Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ Graphic full page width?

[shellcoder50]

Hello,

I am trying to find a way to make an image span the full page width but have been unable to do so. Is this possible? I have been trying variations on the following, even with \oddsidemargin set to 0 but I cannot get it to span the full page width:

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\begin{figure}[t] \centering
  \begin{tabular}{cc}
    \includegraphics[width=210mm]{data.jpg}\\
  \end{tabular}
  \label{fig1}
\end{figure}

Thank you for your time.

[gmedina]

Hi,

you could use a \makebox, as described here.

Another approach, this time using the chngpage package:

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{chngpage}
\usepackage{calc}

\begin{document}

\begin{figure}[!ht]
  \begin{adjustwidth}{-\oddsidemargin-1in}{-\rightmargin}
    \centering
    \includegraphics[width=\paperwidth]{data}
    \caption{a page width figure}
    \label{fig:fig1}
  \end{adjustwidth}
\end{figure}

\end{document}

On a side note: I see that you are using a \label command inside a figure environment without the corresponding \caption command; this will produce undesired results when referencing the figure. Inside floats (figure, table) the \label command must be placed after the corresponding \caption command.

[shellcoder50]

You, sir, are a master. Thank you very much for your response. I used chngpage and it did exactly what I wanted. Thank you again for your informative reply.

by the way, is it possible for chngpage to modify \voffset?

Thanks
-D

[localghost]

[...] by the way, is it possible for chngpage to modify \voffset? [...]

You don't need to modify this length unless you are running into trouble with your printer hardware.


Best regards and welcome to the board
Thorsten

[gmedina]

Just to complement the answer given by localghost, if you really need to modify \voffset, then you can use the geometry package.

[shellcoder50]

Thank you very much, looking at geometry now. This modification of \voffset is, in this case, for the first page only as I am trying to place an image just a little bit higher than "top". I don't intend for this change to propagate to subsequent pages.

Thank you again.

[gmedina]

Then, you don't need to change \voffset; you need to change the value of topmargin; to do this, don't use the geometry package (the changes made using geometry will affect all the document) and use in its stead some of the features of the chngpage package to achive the desired result. You can find a description of the commands and environments in the file chngpage.sty itself.

[shellcoder50]

gmedina, I see you made the same argument over at http://www.latex-community.org/forum/vi ... f=5&t=4051, sorry for not finding that... and thank you again very much for your help.