{pdf} is specifically about the PDF file format. If your question is about producing PDF output, choose an appropriate tag such as {pdftex} or {ps2pdf}. If your question concerns PDF reader software, also use {viewer} or a reader specific tag such as {acrobat}, {evince} or {okular}.
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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 ...
6
votes
1answer
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How to use CMYK-Colors in the whole document
I found out, that my color laser printer prints graphics with gray color in RGB-Representation instead of using black (they are more red then gray). So it seems, that PDFLaTeX is creating ...
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1answer
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MLA Package and Thumbpdf
I'm currently trying to set up a template for MLA format. There's one warning that never goes away, however:
Package thumbpdf Warning: Thumbnail data file `Project*Name.tpt' not found.
Does ...
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2answers
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A pdf without the table of contents [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Adding Table of Contents to existing PDF
I've scanned various articles from different books and put together so there is a one pdf file now. I would like to make a ...
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vote
1answer
603 views
PDF Analyser or repair tool [closed]
I got one PDF that is resultant file after conversion and merging of 17 documents(few documents were already converted to PDF) however resultant file has been converted and merged using activePDF.
...
5
votes
1answer
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plain xetex page labels
there are some PDF files that some reader displays the printed page number as the current page number.
I also saw, that this can be achieved in latex with hyperref package.
what I'm look for is ...
5
votes
1answer
806 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
0answers
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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 ...
26
votes
1answer
599 views
Is it possible to distinguish between the soft copy and the hard copy of a pdf?
I have a document with a significant difference between its hard-copy and soft-copy.
Something like some text-boxes which should be printed bold and big in the hard copy but should be hidden (or as ...
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vote
2answers
235 views
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 ...
7
votes
1answer
565 views
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 ...
3
votes
1answer
441 views
Lost LaTeX-file - but served pdf - File [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to convert PDF to (La)TeX?
Recover TeX file back from compiled PDF
I wrote a long book in LaTeX - but my pc broke down and now it is all lost, only a pdf copy of ...
4
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1answer
455 views
How to do forward search to PDF file opened with Okular from include files when editing using VIM/GVIM
I'm using vim to edit my tex files and I use latex suite as a plugin to compile my tex sources and view them in using Okular pdf viewer.
Setting the following in Okular settings makes inverse search ...
3
votes
2answers
130 views
Include pdf-graphic without including the whole pdf
I have drawn a lattice in latex with tikz, successfully compiled it to a pdf and been able to include it in my document. However, the whole PDF (i.e. A4 page) is included and I only want to include ...
3
votes
2answers
225 views
Create landscape image page in pdf, without breaking text flow
Here is an MWE. If you compile this to PDF, you get a half-empty page on the first page, as the last part of the text doesn't come up, but is forced onto a new page. Compare this with the same thing, ...
5
votes
1answer
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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 ...
0
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0answers
220 views
Problem with the PDF document generation [closed]
I'm sorry I know that my message is more cryptic than the error itself but how can I generate a simple model of a code that is one hundred pages long?
Concerning the warning in the message log, it ...
0
votes
0answers
114 views
EES doesn't build PDF when I use alternative packages in my paper during submission process [closed]
I've used some packages like mathptmx,subfigure,multirow and others in my tex file to prepare a paper for Elsevier. It works fine in my pc and pdf file is perfect but EES couldn't make the pdf out of ...
7
votes
3answers
648 views
Why do some vector graphics included into a document force rasterization of the whole page and subsequently ruin the look of the text in cups?
When I \includegraphics certain PDF files (for example this SVG converted with Inkscape), the output produced by LuaLaTeX or PDFLaTeX will be such that when the page containing the picture is printed ...
3
votes
1answer
136 views
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} ...
10
votes
1answer
146 views
Width threshold for space detection
I'm writing this stuff pdf2htmlEX, for each distance between two consecutive letters, I need to check if there should be a space character or not. Especially for PDF files generated by LaTeX, which ...
3
votes
2answers
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How to set pdf start page to a given label?
I'm working on a longish document and am often working on sections in the middle, so that after compiling I have to do a fair bit of digging to find the bit I was working on. After a while this can ...
7
votes
0answers
224 views
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 ...
0
votes
1answer
71 views
Which font has been used [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I find out what fonts are used in a document/picture?
Which font ist used in the following document?
...
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0answers
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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 ...
