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Graphics with bottom border for signature capture

I am generating PDF documents using pdflatex with signature images which are pre-converted with Inkscape to pdf. The current template looks like this ({{ tags }} are django template tags): ...
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Equivalent of bounding box when compile with pdflatex

I'm having an issue inserting a .pdf image into my .tex file (an .eps works fine). A description of my problem is below. When I insert an .eps figure by doing: \documentclass[a4paper,11pt]{article} ...
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problem with including pdf using pdfpages

I am trying to use \includepdf with about 20 different PDFs. The first 19 have worked fine, but the last one which can be found below ...
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How to include a pdf image

All I am trying to include a pdf image in my tex file, but when I compiled the tex file, the console pop up the following error msg: ! LaTeX Error: Cannot determine size of graphic in ...
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1answer
84 views

Paper size with geometry in memoir: LaTeX vs PDFLaTeX

I have been searching for an answer to my problem, but my search did not yield any topics with the same problem, so hereby my question: I have created a document with the memoir package. The stocksize ...
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includegraphics in emacs with latexmk

I document I used to be able to compile on Vim wont compile on emacs. When I check the log, it is having trouble with \includegraphics[widht = 3in]{file.pdf} It says I could not locate the file ...
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1answer
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Vector images rasterized when converting to PDF? (XeTeX)

I've been using LyX with vector images in *.eps format for the longest time. Now I've moved to a new machine (a mac), tried to get the same work environment back, and ran into this problem: Creating ...
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Could not insert pdf graphics

Using \includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{mypdf} I tried to insert a PDF image to my XeLaTeX document. But instead of the images empty area places in its place. \documentclass{article} ...
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1answer
141 views

Producing TikZ-made .pdfs and using /includegraphics on them?

I'm helping TeX a professor's handwritten notes for publishing/pre-print purposes, and for producing certain graphics, I use PGF/TikZ. However, it seems he is having trouble compiling the code ...
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Insert a piece of PDF file as image [duplicate]

Recently I learned how to include just one page of a PDF file as image using \includegraphics, but now I need to include just part of the page and not  the entire page. How can I include just ...
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1answer
97 views

Change font to computer modern for includegraphics

Is it possible to change the font to computer modern for an included pdf in LaTeX? I know its possible to save texified text with Inkscape, but i'm looking for a solution with just LaTeX. "Example": ...
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1answer
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\includegraphics{*.pdf } substitutes in-figure symbols

I am using TeXstudio with its default settings. My figure is saved as PDF because I was unable to include *.eps because of the Unknown graphics extension: .eps-error. The figure opens without faults ...
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62 views

pdf pages in ps output file and eps figures in pdf output file

I am facing the following issue: I have got several graphs in eps format and several pdf pages to insert into one ps document. Now, the eps figures are correctly included in my ps file, but the pdf ...
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How do I ensure my images/graphics are embedded in the output document? [closed]

I am new to LaTex and I am learning the concept and terminology by using Lyx (TeX live under Linux). I created my first document using the Book class, added some images (combination of jpgs/pngs), ...
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2answers
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What is a good way to export part of an Adobe Illustrator illustration into latex?

I have an Adobe Illustrator file with 4 figures on it. I want to use these 4 figures separately in a LaTeX document. What would be the best way to do so? Keeping in mind that: I want to keep this ...
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0answers
237 views

Including PDF in LaTeX - parsing error [closed]

I am trying to include PDF file (generated using Visio) in my LaTeX document. It is basically an image. I followed the instruction from here to convert visio diagrams into pdf and then cropped using ...
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0answers
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Lyx: SVG files on PDF

I'm having trouble getting an SVG diagram to appear in a PDF. From researching online it looks like it should be simple enough, but I'm yet to discover what I'm doing wrong. I'm working in LyX, and ...
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1answer
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Why am I having such problems getting latex notation in my gnu plots?

I have tried setting the terminal to just about everything under the sun. I got it to read my latex notation for a brief compile and then it decided it didn't want to anymore again. The error that I ...
2
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1answer
162 views

Gray scale output using pdflatex

I use colour diagrams (saved as pdf files) which I include in my LaTeX file. Is there any options in pdflatex to create a gray scale document or a pdf viewer where you can view the document in gray ...
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0answers
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Submitting to a journal with only LaTeX, how to include transparent images and bitmaps?

The LaTeX submission process to the journal JCP involves Bundling all the bibliographies into a single file and embdeeding that into the source No external libraries Compile with latex not pdflatex ...
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Extract a graphic from the pdf document [closed]

I have a pdf file which contain text, image and text as : text .... My image text ... how can i do to print just the image on latex ?
4
votes
1answer
237 views

black background when including pdf with transparent background as image

I have a pdf image with transparent background that I'll include by using graphicx (\includegraphics). Everything is fine when using pdfLaTeX to build my pdf, but when I switch to XeTeX the image ...
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2answers
357 views

Pros and cons: pdflatex+gs vs gs+pdflatex

I need to be producing two versions of documents I deal with: colour and grayscale. Of course the real issue are images. I'm not the author of the documents nor the images, I'm only the typesetter. ...
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0answers
163 views

pdf figures in Kile not showing up in the .pdf [closed]

I've started trying to include .pdf images directly into my .tex files (instead of converting them to .eps which seems to degrade the image quality) but they're not showing up in the final .pdf file. ...
6
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1answer
369 views

PNG DPI and image size

I created a PNG file (763px by 600px at 72DPI) from a free image. I opened the image in GIMP and changed the DPI to 300 and saved it. After including it in a LaTeX file with ...
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1answer
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Includegraphics: set image opacity

I'd like to insert a PDF, but make it "lighter" by setting the opacity to 10% ("background watermark"). How to do that? A solution that works with texlive 2011 would be great. I use pdflatex and ...
2
votes
1answer
141 views

PDF-images -> slow scrolling

I use LaTeX for writing my Thesis. I recently added 7 pdf-images rendered in matlab. These images are placed one after another. When I scroll over this part of the thesis in pdfTex or Apple Preview ...
3
votes
1answer
289 views

Including graphic outside bounding box using graphicx and pdflatex

I am including graphics from .pdf files into my latex document using the graphicx package. Some objects in the graphics files extend beyond the pdf page area, which is used as the bounding box for ...
12
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2answers
352 views

How to convert a png into pdf using LaTeX?

