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Including a PDF page in latex with pdfpages without scaling
I am writing a document in LaTeX and I'm trying to include a frontpage in PDF (aptly called "Frontpage.pdf") the document, to be compiled with Pdflatex.
I tried to include it with the pdfpages ...
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1answer
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In LYX, how do I set up two independent viewers for the same file format?
I would like to have two independent file viewers for SumatraPDF and Acrobat using the same file format (pdflatex=pdf2).
What is the easiest way to achieve this?
The viewer seems to be connected to ...
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LaTeX accessibility
Does anyone know of any LaTeX modules that makes the pdf output generated by pdflatex Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA)/Seciton 508 compliant?
Specifics:
With regard to math. One simple ...
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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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4answers
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Automatically increase PDF page height
I'd like to emulate HTML's infinite page height using LaTeX/XeTeX, i.e. have the PDF pages grow higher until a manual \newpage is issued.
This could be emulated by setting a very large page height ...
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2answers
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multipage pdf as separate image in LaTeX [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
pdflatex, \includegraphics, and multi-page PDF files
Sometimes I create a multi-page pdf as output, e.g. graphs from R.
Is there a possibility which allows me to select ...
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2answers
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Attach displayed image to the PDF without storing it twice
If one and the same image is included in a PDF multiple times it is only stored only once as an PDF object. Now I like to also attach an image which is shown in the document to the PDF to allow users ...
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votes
1answer
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LaTeX generated alternative to PDF with multimedia support?
Is there some alternative to PDF or PostScript, which is good for publishing documents written in LaTeX and support video and/or audio?
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2answers
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Embed link to an embedded file
I am embedding a PDF file inside my LaTeX-generated PDF file using embedfile:
\usepackage{embedfile}
\embedfile{myfile.pdf}
I would like to also insert a link that the user can click on to open the ...
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vote
1answer
645 views
How to make the font a little thicker/bolder?
I typeset a book with some ttf/otf fonts, when printed it seems ok, but it is a little fuzzy when view on screen or on mobile devices. Another problem is one font does not match very well with another ...
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1answer
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How to make the PDFs produced by `pdflatex` smaller?
I feel that the PDFs produced by pdflatex are too huge. So for example my 50 page book with no illustrations is 500KB. I feel it should be more like 50K or even less. The .tex files together are just ...
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votes
4answers
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Identifying styles in PDF
It happens many times that I take a look at an interestingly typeset document in LaTeX, but to which I don't have the source-code to inspect the style. One such example is this one: ...
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Add page and line numbers to a pdf
Is there any quick script to add page and line numbers to each page of a pdf document?
1) I often enough get articles in pdf to review, with no page number. I end up writing them by hand to refer to ...
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1answer
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Is it possible have the PDF bookmark level go deeper that the table of contents depth?
Is it possible to make the bookmarks in the PDF go a level deeper that the table of contents goes? I'm using KOMA-script, scrreprt if that matters.
If the table of contents displays two levels:
1. ...
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votes
2answers
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How to generate pdf without any Type3 fonts?
For a publisher I have to generate a pdf file which does not contain any Type3 fonts.
Until now I thought that using pdflatex on current LaTeX distributions should be enough to get a pdf file without ...
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1answer
3k views
Protect text in PDF from being copied [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
PDF with un-copyable text
What is the most effective ways to protect text in a PDF from being copied with Ctrl+C?
I know about standard PDF copy protection, and also ...
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2answers
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Improving the legibility of a pdfTeX produced PDF on Google Docs
My draft dissertation (google docs link here) shows up remarkably poorly on google docs. It was rendered on ConTeXt MkIV with the default pdf engine (pdftex, I believe.)
What steps do I need to take ...
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1answer
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Is it possible to provide alternative text to use when copying text from the PDF?
I’m using XeLaTeX within MiKTeX and have the following problem.
Let there be some acronym, e.g. USA. I would like to write it in real small caps using \textsc{usa} but these are, of course, ...
