LaTeX Importing part of a PDF document into latex

[lavster]

hi, there is a figure that i want to include in my latex document. The figure is in someones thesis and i want to have just that one figure in my latex document but I am not sure how to this. in power point i can just use the snap shop feature but how do i do it for latex where it requires a png, pdf etc format?
obv i will reference the fig accordingly

thanks :)

 

[cristo]

Can't you just lift that part of the file and save it as a pdf?

(Oh, and you should ask permission to reproduce any figure from the copyright holder)

 

[lavster]

i do :)

what you mean by "lift"? I've tried selecting it but that just saves the whole thing. I've also tried most things under tools - Select and Zoom but I am getting no where :(

thanks

 

[cristo]

what you mean by "lift"? I've tried selecting it but that just saves the whole thing. I've also tried most things under tools - Select and Zoom but I am getting no where :(

What operating system are you using? I'm only really used to apple nowadays, in which case you can use preview to copy into a new file and then save as pdf. On windows, I'm not sure how you can do this (though there must be a way).

 

[nbo10]

look into pdfpages package