Export only the TOC as a pdf

[Nikos Alexandris]

Hi list!

Did you ever want to export as a pdf the TOC of your 200+ pages
document, just to show to a friend what is all about it, that you
spent your hours behind the monitor?

No other way than exporting the whole document and grabbing the pages of
interest?

Regards, Nikos

Re: Export only the TOC as a pdf

[Uwe Stöhr]

Nikos Alexandris schrieb:


Did you ever want to export as a pdf the TOC of your 200+ pages
document, just to show to a friend what is all about it, that you
spent your hours behind the monitor?

No other way than exporting the whole document and grabbing the pages of
interest?


Not that I know. But exporting a 200+ pages file to PDF and then taking the first pages of it and 
save it as a separate PDF file takes here only 2 minutes.


regards Uwe

Re: Export only the TOC as a pdf

[Nikos Alexandris]

On Sun, 2009-02-15 at 16:07 +0100, Uwe Stöhr wrote:
 Nikos Alexandris schrieb:
 
  Did you ever want to export as a pdf the TOC of your 200+ pages
  document, just to show to a friend what is all about it, that you
  spent your hours behind the monitor?
  
  No other way than exporting the whole document and grabbing the pages of
  interest?
 
 Not that I know. But exporting a 200+ pages file to PDF and then taking the 
 first pages of it and 
 save it as a separate PDF file takes here only 2 minutes.
 
 regards Uwe

Yes, it sure takes some minutes... Open the document (~14MB), export
(200+ pages with lots of images), open with a pdf editor... (like
PDFEdit # the only one I know under linux that works), identify the TOC
pages, learn how to to isolate pages (hmmm... I am still trying to
figure out if there is save selected pages in PDFEdit... or do I have
to erase all other pages!!?), save them... and ok.

What about an option in LyX under File  Export  TOC (pdf) ?

Regards, Nikos

Re: Export only the TOC as a pdf

[Uwe Stöhr]

Nikos Alexandris schrieb:


Yes, it sure takes some minutes... Open the document (~14MB),


Hmm, this does not take more than 5 seconds even with the biggest PDF I found 
on my 3 year old PC.


export
(200+ pages with lots of images), open with a pdf editor... (like
PDFEdit # the only one I know under linux that works), identify the TOC
pages, learn how to to isolate pages (hmmm... I am still trying to
figure out if there is save selected pages in PDFEdit... or do I have
to erase all other pages!!?), save them... and ok.


But you have to do this only once. The next time you know how to do this. There are btw. other PDF 
viewers available on Linux, for example all Ghostscript-based viewers, and the one that comes with 
KDE and that of Gnome.



What about an option in LyX under File  Export  TOC (pdf) ?


Would sure be useful, but this requires some nasty LaTeX tricks. The TOC is created in the second 
LaTeX run, because at first the whole document must be processed to see what section headings are 
used. SO you need to compile always the whole document and in a second step extract the TOC pages. 
And this is what you do when you use a PDF viewer for that.


regards Uwe

Re: Export only the TOC as a pdf

[Nikos Alexandris]

On Sun, 2009-02-15 at 16:41 +0100, Uwe Stöhr wrote:
  What about an option in LyX under File  Export  TOC (pdf) ?
 
 Would sure be useful, but this requires some nasty LaTeX tricks. The
 TOC is created in the second 
 LaTeX run, because at first the whole document must be processed to
 see what section headings are 
 used. SO you need to compile always the whole document and in a second
 step extract the TOC pages. 
 And this is what you do when you use a PDF viewer for that.
 
 regards Uwe

Apologies for my ignorance. I thought it would be too easy. Anyhow,
would be nice to have :-)

Kind regards, Nikos

Re: Export only the TOC as a pdf

[Jürgen Spitzmüller]

Nikos Alexandris wrote:
 learn how to to isolate pages

use pdftk on linux. If you run KDE, there are also pdftk service menus for the 
konqueror.

Jürgen

Re: Export only the TOC as a pdf

[Nikos Alexandris]

On Sun, 2009-02-15 at 19:02 +, L Duperval wrote:
 On Sun, 15 Feb 2009 16:53:09 +0100, Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote:
 
  Nikos Alexandris wrote:
  learn how to to isolate pages
  
  use pdftk on linux. If you run KDE, there are also pdftk service menus
  for the konqueror.
  
