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Alan Munn

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Feb 21, 2009, 10:18:00 AM2/21/09
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Hi,

I'm using pdfpges to arrange individual pdf files. The files have been
modified using Acrobat's markup tool and saved as PDF v1.4 When I put
the files together with \includepdf it seems to strip off those
additions.

Here's a sample file, and a link to one of the actual pdf files in
question.

\documentclass[landscape]{article}
\usepackage{pdfpages}
\begin{document}
\includepdf{1-1A-size-5162.pdf}
\end{document}

The actual pdf file is here:

<http://www.msu.edu/~amunn/latex/1-1A-size-5162.pdf>

If you examine this file, one of the images has a red circle around it.
When the above document is created, the red circle disappears.

Is there any way to avoid this?

Thanks

Alan

Other relevant info:

I'm using TeXLive 2008 on a Mac. The Acrobat files display properly in
both Adobe Reader and Apple's Preview.

The output of the \listfiles command is the following:

*File List*
article.cls 2005/09/16 v1.4f Standard LaTeX document class
size10.clo 2005/09/16 v1.4f Standard LaTeX file (size option)
pdfpages.sty 2008/06/22 v0.4f Insert pages of external PDF documents
(AM)
ifthen.sty 2001/05/26 v1.1c Standard LaTeX ifthen package (DPC)
graphicx.sty 1999/02/16 v1.0f Enhanced LaTeX Graphics (DPC,SPQR)
keyval.sty 1999/03/16 v1.13 key=value parser (DPC)
graphics.sty 2006/02/20 v1.0o Standard LaTeX Graphics (DPC,SPQR)
trig.sty 1999/03/16 v1.09 sin cos tan (DPC)
graphics.cfg 2007/01/18 v1.5 graphics configuration of teTeX/TeXLive
pdftex.def 2008/09/08 v0.04l Graphics/color for pdfTeX
calc.sty 2005/08/06 v4.2 Infix arithmetic (KKT,FJ)
eso-pic.sty 2006/07/14 v1.1d eso-pic (RN)
everyshi.sty 2001/05/15 v3.00 EveryShipout Package (MS)
pppdftex.def 2008/06/22 v0.4f Pdfpages driver for pdfTeX (AM)
supp-pdf.tex
color.sty 2005/11/14 v1.0j Standard LaTeX Color (DPC)
color.cfg 2007/01/18 v1.5 color configuration of teTeX/TeXLive
1-1A-size-5162.pdf Graphic file (type pdf)
1-1A-size-5162.pdf Graphic file (type pdf)

Heiko Oberdiek

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Feb 21, 2009, 1:49:00 PM2/21/09
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Alan Munn <am...@msu.edu> wrote:

> I'm using pdfpges to arrange individual pdf files. The files have been
> modified using Acrobat's markup tool and saved as PDF v1.4 When I put
> the files together with \includepdf it seems to strip off those
> additions.

Yes, pdf inclusion in pdfTeX stripps off many things like bookmarks or
annotations.

There is an experimental project `pax' that reinserts some of them.
CTAN:install/macros/latex/contrib/pax.tds.zip

Yours sincerely
Heiko <ober...@uni-freiburg.de>

Alan Munn

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Feb 21, 2009, 3:50:48 PM2/21/09
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In article <gnpk5k$htn$1...@news.belwue.de>,
Heiko Oberdiek <ober...@uni-freiburg.de> wrote:

Thanks, Heiko. Unfortunately it doesn't yet support the particular
annotations I seem to be using. (I don't actually know what the Pop-up
annotation is, since I certainly didn't add one deliberately; the Circle
annotation is what I used.)

* Processing file `1-1A-size-5162.pdf' ...
!!! Warning: Annotation on page 1 not recognized!
java.lang.Exception: Unsupported annotation subtype: Circle
!!! Warning: Annotation on page 1 not recognized!
java.lang.Exception: Unsupported annotation subtype: Popup

It's a shame, because I've been using pdfpages to create stimulus files
for experiments, (randomized lists of single page included pdfs) and
often use the annotation feature of Acrobat. I have other workarounds,
though. Do you envision adding further support for other annotations in
the future?

Alan

Heiko Oberdiek

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Feb 21, 2009, 9:52:06 PM2/21/09
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Alan Munn <am...@msu.edu> wrote:

In principle yes, but sorry, for the next months I don't have the time
for this.

Yours sincerely
Heiko <ober...@uni-freiburg.de>

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