Re: copying images out of pdfs

[Klaus-Peter Schrage]

Am 09.06.2016 um 19:58 schrieb Robert Moskowitz:
> I want to pull out specific figures to include in a presentation. Not 
> convert the entire pdf to an image.
>
> Like this fig 9-2:

If you really want to pull a vector graphic like this in a clean way, 
you can do it with Inkscape (any other vector editing tool capable of 
handling pdf works as well, but I often use this one):

* as Inkscape only seems to be able to open a single pdf page, first
    extract the page in question (e. g. page 39) with a tool of your liking
  * open page39.pdf in Inkscape
  * with the selection tool, draw a rectangle which covers all elements
    of your figure
  * copy and paste the selection to a new empty drawing
  * save as fig9_2.svg or fig9_2.eps