  Jürgen
 
 
 Why not print-to-file and print the first pages only?
 
 L
 

Yes, why not? I need to rest a bit...
Thanks :-)

Re: Export only the TOC as a pdf

[Rich Shepard]

On Sun, 15 Feb 2009, Nikos Alexandris wrote:


use pdftk on linux.


  Let me second this recommendation. This tool is exceptionally useful for
bursting, concatenating, rotating, and doing other manipulations on a pdf
file that it's worth the few minutes to install and learn.

Rich

--
Richard B. Shepard, Ph.D.   |  IntegrityCredibility
Applied Ecosystem Services, Inc.|Innovation
http://www.appl-ecosys.com Voice: 503-667-4517  Fax: 503-667-8863

Re: Export only the TOC as a pdf

[Nikos Alexandris]

On Sun, 2009-02-15 at 12:40 -0800, Rich Shepard wrote:
 On Sun, 15 Feb 2009, Nikos Alexandris wrote:
 
  use pdftk on linux.
 
Let me second this recommendation. This tool is exceptionally useful for
 bursting, concatenating, rotating, and doing other manipulations on a pdf
 file that it's worth the few minutes to install and learn.
 
 Rich
 

I had a look in the available options already. Seems it can many things.
I assume it's perfect when it comes to automate several tasks.

Thanks to all, Nikos

Export only the TOC as a pdf

[Nikos Alexandris]

Hi list!

Did you ever want to export as a pdf the TOC of your 200+ pages
document, just to show to a friend what is all about it, that you
spent your hours behind the monitor?

No other way than exporting the whole document and grabbing the pages of
interest?

Regards, Nikos

Re: Export only the TOC as a pdf

[Uwe Stöhr]

Nikos Alexandris schrieb:


Did you ever want to export as a pdf the TOC of your 200+ pages
document, just to show to a friend what is all about it, that you
spent your hours behind the monitor?

No other way than exporting the whole document and grabbing the pages of
interest?


Not that I know. But exporting a 200+ pages file to PDF and then taking the first pages of it and 
save it as a separate PDF file takes here only 2 minutes.


regards Uwe

Re: Export only the TOC as a pdf

[Nikos Alexandris]

On Sun, 2009-02-15 at 16:07 +0100, Uwe Stöhr wrote:
 Nikos Alexandris schrieb:
 
  Did you ever want to export as a pdf the TOC of your 200+ pages
  document, just to show to a friend what is all about it, that you
  spent your hours behind the monitor?
  
  No other way than exporting the whole document and grabbing the pages of
  interest?
 
 Not that I know. But exporting a 200+ pages file to PDF and then taking the 
 first pages of it and 
 save it as a separate PDF file takes here only 2 minutes.
 
 regards Uwe

Yes, it sure takes some minutes... Open the document (~14MB), export
(200+ pages with lots of images), open with a pdf editor... (like
PDFEdit # the only one I know under linux that works), identify the TOC
pages, learn how to to isolate pages (hmmm... I am still trying to
figure out if there is save selected pages in PDFEdit... or do I have
to erase all other pages!!?), save them... and ok.

What about an option in LyX under File  Export  TOC (pdf) ?

Regards, Nikos

Re: Export only the TOC as a pdf

[Uwe Stöhr]

Nikos Alexandris schrieb:


Yes, it sure takes some minutes... Open the document (~14MB),


Hmm, this does not take more than 5 seconds even with the biggest PDF I found 
on my 3 year old PC.


export
(200+ pages with lots of images), open with a pdf editor... (like
PDFEdit # the only one I know under linux that works), identify the TOC
pages, learn how to to isolate pages (hmmm... I am still trying to
figure out if there is save selected pages in PDFEdit... or do I have
to erase all other pages!!?), save them... and ok.


But you have to do this only once. The next time you know how to do this. There are btw. other PDF 
viewers available on Linux, for example all Ghostscript-based viewers, and the one that comes with 
KDE and that of Gnome.



What about an option in LyX under File  Export  TOC (pdf) ?


