# Prawn - Taking a page from one pdf to place in a prawn one

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/prawn-taking-a-page-from-one-pdf-to-place-in-a-prawn-one/191146>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [July 6, 2010, 2:39pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/prawn-taking-a-page-from-one-pdf-to-place-in-a-prawn-one/191146 "2010-07-06T14:39:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![scudco](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/aca169/32.png) [@scudco](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/scudco)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2010, 2:39pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/prawn-taking-a-page-from-one-pdf-to-place-in-a-prawn-one/191146/1 "2010-07-06T14:39:59Z")

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Can I use prawn to take pages directly from a preexisting pdf (no  
sercurity) and then manipulate its size etc and place it a prawn  
generated one.

I looked through some of the github examples and I saw the use of image  
files but none for pdf.

Background: I have a4 sized pictures in pdf format. I want to be be able  
to resize them to playing card size in my new pdf.

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**Author:** ![scudco](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/aca169/32.png) [@scudco](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/scudco)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2010, 2:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/prawn-taking-a-page-from-one-pdf-to-place-in-a-prawn-one/191146/2 "2010-07-06T14:45:06Z")

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Adam A. wrote:

> Can I use prawn to take pages directly from a preexisting pdf (no  
> sercurity) and then manipulate its size etc and place it a prawn  
> generated one.
> 
> I looked through some of the github examples and I saw the use of image  
> files but none for pdf.
> 
> Background: I have a4 sized pictures in pdf format. I want to be be able  
> to resize them to playing card size in my new pdf.

Doh! just spotted prawn has a google groups. Ill post there but still  
appreciate any input from users here.

thanks and apologies.