Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ Graphics Inclusion with absolute Path

[tylerh]

Hi there,

I'm a beginner in LaTeX, and am having problems I was hoping someone could help me with. I'm trying to learn how to place images in figures using graphicx. This is my simple test code, which isn't working.

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{graphicx}

\begin{document}
  \begin{figure}[!h]
    \centering
    \includegraphics{C:\Users\Tyler\Dropbox\hatchdownmesh.png}
  \end{figure}
\end{document}

When I use this, the program gets hung up on the line with \includegraphics. It outputs the following LaTeX error.

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! Undefined control sequence.
<argument> C:\Users 
                    \Tyler \Dropbox \hatchdownmesh 
l.19 ...{C:\Users\Tyler\Dropbox\hatchdownmesh.png}

Does anyone have any ideas that could help me? I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling MiKTeX. I'm stumped.

[localghost]

Even on Wind0ws you need to insert slashes (/) instead of backslashes (\) in the path of the image file.

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C:/Users/Tyler/Dropbox/hatchdownmesh

The file suffix can be dropped.


Best regards and welcome to the board
Thorsten