LyX ⇒ Exporting only two pages to PDF

[insipidtoast]

Hello,

I only want to export two pages of my lyx file. Instead of viewing all 322 pages in pdflatex, I only want to view pages 84 and 236 how do I compile just those two pages?

Thanks

[Stefan Kottwitz]

You could use the pdfpages package in a short separate document for including just those two pages from the other document.

Stefan

[insipidtoast]

I started a new lyx file and entered

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\usepackage{pdfpages}

into the preamble.
Then I entered

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\includepdf[pages={84,200}]{my_document.pdf}

as an ERT and it didn't work. I tried entering the same command in the document preamble, and it still didn't work. I'm guessing I wrote the command wrong.

http://texdoc.net/texmf-dist/doc/latex/ ... fpages.pdf
An example at the bottom of page 2 of this document would be helpful, because it's not very clear how I'm supposed to enter the command.

What did I do wrong?

[scottkosty]

I started a new lyx file and entered

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\usepackage{pdfpages}

into the preamble.
Then I entered

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\includepdf[pages={84,200}]{my_document.pdf}

as an ERT and it didn't work. I tried entering the same command in the document preamble, and it still didn't work. I'm guessing I wrote the command wrong.

http://texdoc.net/texmf-dist/doc/latex/ ... fpages.pdf
An example at the bottom of page 2 of this document would be helpful, because it's not very clear how I'm supposed to enter the command.

What did I do wrong?

In LyX, start a new document and go to
Insert > File > External Material.
Then, under "Template", select "PDF Pages" and follow the instructions there.

Note that in LyX it will only show a thumbnail of the first page. The output will be fine though.

Scott

[insipidtoast]

Scott,

Thanks for your input. Those instructions, however, tell me even less than what the pdfpages pdf tells me.
That's where I need some clarification. If I just want to view pages 84 and 200 as their own pdf document then do I simply type as an ERT:

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pages={84,200}

in the document just before the box for my pdf that I inserted.

In short, where and how do I enter the command?

[scottkosty]

Scott,

Thanks for your input. Those instructions, however, tell me even less than what the pdfpages pdf tells me.
That's where I need some clarification. If I just want to view pages 84 and 200 as their own pdf document then do I simply type as an ERT:

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pages={84,200}

in the document just before the box for my pdf that I inserted.

In short, where and how do I enter the command?

See the attached example. It will pick pages 3 and 6 of the attached pdf by entering

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pages={3,6}

in the options field, as the screenshot shows.

Scott

[insipidtoast]

Wow, thanks a million, Scott. That really worked.

YOu are the best!

[scottkosty]

Glad it worked.

Note that pdftk is a great tool to have for these situations. I think it is available for Windows but not sure.

[insipidtoast]

It's weird, you know the lyx way of doing everything, whereas everyone else on here only knows latex code.

[scottkosty]

It's weird, you know the lyx way of doing everything, whereas everyone else on here only knows latex code.

Most advanced LaTeX users do not use LyX. The ones around here are very nice to go out of their way to give LyX-specific solutions. I am not an advanced LaTeX user but I used to like writing LaTeX directly in vim. I personally like using LyX better now because it makes LaTeX accessible to everyone and at the same time provides some advanced features for power-users. It's also extremely extensible, especially if you know C++ and/or Python, but even if you don't.

Scott