Graphics, Figures & Tables

azizever83 · Post by **azizever83** » Tue Jul 17, 2012 3:50 pm

Hello everybody,
I am using texmaker and sometimes i have to move my file from folder to another. The problem is that i have many figures in this file so that every time i need to run the file after moving it I have to include these figures from the begining which wastes my time.
How can i solve this problem?
Thanks

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GerlofVito · Post by **GerlofVito** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 12:17 am

I keep my figures in the same folder as the tex file, so if I have to move the tex file, I can just move everything along with it. Is there a reason that you can't also move the figures into the new folder along with the tex file?

azizever83 · Post by **azizever83** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 2:40 am

GerlofVito wrote:I keep my figures in the same folder as the tex file, so if I have to move the tex file, I can just move everything along with it. Is there a reason that you can't also move the figures into the new folder along with the tex file?

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Hello, thanks for the response, as along as i move the file i have to specify the path of the figures.

Post by **Stefan Kottwitz** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 11:24 am

Use relative paths. It's often a good idea to put figure files into a subfolder of the document folder. So write \includegraphics{photo} if the photo is in the same folder as the document, or

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\includegraphics{figures/photo}

if it's in the subpath figures, i.e. ./figures/, but don't use absolute paths such as

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\includegraphics{/home/user/document/figures/photo}

or

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\includegraphics{c:/documents/figures/photo}

Stefan

GerlofVito · Post by **GerlofVito** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 11:45 pm

Ah, I see. Assuming you were using absolute file paths, Stefan's advice will help. Another tip when using relative paths is to use the \graphicspath command in your preamble, so you can just give the file name of the image in the body of the document. For example, put this in the preamble:

\graphicspath{{./}{figures/}}

Notice that you can specify several folders with \graphicspath. And then to insert an image from the figures subfolder, you can just write this is the body of the document:

\includegraphics{photo1}

azizever83 · Post by **azizever83** » Thu Jul 19, 2012 4:59 pm

Hello,
Thanks all for the help.

GerlofVito wrote:Ah, I see. Assuming you were using absolute file paths, Stefan's advice will help. Another tip when using relative paths is to use the \graphicspath command in your preamble, so you can just give the file name of the image in the body of the document. For example, put this in the preamble:

\graphicspath{{./}{figures/}}

Notice that you can specify several folders with \graphicspath. And then to insert an image from the figures subfolder, you can just write this is the body of the document:

\includegraphics{photo1}

where should I use the command \graphicspath{{./}{figures/}}?
is it at the beginning of the document before the command \begin{document}?
Thanks again.

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