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How do I get rid of this error:

PDF inclusion: found PDF version <1.5>, but at most version <1. 4> allowed

I tried putting \pdfoptionpdfminorversion=5 after my preamble, but nothing happens.

(Edit added by Andrew Stacey):

I've seen this error in the following situation.

  1. I created some PDFs using TeXLive2010 with the most recent stable PGF/TikZ (in case it is relevant).
  2. I cropped these PDFs using pdfcrop, again from TeXLive 2010.
  3. I sent these to another person, who included them in their document with the graphicx package.
  4. That person used TeXLive 2009 to compile the document.

(I'll need a little time to dig out a MWE! I'll need to figure out how to switch between TL2010 and TL2009 on my machine.)

Andrew Stacey
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  • Are you including any other PDFs as pictures? Check the PDF version of them. Which version of pdflatex are you using? – Martin Scharrer Feb 22 '11 at 09:37
  • I have two pdfs as pictures, how can I find out what version of pdflatex I'm using? –  Feb 22 '11 at 09:45
  • Both the PDFs are 1.5 –  Feb 22 '11 at 09:47
  • It is in the first line of the log file. Also check the PDF version of the resulting PDF. – Martin Scharrer Feb 22 '11 at 09:49
  • Where's the $log$ file? Sorry, I'm new at this :S –  Feb 22 '11 at 09:55
  • @Carol: The .log file is normally in the same directory your .tex is in. – Martin Scharrer Feb 22 '11 at 10:05
  • It says Version 3.1415926-1.40.10 (MiKTeX 2.8) –  Feb 22 '11 at 10:12
  • (preloaded format=pdflatex 2010.12.25) –  Feb 22 '11 at 10:13
  • I've been getting this error recently, but I can't remember exactly what circumstances led to it. If I can track it down, I'll see if I can post an example. – Andrew Stacey Feb 22 '11 at 10:24
  • @Carol: your pdflatex version is up-to-date, so its not the problem. (Hint: you should put a @ followed by the user name you want to address into you comments. This way the user gets a notification. Note that the OP of the question/answer always gets a notification.) – Martin Scharrer Feb 22 '11 at 11:24
  • Maybe this question will help. – Alan Munn Feb 22 '11 at 13:03
  • I've tracked down where I've seen this error before and edited it in to the question. – Andrew Stacey Feb 24 '11 at 10:10
  • @Andrew: As indicated in the question linked by @Alan, the default PDF version switched to 1.5 between texlive 2009 and 2010. You can go back to 1.4 in 2010 by \usepackage{pdf14} (or just \pdfminorversion=4), or you can reset the default by editing the configuration files. Alternatively the person with TL2009 could say \pdfminorversion=5. – Lev Bishop Mar 04 '11 at 21:22
  • I had this error when using inkscape to convert .svg to .pdf and including them in LaTeX (with ubuntu's version of TL09) – Seamus Jul 13 '11 at 09:59

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Did you try \pdfminorversion=X ? At least it works for me...

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  • Then it says ! LaTeX Error: Missing \begin{document}. –  Feb 22 '11 at 09:57
  • when I have \begin{document} below it –  Feb 22 '11 at 09:57
  • \documentclass{article} \pdfminorversion=6 \begin{document} Text \end{document} This is the right syntax and should run. – meep.meep Feb 22 '11 at 10:06
  • now it says geometry driver: auto-detecting geometry detected driver: pdftex

    and it doesn't finish and get the PDF to be previewed.

     –  Feb 22 '11 at 10:08
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    This is no way to solve your problem. No one can find the mistakes in just tiny bits of code an error messages. You should post a minimal example (see the FAQ) please. – meep.meep Feb 22 '11 at 10:12
  • @Carol: meep.meep is quite right; it would be best if you edit your question and include a minimal example that exhibits the error. That can even be helpful if we don't have the pdfs that you want to include. – Hendrik Vogt Feb 22 '11 at 10:43
  • Thank you! I used \pdfminorversion=6 right before \begin{document} and it worked perfectly. I am using pdf figures made in Adobe Illustrator CS4 and the error used to come up for every figure but this has taken care of it. –  Jul 13 '11 at 09:48