Another powerdot problem ...

[Rolf Turner]

Dear Thomas,

Thanks. You solved my problem.

Executive summary: Create keg.ps rather than keg.pdf and then use
"keg.ps" rathe in the call to \includegraphics.

On Fri, 15 Nov 2024 02:53:54 +0000
"Schneider, Thomas \(NIH/NCI\) \[E\] via texhax" <texhax at tug.org> wrote:

> Rolf:
> 
> > I am trying to include a figure (from a *.pdf file) in a powerdot
> > slide. I get an error:
> > > LaTeX Error: Cannot determine size of graphic in keg.pdf (no
> > > BoundingBox).
> 
> Convert the pdf image to a postscript image:

No need. I can just produce the image as a postscript file to start
with.

I changed "keg.pdf" to "keg.ps" in demo.tex, and it worked.

<SNIP>

> OK!  Try it:
> 
> latex fixeddemo.tex
> latex fixeddemo.tex
> dvips fixeddemo
> open fixeddemo.ps
> 
> The display is pretty bad but it worked.

The badness of the display must arise from the pdf to ps conversion.
When I create keg.ps from the start, there is no problem with the
quality of the display.

> BOTTOM LINE:
> 
> Normal LaTeX takes postscript (ps) not PDF.
> I make all my images into ps.
> There is a version of LaTeX that takes PDF but then
> I think EVERYTHING has to be PDF maybe.

Note that pdflatex works fine with images included as *.pdf files.
But powerdot seems to be incompatible with pdflatex.

Thanks again.

cheers,

Rolf

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