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I have a PDF file with multiple figures; each figure is a separate page in the PDF file.

I am using pdflatex, and I would like to use \includegraphics or equivalent to include some of the figures.

Of course I could use an external tool to split the PDF file into multiple one-page PDF files. Then I could use \includegraphics as usual. However, I would have a much simpler workflow if I could avoid this extra step. Hence the question:

How can I include, e.g., page 3 of foo.pdf as a figure?

I am aware that there is a Latex package called pdfpages, but it seems to be designed for something else: with pdfpages, each page in the input file will produce a full page in the final document, not just a box.

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\includegraphics[page=3]{foo}

should work, or

\includegraphics[page=..,trim=...,clip]{foo}

for only parts of the page.

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Many thanks, it indeed works! I was already writing that I would like to do something like \includegraphics[page=3]{foo}, but didn't try it, as I couldn't find anything like that in the documentation of the graphicx package... Thus a follow-up question that might help me and others in the future: where is the page= option documented? – Jukka Suomela Dec 29 '10 at 19:35
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that is defined only for the driver pdftex, the reason why you find it not in graphicx, but in the file pdftex.def – Herbert Dec 29 '10 at 19:53
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But that effectively means that it's not documented at all, since pdftex.def certainly isn't where anyone should look for such information, and other that a single mention that the graphicx package has "automatic pdfTeX support", the pdftex documentation isn't really helpful either. (I've been using graphicx for years and didn't know about this either.) – Alan Munn Dec 29 '10 at 21:17
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@Alan: the problem is that most people think that graphicx inserts the graphic, but it didn't, it provides only the useful infos for TeX or pdftex for typesetting. pdftex itself also didn't know anything about the graphic format, but it is the only system, which has its own driver. The others have only drivers for external programs, like dvips, dvipsone, dvipdf and so on. The file pdftex.def has some more useful features. I understand your point, but it is not me who provides pdftex.def ... :-) – Herbert Dec 29 '10 at 21:34
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@João: use \includegraphics[page=..,trim=...,clip]{file.pdf} – Herbert Mar 8 at 8:32
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