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LaTeX Cookbook

By : Stefan Kottwitz
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LaTeX Cookbook

By: Stefan Kottwitz

Overview of this book

LaTeX is a high-quality typesetting software and is very popular, especially among scientists. Its programming language gives you full control over every aspect of your documents, no matter how complex they are. LaTeX's huge amount of customizable templates and supporting packages cover most aspects of writing with embedded typographic expertise. With this book you will learn to leverage the capabilities of the latest document classes and explore the functionalities of the newest packages. The book starts with examples of common document types. It provides you with samples for tuning text design, using fonts, embedding images, and creating legible tables. Common document parts such as the bibliography, glossary, and index are covered, with LaTeX's modern approach.You will learn how to create excellent graphics directly within LaTeX, including diagrams and plots quickly and easily. Finally, you will discover how to use the new engines XeTeX and LuaTeX for advanced programming and calculating with LaTeX. The example-driven approach of this book is sure to increase your productivity.
Table of Contents (19 chapters)
LaTeX Cookbook
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Combining PDF files


Combining the source code of two LaTeX documents can be pretty hard, especially if they are based on different classes. However, combining their PDF output is pretty easy.

How to do it...

We will use the pdfpages package.

You can test it with the flyer example from Chapter 1, The Variety of Document Types, together with the form example from the current chapter. Let's get going:

  1. Open a document and choose any class:

    \documentclass{article}
  2. Load the pdfpages package:

    \usepackage{pdfpages}
  3. Begin the document:

    \begin{document}
  4. Include the first PDF file by using the command \includepdf. It takes the page range as an option. Use a dash (-) for the whole page range:

    \includepdf[pages=-]{flyer}
  5. Include the second PDF file:

    \includepdf[pages=-]{form}
  6. End the document:

    \end{document}
  7. Compile once, and look at the newly generated file, which contains both the flyer and the form.

How it works...

The pdfpages package is primarily used for including PDF files in a LaTeX document, completely or partially...