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| Newer page: | version 8 | Last edited on Tuesday, November 23, 2004 4:43:28 pm | by JohnMcPherson | Revert |
| Older page: | version 6 | Last edited on Monday, March 29, 2004 8:23:08 am | by ChrisPoulton | Revert |
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These are some hints to make your use of pdflatex(1) more productive...
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!!! Version
As you may be aware, the version numbers for [Τεχ] are converging towards Pi, and pdflatex does the same.
Although it may not look like much, there is quite a bit of difference between pdflatex version "3.14159-13d (Web2C 7.3.1)" (the "old stable" version) and version "Version 3.14159-1.10b (Web2C 7.4.5)" (the more recent version). This fixes a number of bugs. I copied a binary of the newer version from [Debian] [Woody] onto a [Slackware] 8 box, and the binary worked, but I needed to use the newer pdflatex.fmt file as well (you can merely copy this into your document directory).
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\pdfhorigin=1truein % default value(?), but doesn't work without
\pdfvorigin=1truein % default value(?), but doesn't work without
\fi
</verbatim>
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+!!! The 'hyperref' package
+If you use the hyperref package, then your pdf file will have have active links for all labels and citations, which you can use for quickly navigating. This is incredibly useful - eg for browsing your bibliography and seeing where a reference was cited. In addition, bookmarks will be generated. See the section below on using hyperref with pdflatex.
!!! [PDF] metadata
Inside a block that is only read for pdflatex (and not normal latex), you can put a block to set the metadata inside the PDF file:
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</verbatim>
However, if you are using the hyperref package (which uses your Table of Contents to create bookmarks and a
contents pane in your PDF - very pretty) you will find your pdfinfo block is ignored.
-This annoyed me for ages until I found the
solution:
+The
solution:
<verbatim>
\usepackage[pdftex,
pdfauthor={Your Name},
