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Basically, I have a large graph, which take almost half a page. Right now, when I compile the tex file, the graph shifts to the right on the pdf. I have label and caption on this graph. How can I shift it to the left such that it looks like it is being centered? I have checked out some other posts. However, none seems to work for me. 

\begin{center}
\centering{\includegraphics[height =375px, width = 450px]{ABC.pdf} }
\captionof{figure}{ABC}
\label{abc}
\end{center}

Or maybe Someone can give me a solution that can allow to begin at position on the left while having the caption centre at the middle.

user1769197
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The \hsmash macro of the 9-11 release of the stackengine package makes LaTex think the image is zero width. Thus, it has no problem centering it, because it doesn't know it falls outside of the left margin.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[demo]{graphicx}
\usepackage{stackengine}[2013-09-11]
\usepackage{caption}
\begin{document}
{\centering
\hsmash{\includegraphics[height =375px, width = 450px]{ABC.pdf} }
\captionof{figure}{ABC}\label{abc}}

here is textwidth\\\rule{\textwidth}{1ex}
\end{document}

enter image description here

Steven B. Segletes
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  • What's \centering supposed to do? – egreg Sep 15 '13 at 22:29
  • you don't want the \centering inside center (copied from original example) Is \hsmash{..} different from \makebox[0pt]{..} ? – David Carlisle Sep 15 '13 at 22:30
  • @egreg oversight. Fixed. – Steven B. Segletes Sep 15 '13 at 22:31
  • @DavidCarlisle center environment removed... Codewise, \hsmash is not a \makebox; It is more like a \clap (halfway between a \rlap and \llap). Functionally, I don't know if it acts differently from a \makebox[0pt]. – Steven B. Segletes Sep 15 '13 at 22:34
  • @StevenB.Segletes I guess it's the same then:-) \makebox[0pt][clr] are left right or centred *lap depending on the second arguument, defaulting to c – David Carlisle Sep 15 '13 at 22:40
  • @DavidCarlisle Thanks for the tip, I hadn't thought about \makebox when coding it. I guess it is not good to have redundantly named capability. Too bad you didn't chime in on this answer (http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/128411/positioning-of-a-matrix-bigger-than-margins/128521#128521) and head off the macro "at the pass." – Steven B. Segletes Sep 15 '13 at 22:49
  • @Steven B. Segletes, is begin{center}\hsmash{includegraphics[..]..}\end{center}. Is it the same as your above method ? – user1769197 Sep 15 '13 at 23:02
  • @user1769197 In general, begin{center}...\end{center} is the same as {\centering...\par}, but there are places on this website where the second method is advocated as preferable to the first, for certain special cases where the first method misbehaves. I seem to think figures was one of those places. – Steven B. Segletes Sep 15 '13 at 23:10
  • @StevenB.Segletes it doesn't misbehave, center environment differs from \centering in that it is a display environment so adds vertical space above and below, that isn't usually wanted in a float which adds its own space – David Carlisle Sep 15 '13 at 23:26
  • @davidCarlisle: One might define "adds vertical space above and below" in a figure environment as "misbehaving," but I thank you for explaining it clearly for user1769197 and my benefit. – Steven B. Segletes Sep 15 '13 at 23:41
  • it doesn't change its behaviour in a figure it always adds vertical space – David Carlisle Sep 15 '13 at 23:51
  • @DavidCarlisle I see your point... "not the best choice" or "the wrong tool for the job" would have been more apt description than "misbehaving." I stand corrected. – Steven B. Segletes Sep 16 '13 at 00:00