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What is the best way to export a power-point graphic (block diagramm and some text within the graphic; some parts are transparent) to use it in LaTeX?

I tried to save one slide as .pdf and import it via:

\includegraphics[trim = 10mm 80mm 20mm 5mm, clip,width=130mm]{test.pdf}

It works, but it is trial and error to find the right trim settings.

Is there a better way to do it? Probably export as .jpg is enough for a scientific journal? Thank you very much for your help.

Sebastiano
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Math_reald
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  • I think this can help you: http://tex.stackexchange.com/a/254705/1952 – Ignasi Oct 13 '16 at 09:29
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    The only thing that should be submitted as a .jpg is a photograph. If you really have to export as raster graphics, use a lossless file format, as .jpg introduces horrible artefacts in hard-edged images such as diagrams – Chris H Oct 13 '16 at 10:47

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I would say export as pdf and use a graphical pdf editor to trim it so that you see what you trim without having to recompile. I am on a Mac and here the native pdf viewer can be used for it but there must be alternatives for all operating systems I would assume.

jonalv
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  • Normally, Inkscape can do it. – Rmano Oct 13 '16 at 09:35
  • Do they actually remove the stuff outside the trimmed/cropped area, or are they only hiding it? Meaning even after cropping the original image is still present. – daleif Oct 13 '16 at 09:38
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    I think that you can do both in Inkscape. Setting the bounding box and/or deleting elements. – Rmano Oct 13 '16 at 10:19
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    @Rmano is right - delete the objects you don't want then you can usually set the bounding box by: select all (ctrl+A), document properties (ctrl+shift+D), "resize page to current drawing or selection". Sometimes a white box sent to the back is needed to fine-tune things. – Chris H Oct 13 '16 at 10:46