NAME

     setpdfmetadata — PDF Metadata Updater

SYNOPSIS

     setpdfmetadata [Input PDF] [Metadata] [Output PDF]

DESCRIPTION

     setpdfmetadata is tool to add and update the metadata of a PDF file. In particular, it can
     be used to add outlines (bookmarks) to a document. Furthermore, it can set the document
     properties (e.g. author, title,  keywords, creator, producer).
     Note, that all metadata content will be encoded in ISO-8859-1 encoding. It is not (yet)
     possible to use non-ISO-8859-1 text in the PDF metadata.
     The metadata may contain the following commands:

     outline Level Page Bookmark
            Add a PDF outline at the given level (0=chapter, 1=section, 2=subsection,
            3=subsubsection, 4=paragraph, ...) and pointing to the given page number. Bookmark
            denotes the label text.

     author Author
            Sets the document author to the given value.

     title Title
            Sets the document title to the given value.

     title Subject
            Sets the document subject to the given value.

     keywords Keywords
            Sets the document keywords to the given value.

     creator Creator
            Sets the document creator to the given value.

     producer Producer
            Sets the document producer to the given value.

ARGUMENTS

     The following arguments have to be provided:

     Input PDF
             The input PDF file name.

     Output PDF
             The output PDF file name.

EXAMPLES

     A setpdfmetadata usage example:

     setpdfmetadata MyDocument.pdf MyMetadata.meta MyDocument-Updated.pdf
     A metadata example:
     outline 1 1 Chapter 1
     outline 2 2 Section 1.1
     outline 2 4 Section 1.2
     outline 1 6 Chapter 2
     author John Smith
     title An Example Document
     keywords Example, PDF, setpdfmetadata

AUTHORS

     Thomas Dreibholz
     https://www.uni-due.de/~be0001/netperfmeter
     mailto://dreibh@iem.uni-due.de