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border line disappeared after convert dvi to pdf

all, I have two graphs, which are draw using visio using black lines. Now the problem is whenever I generate dvi file (I am using subfigure), these two graphs look fine, but when I convert it to pdf ...
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pdf vs dvi vs postscript

I have a few questions regarding these three: What is the difference between those three outputs? Does it make any difference in how my code is processed or just how it is displayed? What's ...
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Why does the latex command sometimes produces PDF output?

I have noticed that on some .tex files (making use of the graphicx and hyperref packages and PDF image files), the latex command produces PDF files instead of the expected DVI. How and when does this ...
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Preview in auctex on debian stable works in dvi mode, but fails on pdf mode

My auctex renders preview images on my debian stable system (6.0.6) if I set it to dvi mode, but it fails if I set auctex to pdf mode. I assume there is either a mistake in my emacs configuration ...
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How to temporarily suppress image insertion when compiling?

There are some big images in my document and compiling is taking substantial amount of time. When compiling a tex file to a dvi (and subsequently ps and pdf), is there any way I can temporarily ...
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Including graphics for both DVI and PNG

I'm asking a question is quite similar to this one (where I don't seem to be able to leave comments): MikTex error for PNG images when trying to produce DVI I'm producing a PDF document, but I'm ...
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Different color display between Adobe Reader and Yap

Today I have been realized some drawings for my scientific article using PGF. After converting the DVI to the PDF file I have noticed that my grid which has been supposed to be gray was somewhat ...
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Why using pdf we get better results than using dvi?

In How can I auto adjust a equation to appear in the entire page? (Scale to equations, is this exist?) I asked how I could change the equation sizes. Nothing seemed to work. But the problem was I was ...
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Ghostscript problem

I'm trying to submit a LaTeX paper to Wiley ISMRW but get the following error: ************************************************************************ command: dvipdf MRM3.dvi Command Ok dvips: ...
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Margin changes in converting DVI to PDF

I have a 1 inch top margin in all the pages that I have in my DVI file. When I convert this to PDF however the top margin reduces! I am not sure why this is happening. Could someone tell me how to ...
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How to better combine several PDF files with DVI and PS available?

I got 5 pdf files with their original dvi and ps, but i don't have the tex files which created them. Now I would like to combine them to a single pdf. I know I can easily do it using Adobe acrobat. ...
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Is there any reason to compile to DVI rather than PDF these days?

I appreciate that in the past, latex was faster than pdflatex, but computer speeds being what they are nowadays, I can't see any difference in how quickly documents compile... So, given that the end ...
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Difference between dvipdf executables

What is the difference between the different dvipdf executables in \MiKTeX 2.8\miktex\bin dvipdfm.exe dvipdfmx.exe dvipdft.exe
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Why does my conference/university require me to use dvi intermediary format?

What for? I thought pdfLaTeX was simpler and eliminated useless steps as well as possible font issues? In other words what is the difference between a pdf generated using the LaTeX command and dvi's ...
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Output viewers for use with LaTeX

What viewers do you use for reviewing the beautifully-styled output of your LaTeX source? List PDF, DVI and PostScript options. Possibly, one entry per answer, and list platform availability, ...