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Re: BoundingBox of graphic? (JadeTeX)


At 00:05 3/11/99 +0000, Peter Flynn <pflynn@imbolc.ucc.ie> you wrote:
>> 
>You can fix it by hand. 
>
>1. Print the EPS file.
>   If it doesn't print, you may need to manually eject the page
>   by pressing FF on your printer control panel. 
>
>2. Draw a rectangle round the image so that the four lines fall just
>   outside the image.
>
>3. Using the bottom LH corner of the page as a reference point (0,0)
>   measure the (x,y) coordinates of the lower LH corner (x1,y1) of 
>   the rectangle and the upper RH corner (x2,y2).
>
>4. Edit the EPS file and add the line
>
>   %%BoundingBox: 26 49 596 842
>
>   (replacing the four values with x1 y1 x2 y2
>
>5. Save and exit. Now the file has an approximate BoundingBox.
>
>Try to process it with your LaTeX document. If the printing is not
>quite what you wanted you can adjust the BoundingBox by hand (but
>it's usually better to get LaTeX to move and rescale it).
>
>///Peter

OK 
Got that - but just one Question - what units are we using here when doing our measuring? Assumed it's mm (millimeters) but thought i'd better check ...
Cheers
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