pdf2ppt

NAME

SYNOPSIS

pdf2ppt [ -n ][ file... ]

AVAILABILITY

DESCRIPTION

Each given file1.pdf is converted to file1.ppt as long as the destination file ( file1.ppt ) does not exist already.

The pdf2ppt command should be installed to the 'Send To' context menu in 'Microsoft™ Windows Explorer' for most convenient usage. To do so, invoke pdf2ppt -i once.

To perform the conversion 'Microsoft™ PowerPoint' has to be installed on the system.

OPTIONS

-h

usage message.

-i

install the pdf2ppt command as menu point 'pdf2ppt' to the 'Send To' context menu in 'Windows Explorer'.

-u

uninstall the pdf2ppt shortcut from the 'Send To' context menu in 'Windows Explorer'.

-V

print program version.

-n

non interactive execution. This prevents the message box dialog at the end of the program execution. Using -n the pdf2ppt command can be used in batch processing without any user intervention.

file...

list of *.pdf files to convert to *.ppt . When installed in the 'Send To' menu the selected file(s) in 'Windows Explorer' are passed as a list of files to the pdf2ppt command and all given SVG files are converted and saved as a separate PDF file.

If no file is specified, you are queried to select the file(s) by a open file box dialog where you then can select file(s) to be processed.

ENVIRONMENT

EXIT STATUS

0

no error.

1

files were skipped or conversion failed.

2

shortcut in 'SendTo' menu could not be removed.

4

usage message displayed.

5

program version printed.

6

program variant not known. This error occurs when the pdf2ppt command is renamed.

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SEE ALSO

NOTES

The pdf2ppt command uses internally pdf2ppt - Acrobat Free developed by Steven Lee, RubyPdf Technologies, <rocsky@gmail.com>.

For more information see: http://soft.rubypdf.com/software/pdf2ppt/pdf2ppt-acrobat-free

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COPYRIGHT

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.