I use
\inclugraphics[scale=TRYING TO GUESS THE NUMBER FOR PAGE WIDTH]{...}
but I find this errorsome, is there some ready flag to set the image to page width? I usually use PNG and JPG photos.
7 Answers
Use \textwidth for the width of the text block, and \paperwidth if you want to fit it into the paper width. You could also use \linewidth if you want to fit the image within the line width, which may vary depending on the environment you're in (for example, within a list like enumerate).
Note that if you use \includegraphics outside a figure or table environment, you might want to prepend it with \noindent to avoid the image being pushed over to the right by \parindent. Also, centering the image within the page width (when using \paperwidth) is best obtained using
\begin{center}
\makebox[\textwidth]{\includegraphics[width=\paperwidth]{...}}
\end{center}
or
\noindent\makebox[\textwidth]{\includegraphics[width=\paperwidth]{...}}
In both instances it typesets a box of width \textwidth, while the contents may stretch outside this width (given by width=\paperwidth). Fixing it to \textwidth avoids Overfull \hbox warnings.
This works as expected within the article and report document class, while some horizontal re-adjustment is required in book. For completeness, and without resorting to page numbering issues that may occur at shipout if the image is placed near a page break, the following \centerimg[<options>]{<image>} command works for all standard document classes, including book:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{graphicx,changepage}
\newcommand{\adjustimg}{% Horizontal adjustment of image
\checkoddpage%
\ifoddpage\hspace*{\dimexpr\evensidemargin-\oddsidemargin}\else\hspace*{-\dimexpr\evensidemargin-\oddsidemargin}\fi%
}
\newcommand{\centerimg}[2][width=\textwidth]{% Center an image
\makebox[\textwidth]{\adjustimg\includegraphics[#1]{#2}}%
}
\begin{document}
\mbox{} \par
\noindent\centerimg[width=\paperwidth,height=200pt]{tiger}
\newpage
\mbox{} \par
\noindent\centerimg[width=\paperwidth,height=200pt]{tiger}
\end{document}
The horizontal adjustment for book (obtained via \adjustimg) depends on whether the page number is odd or even. The above MWE, with the tiger image, compiles to the output:
answered Dec 22, 2011 at 22:01
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4I don't think the
\paperwidthworks other than in the article class, provided no change is made to the pagination parameters.– egregCommented Dec 22, 2011 at 22:03 -
2Better would be
\makebox[\textwidth]{\includegraphics[width=\paperwidth]{...}}(see Center figure that is wider than \textwidth) or\includegraphics[width=\paperwidth,center]{...}with\usepackage[export]{adjustbox}. Commented Dec 22, 2011 at 22:06 -
1@egreg: I'm using it with success in tex.stackexchange.com/questions/23860/… and it works with
memoiras well. Commented Dec 22, 2011 at 22:14 -
@egreg: Do you know the horizontal length causing the difference in
book?– Werner ♦Commented Dec 22, 2011 at 22:18 -
It depends on whether the page is odd or even:
\oddsidemarginand\evensidemargin. Look at packagelayoutfor getting a nice drawing. However the problem is to know what's the page number!– egregCommented Dec 22, 2011 at 22:23
This worked for me
\begin{figure}[ht]
\centering
\includegraphics[width=1.0\textwidth]{Normal_Case_1_req_1_response}
\caption{Normal Case: 1 Request \& 1 Response.}
\label{normal_case}
\end{figure}
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figureis a float and is therefore not directly typeset inside the current environment, but rather floats to the next best position. Therefore putting it into acenterenvironment doesn't make sense and doesn't result in a centered image. For this the\centeringmacro is used insidefigureas you also did. Commented Jan 18, 2013 at 8:11
I used pdfpages package to include a png. Simple and effective. Fills the entire page with the graphic.
\usepackage{pdfpages}
...
\includepdf{image.png}
Happy TeXing!
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Seeing as pdfpages supports .png and .jpg as well as .pdf-files this is the easiest way to achieve what OP was trying to do. There's also the possibility to specify optional scale arguments as used with includegraphics.– TarokCommented Apr 2, 2017 at 13:19
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Thanks! By far the easiest way possible... Didn't know that it also supports images :) Commented Jan 8, 2022 at 20:43
width=\columnwidth worked for me in a two-column document:
\begin{figure}
\includegraphics[width=\columnwidth]{myfigure.pdf}
\caption{My amazing figure}
\end{figure}
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1First one of the answers that worked for me in a minipage / figure, thanks!– VinzCommented Jan 23, 2023 at 11:32
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Works pretty well with pdfLaTeX, too, with a .png figure. Commented Feb 18, 2023 at 6:56
This worked for me.
\begin{figure}
\centering
\resizebox{\textwidth}{!}{\includegraphics{example.png}}
\caption{CAPTION}
\label{LABEL}
\end{figure}
If you want an image to be automatically scaled to fit both vertically and horizontally while maintaining proportions, this works.
\usepackage{adjustbox}
\adjustbox{max width=\textwidth}{
\includegraphics[height=\textheight]{image.jpg}
}
\includegraphics[width=\textwidth]{...}width=\textwidthto scale it to the width of the text area, as egreg already noted. (The whole page would be\paperwidthand would cause an overfull error.) You should have a look at the Graphic Guide for all the possible options for\includegraphics. Also check theadjustboxpackage which adds several more options to it.\linewidth("only the actual width of the lines") that\textwidth("the whole width of the text area"). In one column text both lengths will be same thing, but inside a nested list, or in two column text, or a tabular with ap{3cm}column, for instance,\linewidthstill is the correct length, whereas\textwidthwill produce here only junk results.