Excel chart -> PDF -> LaTeX but need to remove white space

Question

I converted an Excel chart to a PDF file by Save As.. PDF in Excel. It looks good, but there is a lot of whitespace/margin on top and bottom which I need to get rid of. The only way to do so seems to be by using Acrobat professional which I don't have. Is there a free way to do this? I use Windows by the way.

Answer 1

You can use the commandline tool pdfcrop. For this you need perl.

Answer 2

This is more of a Superuser question than a Latex question. You could also use Briss which doesn't require Perl.

Answer 3

For Windows install a Perl, eg from http://www.activestate.com/perl and then you can use pdfcrop <file> which creates a <file>-crop.pdf. You can rename the file or use the new one.

Alternatively use the trim option for \includegraphics together with clip it cuts of the defined border.

Answer 4

You might want to consider using the new inkscape pdf import option. It even allows you to edit the picture. Be aware though that the result is not optimal for editing.