Would sure be useful, but this requires some nasty LaTeX tricks. The TOC is created in the second 
LaTeX run, because at first the whole document must be processed to see what section headings are 
used. SO you need to compile always the whole document and in a second step extract the TOC pages. 
And this is what you do when you use a PDF viewer for that.


regards Uwe

Re: Export only the TOC as a pdf

[Nikos Alexandris]

On Sun, 2009-02-15 at 16:41 +0100, Uwe Stöhr wrote:
  What about an option in LyX under File  Export  TOC (pdf) ?
 
 Would sure be useful, but this requires some nasty LaTeX tricks. The
 TOC is created in the second 
 LaTeX run, because at first the whole document must be processed to
 see what section headings are 
 used. SO you need to compile always the whole document and in a second
 step extract the TOC pages. 
 And this is what you do when you use a PDF viewer for that.
 
 regards Uwe

Apologies for my ignorance. I thought it would be too easy. Anyhow,
would be nice to have :-)

Kind regards, Nikos

Re: Export only the TOC as a pdf

[Jürgen Spitzmüller]

Nikos Alexandris wrote:
 learn how to to isolate pages

use pdftk on linux. If you run KDE, there are also pdftk service menus for the 
konqueror.

Jürgen

Re: Export only the TOC as a pdf

[Nikos Alexandris]

On Sun, 2009-02-15 at 19:02 +, L Duperval wrote:
 On Sun, 15 Feb 2009 16:53:09 +0100, Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote:
 
  Nikos Alexandris wrote:
  learn how to to isolate pages
  
  use pdftk on linux. If you run KDE, there are also pdftk service menus
  for the konqueror.
  
  Jürgen
 
 
 Why not print-to-file and print the first pages only?
 
 L
 

Yes, why not? I need to rest a bit...
Thanks :-)

Re: Export only the TOC as a pdf

[Rich Shepard]

On Sun, 15 Feb 2009, Nikos Alexandris wrote:


use pdftk on linux.


  Let me second this recommendation. This tool is exceptionally useful for
bursting, concatenating, rotating, and doing other manipulations on a pdf
file that it's worth the few minutes to install and learn.

Rich

--
Richard B. Shepard, Ph.D.   |  IntegrityCredibility
Applied Ecosystem Services, Inc.|Innovation
http://www.appl-ecosys.com Voice: 503-667-4517  Fax: 503-667-8863

Re: Export only the TOC as a pdf

[Nikos Alexandris]

On Sun, 2009-02-15 at 12:40 -0800, Rich Shepard wrote:
 On Sun, 15 Feb 2009, Nikos Alexandris wrote:
 
  use pdftk on linux.
 
Let me second this recommendation. This tool is exceptionally useful for
 bursting, concatenating, rotating, and doing other manipulations on a pdf
 file that it's worth the few minutes to install and learn.
 
 Rich
 

I had a look in the available options already. Seems it can many things.
I assume it's perfect when it comes to automate several tasks.

Thanks to all, Nikos

Export only the TOC as a pdf

[Nikos Alexandris]

Hi list!

Did you ever want to export as a pdf the TOC of your 200+ pages
document, just to show to a friend what is all about "it", that you
spent your hours behind the monitor?

No other way than exporting the whole document and grabbing the pages of
interest?

Regards, Nikos

Re: Export only the TOC as a pdf

[Uwe Stöhr]

Nikos Alexandris schrieb:


Did you ever want to export as a pdf the TOC of your 200+ pages
document, just to show to a friend what is all about "it", that you
spent your hours behind the monitor?

No other way than exporting the whole document and grabbing the pages of
interest?


Not that I know. But exporting a 200+ pages file to PDF and then taking the first pages of it and 
save it as a separate PDF file takes here only 2 minutes.


regards Uwe

Re: Export only the TOC as a pdf

[Nikos Alexandris]

On Sun, 2009-02-15 at 16:07 +0100, Uwe Stöhr wrote:
> Nikos Alexandris schrieb:
> 
> > Did you ever want to export as a pdf the TOC of your 200+ pages
> > document, just to show to a friend what is all about "it", that you
> > spent your hours behind the monitor?
> > 
> > No other way than exporting the whole document and grabbing the pages of
> > interest?
> 
> Not that I know. But exporting a 200+ pages file to PDF and then taking the 
> first pages of it and 
> save it as a separate PDF file takes here only 2 minutes.
> 
> regards Uwe

Yes, it sure takes some minutes... Open the document (~14MB), export
(200+ pages with lots of images), open with a pdf editor... (like
PDFEdit # the only one I know under linux that works), identify the TOC
pages, learn how to to "isolate" pages (hmmm... I am still trying to
figure out if there is "save selected pages" in PDFEdit... or do I have
to erase all other pages!!?), save them... and ok.

