Chapter 8. Getting the Most out of the PDF
In this chapter, we will explore the features of PDF. We will cover recipes for the following tasks:
- Adding hyperlinks
- Adding metadata
- Adding copyright information
- Inserting comments
- Producing fillable forms
- Optimizing the output for e-book readers
- Removing the white margins
- Combining PDF files
- Creating an animation
Introduction
Originally, LaTeX produced output in the Device independent file (DVI) format. This is still supported, however, today there exist newer page description languages, such as PostScript (PS) and the most popular Portable Document Format (PDF).
There are converters from DVI to PS, from PS to PDF, and also directly from DVI to PDF. A modern TeX compiler called pdfTeX can directly generate PDF ...
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