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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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pdflatex: Handling of fonts when including other pdfs
I was curious about one fact: How will pdflatex deal with fonts embedded in pdfs it includes?
For example: When I include 100 pdf-files (e.g. using \includegraphics) will the generated output file ...
6
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hyperref: can I control how to display the PDF?
I use the method described in this link for getting hyperlinks from different PDF files:
Can you have hyperlinks to locations in different PDFs?
I would like to remain with two open PDF files, ...
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pdfTex, hyperref: jumps beetwen two pdf files [duplicate]
I use hyperref package and pdftex to generate a PDF file.
I have file_A.pdf and file_B.pdf.
I will assign a destination point in a file_B.pdf (not at first page) and use this destination to make ...
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free plagiate finder software online or offline with local library? [closed]
I am not sure if this is the right stack page to post this question to.
Since i assume here are many scientific writers i posted the question here.
I am searching for a free plagiarism finder ...
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Embedding a flv (or mp4) video using pdfTeX (plain TeX only)
I am attempting to find out how to embed a flv video in a pdf file created using plain TeX and pdfTeX. I was successful at manually (via Adobe Acrobat's menu: Tools->Multimedia->Video Tool) embedding ...
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Merge PDFs, fix page numbering and compress
Say there is a book that has been split into several PDFs. I want to do two things:
Merge the PDFs and reduce the size of the resulting PDF.
Fix the page numbering.
(1) can be done with pdftk or ...
4
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Ghostscript 9.07: Error: A pdfmark destination … points beyond the last page
I use gs -dBATCH -dNOPAUSE -q -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -dFirstPage=$2 -dLastPage=$3 -sOUTPUTFILE=$4 $1 in a script to extract pages from a pdf file with Ghostscript 9.07. I obtain a lot of warnings (as in ...
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Make entire document heavier using pdfrender
This is a follow up question to this answer of this question.
The code given in the answer above seems to break for any extensible horizontal bars such as the vinculum, square root bar, and ...
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Mathscr fonts from the mathrsfs package not showing up in PDF [closed]
Long time lurker, first time poster: I am having trouble getting mathscr to work properly. In the past, I have always created PDFs by LaTeX->DVI->PDF, and when I do this, the package has always worked ...
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It is possible to make fonts appear heavier (darker) in pdf output of Latex?
[Edited to include what I have learned from the answers.]
I am using Latex in TeX Live on my Mac, through TeXLive. I compile .pdf files using Pdflatex. I use the default fonts. [These fonts are ...
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1answer
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Problem with sumatra+beamer [closed]
I installed SumatraPDF and followed the instructions in the tutorial to set up a new profile in TeXnicCenter - however for some reason the pdf file is locked and when I try to compile it for the ...
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pgfplots — Patterns are not displaying correctly in PDF version 1.4 [closed]
I am using this method to plot a pattern in-between two curves. If I save the file as PDF version 1.5 everything looks great. Unfortunately the journal that I am submitting the paper to requires PDF ...
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Can include text which conditionally appears depending on PDF viewer? [duplicate]
Can you have a message in a document which only appears when particular PDF viewers are used?
I am using pdflatex to create a PDF document. I am including pdf image which, unfortunately, does not ...
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Plotting floating point data with pgfplots
Is there a binary file structure supported by pgfplots to allow floating point numbers to be loaded and plotted? I understand the time taken to convert floating point data to a text file is small, ...
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Wrapped Text Search? [closed]
This is an excerpt from a PDF generated with PDFLaTeX (3.1415926-2.4-1.40.13 from TeX Live 2012):
when the disease is still spreading undetected and mitigation
measures are not being made.
When I ...
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How do I prevent pdflatex from making strange symbols when text is copied? [duplicate]
I use LyX to create my LaTeX files. Recently, when I've used LyX's pdflatex to view my file, the text looks fine, but when I attempt to copy it, I just get strange symbols. If I use LyX's dvipdfm, I ...
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For figures in PDF format, what version and standard is ideal?
What PDF version and standard is ideally suited for the current version of pdflatex? Primarily for press, but online distribution will follow (large scientific publication).
Bonus: Include some of ...
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What is the most efficient way to render LaTeX to a viewable format on a server?
I am working on an online web-app that incorporates LaTeX document generation.
Currently, as a beginner to LaTeX (but the most experienced developer in my team), I am trying to determine the most ...
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How can I get a PDF with copyable text if I need to use \usepackage[T1]{fontenc}? [duplicate]
Consider the following situation:
A .tex file with the following content:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\begin{document}
Let it be.
\end{document}
The file is compiled by ...
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Illustrator pdfs displaying incorrectly in LaTeX [duplicate]
I've made quite a few images in Illustrator that have gone into LaTeX documents before with no problem, but now I'm having an issue with a graphic that has some gradients in it.
I've tried ...
