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MrH86A
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Transparent PDF Output

Post by MrH86A »

Hi, is there a way to create a transparent PDF, i.e. without the white background?

I want to import a PDF created by LaTeX into another software such that only the text (contents) is displayed without the white background.

Many thanks.

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5gon12eder
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Transparent PDF Output

Post by 5gon12eder »

This is the default. I suspect the problem is within the program that imports the PDF.

Consider the following example. It shows that the text is overprinted and there is no white background that would hide the text underneath.

demo1.tex

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\documentclass{article}

\begin{document}
  This is the first document.
\end{document}
demo2.tex

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\documentclass{article}

\begin{document}
  This is the second document.
\end{document}
The file generated by running

pdflatex demo1.tex
pdflatex demo2.tex
pdftk demo1.pdf stamp demo2.pdf output demo.pdf


is attached.

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I'm using pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-1.40.10 (TeX Live 2009/Debian).
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