CSCE 478/878 (Fall 2001): Including eps files in LaTeX

1. Put ``\input{psfig}'' very soon after ``\begin{document}''
2. To include a picture in a figure, do the following:

   \begin{figure}
   \begin{center}
   \mbox{\psfig{figure=FIGURE.eps,width=2.5in}}
   \caption{This is my caption.}
   \label{fig:figure-label}
   \end{center}
   \end{figure} 
   

   In the above, FIGURE.eps is the encapsulated postscript file name and fig:figure-label is the LaTeX label for the figure. The width of 2.5in is user-specified, and LaTeX will automatically rescale the height. Similarly, you can specify the height.

   NOTE: If the file is regular postscript and not eps, the above will still work, but you might have to use some \vspace*{...} and \hspace*{...} commands to place it properly, since the bounding box will not be set correctly.

Last modified 16 August 2011; please report problems to sscott AT cse.