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how to insert a figure in latex

February 23rd, 2006 by Lawrence David

to insert a figure in latex, try the following code:

\begin{figure}[h]
\begin{center}
\includegraphics[width=4in]{your_file.jpg}
\end{center}
\caption{your_caption}
\end{figure}

note that you can adjust the size of your figure using the width parameter; height should simultaneously scale proportionately.

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10 Responses to “how to insert a figure in latex”

1. on 22 Oct 2008 at 2:39 am   maria

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2. on 26 May 2009 at 9:01 pm   Lucas

   Also, remember to add

   \usepackage{graphicx}

   at the top of the file

3. on 05 Oct 2010 at 1:50 am   Ankit Patel

   Dear,
   i use the format for figure insertation as:

   \begin{center}
   % Requires \usepackage{graphicx}
   \includegraphics[width=4in]{p1.jpg}\\
   \emph{Figure 1: Schematic Diagram of the experimental setup}
   \end{center}

   there will be an error at :
   \includegraphics[width=4in]{p1.jpg}\\

   please give me the right format.

   thanking you,

4. on 05 Oct 2010 at 1:50 am   Ankit Patel

   Dear,
   i use the format for figure insertation as:

   \begin{center}
   % Requires \usepackage{graphicx}
   \includegraphics[width=4in]{p1.jpg}\\
   \emph{Figure 1: Schematic Diagram of the experimental setup}
   \end{center}

   there will be an error at :
   \includegraphics[width=4in]{p1.jpg}\\

   please give me the right format.

   thanking you,

5. on 13 Oct 2010 at 8:34 pm   Faree

   I use the same syntax and get this error:

   ! Undefined control sequence
   1.75 \includegraphics
   [width=3in]{FS2004.jpg}\\
   ?

   What is this error? Everyone uses this code and it works. Am I missing something?

6. on 15 Oct 2011 at 4:04 am   gamage

   use packege \usepackage{graphicx}..
   code should be following manner

   \usepackage{graphicx}
   %should be just below the \documentclass{}

   begin{figure}

   \includegraphics[width=50pt]{image_name.jpg}
   % image should be same directry of save
   \caption{23}\label{23}
   \end{figure}

7. on 13 Apr 2012 at 3:32 am   sunali

   i am getting the path of the image along with the output

8. on 06 Nov 2012 at 2:30 pm   Bunakiye

   What about saving the .jpg, how do you save to include the graphics

9. on 06 Nov 2012 at 2:31 pm   Bunakiye

   How do I save the file to be found by latex when it is in the includegraphics

10. on 06 Nov 2012 at 2:32 pm   Bunakiye

    How do I get the path of the image