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How do I get rid of this error:

PDF inclusion: found PDF version <1.5>, but at most version <1. 4> allowed

I tried putting \pdfoptionpdfminorversion=5 after my preamble, but nothing happens.

(Edit added by Andrew Stacey):

I've seen this error in the following situation.

  1. I created some PDFs using TeXLive2010 with the most recent stable PGF/TikZ (in case it is relevant).
  2. I cropped these PDFs using pdfcrop, again from TeXLive 2010.
  3. I sent these to another person, who included them in their document with the graphicx package.
  4. That person used TeXLive 2009 to compile the document.

(I'll need a little time to dig out a MWE! I'll need to figure out how to switch between TL2010 and TL2009 on my machine.)

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Are you including any other PDFs as pictures? Check the PDF version of them. Which version of pdflatex are you using? – Martin Scharrer♦ Feb 22 '11 at 9:37
I have two pdfs as pictures, how can I find out what version of pdflatex I'm using? – user3749 Feb 22 '11 at 9:45
Both the PDFs are 1.5 – user3749 Feb 22 '11 at 9:47
It is in the first line of the log file. Also check the PDF version of the resulting PDF. – Martin Scharrer♦ Feb 22 '11 at 9:49
Where's the $log$ file? Sorry, I'm new at this :S – user3749 Feb 22 '11 at 9:55
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Did you try \pdfminorversion=X ? At least it works for me...

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Then it says ! LaTeX Error: Missing \begin{document}. – user3749 Feb 22 '11 at 9:57
when I have \begin{document} below it – user3749 Feb 22 '11 at 9:57
\documentclass{article} \pdfminorversion=6 \begin{document} Text \end{document} This is the right syntax and should run. – meep.meep Feb 22 '11 at 10:06
now it says geometry driver: auto-detecting geometry detected driver: pdftex and it doesn't finish and get the PDF to be previewed. – user3749 Feb 22 '11 at 10:08
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This is no way to solve your problem. No one can find the mistakes in just tiny bits of code an error messages. You should post a minimal example (see the FAQ) please. – meep.meep Feb 22 '11 at 10:12
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