5
votes
1answer
57 views
Is it possible to create a hyperlink with any name and linking to any place?
Is it possible to create hyperlinks in LaTeX that will show up as arbitrarily defined strings in the output (PDF/DVI)?
For example, something like to appear in the output file:
Text text text text ...
2
votes
2answers
110 views
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
votes
1answer
452 views
Weird behaviour of copying - no space between words
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{tgtermes}
\begin{document}
Polska, Rzeczpospolita Polska -- państwo unitarne w Europie Środkowej,
położone ...
3
votes
2answers
353 views
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 ...
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 ...
5
votes
2answers
220 views
Unable to copy _ from pdf
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[T1,OT4]{fontenc}
\begin{document}
Text with \_.
\end{document}
In PDF there is a correct output: Text with _.
But when I select and copy it I get: Text with .
It ...
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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 ...
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votes
1answer
415 views
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 ...
0
votes
1answer
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Emacs interacting with MS Windows: how to minimize windows [closed]
Title says it: Is there a way to hide MS windows windows from within Emacs?
What I would like to do is create a function to:
Hide all windows including Emacs
Restore Emacs
Restore SumatraPDF (which ...
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 ...
12
votes
1answer
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Can PDF search find words with ligatures in XeLaTeX-documents?
Is there some way allow PDF search to find words with ligatures? I use XeLaTeX.
\documentclass{book}
\begin{document}
Prefix.
\end{document}
In the resulting pdf file, searching for the word ...
0
votes
0answers
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Adobe Preflight - XMP property neither predefined nor defined in extension schema [closed]
I am having troubles exporting a PDF to PDF/A-1b using Adobe Acrobat X Pro. I've already asked the same question at the official Adobe forum, but got no response. I hope somebody here could explain ...
4
votes
1answer
152 views
Print front page on a single piece of paper without adding empty pages to PDF
Some people use empty pages to make sure that the front page gets printed on a single piece of paper (example).
I think this is a bad solution, as some people might want to print every page on a new ...
0
votes
0answers
232 views
How to obtain the handout-version of a beamer generated PDF without the source? [closed]
I have a couple of beamer presentations in presentation mode such that e.g. each item in a list shows up on a new "page". Is there any way to easily obtain a printable version only from the PDF which ...
3
votes
3answers
526 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 ...
2
votes
2answers
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Overwrite pdfbookmarks created by \addcontentsline
I want a bookmark called "Frontmatter" at level=0 and bookmarks for "Preface", "Acknowledgements" and "Contents" at level=1.
My problem is that \addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{<x>} ...
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votes
2answers
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Put additional information on the final PDF, like arxiv.org does
For a wiki site dedicated to collaborative editing of lecture notes in full LaTeX documents, I’d like to add a box with meta-information onto the first page of the resulting PDF file – this is ...
4
votes
1answer
146 views
“fo”-ligature makes PDF code look strange in xetex
I'm trying to extract table data from a PDF. To this end, I need the precise locations of the beginning and end of a piece of text, and that's where my question comes in.
For testing, I generated some ...
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vote
0answers
219 views
Beamer buttons change zoom in Adobe Acrobat [closed]
I am using Beamer to create slides (the editor I'm using is Bakoma Tex). I can add buttons to go back and forth between slides using the \hyperlink command. When I open the slides as pdf (in Adobe ...
4
votes
1answer
187 views
setting the 'filename' of a file embedded in a PDF using the attachfile package
I'm using the attachfile LaTeX package (in PDFLaTeX) to embed files in a PDF and I've run into a difficulty regarding what I suspect is the 'filename' of the embedded file.
I can attach/embed files ...
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votes
1answer
555 views
LaTeX TikZ - auto resize block to fit text
I got this kind of code in LaTeX using TikZ:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{shapes,arrows}
\begin{document}
\tikzstyle{block} = [draw,rectangle,fill=blue!50,text ...
11
votes
1answer
355 views
Embedding extended XMP metadata into a PDF file
I am preparing a thesis paper for submission into an electronic library database. Our institution cooperates with the British Library that uses their EThOS system to harvest the papers from the local ...
7
votes
1answer
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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
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LaTeXML and pdfpages [closed]
I can't find a lot of informations about LaTeXML here but I hope somebody can help me.
In a LaTeX document, I use a \includepdf with the option pages. I have created a mystyle.sty.ltxml in which I ...