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1answer
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inkscape pdf+latex, unclean exit
I have expected this question to be asked before, but searched and no luck. It took some effort to produce this MWE.
I have followed this link. When I pdflatex compile this, it produces an exit with ...
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1answer
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looking a way to create toggle region in PDF generated by pdflatex
I am looking a way to generate a toggle region in PDF compiled by pdflatex. Something like this implemented with javascript in html
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2answers
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Is pdftex 1.40.13 outputting malformed pdfs?
I have several preexisting projects that produced valid pdf output on versions of pdftex up to 1.40.10. Now with version 1.40.13 I'm getting pdfs that the iText library complains are malformed. My ...
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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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3
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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 ...
4
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1answer
206 views
Creating PDF with external link to open another PDF
I am preparing a PDF file which will be put on the web. People will access it and should be able to open other pdf files from my PDF.
My commands works well for local pdf:
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2
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1answer
171 views
Using ps2pdf colour and fonts change when TikZ picture added on beamer slide
When compiled with LaTeX + dvi2ps + ps2pdf the pdf output of the below MWE shows a strange behaviour:
On the first slide (without TikZ picture) fonts and colours are slightly different from the ones ...
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how to set the margin of the included pdf with pdflatex [closed]
I have a pdf and I use the plugin "Prinect PDF Assistant: Geometry Control" to split that into 3 equal-width pdfs. If I open each of the seprated pdf, the right margin of the first pdf is ZERO, the ...
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PDF that can be scanned faster by a PDF reader [closed]
Searching words with Ctrl+F in common PDF readers takes sometimes very long.
The time does not correlate with the number of pages, or the number of embedded pictures.
What causes slow fulltext ...
4
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1answer
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inserting png introduces inputenc error
I want to write an article in Chinese, which needs to insert pictures.
It's fine when I insert pictures as .pdf but the following problem occurs if .png is inserted:
! Package inputenc Error: ...
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Generating PDF/A-1b compliant documents using pdfx and pdfLaTeX
There are several discussions on the web on how to generate PDF/A-1b compliant documents.
One approach can be found on ...
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Store information about which paper tray to use in PDF
Searching here, I found the question Embedding printer settings in pdf - while related, this appears to apply to printer settings for the entire PDF, not for changing printer settings per page.
Our ...
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How to force pdfminorversion globally?
I have a problem with opening PDF files in Acrobat Reader. It comes up with error 131.
I have solved this issue thanks to How to overcome Acrobat Reader error 131 with a pdfLaTeX doc? The solution to ...
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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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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 ...
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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 ...
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Fill rectangular area with PDF pattern like graph paper
Short version
I want to fill one or more rectangular areas on a page using a regular pattern. The area should span the page width and stretch vertically to fill remaining space. The pattern should be ...
5
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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 ...
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Hide and reveal segments in PDF output of LaTeX [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Constructing a dynamic PDF
I want to include the solution of a math problem under its statement, but not in full view. I would rather have a page segment that can be ...
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2answers
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PDF compatibility, how to validate? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
PDF conformance tool
I have created PDF-files using XeLaTeX and there has been no problem when I have shared these files with co-workers using Acrobat Reader. But when I ...
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Can't copy-paste from my PDF. Any idea why?
When using copy paste from the PDF generated from my Latex document, the text comes out garbled. What could be causing this?
This is an example of the original text:
At last, and taking the risk ...
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Set arbitrary page numbers in pdf file
When I am using different \pagenumberings in a document, the PDF viewer shows the right page numbers, that is pages i, ii, etc... for \pagenumbering{roman} and 1, 2, etc... for \pagenumbering{arabic} ...
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How to deal with (probably bogus) errors from third party on my pdf? [closed]
I use a print-on-demand company (lulu.com) that has always been picky and inconsistent about the PDF files they accept. I'm giving them files produced by pdftex. They use various subcontractors to ...
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“Find next” broken in pdflatex output in Skim on OS X Mountain Lion [closed]
When loading into Skim a pdf document that was created using pdflatex, the "Find next" action (e.g., Cmd-G or clicking the right arrow in the find bar) works incorrectly. In a document with tens of ...
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2answers
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Sweave, how to suppress opening new instance of a pdf when running pdflatex
Since I have setup SumatraPDF to automatically refresh PDFs when they change, how can I suppress "view" (resulting in opening a new instance of the pdf) when using the shortcut
M-n P (running ...
3
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2answers
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Export only table of contents
What would be the preferred way to export the Table of contents I use in a .tex file to a separate .pdf?
Currently I have a my-report.tex file and I wish to pair the result of pdflatex ...
4
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1answer
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really greyscale pdf
I may miss something: I cannot produce really greyscale or monochrome pdf. If I create a very simple document, say Hello, with no or basic packages, article or book, and compile it with pdflatex ...
