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0120 <h2 class="chapter">22 Graphics</h2>
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0125 <p>You can use graphics such as PNG or PDF files in your LaTeX document.
0126 You need an additional package, which comes standard with LaTeX.
0127 This example is the short how-to.
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0130 <pre class="example">\include{graphicx}  % goes in the preamble
0131   ...
0132 \includegraphics[width=0.5\linewidth]{plot.pdf}
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0135 <p>To use the commands described here your document preamble must contain
0136 either <code>\usepackage{graphicx}</code> or
0137 <code>\usepackage{graphics}</code>. Most of the time, <samp>graphicx</samp> is the
0138 better choice.
0139 </p>
0140 <p>Graphics come in two main types, raster and vector.  LaTeX can use
0141 both.  In raster graphics the file contains an entry for each location
0142 in an array, describing what color it is.  An example is a photograph,
0143 in JPG format.  In vector graphics, the file contains a list of
0144 instructions such as &lsquo;<samp>draw a circle with this radius and that
0145 center</samp>&rsquo;.  An example is a line drawing produced by the Asymptote
0146 program, in PDF format.  Generally vector graphics are more useful
0147 because you can rescale their size without pixelation or other problems,
0148 and because they often have a smaller size.
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0150 <p>There are systems particularly well-suited to make graphics for a
0151 LaTeX document.  For example, these allow you to use the same fonts
0152 as in your document.  LaTeX comes with a <code>picture</code> environment
0153 (see <a href="picture.html#picture">picture</a>) that has simple capabilities.  Besides that, there are
0154 other ways to include the graphic-making commands in the document.  Two
0155 such systems are the PSTricks and TikZ packages.  There are also systems
0156 external to LaTeX, that generate a graphic that you include using the
0157 commands of this chapter.  Two that use a programming language are
0158 Asymptote and MetaPost.  One that uses a graphical interface is Xfig.
0159 Full description of these systems is outside the scope of this document;
0160 see their documentation on CTAN.
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0163 <tr><td align="left" valign="top">&bull; <a href="Graphics-package-options.html#Graphics-package-options" accesskey="1">Graphics package options</a>:</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td align="left" valign="top">Options when you load the package.
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0165 <tr><td align="left" valign="top">&bull; <a href="Graphics-package-configuration.html#Graphics-package-configuration" accesskey="2">Graphics package configuration</a>:</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td align="left" valign="top">Where to look for files, which file types.
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0167 <tr><td align="left" valign="top">&bull; <a href="Commands-for-graphics.html#Commands-for-graphics" accesskey="3">Commands for graphics</a>:</td><td>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td align="left" valign="top">The available commands.
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