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Subject: Re: DOCBOOK: BoundingBox of graphic? (JadeTeX)
The units are points: 72 per inch is the conversion factor. >> From: Peter Elliott <axit@paradise.net.nz> >> Subject: Re: DOCBOOK: BoundingBox of graphic? (JadeTeX) >> >> At 00:05 3/11/99 +0000, Peter Flynn <pflynn@imbolc.ucc.ie> you wrote: >> >> >> >You can fix it by hand. >> > >> >1. Print the EPS file. >> > If it doesn't print, you may need to manually eject the page >> > by pressing FF on your printer control panel. >> > >> >2. Draw a rectangle round the image so that the four lines fall just >> > outside the image. >> > >> >3. Using the bottom LH corner of the page as a reference point (0,0) >> > measure the (x,y) coordinates of the lower LH corner (x1,y1) of >> > the rectangle and the upper RH corner (x2,y2). >> > >> >4. Edit the EPS file and add the line >> > >> > %%BoundingBox: 26 49 596 842 >> > >> > (replacing the four values with x1 y1 x2 y2 >> > >> >5. Save and exit. Now the file has an approximate BoundingBox. >> > >> >Try to process it with your LaTeX document. If the printing is not >> >quite what you wanted you can adjust the BoundingBox by hand (but >> >it's usually better to get LaTeX to move and rescale it). >> > >> >///Peter >> >> OK >> Got that - but just one Question - what units are we using here when doing our measuring? Assumed it's mm (millimeters) but thought i'd better check ... >> Cheers >> pre >> o --- ---- | / / Lance F. Larsen | / / |/ / llarsen@sco.com o | / o |/ (908)790-2335 | --- o
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