Figure overflow detection
Figures set wider than their column extend into the margin or across the gutter, making a paper look broken even when it compiles cleanly.
Quick answer
LaTeX Formatter parses every \includegraphics call, resolves its requested width (\textwidth, \columnwidth, \linewidth, or a fixed length), and compares it against the real column width of the detected template. Over-wide figures are rewritten to fit the column (for example \textwidth to \columnwidth, or capped at 0.95\columnwidth), with a changelog line for each figure changed.
The problem
Figures set wider than their column extend into the margin or across the gutter, making a paper look broken even when it compiles cleanly.
How detection works
LaTeX Formatter parses every \includegraphics call, resolves its requested width (\textwidth, \columnwidth, \linewidth, or a fixed length), and compares it against the real column width of the detected template.
What you get
Over-wide figures are rewritten to fit the column (for example \textwidth to \columnwidth, or capped at 0.95\columnwidth), with a changelog line for each figure changed.
Before and after
Two-column figure scaled to fit
Before
\includegraphics[width=\textwidth]{plot.pdf}After
\includegraphics[width=\columnwidth]{plot.pdf}Frequently asked questions
Does it change the figure file?+
No - it only changes the requested width in your LaTeX source. Your image file is untouched.
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