Ghostscript Tools                                       PDFOPT(1)



NAME
     pdfopt - Ghostscript PDF Optimizer

SYNOPSIS
     pdfopt [ options ] input.pdf output.pdf

DESCRIPTION
     pdfopt uses gs(1) to convert  the  Adobe  Portable  Document
     Format  (PDF) file "input.pdf" to a so-called optimized form
     in "output.pdf".  Optimization puts the elements of the file
     into  a more linear order and adds "hint" pointers, allowing
     Adobe's Acrobat(TM) products to display individual pages  of
     the file more quickly when accessing the file through a net-
     work.

     Note: input.pdf and output.pdf must not  be  the  same.   If
     they  are,  the  file  will  probably  be destroyed.  pdfopt
     currently does not check for this.

FILES
     Run "gs -h" to find the location of  Ghostscript  documenta-
     tion on your system, from which you can get more details.

SEE ALSO
     "Linearized  PDF"   in   Adobe's   PDF   reference   manual,
     http:/partners.adobe.com/asn/developer/acrosdk/DOCS/pdfspec.pdf

VERSION
     This document was last revised for Ghostscript version 8.63.

AUTHOR
     Artifex  Software,  Inc.  are  the  primary  maintainers  of
     Ghostscript.






















8.63               Last change: 1 August 2008                   1