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I am trying to use an IEEE journal template of this URL_of_IEEE_Access.

I want to use the tikz and the pgfplots packages. However, I just including the tikz package in the provided template produce error compiling.

The error is this:

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Looking for a solution I have found tikz package causing an error in IEEE access template . I have tried to follow the instructions given by @yado but I can not make the solution to work. I can not generate the mentioned xspotcolor.sty from the .dtx file and the xspotcolor package does not exist.

I would like to find a solution to this problem. A solution which allows the use of TikZ and pgfplots in the Access Template.

user1993416
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    Instead of fiddling with the class, which can cause your paper to be rejected, just simply prepare the figures in a separate .tex file using an article class, e.g., with the same font and fontsize and include pdf figures using \includegraphics{..}. – AboAmmar May 11 '19 at 18:37
  • @AboAmmar That is a way to bypass the problem and is a solution. The problem is that I have many TikZ figures and some are multiplots. – user1993416 May 11 '19 at 18:44
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    IMHO, this is still solvable using a separate .tex file using a standalone class with multiple tikzpicture environments inside, each tikzpicture environment will generate one figure in its own pdf page. After generating all figures in a single pdf file, just extract all pages to separate pdf files and you can include them easily. – AboAmmar May 11 '19 at 19:04

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IMHO, this is solvable using a separate .tex file using a standalone class with multiple tikzpicture environments inside, each tikzpicture environment will generate one figure in its own pdf page. After generating all figures in a single pdf file, just extract all pages to separate pdf files and you can include them easily into your document.

Here is an example:

\documentclass[tikz,border=5pt]{standalone}
\begin{document}

\begin{tikzpicture}
\draw (0,0) -- (2,2) -- (2,0) -- cycle;
\end{tikzpicture}

\begin{tikzpicture}
\draw (0,0) rectangle  (2,2);
\end{tikzpicture}

\begin{tikzpicture}
\draw (0,0) circle (1);
\end{tikzpicture}

\end{document}

which will generate a pdf file like this:

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Finally, extract the pages into separate files and include them into your document using \includegraphics{..}.

AboAmmar
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