graphicspositioning
I am trying to get a pdf with \includepdf, but it doesn't appear on the first page. I have tried all the possible options. Anyways, now I'm trying to insert the PDF using \includegraphics, but the PDF looks far from the chapter name. Is there any way to move the image closer to the upper margin?
Is it possible to move an image closer to the margin?
LaTeX creates a float if you put includegraphics inside a figure environment. Floats are containers for objects that cannot be broken across page boundaries. By using figure, you're essentially telling the LaTeX compiler "please put the picture where you think it fits best."
To force a picture appearing at the exact location where it is in the source code, you can do either of the following:
Use the H specifier for the figure environment. This requires \usepackage{float}.
Don't wrap \includegraphics into a figure environment if you just want the plain image, without caption and other extras.
Example for the first option:
\begin{figure}[H]
\centering
\includegraphics[width=0.5\textwidth]{idefA0.jpg}
\caption{IDEF0}
\end{figure}
You find more about floats here: http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/LaTeX/Floats,_Figures_and_Captions.
This exact problem is already covered in more depth at: Force figure placement in text.
You can define a point by yourself in the following manner:
\newcommand\AtPageUpperMyleft[1]{\AtPageUpperLeft{%
\put(\LenToUnit{1cm},\LenToUnit{-1cm}){#1}%
}}%
Change 1cm and -1cm as you wish.
Full code:
\documentclass{article}
%% \usepackage{fullpage} %% Use geometry instead
\usepackage{eso-pic}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\newcommand\AtPageUpperMyleft[1]{\AtPageUpperLeft{%
\put(\LenToUnit{1cm},\LenToUnit{-1cm}){#1}%
}}%
\AddToShipoutPictureBG{%
\AtPageUpperMyleft{\raisebox{-\height}{%
\includegraphics[width=1.5in]{example-image-a}}}
}
\begin{document}
some words
\end{document}
Here is another option with tikz:
\documentclass{article}
%% \usepackage{fullpage} %% Use geometry instead
\usepackage{eso-pic}
\usepackage{tikz}
\AtBeginDocument{%
\AddToShipoutPictureBG{%
\begin{tikzpicture}[overlay,remember picture]
\node[anchor=north west] at ([shift={(1cm,-1cm)}]current page.north
west){\includegraphics[width=1.5in]{example-image-a}};
\end{tikzpicture}
}%
}
\begin{document}
some words
\end{document}
Change the shift={(1cm,-1cm) as you wish. This takes atleast 2-3 compilation runs to settle down.
Best Answer
In the default chapters of
reportandbook, the space below each chapter heading is40pt. You can remove this to place the image as close to the header as you need:Using length calculations, you can place the image a distance
Xfrom the header using