Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ how craete a new command to center figure with caption

[allevo]

hi!!
I'd like put centre a figure with its caption sideways.
i wrote this:

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\documentclass{book}
%central fig command
\newcommand{\centrefig}[2]
{
 \begin{tabular}[t]{rr}
  \includegraphics{#1} & #2
 \end{tabular}
}

\begin{document}
\centrefig{img_esempi/lion}{foo}
\end{document}

but it create an error (! Undefined control sequence)
where am i wrong?!?!

[frabjous]

You need to have something like:

\usepackage[dvips]{graphicx}

or

\usepackage[pdftex]{graphicx}

in your document header to use \includegraphics. (What kind of image file are you using, and what kind of output are you trying to make?)

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi,

just a remark, \usepackage{graphicx} would be sufficient, the driver should be detected automatically. That's better than to pass a wrong option accidentally.

Stefan

[localghost]

[...] I'd like put centre a figure with its caption sideways. [...]

For standard classes take a look at the floatrow or the sidecap package. Other classes may have built-in features.


Best regards
Thorsten

[allevo]

thank but the text is the text is below...