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by newlou
Tue Apr 22, 2008 11:02 pm
Forum: General
Topic: vertical lines - evaluating derivatives....
Replies: 3
Views: 12990

Re: vertical lines - evaluating derivatives....

Thanks, that's very helpful :)
by newlou
Tue Apr 22, 2008 9:37 pm
Forum: General
Topic: vertical lines - evaluating derivatives....
Replies: 3
Views: 12990

vertical lines - evaluating derivatives....

Hi there,

This may be a little hard to explain, but I am basically trying to write down a couple of derivatives that are evaluated at certain points, and to denote this I want to use vertical lines and underscores. Here is my code:

\bar{\sigma}\left(\frac{d^2 \bar{h}}{d \bar{x}^2}\left|_{\bar{x}=0 ...
by newlou
Sun Mar 02, 2008 11:10 pm
Forum: General
Topic: graphics trouble
Replies: 2
Views: 2072

graphics trouble

Hi,
I'm struggling along with my 1st LaTex document. I'm trying to insert two figures on one page. The following seems to work quite nicely:

\begin{figure}[h]
\centering
\includegraphics[scale=0.75]{c:/ma50176/graph1.jpg}
\includegraphics[scale=0.75]{c:/ma50176/graph2.jpg}
\label{fig3}
\end{figure ...
by newlou
Sat Mar 01, 2008 8:04 pm
Forum: General
Topic: A few teething problems
Replies: 3
Views: 2786

Re: A few teething problems

ok, thanks. I may uninstall and reinstall in that case then!
by newlou
Wed Feb 27, 2008 7:04 pm
Forum: General
Topic: A few teething problems
Replies: 3
Views: 2786

A few teething problems

Hi there,

I'm using TeXnic Center on XP for the first time. I'm having a few problems at the moment:

1) Sometimes when I go back to my work after leaving it overnight for example, I've lost the last paragraph/page of work I've done. I'm definitely saving it and even back it up onto a USB. Still ...
by newlou
Wed Feb 20, 2008 6:18 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Graphics help please - brand new LaTex user!
Replies: 3
Views: 2193

Re: Graphics help please - brand new LaTex user!

That's great thank you, I've managed to get it working now. Getting there slowly!
by newlou
Tue Feb 19, 2008 11:00 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Graphics help please - brand new LaTex user!
Replies: 3
Views: 2193

Graphics help please - brand new LaTex user!

Hi there,

I have just started using TeXnicCenter in windows xp. I have done a pretty little diagram for my thesis in paint that I have saved as a jpeg and would now like to insert into my document. I am using graphicx and have finally got it to work using the following commands and compiling as pdf ...