I have a larger png image: width is 5400 pixels and height is 3850 pixels. I need to transform it into a pdf file in SPA3 size, which means 320mm x 450mm. Is there a way to do it with LaTeX? What I ...
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0answers
245 views

How to insert pdf (as a graphic file) in LaTeX [closed]

I am trying to insert some ready image-pdf files to my LaTeX code. (I use pdfLaTeX and my distributor is TeXnicCenter.) But I will get this error: Package pdftex.def Error: File 'fig1.pdf' not ...
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1answer
129 views

PDFs included by XeLaTeX are rotated

When I include an image in pdf format, the image in the file is normal when compiling with pdfLaTeX, but it is rotated counterclockwise 90 degree when using XeLaTeX. The questions are: Why? How to ...
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0answers
103 views

Figures (pdf) do not contain any text in the final document [closed]

I am creating some plots in Matlab and saving them as pdf files. When I include these pdf files in latex (i am using MikTex and pdflatex) using \includegraphics, all text from plots (legends, xlabel, ...
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3answers
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Multiple pdfs with page group included in a single page warning

I updated TexLive to the Ubuntu Quantal version (2012.20120611-4) and I suddenly got this warning: PDF inclusion: multiple pdfs with page group included in a single page This is a minimal example ...
5
votes
1answer
138 views

Including same PDF image many times: how to optimize?

I am include (with graphicx’s \includegraphics) the same small PDF vector graphics many many times in my LaTeX file, always at the same size. I then compile my document with pdflatex. While the size ...
6
votes
1answer
143 views

After a series of nested \includegraphics, some PDF viewers fail to display the image

I'll admit this is a convoluted example, but I like drawing with TikZ and LaTeX and this particular issue has come up for me more than once. The minimal working example takes a few files, but in a ...
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3answers
156 views

Need alt text for images in pdf for screen readers

I need the generated PDF to have "alt" text associated with each image so that a screen reader can read the alt text to the visually impaired user. I understand that essentially just including the ...
5
votes
1answer
809 views

Switching color and grayscale mode for \includegraphics

Suppose I have a document that includes a lot of colorful PDFs. Now I'd like to easily switch between "color" version and "greyscale version". I'm aware of \DeclareGraphicsRule, but I think this needs ...
5
votes
1answer
65 views

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 ...
8
votes
2answers
236 views

TeX4ht: \includegraphics[page=10]{foo.pdf}

I have a long LaTeX document with lots of figures that were included using commands of the form \includegraphics[page=10]{foo.pdf} Everything compiles fine with pdfLaTeX. I planned to convert the ...
11
votes
1answer
241 views

Exclude images for printing pdf

I have a document that has images that are very, very dark. As such, they should not be printed when the user goes to print. Somebody I'm working with loves to print, and they use a lot of toner ...
5
votes
1answer
474 views

Convert TGA to PDF automatically

For my latex document, I have image files in tga format that I'd like to include. I want to convert them into pdf so latex can scale them without loose of precision. By now, I just did this with ...
3
votes
3answers
528 views

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 ...
7
votes
1answer
626 views

Change color in finished pdf file

Suppose I have a finished PDF file, say a figure generated from some software, where the ink is black. I would include it in a document. Suppose I want to include it in a beamer presentation with ...
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votes
5answers
395 views

How to add a picture onto an existing pdf file?

I have a scanned pdf file which is an application form, and a picture which is the scanned version of one's signature (for example, this one) and can be in any image format such as eps or png. I would ...
2
votes
1answer
245 views

How to deal with PDF figures

I can insert JPEG figures in publications, but when it comes the time to include PDF figures (I prefer them for graphics because of its vectorial nature) I cannot scale them properly. I am using ...
7
votes
1answer
1k views

Create PDF with images in black and white

I have a LaTeX document with several black and white, gray value, and color images. When creating a PDF with pdfLaTeX I get a PDF where I am not sure if the embedded black and white images are ...
1
vote
1answer
345 views

How to rid of automatic .pdf label from \includegraphics? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How to avoid showing the filename when using graphicx? So I'm using the \includegraphics command to put a PDF image of a table into my LaTeX file here, but this pesky ...
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votes
0answers
146 views

includegraphics results in VERY blocky output [closed]

I'm trying to include an image in a document with: \includegraphics[]{stamplogo.pdf} I've also tried it with pngs. In both cases, even though the graphic looks very good in viewers, when included ...
7
votes
1answer
278 views

Multiple inclusion of the same image gives huge PS file

I am using beamer and having included the same image many times with pgf, declare once and insert. It looks like the PS file from dvips grow linear as I create slides (the image is on the ...
4
votes
1answer
672 views

PDF file containing 3D object is not included correctly with \includegraphics

I have a PDF file, containing a 3D object in PRC format. I try to include this into a LaTeX document to be compiled with pdflatex, with the simple source below: \documentclass{minimal} ...

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