
% file `eso-ex3.tex'; an example for import pages of another (pdf) document.
% Based on an article from Andreas Matthias <amat@kabsi.at> in d.c.t.t
%
% A much better solution is Andreas' package `pdfpages'.
%
% Rolf Niepraschk, 2001/07/21, niepraschk@ptb.de

\documentclass[a4paper]{article}
\usepackage[pdftex]{graphicx}%
% `pdftex.def' >= 2000/05/12 v0.02u and `pdftex' >= v0.14 are needed.
\usepackage{ifthen,calc,eso-pic}

\newcounter{thispdfpage}\newcounter{afterlastpdfpage}
\newcommand{\includepdfpages}[3]
{%
  \setcounter{thispdfpage}{#2}\setcounter{afterlastpdfpage}{#3+1}%
  \newpage
  \whiledo{\value{thispdfpage} < \value{afterlastpdfpage}}
  {%
    \AddToShipoutPicture*
    {%
      \put(0,0){%
	\includegraphics[width=\paperwidth,height=\paperheight,%
	        	 keepaspectratio,page=\arabic{thispdfpage}]{#1}}
    }
    \thispagestyle{empty}\mbox{}\newpage%
    \stepcounter{thispdfpage}%
  }
}
   
\begin{document}

\section{First page of the main document}

% import pages 1 to 3 of an external document.
\includepdfpages{ltx3info.pdf}{1}{3}

\section{First page after the imported pages of the external document} 

\end{document}