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1answer
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How to make a dissolving transition with LaTeX Beamer?
For a presentation I want to visualise the growth of a tree using a dissolving transition. Under Linux it works fine to use \transdissolve for that, Evince properly draws the transition.
...
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0answers
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How to correctly include pixel graphics with pdflatex with consistent scaling across PDF viewers? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicates:
Included PNG appears blurry in PDF
My pixel perfect picture gets blurry when compiled in LaTex
I often need to use pixel graphics in LaTeX files (mostly screenshots), ...
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votes
1answer
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In TeXnicCenter I'm trying to produce a PDF but no output is being created
Very simple really.
I installed TeXnicCenter, Adobe Reader X and MiKTeX 2.9.
Tried to build a code in the PDF format. I get 4 new files but no .pdf file.
Yet another option listed as LaTeX => PS => ...
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1answer
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Closing file problem when opening FoxitReader with TexnicCenter
I use the FoxitReader instead of Acrobat Reader to see the pdf files. I defined it when I installed TeXnicCenter. When a new file is compiled, it does not automatically closes off the old one. So in ...
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2answers
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Angle symbols which can be copy and pasted from PDF
I'm looking for a way to use the left and right narrow angle symbols (〈 〉, Unicode #3008, #3009) so that they are not changed when copy and pasted from a PDF.
These symbols are used ...
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1answer
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How can I replace parts of an included PDF file?
I'm using pdflatex and \epsfig{file=img.pdf}.
I'd like to replace some text in img.pdf. It seems that psfrag can do this with latex, and there is mention of pstools doing this with pdflatex, but it ...
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3answers
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How to have pdfLaTeX output PDF/X-3:2002 format pdfs?
I'm using Blurb to publish a manuscript, and they require PDF/X-3:2002 format pdfs. How do I get pdfLaTeX to output pdfs that match that specification? I'm using MiKTeX 2.9.
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votes
1answer
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How do I make an attached file display like a link?
I'm embedding an external file in my pdf with \usepackage{attachfile2} and\textattachfile[color=1 1 1]{description}{file.pdf}. How can I make the text look the same as it would if I had used the ...
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vote
1answer
324 views
How to convert a preprint pdf into something more readable? [closed]
I'm talking about a pdf document that was created via LaTeX (probably pdflatex) but the tex source of which is not available. I'd appreciate a solution that is less manual than trying to convert the ...
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5answers
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Excel chart -> PDF -> LaTeX but need to remove white space
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 ...
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votes
1answer
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Beamer: how to make each frame appear in the PDF toc?
I would like to have a beamer presentation in which every frame appears in the PDF table of contents (i.e. has a bookmark). My specific presentation only has sections, so all of the frames can appear ...
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votes
2answers
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hypertarget seems to aim a line too low
I made a small example:
\documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{article}
\usepackage[pdfstartview=FitH]{hyperref}
\usepackage{bookmark}
\begin{document}
we want to go\hypertarget{t1}{} here.\\
instead we go ...
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1answer
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How do I open a pdf file in the TexMaker internal PDF viewer using a user-defined quick build sequence?
I'm trying to write a document with a bibliography, and none of the default Quick Build presets have a BibTex parsing step. It's easy enough to make a sequence of commands that run PdfLaTeX, BibTex, ...
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1answer
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Creating PDF bookmarks in custom order
I use hyperref to create clickable PDF files. I have sections and subsections and they are all nicely in the PDF bookmarks.
Now there are certain items in my document that I want to appear in the ...
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votes
1answer
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pdfx , trim size and margins
I'm using scrbook with forced margins and pdfx to produce PDF/X-1a compliant documents for the publisher.
pdfx resizes the document and puts the trimed document in the bottom left corner. I'm not ...
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votes
3answers
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LaTeX options for kindle?
I was wondering if there are any good settings to produce a PDF suitable for
reading on a (6 inch) kindle. Main use is for intermediate reading of academic papers while they are being written:
Text ...
