On Sun, 22 Aug 2004, Paul Smith wrote: > >>I am inserting a Xfig picture via "insert-->external material". Is there > >>some way of setting the scale of the Xfig picture with which the picture > >>will appear in the DVI file?
> Thanks, Mark. I had already tried that, but it does not work, i.e., the > picture appears in DVI file with the original size. (Try to insert the > same picture twice, one with "-m 0.5" and the other one without "-m > 0.5"; you will see no difference.) Paul, I use Tgif rather than xfig and it provides an .eps version of each figure. I then import that graphic file into a figure float and use the figure dialog box to scale and otherwise twiddle with the appearance on the typeset page. Would this not work for you? Rich -- Dr. Richard B. Shepard, President Applied Ecosystem Services, Inc. (TM) <http://www.appl-ecosys.com>