pdfTeX is an extension of TeX which is capable of directly generating PDF output. Use this tag if your question is about pdf(La)TeX specific problems and is not related to standard (La)TeX.
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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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Problem with font map
Compiling a beamer project, I get the following error:
mktexpk: /home/matthieu/.texlive2012/texmf-var/fonts/pk/ljfour/public/cm/cmss8.525pk: successfully generated.
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PGFPlot/Tikz Legend Error
I wish to add a legend to my two plots - red and black, but the legend seems to have some scaling issues. I think it may be due to the changes made in shifting and domains, but I am not sure!
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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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Using ConTeXts cow font with pdfTeX
So I have really become intrigued with the Cow font of context, however I really wish I would be able to use this with latex. I found a place, where it listed the steps on what to do, but it was ...
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Quality loss at adding images to a LaTeX file
I have a LaTeX file (compiled with pdflatex) with some images in pdf added via the \includegraphics command. The problem is that the images are really big (up to 10MB) and the output file is too large ...
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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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Difference with standalone and preview? [duplicate]
I have a table, but for cleanliness (I'll use the figure in a paper and in talks), I'd like to compile to a single PDF and include it with includegraphics instead of having the table rendered within ...
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Missing $ inserted - did I make something wrong? [duplicate]
Im writing a paper using Latex and I get repeatedly this "! Missing $ inserted. $ l.92 ?" error. Its only in two passages and I don't see any obvious mistake I made. The code is:
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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 ...
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Problems with installation of MinionPro [closed]
I am trying run my .tex-file after I installed MinionPro in TeXLive, but the following problem appears:
!pdfTeX error: pdflatex (file MinionPro-Bold.pfb): cannot open Type 1 font file
for reading
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pgfplots with gnuplot
I got a problem with latex implementing a gnuplot code. I use PdfLatex with argument "--enable-write18".
The following code should works with the first commented-out line %plot 'data.dat' u 1:2;, but ...
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Anything better than jLatexMath for generating latex in image form (preferrably png)
Can anyone suggest me a .jar to be used for converting LaTeX into images (preferrably png format)?
I found that JLatexMath serves the purpose to some extent but it can only output most of the latex ...
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LaTeX compiles but not pdfLaTeX [duplicate]
I have a "project", which has a main.tex in Main folder, and in Main folder, there are subfolders called tex and fig. In fig folder, there is a logo.eps file. In tex folder, there is a content.tex ...
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How to divide document for black and color printing?
Most of my document is black text, but there is a color figure here and there. I would like to print the text on a black and white printer, and the figures on a color printer. I know i could just ...
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Conflict between ifxetex and ucs under pdflatex/xelatex - why?
I use TexLive 2012 (on Mac) and the following minimal example does not work:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{ifxetex}
\usepackage[mathletters]{ucs} % Need newline here!
\ifxetex
\else
\fi
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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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Is is possible to installing only required LaTex tool “pdflatex” in Ubuntu?
I do not know the dependencies b/w the tools provided by the Latex bulky lib.A suggested command to install LaTex tools on Ubuntu is:
sudo apt-get install texlive-full
Its full installation requires ...
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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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what's the best solution to split a .tex file into separate compiled files? [duplicate]
I have a .tex file that includes several chapters (all through the \input command). I would like to run pdflatex in one command such that it saves each chapter into a separate PDF file, while ...
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Vim shortcut to pdflatex a specific tex file
I'm working on a document that is structured as follows:
/Document/
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|--Chapter1/chap1.tex
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|--Chapter2/chap2.tex
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|--Chapter3/chap3.tex
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\--main.tex
where the ...
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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 ...
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Why do LaTeX and pdflatex produce different margins?
I am working with TeXStudio on Windows. When I use latex + dvips + ps2pdf and pdflatex the margins in the resulting PDF file are different.
Has anyone else encountered this? Is there a way to avoid ...
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Some errors with a little document
I have some errors with my paper in LaTeX, and I don't understand how to fix the problems :
The first is :
pdfTeX warning (ext4): destination with the sa
me identifier (name{page.1}) has been ...
