How to add a extra space in the bottom of each page of a pdf

Question

I have a pdf file and want to add 15pt space at the bottom for each page. The pages are of different size

I am trying the following to show the pages.

\documentclass{scrartcl}
\usepackage{geometry}
\usepackage{pdfpages}
\usepackage[automark,headsepline,footsepline]{scrlayer-scrpage}
\begin{document}
\includepdfmerge[fitpaper]{/home/simha/latex/test.pdf, 1743}
\includepdfmerge[fitpaper]{/home/simha/latex/test.pdf, 1744}
\includepdfmerge[fitpaper]{/home/simha/latex/test.pdf, 1745}
\end{document}

Now how can i add 15pt at the bottom of each in my above code.

The above code will create the following pdf

What is want is add 15pt space at the bottom like this

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 31 '20 at 18:02

1

You can use the trim option:

\documentclass{scrartcl}
\usepackage{pdfpages}
\begin{document}
\includepdfmerge[fitpaper,trim=0pt -1cm 0pt 0pt]{example-image-duck,1}
\end{document}

answered Jul 31 '20 at 18:02

Ulrike Fischer

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eg: I have a pdf page : 432pt (w) x 1000pt(ht) - I want to trim first to 432pt (w) x 500pt(ht) - and now add 15pt empty space below. How can i do it then – Santhosh Jul 31 '20 at 18:25
also how to change color of the extra space – Santhosh Aug 06 '20 at 14:58

Santhosh · Accepted Answer · 2020-08-06T19:01:14.163

The following added extra space in the bottom of pdf page in the mid of the document with custom page size

I have a pdfpage of size 432pt x 240pt I want to add at the bottom 15pt. SO the page size will be 432pt x 255pt.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{pdfpages}
\usepackage{geometry}
\begin{document}
% offset is 7.5pt since the pdf will be centered initially
% templatesize is the most important part here. without templatesize fitpaper will create page size of 432x240
\includepdfmerge[offset=0 7.5,fitpaper,templatesize={432pt}{255pt}]{/home/simha/latex/test.pdf, 497}
\end{document}

So 2 things in includepdfmerge to be done

a) fitpaper, templatesize={432pt}{255pt} (both have to be used together)

b) offset=0 7.5 (since the page is centered after fitpage, we have to push it up 15/2

The output looks like this

If we want to add page numbers then we can use the below

\documentclass{scrartcl} % required for page number
\usepackage{pdfpages}
\usepackage{geometry}
\usepackage[automark,headsepline,footsepline]{scrlayer-scrpage} % required for page numbergin
\begin{document
\newgeometry{layoutwidth = 432pt,layoutheight = 253.56pt,left=0mm,right=0mm,top=0mm, bottom=0mm,footskip=1mm}
\includepdfmerge[offset=0 7.5,fitpaper,templatesize={432pt}{255pt},pagecommand={\thispagestyle{plain}}]{/home/simha/latex/test.pdf, 497}
\end{document}

We will use

\documentclass{scrartcl}
\usepackage[automark,headsepline,footsepline]{scrlayer-scrpage}

with

pagecommand={\thispagestyle{plain}}

But for the above to work we have to add the below

\newgeometry{layoutwidth = 432pt,layoutheight = 255pt,left=0mm,right=0mm,top=0mm, bottom=0mm,footskip=1mm}

Then the output will look like (with both extra space and page numbering)

How to add a extra space in the bottom of each page of a pdf

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