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> From: Norbert Böhm <sternent...@friedenswarte.de> > Subject: Re: How to enlarge a Graphic? > Date: April 17, 2014 6:00:12 AM EDT > To: Stephen Buonopane <sbuon...@bucknell.edu> > > Am 17.04.2014 05:08, schrieb Stephen Buonopane: >> >> On Apr 16, 2014, at 9:48 AM, Richard Heck wrote: >> >>> On 04/16/2014 05:06 AM, Norbert Böhm wrote: >>>> Hello, >>>> >>>> can I ask here to a Lyx - Problem with Graphics? >>>> >>>> So, the Problem is, that I want to set a Graphic over the holy entire >>>> of a A4 - Page. I may set of the margins for this site. I think there is a >>>> special TEX - command to do this, but I searched yesterday for many hours >>>> and found different and unclear answers. >>> >>> Just FYI for anyone who wants to answer this: What Norbert wants to do is >>> have a graphic that covers the entire page, and not just the page within >>> the margins. For the horizontal aspect, one can center it. But how to do it >>> for the vertical aspect? >>> >>> Richard >>> >> >> Try using the pdfpages package as described here >> http://www.bhalash.com/archives/13544791365 >> >> In LyX you can do this with Insert -> File -> External Material -> PDFPages >> > > > > Hello! > > > Unfortunately are both ways wrong on my system. Wenn I try the way of Les, > there is no Graphic seen on the PDF, wenn I try the way of Stephen, the Latex > - Error episode runs. > > But still I´ve found the "GOLDEN WAY", with the tip of Stephen. > Note, that you seems to me like Latex - profis, and I´m a Latex- donkey, I´m > a Lyx- user! And now I´tell you the way for simple lyx users. > > This way has a plus and a minus: > > + you don´t need to touch the Latex - priamble, you don´t need Texcode! > - you have to produce your Graphic as PDF > > So, Stephens way ist easyer in Lyx. First you change your graphic in a PDF - > Dokument (it´s easy to export it as PDF from GIMP) > > Than you go in your LYX - Dokument on the Side, where you want the Graphic, > may be make an new page and if you want to see the Graphic without topline > and pagenumber, set this in Texcode: > > \thispagestyle{empty} > > This is to clean your page, not the command to insert graphic! > > And now you insert your graphic: > > - click on: insert - file - extern Material (!) > at the opening window search four your pdf- pic, and insert it > - under that field you can choose the type of dokument - choose pdf > - overtake this, > > and on the other upper button "large and turning" click: > > - wide 100 % large > > (may be here you can play a little bit with this options, but this works > striktly. And may be, there are some little other names for this options, > cause I use the german surface) > > Now I see on Lyx and on my PDF a large Graphic over the entire of the choosen > page - in a realy good quality (zoom it!) > > I hope other people can enjoy this simple way now too > and maybe it will be discribed in the Handbooks. > > > > Thank you Les, inadvertently I print out your picture. So I pin it on my wall > now to show my guests how intelligent Lyx - users are : ) > And thank you Stephen, that I can work on my great work : ) > > > Are we happy? > > We are! > > > > > > > > > > > > >
