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.TH PDFTOHTML 1
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.SH NAME
pdftohtml \- program to convert pdf files into html, xml and png images
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B pdftohtml
.I "[options] <PDF-file> [<html-file> <xml-file>]"
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
This manual page documents briefly the
.BR pdftohtml
command.
This manual page was written for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution
because the original program does not have a manual page.
.PP
.B pdftohtml
is a program that converts pdf documents into html. It generates its output in
the current working directory.
.SH OPTIONS
A summary of options are included below.
.TP
.B \-h, \-help
Show summary of options.
.TP
.B \-f <int>
first page to print
.TP
.B \-l <int>
last page to print
.TP
.B \-q
dont print any messages or errors
.TP
.B \-v
print copyright and version info
.TP
.B \-p
exchange .pdf links with .html
.TP
.B \-c
generate complex output
.TP
.B \-s
generate single html that includes all pages
.TP
.B \-i
ignore images
.TP
.B \-noframes
generate no frames. Not supported in complex output mode.
.TP
.B \-stdout
use standard output
.TP
.B \-zoom <fp>
zoom the pdf document (default 1.5)
.TP
.B \-xml
output for XML post-processing
.TP
.B \-enc <string>
output text encoding name
.TP
.B \-opw <string>
owner password (for encrypted files)
.TP
.B \-upw <string>
user password (for encrypted files)
.TP
.B \-hidden
force hidden text extraction
.TP
.B \-dev
output device name for Ghostscript (png16m, jpeg etc).
Unless this option is specified, Splash will be used
.TP
.B \-fmt
image file format for Splash output (png or jpg).
If complex is selected, but neither -fmt or -dev are specified,
-fmt png will be assumed
.TP
.B \-nomerge
do not merge paragraphs
.TP
.B \-nodrm
override document DRM settings
.SH AUTHOR
Pdftohtml was developed by Gueorgui Ovtcharov and Rainer Dorsch. It is
based and benefits a lot from Derek Noonburg's xpdf package.
This manual page was written by Søren Boll Overgaard <boll@debian.org>,
for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).