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  1. here u have told about how to call the files that are already there…what i want to know is how do u create those very files that u will be calling using the \input command?
    is it like any other latex file or are there any changes in the files that will be called?

  2. Hey,

    thanks for your comment!

    You create those files as any other Latex file (extension is still “tex”). Just put the part inside that you want to take out of your main-file as it is.
    E.g. if you want to have one file per chapter, the file would start with \chapter{…}.
    All usepackage-packages are automatically available everywhere.
    Assuming you have your input-file in a different directory than your main-tex-file, then all paths, e.g. for graphics, have to start from the main-file-directory and not from the input-file-directory. Or briefly, the paths do not have to be changed if you export part of your work to another file.

  3. tom

    Hi,

    \include{file} is equivalent to \clearpage \input{file} \clearpage, where \clearpage ends the current page and causes all figures and tables which have appeared so far to be printed.

    :-),
    Tom

  4. Sven

    There is another difference between \input and \include. When using \include you are able to use \includeonly which allows you to keep the whole structure of the document but only prints the content of the files used with \includeonly. Important if you only want to send a certain chapter for example but you still keep the whole table of contents. This can sometimes be important…

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