Chris Rackauckas <m...@chrisrackauckas.com> writes:
> Centering the graphics in floats automatically is easy: Just add
> \usepackage{floatrow}
> to the preamble. I just made a module that does this and it's a quick fix
> to everything. However, for this lab notebook I am making, I want to
> quickly add graphics and not worry about having to center them or put them
> into floats (and all of the formatting jazz that goes with it).I had a similar question, and I =rmember that I redifined the \includegraphics - but I don't remember any details anymore. See e.g. the thread "Re: Search and replace within figure settings?" in this group for an example on how to include always a shadowbox - this could be easily changed to center the included graphics. Here the relevant extract: --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- %%%%%%%% % from % http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/70547/how-can-i-renew-includegraphics-to-always-use-shadowbox \usepackage{graphicx,fancybox,letltxmacro} % save the meaning of \includegraphics \LetLtxMacro\latexincludegraphics\includegraphics % pass the image to \shadowbox \renewcommand{\includegraphics}[2][]{% \shadowbox{\latexincludegraphics[#1]{#2}}} %%%%%%%% In addition, I used the following in the preamble to make the graphics always centered: \renewenvironment{figure}[1][]{ \@float{figure} \centering} {\end@float} --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- Cheers, Rainer > > _________________________________________________ > Chris Rackauckas > University of California, Irvine > Department of Mathematics > www.chrisrackauckas.com > > On Thu, Oct 2, 2014 at 1:40 PM, James Sutherland < > james.sutherl...@chemeng.utah.edu> wrote: > >> Better yet, why doesn't LyX center graphics (at least in floats) by >> default? It centers captions by default, so why not graphics? This >> inconsistency has long annoyed me... >> >> James >> >> >> >> On Thu, Oct 2, 2014 at 2:19 PM, Chris Rackauckas <m...@chrisrackauckas.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Hello, >>> I am trying to create a modification that will center all graphics >>> automatically. How would I go about doing this? I tried >>> adding \usepackage{floatrow} to the LaTeX preamble but this only centers >>> graphics put into floats. Any ideas? >>> _________________________________________________ >>> Chris Rackauckas >>> University of California, Irvine >>> Department of Mathematics >>> www.chrisrackauckas.com >>> >> >> -- Rainer M. Krug email: Rainer<at>krugs<dot>de PGP: 0x0F52F982
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