Latex article template question

[fog37]

I am new to Latex and looking for a specific journal article template. I am working on a mac and just downloaded the MacTeX-2017 Distribution which come with its editor.

When writing an article in Latex, do figures always need to placed in a separate folder?

The article journal template I found online does not seem to compile. Is it because I don't have required packages installed? Do all those packages need to be separately downloaded? If so, from where? Or do they already exist in the distribution?

Thanks,
fog37

 

[eys_physics]

No, you can have figures in the same directory as your .tex file. You specify the path to figure with the \includegraphics command.
If your template do not compile you are probably missing some package. I don't know exactly how to install packages in MacTex, but maybe this link https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/12102/how-do-i-install-ctan-packages-on-mac-os-with-texshop helps. Anyway, it is impossible to help you unless you post the exact error message.

 

[fog37]

Thanks. I will provide more details. But you are probably right in the fact that I am missing the packages that the template requires. I guess I have to check which packages that distribution includes or doesn't...

 

[eys_physics]

Thanks. I will provide more details. But you are probably right in the fact that I am missing the packages that the template requires. I guess I have to check which packages that distribution includes or doesn't...

Try to look for a log file, i.e. a file with ending .log. Probably, in the same directory where you have your .tex file. In my case it is called article.log if the source file is article.tex.