Problem with the size of objects in slides

Hello all,

I'm quite new to Prosper, although I've used LaTex before.  I have a 
problem with a Prosper presentation which, I think, is because I'm 
overlooking something obvious.  I'm using MikTeX under WinXP.  I have 
tried creating my presentation with and without the "pdf" option.

The problem:  The size of my figures (created in xfig and IgorPro and 
exported as eps) are all much larger than their true size; also, the 
widths of minipages and parboxes when directly specified as some number 
of cm, inches, or pts, come out much larger than what I specify.  I have 
to scale down my figures with the scale=x option in \includegraphics 
(graphicx.sty), and I have to give small sizes for my minipages and 
parboxes.  So, for example, if I want a minipage of width 7 cm, I would 
have to specify something like 3 to 4 cm--a tedious exercise of 
trial-and-error.  \textwidth does seem to work ok, and specifying widths 
in terms of this length seems to produce correct results.

I don't have this problem with other LaTeX documentclass' like article 
and revtex4.

This problem does not stop me from using Proper, but it kills some of 
the fun for sure.  Please help.

Thanks,
Hasnain




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