General ⇒ Graphics taking up too much space

[meklenborg]

Hi

I've included Excel graphics in my LaTeX document (using wmf2eps to create the eps-files + graphics-packages in the preambule), but they take up too much space. I've reseized the file so that it fits the page, but there is an enormous space separating the figure from the caption. This is the encoding:

\begingroup
\centering
\resizebox{\textwidth}{!}
{\includegraphics[0in,0in][12in,15in]{wp2ny.eps}}
\captionof{figure}{test picture}
\endgroup

If I use the figure-command, it goes from bad to worse, as the graphics take up one whole page.

I'm really pleased to be able to include graphics in my work, and I'm really happy I get LaTeX to hang on to them also when I run dvi2ps before ps2pdf (had some problems with that some months back). I just want it to look nice too! My document class is "book".

Happy for any suggestion!


Christine

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi Christine,

could you post wp2ny.eps as an attachment here? Maybe the wmf file too. Perhaps the space is already inside this eps file. In this case the conversion could be different, or you could crop the eps file before/while including.

Stefan

[localghost]

[...] Perhaps the space is already inside this eps file. [...]

You can test that by framing the included graphics.

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\begingroup
  \centering
  \fbox{
    \includegraphics[width=\textwidth]{wp2ny.eps}
  }
  \captionof{figure}{test picture}\label{fig:testfig}
\endgroup

Best regards
Thorsten¹

[T3.]

Large space between caption and graph might be the result of wrongly set bounding box in your eps file. You can check this either the way localghost suggests or by using ghostview and displaying the bounding box. Ghostview should also allow you to correct the bounding box if necessary.

I would also recommend that you google for epslatex document. You will find there very comprehensive discussion of how to handle graphics in LaTeX and what tools you can use.

Cheers,

Tomek

[localghost]

[...] Ghostview should also allow you to correct the bounding box if necessary. [...]

I'm not sure if GSview offers such a feature, but the bounding box can be changed by editing the EPS file with a normal text editor. There is a commentary section in each EPS file where the bounding box is given. The coordinate system of postscript has its origin in the lower left corner of a page.

[...] I would also recommend that you google for epslatex document. [...]

A search engine is not needed. As nearly every LaTeX related document epslatex can be found on CTAN.

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi,

you can specify the bounding box with \includegraphics, see grfguide.

Stefan