can you explain thoroughly what this line means? your description is a bit vague and unclear to new latex users like me.
\raisebox{1.75ex}{\parbox[t]{2in}{\null\includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{Diagram.pdf}}}
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Weird included Graphics Output
So the line in question is this one.
Let's write it in a slightly different form to add comments for explanations.
I suggest to do some basic reading [1]. With exception of the \null command (which is just an empty box with zero dimension) you will get detailed explanations for all LaTeX commands and their effects.
[1] View topic: LaTeX Resources for Beginners
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\raisebox{1.75ex}{\parbox[t]{2in}{\null\includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{Diagram.pdf}}}
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\raisebox{1.75ex}{% % raise the following content by the given height
\parbox[t]{2in}{% % create a box of the given width with alignment to the top
\null% % create a kind of anchor to fool LaTeX
\includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{Diagram.pdf}% % include external graphics file
}
}
[1] View topic: LaTeX Resources for Beginners
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¹ System: TeX Live 2025 (vanilla), TeXworks 0.6.10
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¹ System: TeX Live 2025 (vanilla), TeXworks 0.6.10