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Export Beamer doc to 2 slides per page
I'm a total LaTeX/beamer newbie looking for a way to export a slide deck I created into a sort of "book" form. I tried "handout" but that didn't seem to be what I'm looking for.
Basically, I want to ...
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Error with ASCII characters [closed]
I have an apostrophe as in educator's, which is displayed as eductaor's and prevents TeX from generating a pdf.
I have used this as well:
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
how can I fix that?
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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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How to run LaTeX and lilypond-book in one command?
I was wondering if there was any command which would let me create a PDF from a LyTeX source in one step. Currently, I am first executing lilypond-book:
lilypond-book --latex-program=pdflatex --pdf ...
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“shell escape” is not enabled - chemscheme/chemstyle
I am having issues with -shell-escape. I do not know really what this is, and how to apply it. Furthermore, I have read elsewhere that I is possibly dangerous to summon this command. Any help would be ...
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Strange PDF error in IEEEtran twocolumn
I am having an issue to compile a document. It gives the following error:
pdfTeX error (ext4): \pdfendlink ended up in different nesting level than \pdfstartlink.
I am using IEEEtran class, 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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libertineGlyph and pdflatex [duplicate]
This is a follow-up question to How to get Wikipedia W from Linux Libertine?
How can \libertineGlyph{W.alt} set with pdflatex? This MWE works fine
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
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Cannot compile using the newpx package
As basic as:
\documentclass[letterpaper]{article}
\usepackage{newpxtext}
\begin{document}
test
\end{document}
does not compile. It issues an error:
!pdfTeX error: pdflatex (file ...
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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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Unable to set Times New Roman as the font type [closed]
I am unable to set the font as Times New Roman. I am using TeXWorks in Linux Mint. I am a beginner, so unable to figure this out. Help me.
This didn't work
\usepackage{fontspec}
\setmainfont{Times ...
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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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How do I customize a WikiPublisher tex file?
I've been using WikiPublisher (an addon for pmwiki) with quite a bit of success. Lately though, I have been wanting to customize the tex file that is used to generate the final pdf file from a ...
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How to automatically add a dereferencing tooltip to eqrefs, footnotes etc.? [duplicate]
Similar to what Wikipedia does when you hover over reference links
I would like the internal links placed by hyperref to automatically have tooltips containing the contents linked to, be that a ...
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Missing Font in Apache
I have a tex file that compiles from the command line when I run pdflatex. However, when I run the same command from PHP/Apache, I get a fatal error. I also get a file called "missfonts.log" produced, ...
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pdfoutput=1 can't replace pdflatex for auto-pst-pdf
It is frequently mentioned that latex and pdflatex are the same program invoked with different defaults for the variable \pdfoutput (0 in the former, 1 in the latter case); see What is the practical ...
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How to make the math font slightly thicker?
I'd like to use TeX Gyre Schola as my text font and the default LaTeX font for the math mode. (Side question: is the default font Latin Modern in math mode or another font?)
MWE:
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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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How to put synctex file in different directory than pdf without segmentation fault?
I want to put output files (.pdf) into a _out dir and auxiliary files such as .synctex.gz or .toc into a _aux subdir.
From the help it seems that the -d option is what allows one to do it, but if I ...
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Problem getting MyriadPro package to work
I just managed to install MinionPro and MyriadPro by following the FontPro installation manual. Everything seems fine, only the pdf output is not in MyriadPro with the following MWE.
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Font embedding problem with EPS figures in LaTeX
I have an EPS figure generated by Microsoft Visio with PDFCreator. I want to add this EPS figure to my document using pdflatex by declaring \usepackage{epstopdf} but the fonts in the EPS figure are ...
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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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Special non-standard font sizes for different types
The more I read about fontsizes in LaTeX, the more confused I've become. I don't know how to meet my requirements, which are the following:
text = 11pt --> This works.
footnotes = 9pt --> This ...
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Error using Minted for syntax highlighting in custom document class
I am writing Master thesis in LaTeX and want to use minted package for source code syntax highlighting. I have installed it successfully and minimal example from minted documentation works just fine.
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