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Overfull hbox warning when including graphics

I'm getting the error: Overfull \hbox (14.34999pt too wide) in paragraph at lines 374--375 [][] | when including graphics files. The files are in EPS format. Below is an example: \begin{figure} ...
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2answers
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remove box borders

I have the following code, in which I fit three logos into a box: \setlength\fboxsep{0pt} \setlength\fboxrule{0.5pt} \fbox{ \begin{minipage}{14em} ...
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1answer
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hbox out of margin, beamer

I wanna put a round image in a presentation il LaTeX out from the margin. I would like to show it just as a 1/4 of the image in the left bottom corner. I tried: \begin{frame} \tableofcontents ...
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1answer
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Create a “yearbook-style” multi-page layout of photos

I would like to create a "yearbook-style" layout of photos in LaTeX. Each photo would have a caption and the objective would be to automatically layout the differently sized rectangular photos to ...
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2answers
392 views

How can I insert a paragraph or image into the same spot on every page of a memoir doc?

How can I duplicate one feature of this layout from 'House of Leaves' in a 100ish-page book using LaTeX? (I'm presently using memoir for document formatting/structure.) The specific feature I want ...
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votes
1answer
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Different types of boxes/frames around the title of my pdf

Can someone tell me how to create boxes around the title of my PDF? I'm thinking about something like this: where I can write stuff around the title (which is "test test...").
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1answer
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Why does \fbox sometimes place the box *over* the graphic image?

If I scale the graphic by, say 2.0, I can see the graphic poking out from behind the \fbox.
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votes
1answer
374 views

Text boxes with scalable image as background

Is it possible to define text boxes with modifiable with and height which use a background image which should scale when you modify the width or height of the box. More complicated, it should be ...
4
votes
1answer
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Apply gradient (shading) background to algorithm listing

Background A number of source files are included within floating algorithm boxes. The source files are PNG images with a transparent background. The document is edited using LyX. Problem The source ...
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2answers
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Add a textbox overtop an image in a beamer slide

I have a slide with a figure in it. I want show a vertically and horizontally centered (relative to the image if possible) text box overtop of it as an overlay which will contain a few lines of text. ...
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1answer
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Change float background colour

Background Including images within Algorithm floats. The images are trimmed to size automatically by a batch file. Problem In the following portion of the PDF, Listing 1.1 has a lot of space to the ...