Page Layout ⇒ PDF Page Size fits Text

[MrH86A]

Hi,

How can I fix the page size of the PDF to fit the text, i.e no margins at all? I am wondering if there is a command or a page options that does it automatically.

Ultimately I want to create only a line of text or symbols and use the pdfs as vector images, so I don't want any white margines/space surrounding the text.

Thank you!

[localghost]

User either the preview package or the standalone class (which in turn uses the mentioned package).


Best regards and welcome to the board
Thorsten

[MrH86A]

Thank you for your very fast reply! I still couldn't figure it out. The preview package seems to do nothing. If we consider a simple example:

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\documentclass{article}

\usepackage[<active>]{preview}

\begin{document}
test
\end{document}

Can you please tell me how to modify this code to produce a pdf with no white space or magines surrounding the work "test"?

Thanks in advance!

[localghost]

For a standard class you have to specify the content for the preview.

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[active,tightpage]{preview}

\begin{document}
  \begin{preview}
    Test 
  \end{preview}
\end{document}

For details refer to the preview manual.

The standalone class makes this easier.

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\documentclass{standalone}

\begin{document}
  Test 
\end{document}

[MrH86A]

Thank you Sir! This is exactly what I was looking for.

I spent the entire day looking for an easy solution to crop the pdf with at third party software with no luck. you have saved me time and money . Thank you!