\pdfpages, box, headers

Question

I'm using pdfpages to put a PDF file into my latex document. The command

\includepdf[page=1,angle=90,height=\textheight]{file.pdf}

works fine but I would rather it kept the header and footer that are on every other page in the document and then had the PDF file fill in the remainder of the page. As is it kills the header and footer.

Maybe I should construct a box?

Welcome to TeX.SX! You don't need \includepdf; \includegraphics is sufficient and it wouldn't override the page style. — egreg, Jan 27 '14 at 22:30

Heiko Oberdiek · Accepted Answer · 2014-01-28T00:51:40.747

The following example centers an image in the text area of a new page. The image is maximized without distortion:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{graphicx}

\newcommand*{\IncludePageImage}[2][]{%
  \newpage
  \begingroup
    \centering
    \setlength{\parskip}{0pt}%
    \setlength{\topskip}{0pt}%
    \nointerlineskip
    \vspace*{\fill}%
    \includegraphics[%
      width=\textwidth,
      height=\textheight,
      keepaspectratio,
      #1%
    ]{#2}%
    \par
    \vspace*{\fill}%
    \newpage
  \endgroup
}

\begin{document}
  \IncludePageImage{file.pdf}
\end{document}

The page layout can be made visible by option showframe of package geometry:

\usepackage[pass,showframe]{geometry}

Option pass is useful, if the layout is defined without package geometry. Then package geometry lets the layout parameter untouched if option pass is given.

@Speravir: Extension changed to .pdf. But other supported image extensions also work. — Heiko Oberdiek, Jan 28 '14 at 00:52
Yes, thankfully you already have listed this: Graphics file extensions and their order of inclusion when not specified. — Speravir, Jan 28 '14 at 22:02

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited Feb 05 '14 at 15:38

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Thanks everybody. I ended up using

\includepdf[page=1,angle=90,height=\textheight,pagecommand={\pagestyle{fancy}}]{file.pdf}

but all the other info is great for the future.

edited Feb 05 '14 at 15:38

Claudio Fiandrino

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answered Feb 05 '14 at 15:25

Andrew

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Hi Andrew. A tip: note that you don't have to sign with your name since it automatically appears in the lower right corner of your post. – Claudio Fiandrino Feb 05 '14 at 15:39

\pdfpages, box, headers

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