Optimizing PDF Files
Initially, LaTeX produced output in DVI format. This stands for device independent file. It is still supported; however, today there are newer page description languages, such as PostScript (PS) and the widely favored Portable Document Format (PDF).
There are converters from DVI to PS, PS to PDF, and DVI to PDF. A modern TeX compiler, called pdfTeX, can directly generate PDF output. Combined with the LaTeX format, this is called pdfLaTeX, and it’s pretty much the standard today.
In this chapter, we will use LaTeX to utilize the features of the PDF format. We will cover recipes for the following tasks:
- Using hyperlinks
- Adding metadata
- Including copyright information
- Inserting comments
- Producing fillable forms
- Optimizing the output for e-book readers
- Removing white margins
- Combining PDF files
- Creating an animation
