Questions tagged [pdf-format]
Questions relating to the importing, exporting, and extraction of data from PDF files
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Exporting graphics to PDF - huge file
I want to draw some basic surfaces, export them to PDF and include them in a LaTeX file. I create a simple 3D graphics object, for instance with
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Saving a notebook as PDF, preserving syntax highlighting
Currently, one may save notebooks as PDFs from the menu by Save As... and then selecting PDF (on a Mac, I imagine it is similar on other OSs). However, the ...
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Hyperlinks not preserved when saving in PDF format in MMA V10
Bug introduced in 10.0 or earlier and fixed in 11.0.0
I usually create my course contracts in Mathematica and then save them in PDF format. The notebooks include hyperlinks and these have transferred ...
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Saner alternative to ContourPlot fill
I am producing a large number of ContourPlot objects, which when exported generate notoriously large PDF files because it basically generates lots of little ...
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Avoiding white lines inside filled area in RegionPlot exported as PDF or PS
Bug introduced in 8.0 or earlier and fixed in 13.2 or later
When doing a RegionPlot and then exporting (or saving from the front end) as PDF or EPS, there are ...
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Graphics elements do not line up perfectly in exported PDFs
Bug introduced in version 9.0 and persisting through 10.4
Graphics elements do not always line up perfectly in exported PDFs using "Save As..." method.
Take, for example:
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How to embed fonts when exporting Mathematica graphics as PDF
Upon exporting a Mathematica graphics expression as a PDF, Mathematica does not seem to embed any nonstandard fonts used. When you open the resulting PDF document with a PDF viewer, all the text items ...
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Export Plot3D in Mathematica 10.1 is Rasterized by default
When I use Export to export Plot3D to PDF format, I get different behaviour in Mathematica 10.1 compared to 10.0. In particular, ...
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Save as pdf broken in version 10.0.2?
Fixed in 10.1
It looks like the save as pdf is broken after I update to version 10.0.2. The labels in the plot become a mess.
Are there ways to fix it? The Export ...
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How to control the page size when exporting as a PDF?
When I used Mathematica under Windows, I could control the page size of the pdf files created by Export[...,"PDF"] by setting the paper size in the print menu to ...
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How can I export graph as PDF with metadata such as Title and Author fields
I want to export a figure from Mathematica in PDF format. Moreover, I want to fill Author and Title fields of the PDF. For example, to fill Author field, I use the following code:
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Some tutorials on formatting notebook for exporting to pdf
I love the way that Mathematica allows me to type in of formulas. It is really easy to type complicated expressions with shortcuts on the keyboard. It would be great if I could use Mathematica ...
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PDF export on macOS Mojave produces bold fonts
I have updated my OS to macOS 10.14 Mojave. I found whenever I export a plot into a PDF file, the font of the label and ticks are automatically replaced into a bold font. I use Mathematica 11.3.
Any ...
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PlotRangeClipping not working correctly with small ImageSize and PDF-export
Bug introduced in 8 or earlier and fixed in 13.0.1
Although Mathematica has some nice plotting capabilities, there are some things which are annoying me.
I like to export a ...
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Export to PDF - scaling grids of plots and text size
Sometimes I have occasion to make big grids of plots. As a toy example:
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