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Reformat PDF Files Into Booklets Etc for Quicker, Cheaper Printing
Gimposition is a small, free Windows utility which alters the internals of a PDF file to change the page sizes, orders, orientations etc. You can get it from http://www.noliturbare.com/pdf-tools/simple-imposition. The download is less than 1 MB, though it does require .NET Framework 2.0.
So, why would you want such a program? The most common reason would be for printing a PDF file in booklet format, so that, when the stack of printed sheets is folded, the pages of the document are in the correct order.
The program is simple and easy to use. Download and unzip the file, then double-click to run it.. There's no installation process required. Type the name of an existing PDF file into the box, or drag one onto the program's user interface, and then choose your options. The program then gets to work, creating a new PDF file in your chosen location. It's surprisingly quick, too. A 100-page PDF file took less than 1 second on my PC, to convert to booklet format.
Note that the program is in no way related to the freeware graphics editor the Gimp, despite the name.
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there is an alternative Freeware PDF booklet creator by Marten Olgaard - can be downloaded from http://opensource.marten.dk
It does what it is prromised to do but...
I wish i had a freeware tool that does imposition splitting the book into groups of say, 20 or 30 pages. For 1) it is impossible to staple one big book and 2)when bookletizing big books, the creep due to paper thickness becomes to much noticeable, and you have to manually trim edges...
Could this be used to reformat/reshape PDF files for convenient reading on mobile devices? I have many long documents, which would be very useful on my iPhone.
Thanks!
Apparently not. The output format is chosen from a brief "radio-list" and is not configurable.
You could use PDF to TXT tools like those available within FoxIT.
Norton interrupted the installation, announced the detection of a security threat, then removed the threat: install.exe. What's the deal? As a teacher, I have a lot of use for such a software program as this.
It's a false positive. I've tried this software and am quite happy with it. Definitely this is a must-have for me and now added in the list of Best Free PDF Tools.
Norton has the most fantastic business plan ever invented. They promise to protect folks from "everything" and then they do this by flagging "everything" as a threat :D
This is the VirusTotal scan sheet for the exe.
http://www.virustotal.com/file-scan/report.html?id=fcf1e00c2c1285ff3ca7a...
As you can see - strike one out of 38 from guess who - Norton!
This is a "reputation" detection from Norton which means that because they've never heard of it, it might be dangerous. Do people really still pay money for this?
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