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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How to make a real apostrophe or single-quote in LaTeX
I am trying to incorporate programming examples in a LaTeX document.
The document renders nicely with pdflatex; however, the single quotes get transformed into U+2019, a right-single-quotation mark. ...
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votes
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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 ...
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Pageref inside alltt
Here is minimal working example that shows bug:
\documentclass[a4paper,12pt,openany]{book}
\usepackage{alltt}
\begin{document}
\begin{alltt}
\pageref{asd fgh jkl}
\end{alltt}
\end{document}
I ...
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Problem with alltt package when defining new command
I have following problem. In the code below the second parameter of new command 'chunk' is supposed to output text 'as-is' using alltt package (I need alltt because I will output some other new ...
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The ^^ notation in various engines
Basically, how does the ^^^... notation work in LuaTeX and XeTeX, exactly?
In 8-bit TeX engines (recent TeX, eTeX, pdfTeX, at least), two consecutive identical catcode 7 characters (typically ^), ...
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GraphViz and LaTeX; gives blank PDF
I've tried 4 different .sty files (most of which didn't work, some of which gave me errors on rendered page).
Now trying with the dot2texi package, which is giving me a blank PDF.
I have tried ...
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Paragraph ended before \@iinput was complete [closed]
I have a larger document.
main.tex
\--> \include{chapter1.tex}
\--> \input{oneline.tex}
When compiling I get this error
main.tex:285:Pragraph ...
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poor font quality when exporting to pdf
I use LyX 2.0 and export with pdflatex.
When writing standard text and exporting to pdf, the font gets rigid. Text written in math mode, though, is exported crystal clear. I've tested that on several ...
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Problem with viewing interactive PDF content on Mac [closed]
I use packages such as popupmenu and fancytooltips on a Windows system using PDFLaTeX to create some interactive PDF texts to be posted online. The resulting documents behave as expected when viewed ...
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Ensure verbatim code block is copy/paste-able
After rendering a document containing this code block
\begin{verbatim}
if [ ! -d .git ]; then git init; fi # Initialises a new Git repository, if doesn't already exist.
if [ ! -f README.md ]; ...
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Is it possible to adjust natively the size of the PDF file during compilation with pdflatex?
I am a beginner in LaTeX, tentatively using it for industrial documents. I am working on a laboratory report containing little text and a large number of pictures. I prefer to leave the pictures at ...
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Font problem in pdftex [closed]
I am designing a cover page for an online publication, and apparently, the pdf (created with pdftex from the file pasted in below) does not display correctly for some users. Part of the second line of ...
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tikzexternalize won't compile with windows 7 and texniccenter [closed]
i've got a problem compiling my latex document by using texniccenter, pdflatex and windows 7 (with windows xp everything is working fine..)
\usetikzlibrary{external}
\tikzexternalize[prefix=figures/]
...
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using grid from Tikz in Texmaker
I use Tikz for creating figures. But there is a problem. If I use for example
\begin{tikzpicture}
\draw[->] (0,0)--(10,0);
\draw[->] (0,0)--(0,10);
\draw[help lines] (-0.1,-0.1) grid (9.9,9.9); ...
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Selecting a single word in ereaders
ebook readers let user select only a single word in the most PDF documents. However, when I try to select a word in a PDF generated with pdflatex (and also with latex), the ereader (i.e. sony prs600) ...
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Performance of LaTeX and other TeX derivatives
I need to generate thousands of pdf reports, based on some data. Right now I am using pdflatex for this. Are there differences in performance between pdflatex and other TeX derivatives? My content is ...
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Remove hyphen from word spanning two lines in text copied from a pdf file
If I copy text from a PDF and a word is hyphenated and spans two lines, the copied text contains the "-". For example:
Examp-
le
should be copied as
Example
not
Examp-le
The problem is ...
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How to include a movie in a PDF? Step by step instructions
There are a few question/answers regarding the embedding movies in PDF with pdflatex and special packages. However I find the information dispersed all around and confusing. And so far, in the best ...
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auto-pst-pdf: Not working properly with rotations >=45°
I'm using psfrag to replace text in .eps-figures. Since I'm working also with other graphic formats I use pdflatex and therefore the package auto-pst-pdf. Everything worked quite well so far. Today I ...
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Add Latex font for figure labels, legends and equation annotations with .png and .eps figures
For exporting eps figures from Matlab i use matlabfrag and laprint functions so that i split the psfrag commands (.tex) and figure(.eps) streams. During the compilation using pstool or auto-pst-pdf ...
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Very long execution time for simple text [closed]
The process of pdfLaTeX is extremely time consuming. It takes 12 seconds to compile the simple "Hello Word" text (no figure, no table, no nothing). I have tested both TeXmaker and TeXnicCenter with my ...
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Is it possible to render a PDF in sepia tones?
Is it possible to render a PDF in sepia tones, both the font color and overall document background? Preferably using pdflatex.
The final effect could be something like this screenshot of Pocket in ...
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pdflatex, latexmk, synctex: Adding an option to pdflatex causes synctex to fail
The user "Mike" kindly helped me on Latex, Emacs: automatically open TeX Help buffer on error and close it after correction of the error? to create the following function which makes error detection ...
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How to set compatibility level in PDFLaTeX
normally pdflatex produces pdf compatible with acrobat reader 6.0 and later right? How do I make it compatible only with version 9.0 forward acrobat reader?
