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I want to include some pages of a pdf file into my document and wrap them into a figure with a caption for example (with pdfpages)

\begin{figure}[h]
   \centering      
   \includepdf[pages={1,3,2},nup=2x2]{test.pdf}      
 \caption{Test}
 \label{fig:Test}
\end{figure}

However this doesn't work. So is there another way to do this?

Torbjørn T.
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student
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    Yes, you need to include these the "traditional" way, via \includegraphics on an image-by-image (or page-by-page) way. Also, \label should be after \caption always. – Werner May 29 '12 at 12:16
  • @Werner Can \includegraphics select a particular page from a pdf-file? I also tried to to something like \includgraphics{\includepdf{...}}. – student May 29 '12 at 12:18
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    Yes, \includegraphics[page=1]{file}, for example. – Werner May 29 '12 at 12:18

3 Answers3

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As already said by others in the comments you need to use \includegraphics directly because \includepdf uses a page of its own. You can use a tabular to get the 2x2 layout and use the page=<number> key to select the page:

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{blindtext}

\begin{document}
\blindtext

\begin{figure}[h]
   \centering
   \begin{tabular}{@{}c@{\hspace{.5cm}}c@{}}
       \includegraphics[page=1,width=.45\textwidth]{somemultipagepdf} & 
       \includegraphics[page=2,width=.45\textwidth]{somemultipagepdf} \\[.5cm]
       \includegraphics[page=3,width=.45\textwidth]{somemultipagepdf} \\
   \end{tabular}
 \caption{Test}
 \label{fig:Test}
\end{figure}

\blindtext
\end{document}
David Carlisle
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Martin Scharrer
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pdfpages typically inserts page breaks before inserting content, causing problems if you want to have an arrangement if pages inside a figure environment. Instead, use the page key-value of \includegraphics itself to insert the contents on a page-by-page basis. Something like this:

\begin{figure}[ht]
  \centering
  \includegraphics[page=1,width=.3\textwidth]{test}\hspace*{.25\textwidth}%
  \includegraphics[page=3,width=.3\textwidth]{test}

  \includegraphics[page=2,width=.3\textwidth]{test}
  \caption{Test}
  \label{fig:Test}
\end{figure}

If you want the last "image" (page=2) to be shown in a nup=2x2 fashion, you could add \hspace*{.55\textwidth} after it, otherwise it will be horizontally centred below the two "images" (page=1 and page=3) above it.

Of course, you can play with the width adjustment to suit your liking.

Werner
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It works if the figure environment is not used.

Simply put 

\includepdf[pages=-]{test.pdf}

The only problem is that the captions need to be provided with \captionof but then may not appear on the last page of the pdf included.

Anusha
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    The only reason to use figure environment in this case was to use captions and labels correctly. If there is a way to get the captions correctly on the last page or each of the pages, please add that solution. \captionof works but is not on same page as the table. – Anusha Sep 28 '14 at 08:22
  • Can we change its sizing? – alper May 27 '23 at 17:12