General ⇒ problem viewing PDF graphics

[bigredp]

Hello,
I am trying to import a pdf graphics file into another document using Texniccenter. The problem is that the imported picture gets cut off so that only part of it is on the page of the finished document. Here is what my code lines look like:

\begin{figure}

\centering
\includegraphics{file.pdf}
\caption[Short caption for figure ]{\label{labelFig1}
text}

\label{fig.1}
\end{figure}


I have tried scaling, changing the height and/or width, \linewidth, and bounding boxes[bb command]. Whatever I try, I still can't get the whole picture to show in the the output file. Any suggestions?

[frabjous]

Please don't cross-post. It is against the forum rules.

It's impossible to tell what's gone wrong from this snippet. I realize you may not be able to upload the PDF here which is causing the trouble, but I suspect there's an issue with it. How did you create or acquire this PDF? Can you try to re-create it, perhaps by printing PDF to PDF and then recropping?

[bigredp]

Sorry about the cross-post. I didn't realize that it was against the rule. I deleted the duplicate post.
Anyway, I got the PdF from someone with whom I work on a project. I think that he converted it from an eps file. He says that the graphics work just fine if he use the eps file on latex(not pdflatex) and outputs a DVI. I don't know if that makes my problem any clearer though.

[frabjous]

As of TeXlive 2010 and MikTeX 2.9, pdflatex now allows .eps files to be used directly, so that might be a possibility.

If you're using an older version, or can't get ahold of the original .eps anymore, well, there's the suggestion I already made.