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1answer
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How to set LaTeX so that PDF reader opens PDF file in a prespecified view?
When I open PDF file generated from .tex files in Adobe Reader I obtain 200% view and I'd like it to have much smaller? Are there some settings for my .tex files allowing to do that?
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How to change the PDF producer metadata with XeLaTeX on MikTeX
I tried to change the PDF Producer of the generated PDF file with XeLaTeX, but it always be "MikTeX-xdvipdfmx (0.7.8)", if the PDF is generated with pdflatex, it will change as I wish, does anybody ...
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1answer
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Problem adding pdfpages to current class and/or tex file
The following .tex script complies perfectly on my computer:
\documentclass{report}
\usepackage[final]{pdfpages}
\begin{document}
\includepdf{Elanderphdmath.pdf}
\end{document}
However, no matter ...
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3answers
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\includegraphics PDF, color problem
I'm using pdflatex, and use \includegraphics to include content of figures from PDF. PDF are exported from InkScape.
\begin{figure} [!h]
\centering
\includegraphics[height=3cm]{fig/SUSAN.pdf}
...
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votes
1answer
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Reusing an image without duplicating it
PGF has a nice feature, declaring an image and re-using it again and again. With a PDF backend, it reduces the size of the output, as the image is embedded in the file only once. However, the PGF ...
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votes
3answers
396 views
Checking if a PDF file is open
How do I check if the PDF file produced by LaTeX is currently opened by an application or not?
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1answer
370 views
Hyperref PDF sidebar table of content lines numbering?
How can I tell hyperref to generate PDF toc (showed in PDF viewer's sidebar) such that each chapter/section gets its numbering instead of just headings?
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votes
3answers
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Can pdf thumbnail previews in file explorer be influenced?
Some pdf files have a nice preview thumbnail in Windows (7) Explorer, e.g. those produced by my the software of my scanner:
For my LaTeX files produced with pdfTeX, however, it just shows the ...
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votes
3answers
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Showing the bibliographic entry in a popup when you hover over the citation key
I thought it would be useful to have bibliographic entries displayed as a tooltip so readers are not interrupted by following hyperlinks or trying to find the Bibliography, so I created the following ...
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1answer
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Postprocessing PDF presentations
Few years ago I had been successfully using ppower4 for PDF postprocessing. It seems that it is no longer maintained, do you know a good replacement for this?
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7answers
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How can I superimpose LaTeX / TeX output over a PDF file?
I have a form as a PDF file. I would like to use LaTeX/TeX to overlay my text over the form, and send the output to either a print or another PDF file.
Is this possible? How would I go about it?
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2answers
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Creating a PDF file online from a LaTeX template [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Compiling documents online
I would like to create a CV using this (moderncv) LaTeX template online. The output should be in PDF format. Is it possible to be done online ...
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1answer
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TeXMaker crashes with this TikZ tree [closed]
\node [rectangle,draw] at (0,-13) {I:18};
\node [circle, draw] at (2,-13) {19}
child{node[rectangle,draw] (left node) {S:9}}
child{node[rectangle,draw] (right node) {M:10}};
\node [circle, ...
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votes
1answer
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Making an enclosing, fitting PDF for a table
I want to make a document out of a single table, for inclusion into PowerPoint, etc., as a PDF just the size of the table, with a small customizable margin. Which document class should I use, and how ...
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votes
3answers
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Replace Type 3 with Type 1 fonts in a PDF
Is there any way to directly manipulate a PDF file with Type 3 embedded fonts (yes, those PDF generated from old tex/dvips and CM fonts), and replace them by decent Type 1 fonts? I know that once ...
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0answers
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How do I use pdfliteral with tikz? [closed]
I am learning tikz and how to draw stuff in it. One of the examples I have is to draw the periodic table (since I need to be able to draw a nice one and modify it to my needs). The piece of code that ...
