Hello there,
I am new to this list. I used plain LaTeX in older days but in the last
few years I deteriorated into using the PowerPoint. Recently I
co-authored a presentation with a guy who uses LeTeX all the time. We did
it using Beamer and it looked beautiful. For that we used the TexXnic
Center which works fine except it still takes a lot of raw LaTeX typing to
get things right.
In any case, I have started to experiment with LyX. I have version
1.6.0.1 installed on WinXP Pro machine together with the latest MiKTeX
distribution and whatever else is needed. I have been going through the
LyX tutorial and decided to do my variations to the example-raw.lyx file.
I tried some tables and they seemed to work just fine. Then I tried the
"Insert Graphics" button. This gives me a problem. I typed a name of my
*.png test file there and tied to preview the PDF but got an error message
about not being able to determine the bounding box. I put my own width
and height into the dialog box but got the same error message.
I started to investigate the matter further by exporting pdflatex code
from the document. I noticed that I get the following code for the
graphics part
\begin{center}
\includegraphics[width=4in,height=4in]{test.png}
\par\end{center}
which looks OK to me (except I do not understand the \par bit). Then I
noticed that in the preamble of the document I have a line
\usepackage[dvips]{graphicx}
When I remove the [dvips] than I can run pdflatex on the *.tex file any
everything is OK.
After looking a little further I found a workaround (sort of). I can use
the "Insert Float Graphics" button and then use the TeX box to enter the
includegraphics command. Since using the "Insert Float Graphics" seems to
generate the \begin{graphics} ... \end{graphics} environment it does not
add anything to the preamble. Then I can add the \usepackage{graphicx}
into the preamble myself in the Document > Settings > Preamble.
My question is this - is there a more straightforward way of doing this? I
like the "Insert Graphics" way. Is there any way to stop LyX from
sticking the [dvips] option into the preamble?
Thanks for your time,
Andy
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Andy Jaworski
518-1-01
Process Laboratory
3M Corporate Research Laboratory
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