General ⇒ variable in preamble

[genome]

Hi all,

noob here with noobish question. If I have many graphics in my document and I want to resize them all at the same time, can I make a variable in the pre-amble and then use this variable in the scale of each \includegraphics command I use?

I'm sure there is a way to do this but so far I have not found any helpful stuff.

Cheers,
G

[localghost]

You can declare a scaling factor in the preamble that only contains a numeric value.

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\newcommand*{\factor}{0.75}

Later on you can use the factor for scaling your included graphics.

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\includegraphics[scale=\factor]{filename}

This would scale your graphics to 75% of their original size.


Best regards and welcome to the board
Thorsten¹

[genome]

This is perfect thanks! Just wondering why you use a "*" after \newcommand?

[localghost]

[...] Just wondering why you use a "*" after \newcommand?

It slightly differs from the other version. Consider it as a "short" form.

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi genome,

Just wondering why you use a "*" after \newcommand?

you will find some additional information here in an introduction by Nicola L. C. Talbot: 2.8 Short and Long Commands.

Stefan