Using LaTeX with TexnicCenter: Inserting Pictures

[NEWO]

hi there, I am writing a report on texnicCenter that uses Latex.

I have a picture drawn on the computer and i need to be able to insert the picture into my document using latex as a figure. If anyone knows the commands for such a thing i would be gratefull if you coul tell me thank you very much

newo

 

[ComputerGeek]

hi there, I am writing a report on texnicCenter that uses Latex.

I have a picture drawn on the computer and i need to be able to insert the picture into my document using latex as a figure. If anyone knows the commands for such a thing i would be gratefull if you coul tell me thank you very much

newo

google for "put figure in latex document"

 

[NEWO]

ive done so and tried the following commands however it doesn't seem to work

\begin{figure}
\includegraphics[height=60mm]{C:\Documents and Settings\Owen Booler\My Documents\My Pictures\potstep.jpg}
\caption{Diagram showing the tunneling in the step potential problem}
\end{figure}

My file that i want to insert is located in C:\Documents and Settings\Owen Booler\My Documents\My Pictures\potstep.jpg

Whats going wrong?

Thanks for any help

 

[ComputerGeek]

ive done so and tried the following commands however it doesn't seem to work

\begin{figure}
\includegraphics[height=60mm]{C:\Documents and Settings\Owen Booler\My Documents\My Pictures\potstep.jpg}
\caption{Diagram showing the tunneling in the step potential problem}
\end{figure}

My file that i want to insert is located in C:\Documents and Settings\Owen Booler\My Documents\My Pictures\potstep.jpg

Whats going wrong?

Thanks for any help

Did you remember to use the graphix package in your preamble before you begin the document?

 

[Triss]

1. you did not type the filelocation correctly.
2. LaTeX does not (i belive) like spaces in the path. atleast i cannot include a pictures located in 'E:/Documents/My Pictures/' but i can include one that is placed in 'E:/Documents/'

The following works fine with MikTeX and pdflatex

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\begin{document}
\includegraphics{E:/Documents/stone} % stone.jpg <--!
\end{document}

If you have all your pictures located in the same folder the following could perhaps come in handy:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\graphicspath{{E:/Documents/}} 
\begin{document}
\includegraphics{stone} % stone.jpg <--!
\end{document}

 

[franznietzsche]

Its best to keep all files related to a given document in the same folder, this prevents problems with a given LaTeX distribution. You might try using "My Pictures" (include the double quotes in the path name).

 

[NEWO]

thanks for you help so far, however I have tried to do what you said and it still won't work. What is the graphicx is it a programme that I should have?

this is what I have done;

\begin{figure}[h]
\usepackage{graphicx}
\includegraphics{C:/potstep.jpg}
\caption{Diagram showing the wavefunction $\psi\left(x\right)_{1}$ in the left region and $\psi\left(x\right)_{2}$ in the right}
\end{figure}

thanks for any help

newo

 

[Triss]

I do not know how you do it in TexnicCenter (why not use emacs/aucTeX? :D) somewhere you should be able to tell TexnicCenter what packages you wish to use. graphicx is one such package and is nessesary for includeing graphics. I am sure you have that package installed but you need to add it to your document. The way I showeded it \usepackage{graphicx} was called *before* the actually document started. You need to do something similar in TexnicCenter, it does *not* work to include it inside a figure environment.

 

[imabug]

thanks for you help so far, however I have tried to do what you said and it still won't work. What is the graphicx is it a programme that I should have?

this is what I have done;

\begin{figure}[h]
\usepackage{graphicx}
\includegraphics{C:/potstep.jpg}
\caption{Diagram showing the wavefunction $\psi\left(x\right)_{1}$ in the left region and $\psi\left(x\right)_{2}$ in the right}
\end{figure}

thanks for any help

newo

that would work fine as long as potstep.jpg is at the root folder of your C: drive. The easiest and probably best thing is to do what franz and triss said and keep your graphics files in the same folder (or a subfolder) as your LaTeX/TeX file. That way all the includegraphics line need to say is

\includegraphics{potstep.jpg}

or

\includegraphics{somefolder/potstep.jpg}

if you put it in a subfolder.

 

[Triss]

that would work fine as long as potstep.jpg is at the root folder of your C: drive. The easiest and probably best thing is to do what franz and triss said and keep your graphics files in the same folder (or a subfolder) as your LaTeX/TeX file.

It will only work if \usepackage{graphicx} is called in the preamble, latex is not *that* smart

 

[imabug]

It will only work if \usepackage{graphicx} is called in the preamble, latex is not *that* smart

right, yeah, good catch. i totally missed that