What about an option in LyX under File > Export > TOC (pdf) ?

Regards, Nikos

Re: Export only the TOC as a pdf

[Uwe Stöhr]

Nikos Alexandris schrieb:


Yes, it sure takes some minutes... Open the document (~14MB),


Hmm, this does not take more than 5 seconds even with the biggest PDF I found 
on my 3 year old PC.


export
(200+ pages with lots of images), open with a pdf editor... (like
PDFEdit # the only one I know under linux that works), identify the TOC
pages, learn how to to "isolate" pages (hmmm... I am still trying to
figure out if there is "save selected pages" in PDFEdit... or do I have
to erase all other pages!!?), save them... and ok.


But you have to do this only once. The next time you know how to do this. There are btw. other PDF 
viewers available on Linux, for example all Ghostscript-based viewers, and the one that comes with 
KDE and that of Gnome.



What about an option in LyX under File > Export > TOC (pdf) ?


Would sure be useful, but this requires some nasty LaTeX tricks. The TOC is created in the second 
LaTeX run, because at first the whole document must be processed to see what section headings are 
used. SO you need to compile always the whole document and in a second step extract the TOC pages. 
And this is what you do when you use a PDF viewer for that.


regards Uwe

Re: Export only the TOC as a pdf

[Nikos Alexandris]

On Sun, 2009-02-15 at 16:41 +0100, Uwe Stöhr wrote:
> > What about an option in LyX under File > Export > TOC (pdf) ?
> 
> Would sure be useful, but this requires some nasty LaTeX tricks. The
> TOC is created in the second 
> LaTeX run, because at first the whole document must be processed to
> see what section headings are 
> used. SO you need to compile always the whole document and in a second
> step extract the TOC pages. 
> And this is what you do when you use a PDF viewer for that.
> 
> regards Uwe

Apologies for my ignorance. I thought it would be too easy. Anyhow,
would be nice to have :-)

Kind regards, Nikos

Re: Export only the TOC as a pdf

[Jürgen Spitzmüller]

Nikos Alexandris wrote:
> learn how to to "isolate" pages

use pdftk on linux. If you run KDE, there are also pdftk service menus for the 
konqueror.

Jürgen

Re: Export only the TOC as a pdf

[Nikos Alexandris]

On Sun, 2009-02-15 at 19:02 +, L Duperval wrote:
> On Sun, 15 Feb 2009 16:53:09 +0100, Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote:
> 
> > Nikos Alexandris wrote:
> >> learn how to to "isolate" pages
> > 
> > use pdftk on linux. If you run KDE, there are also pdftk service menus
> > for the konqueror.
> > 
> > Jürgen
> 
> 
> Why not print-to-file and print the first pages only?
> 
> L
> 

Yes, why not? I need to rest a bit...
Thanks :-)

Re: Export only the TOC as a pdf

[Rich Shepard]

On Sun, 15 Feb 2009, Nikos Alexandris wrote:


use pdftk on linux.


  Let me second this recommendation. This tool is exceptionally useful for
bursting, concatenating, rotating, and doing other manipulations on a pdf
file that it's worth the few minutes to install and learn.

Rich

--
Richard B. Shepard, Ph.D.   |  IntegrityCredibility
Applied Ecosystem Services, Inc.|Innovation
 Voice: 503-667-4517  Fax: 503-667-8863

Re: Export only the TOC as a pdf

[Nikos Alexandris]

On Sun, 2009-02-15 at 12:40 -0800, Rich Shepard wrote:
> On Sun, 15 Feb 2009, Nikos Alexandris wrote:
> 
> >>> use pdftk on linux.
> 
>Let me second this recommendation. This tool is exceptionally useful for
> bursting, concatenating, rotating, and doing other manipulations on a pdf
> file that it's worth the few minutes to install and learn.
> 
> Rich
> 

I had a look in the available options already. Seems it can many things.
I assume it's perfect when it comes to automate several tasks.

Thanks to all, Nikos