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I have a pdf-file, but it does not fill the entire page of my latex document. I want to use this pdf-file as my front page in a latex-document I have made. I use:

\documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{report}

\usepackage{pdfpages}
     \includepdf{filename.pdf}
\end{document}

But it won't work. What can I do?

Martin Schröder
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zahra
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    Try \includepdf[noautoscale]{filename.pdf} Does filename.pdf and your document have the same dimensions? – Bobyandbob Jun 03 '17 at 11:02
  • Welcome to TeX.SX! Please help us (and also you) and add a minimal working example (MWE), that illustrates your problem. Reproducing the problem and finding out what the issue is will be much easier when we see compilable code, starting with \documentclass and ending with \end{document}. – Bobyandbob Jun 03 '17 at 11:02
  • How can I check it? I thought all pdf-files had the same size as the latex-document as a standard thing. How to check the size of my pdf-file and latex-document? – zahra Jun 03 '17 at 11:44
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    Look at the properties tab in your pdf reader. – JPi Jun 03 '17 at 13:35
  • Thanks! And how do I check the height and width of my latex page? – zahra Jun 03 '17 at 20:05
  • I found out! have changed my pdf-file to the same height and width of my pdf - but still it won't work – zahra Jun 03 '17 at 20:18

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You can use the scale option. \includepdf[scale=2]{filename}. Adapt the value of scale= to your needs.

However, you can find the manual of pdfpages via texdoc pdfpages on the commandline.

This works on my Linux machine with texlive 2016:

\documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{report}

\usepackage{pdfpages}
\begin{document}
     \includepdf[noautoscale=true, scale=2]{mindmap.pdf}
\end{document}

Ah, and for the width of the whole page:

\includepdf[noautoscale=true, width=\paperwidth]{mindmap.pdf}
Keks Dose
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  • \includepdf[scale=\textwidth]{filename} does not work! – zahra Jun 03 '17 at 18:33
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    @zahra Well, see my updated answer. But »doesn't work« isn't helpfull. – Keks Dose Jun 03 '17 at 20:39
  • Can I tell my latex-document only to give my first page a specific height and width? When I use: \setlength\paperheight{296.8cm} \setlength\paperwidth{247.4cm} my pdf-fil is in perfect size filling the entire front page, but the rest of the document gets a wrong size. – zahra Jun 03 '17 at 20:45
  • Probably you don't want to change the size of the paper, but only the margins? For changing the margins use the geometry package, texdoc geometry ! – Keks Dose Jun 04 '17 at 08:28