I use TeXLive 2011
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pstool, pdfLaTeX: Not getting pstool to work, “LaTeX Error: File not found”
I've spent lots of hours trying to solve a problem by myself. Unfortunately it seems that no one else has experienced the same problem. At least, searching through various forums and employing Google ...
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pdf overwrite - how? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
TeXnicCenter on Windows: Building Problems
When writing a paper I keep a YAP viewer open and constantly overwrite the contents. I am trying to get the same behaviour for ...
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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 ...
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Disable ligatures when using mk4ht to create html
How can I easily disable all ligatures, when converting my LaTex-file to html?
For the html-generation I am using the command-line
mk4ht htlatex file.tex 'xhtml,charset=utf-8' ' -cunihtf -utf8 ...
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1answer
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“Missing \endcsname inserted” and other errors when trying to align title section
I want to somehow align section headings: unnumbered should be centerized; numbered should be aligned left and indented. I'm just trying to compile an example
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Compilation issue with pdfLaTeX and auto-pst-pdf
I am using a lot of png/jpg images in a document, so I decided to use pdfLaTeX. The main issue of this approach is that PSTricks is not directly supported. Since I found a package (auto-pst-pdf) ...
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latex and pdftex hangs when compiling
I just updated my MiKTeX and now nor latex, neither pdflatex not compiling my tex. Even if it contains only
\begin{document}
\end{document}
No error messages are shown, no files are created. It ...
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listings font in pdflatex
I'm using \ttfamily but it renders listing with the Times New Roman. What am I doing wrong? I'm getting a warning message:
Font shape T2A/fi4/bx/n' undefined(Font) usingT2A/fi4/m/n' instead on ...
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Abandon LaTeX2e for LaTeX3 or LuaTeX
I think my question is: Should I abandon pdflatex, possibly for xetex or context, and a TeX/LaTeX based macro writing approach, possibly for a LuaTeX or LaTeX3 based approach?
Possibly relevant to ...
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Making a stand-alone image with gastex
I want to do the following:
Make an image using gastex.
Compile the image to a stand-alone pdf image. I.e., at the end of this stage I'll have a myImage.pdf file.
Include my image in a large latex ...
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automating compilation [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Tools for automating document compilation
I am fairly new to latex and would like to automate my workflow (creating pdfs from a beamer/listings/tkiz source).
What I ...
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Gnuplot epslatex terminal not showing axis text
The following minimal example shows how I make a plot using gnuplot to the "epslatex" terminal and want to include it in my document. However, the axis texsts do not show.. What might be wrong? ...
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Unable to uninstall Miktex 2.9 on Windows 7 [closed]
I am trying to uninstall MikTex 2.9 on Windows 7, but it won't uninstall. The wizard stops working. What can be done to solve this issue? One of the reasons I want to uninstall is that I am getting ...
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How to black out a figure for confidential reasons?
I have a document, that contains critical parts. Now two documents should be generated. One version that is "balcked out" and one version that is all readable.
For pure text I found some hints using ...
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Big text on left and block of text on right
I was beating my head up with latex for this but couldn't come up with a properly formatted output.
So basically, what I want is a large font text on the left (Company name) and 2-3 lines of ...
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Sudden error using TEXStudio [closed]
I was trying to implement this tutorial: http://educ.jmu.edu/~arnoldea/latex_setup_and_tutorial.htm and it worked the first time using TEXStudio. However, the tutorial suggests to make some changes in ...
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Cannot copy letters with diacritics from pdflatex PDF
I have problem with copying text from PDF file.
I am using these packages in my document:
\usepackage[slovak]{babel}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
However when I generate ...
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How to open the designated browser from TeX/PDF
Is it possible to insert a command in LaTeX so that on the resulting PDF file the designated/default blank browser can be opened by a click?
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pdf files show “fi”, but searching for or copying them does not work
When I pdflatex text containing "fi", e.g. "infinite", the resulting pdf-file looks correct, e.g. "infinite" is shown in the text. But when I search the pdf file for "infinite", 0 occurrences are ...
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Bounding box for each letter
How can I take input text and replace each character with a solid (and/or hollow) rectangle representing the bounding box for that character? In the case where two characters are closer together from ...
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How to tell when to use pdflatex, latex, and xelatex for any given tex file?
I'm writing an automatic compiling pipeline that should be able to compile any given tex file into a pdf. The diversity of the input tex files mainly shows up in what format of figures they use and ...
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Picture not found in moderncv class
I try to compile the following simple template with pdflatex:
\documentclass[11pt,a4paper]{moderncv}
\moderncvtheme[red]{casual}
\title{your Curriculum Vitae title}
\firstname{Name}
...
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How to create page with non printing annotation
I would like to add text 'This page intentionally left blank' to blank page (with header) but I would like to this text appear in pdf but not in the printed document. Is it even possible? If so, how?
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better reference for apparently undocumented latex command line options?
I've gradually blundered upon a number of useful pdflatex command line options from questions in this forum, but not all of these are documented (specifically the useful -file-line-error parameter). ...
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PDF contains incorrect bookmark hierarchy
After compiling my LaTeX document to PDF, I noticed that its internal bookmarks were using an incorrect hierarchy. Compare the bookmarks tree to the table of contents below:
...
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Wrong positioning of images inside tikzpicture with XeLaTeX
Consider following code:
\tikzstyle{box}=[draw, fill=brown!40, text width=7em,
text centered, minimum height=7em, rounded corners]
\tikzstyle{usb}=[draw, fill=blue!40, text width=3em,
...
