Questions tagged [pdf]
{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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Why does this pdf figure crash lualatex?
I have an old workflow that uses LaTeX itself to process diagrams and plots. I've used this generate hundreds of figures over the years. This has suddenly started producing invalid pdf figure files: ...
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How can I tag an l3pdftextfield?
I'm trying to create a text field in a tagged PDF. My real document uses ltx-talk, which complicates things slightly, but the MWE below uses article. I mention ltx-talk in case somebody has a solution ...
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Making messy notes with LaTeX
There is a lot of information on how to make beautiful documents with LaTeX. However, I am thinking about setting up a note taking workflow and I purposely want to make things look messy. I suppose ...
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Include a pdf image 4"x4" on book front cover using \bookcovercomponent
I am designing a book cover using bookcover documentclass and would like to add a 4"x4" pdf graphics file in the center of the cover. The cover format is: Title at top, Edition, the ...
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Why adding titlesec makes links in toc inside PDF no longer work when using \setcounter{secnumdepth}{0}?
I wanted TOC not to have section numbers displayed. So instead of using the star version of sections, found that simply adding \setcounter{secnumdepth}{0} does that.
But then I found that once package ...
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Is all meta-data written by tex engines to a PDF file visible for pdfinfo?
I found that latex engines create various pieces of meta-data,
some in Info dictionary,
a lot in XMP data and
some custom data like the banner
tagging data.
All pieces of data i am aware of can be ...
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How to get reproducible PDF
For quite some span of time, I was sure to have solved that problem.
I got the build time from the original PDF file, e.g. via pdfinfo. Then i made the next build with SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH using exactly ...
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Compile & View fails although pdflatex runs successfully
I am using TeXstudio 4.9.0 on Fedora Linux. Say I have the following file:
\documentclass[12pt,a4paper]{article}
\usepackage[margin=2cm]{geometry}
\title{Title}
\author{Author}
\begin{document}
\...
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Lyx: Two Table of Contents with Different Granularity Levels
Please note, I am not a very advanced user of Lyx (or Latex). I am trying to accomplish the following when I export the PDF document from Lyx.
I want to have two Table of Contents (TOC) in my ...
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What is the proper way to demonstrate tagged PDFs
What is the best way to demonstrate a tagged PDF vs untagged. I don't mean a verification mark. I am looking for a, preferably Linux, screen reader that can read a tagged pdf and its formulas ...
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Inserting a Graphical Image as a Cover Page in Latex Thesis
I am compiling my thesis using Latex, which eventually generates a PDF file. In addition to its textual content, I want to insert a graphical image (.png) as its cover page. This is what I am doing ...
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Why does LaTeX put the PDF tags for floats at the end of the document?
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I am trying to produce a reasonably accessible document template at work. I have worked out basic tagging, reasonably structured tables, alt text for images and mathml output for inline and ...
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Merging Multiple Customised LaTeX Documents with Continuous Pages and Working Links (and more)
Last year I asked for your help in creating a package to produce the newsletter for my bonsai club. I’ve been using it successfully and with great satisfaction to publish all of last year's issues. ...
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How to make Textfield font match page font?
so for work I wanted to create a pdf logbook template with fillable fields, so i can quickly create a new logbook entry. For that I wanted to use the hyperref package with textfields etc.
During ...
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Help with making a PDF-UA2 document with lualatex?
I am (still) trying to teach myself to make a PDF-UA2 document using lualatex and seem to fail to make anything that passes the test. I am using veraPDF (https://verapdf.org/software/) to check the ...
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