Re: DVI to PDF

Thanks. Your second suggestion worked, but the first gave me a MikTex
error - see below for details. jwr


On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 11:12 AM, Ulrike Fischer <[email protected]> wrote:

> Am Wed, 11 Sep 2013 10:28:53 -0500 schrieb John Rudnicki:
>
> > \documentclass{article}
> > \usepackage{graphicx}
> > \begin{document}
> > \begin{figure}
> > \begin{center}
> > %\resizebox{3in}{!}{\includegraphics{Chp02Fig01.eps}}
> > \includegraphics{example-image-A}
> > \end{center}
> > \caption{Schematic illustration of the
> > action of a tensor on a vector.
> > The tensor acts on the vector $\mathbf{u}$
> > and outputs the vector $\mathbf{v}$. This is some more text.}
> > \end{figure}
> > \end{document}
> >
> > This produces dvi file fine, but when I convert dvi to pdf (using
> WinEdit),
> > the caption over prints the figure.This was not a problem until I
> installed
> > MikTex (latest version) on a new computer (using Windows 7).
> >
> > Should be able to download figure from
> >
> > http://www.civil.northwestern.edu/people/rudnicki/Chp02Fig01.eps
>
> I couldn't reproduce the problem with the standard graphics, but you
> graphics shows it.
>
> You are using the wrong graphicx driver: dvipdf in winedt calls
> dvipdfmx but by default graphicx loads the driver for dvips.
>
> So try
>
> \usepackage[dvipdfmx]{graphicx}
>

This gave me the error:


MiKTeX Problem Report

Message: Invalid argument

Data:

Source: Libraries\MiKTeX\Core\FileStream.cpp

Line: 116

MiKTeX: 2.9

OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Business Edition, 64-bit Service Pack 1 (build 7601)

Invokers: explorer/WinEdt

SystemAdmin: no

PowerUser: no

Root0: C:\Users\jwrudn\AppData\Roaming\MiKTeX\2.9

Root1: C:\Users\jwrudn\AppData\Local\MiKTeX\2.9

Root2: C:\ProgramData\MiKTeX\2.9

Root3: C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.9

UserInstall: C:\Users\jwrudn\AppData\Roaming\MiKTeX\2.9

UserConfig: C:\Users\jwrudn\AppData\Roaming\MiKTeX\2.9

UserData: C:\Users\jwrudn\AppData\Local\MiKTeX\2.9

CommonInstall: C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.9

CommonConfig: C:\ProgramData\MiKTeX\2.9

CommonData: C:\ProgramData\MiKTeX\2.9

>
>
> > If I change figure to pdf and use pdflatex problem does not occur.
> > But this is not a good solution for me as I have many figures in
> > eps (for a book).
>
> You can use
>
> \usepackage{graphicx}
> \usepackage{epstopdf}
>
> and then run pdflatex. This will convert your eps on-the-fly.
>

This worked. 


>
> --
> Ulrike Fischer
> http://www.troubleshooting-tex.de/
>
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    and Department of Mechanical Engineering
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