fB\-f\fR, \fB\-\-fonts\fR 
    Store full fonts in SWF. (Don't reduce to used characters).
.TP
\fB\-G\fR, \fB\-\-flatten\fR 
    This usually makes the file faster to render and also usually smaller, but will increase
    conversion time.
.TP
\fB\-I\fR, \fB\-\-info\fR 
    Don't do actual conversion, just display a list of all pages in the PDF.
.TP
\fB\-Q\fR, \fB\-\-maxtime\fR n
    Abort conversion after n seconds. Only available on Unix.