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Scale PDF page size _without_ adding white background

I have a PDF containing an A5 page. For reasons, I want to "rescale" that page to be A4-sized - but not by adding margin/padding; I want the actual content scaled. i.e. the opposite of what ...
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PDF export from Word changes line width of thin lines in embedded SVG

I have inserted some SVG files with complex plots in my Word document. The plots use different line withs, some of them quite thin. After inserting the SVG in Word, the line widths are shown correctly....
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Create a PDF image by adding several PDF images to the same blank page

I have several images with the extension .pdf, and I want to create a new PDF image (large figure) out of them. Also, I want to add some geometric shapes and text boxes to the same figure. How can I ...
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Preserve SVG with gradients after PDF export from Word

Whenever I need to create a template for business documents (e. g. concept papers or documentation), I have to place some generic graphics such as the company's logo here and there. Since Microsoft ...
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Vector .docx to vector .pdf?

I use Word 365 (16.0.12130.20272 64-bit) on Windows 10 x86_64. When I add an .svg vector graphic image eg. via drag 'n drop, or an .emf vector graphic image via eg. Insert->Pictures, Word stores the ...
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Limiting the resolution of vector graphics when exporting from Microsoft Word to Pdf

I'm having an issue with export of docx files to pdf. The docx files contain a large number of vector graphics and exporting it to pdf increases the size several times, which makes working with the ...
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Inspecting and filtering vectors in PDF from command line?

I have some PDFs, that are intended for (in this case) laser cutting - so basically, their only contents are some vector lines/geometry, no raster/bitmap content, no text content. Turns out, those ...
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Adobe Acrobat and Illustrator - Print to 4 by 4 on A4 with 0 margin

I bascially have a PDF of 16 pages. I want to put them into 4 by 4 grid on a new A4 paper (in PDF). I saw this "art board" thing in illustrator This presentation/layout is EXACTLY what I want. ...
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How to print PDF containing transparency and layered graphics keeping non vector images quality

I'm impressed how hard it is to do a simple task: print/save as PDF some transparent vectored images, as Microsoft Word and PowerPoint graphics. Word can save as PDF and keep the transparency ...
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Powerpoint / Word metafile (vectorized image) to pdf losing transparency

Is there a way I can keep the image vectored without losing its transparency? I know I can just save the image (or paste) as .PNG, but I want to keep it as a vector image. Original power point image ...
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Inkscape clip and export - clip border visible?

I have a problem with clipping a bitmap in Inkscape. After I export a clipped bitmap into PNG it looks fine. However after I print this PNG into a PDF file, insert it into LibreOffice writer (and ...
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Cairo Converts SVG to Black and White

I am trying to convert an SVG into a PDF on the command line but both svg2pdf and cairosvg result in black and white images (the original is in colour). $ identify original.svg original.svg SVG 31x40 ...
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Overlap and merge two pages of a PDF

In a PDF document, two adjacent A4 pages contain a graph in a vector format: the first page contains the left half of the graph, the second page contains the right half. These two halves should be ...
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How can I split PDF file into layers

I have a large PDF file containing a map. The PDF file was probably generated with AutoCAD. The image consists of a coloured raster map, and a vector with lines on top of the map. (Street lines etc.) ...
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True vector PDF printing in Windows 7 possible?

I'm trying to print to a vector PDF in Windows 7, but every software printer I've tried rasterizes the file (PDFCreator, Bullzip, Windows XPS Printer...). I don't have this problem on OSX, which ...
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