Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ Output to DVI but not to PDF

[coast]

hi,
I would like to insert images into my documents and have been able to do this by outputting to dvi format, but it doesn't work with pdf. When I output to pdf the image is missing:

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\usepackage{graphicx}
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.
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\newpage
\section{Diagram}
\begin{figure}
\centering
\includegraphics[scale=0.65, angle=90]{testing}
\caption{System}\label{fig:test}
\end{figure}

Can anyone give me some clues or refer me to a tutorial on how to solve this?

[localghost]

Check the log file for warnings and errors. A bit more useful information about the format of your graphics file can't do any harm. PDFLaTeX accepts external files in the formats JPG, PNG or PDF.


Best regards and welcome to the board
Thorsten

[coast]

There are no warnings or errors in the log file. I'm importing an .eps image as instructed to by this tutorial:
http://www.andy-roberts.net/misc/latex/ ... rial5.html

Do you think I should use another method?

Thank you for your warm welcome.

Coast

[localghost]

Forget about this tutorial. It only covers LaTeX and not PDFLaTeX. As I already mentioned (indirectly), PDFLaTeX does not accept EPS files by default. If you are running the current version of a common TeX distributon (MiKTeX 2.9, TeX Live 2010), you can include EPS figures when running PFDLaTeX on your document. The EPS files are then converted to PDF in the background. If you have an older version of these distributions, you need to use the epstopdf package. If the problem persists, submit a true minimal example along with its complete log file (as attachment).

[shadgrind]

You could convert your DVI file to PDF by first converting to PS. In Linux you'd do it like this:

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dvips -Ppdf -G0 -z yourfile.dvi
ps2pdf14 -dMaxSubsetPct=100 -dSubsetFonts=true -dEmbedAllFonts=true -dPDFSETTINGS=/printer yourfile.ps

This way you can use EPS graphics without needing to convert them first.