meta2cover
Package: WA2L/WinTools 1.2.08
Section: General Commands (1)
Updated: 20 August 2017
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NAME
meta2cover - create PDF cover page based on meta data
SYNOPSIS
WA2LWinTools/bin/meta2cover
[
-h
|
-V
|
-i
|
-u
]
meta2cover
[
-d templatedir
]
file...
AVAILABILITY
WA2L/WinTools
DESCRIPTION
create a PDF cover page for document(s) based on
meta data entered using the
metadata(1)
command.
This enables you to efficiently create unique looking
document collections also when each underlying document has
its own title page.
The cover page file name is
document.ext.cover.pdf
.
The
meta2cover
command should be installed to the
'Send To'
context menu in
'Microsoft™ Windows Explorer'
for most convenient usage. To do so, invoke
meta2cover -i
once.
OPTIONS
- -h
-
usage message.
- -V
-
print program version.
- -i
-
install the
meta2cover
command as menu point
to the
'Send To'
context menu in
'Windows Explorer'.
- -u
-
uninstall the
meta2cover
shortcut from the
'Send To'
context menu in
'Windows Explorer'.
- -d templatedir
-
directory of
meta2cover.Publisher.docx
files if different from the default location
etc/.
See
meta2cover.docx(4)
for more information.
- file...
-
file to create the cover PDF file for.
You can select the original file
(file.ext),
the
*.meta file
or the
file.ext.cover.pdf
to create the cover page. The prerequisite is, that the
original file once has been registered using
metadata(1).
ENVIRONMENT
-
EXIT STATUS
- 0
-
no error.
- 4
-
usage message displayed.
- 5
-
program version printed.
FILES
- lib/meta2cover.default.docx
-
built in default template for all publishers
for which no specific
meta2cover.Publisher.docx
template exists.
Do not change this file, it will be overwritten when
upgrading the WA2L/WinTools package, create your own
meta2cover.default.docx
file in the
etc/
directory.
- etc/meta2cover.Publisher.docx
-
customized publisher
specific template.
- etc/meta2cover.default.docx
-
customized default template for all publishers
for which no specific
meta2cover.Publisher.docx
exists.
EXAMPLES
-
SEE ALSO
wintoolsintro(1),
meta2cover.docx(4),
metadata(1),
metadata.cfg(4)
NOTES
-
BUGS
-
AUTHOR
meta2cover was developed by Christian Walther. Send suggestions
and bug reports to wa2l@users.sourceforge.net .
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2020
Christian Walther
This is free software; see
WA2LWinTools/man/COPYING
for copying conditions. There is ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; not
even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
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