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Landy Mann
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Bounding Box with LaTex images

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Hi I am trying to include pictures in my physics course work but come up with these errors
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I am using MikTex and writing in WinEdit.

Thanks

David

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Bounding Box with LaTex images

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You have to compile with pdflatex (pdftexify), not with latex (texify) when trying to include files in JPG format.


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Re: Bounding Box with LaTex images

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I think you are trying to include JPEGs in a DVI-mode latex run. When producing a DVI, you need EPS graphics. See for example:

http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2htm ... psgraphics
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Re: Bounding Box with LaTex images

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Thanks the EPS files I tried yesterday but they wouldn't work but they do today :)

Thank You

David
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