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