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= Basics =
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;[[Using Graphics|Using graphics]]: insert image, apply transformations, and advanced stuff.
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;[[Floating_Objects|Floating objects]]: to place and number floating objects like figures, tables, paragraphs, etc.
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;[[Combinations]]: adjusted images placement in rows and columns
  
* supported [[File Formats|file formats]]
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= Build your graphics =
* [[Using Graphics|Using graphics]]
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; [[MetaPost]]: the graphical programming language
* [[Combinations]] (adjusted image placement)
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; [[MetaFun - MetaPost in ConTeXt]]: ConTeXt graphical programming language, extension of MetaPost.
* [[Overlays]]
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; [[Sharing graphics]]: Export MetaPost drawings as PDF, import MetaPost drawings into MS Office, LibreOffice, etc.
* [[Collectors]]
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; [[MPgraph|The graph module]]: Data plotting module, and some alternatives: [[TikZ]] (2016), [[Gnuplot]] (2012), [[Pgfplot]] (2009).
* [[Layers]]
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; [[Flow Charts]]
* [[Logos]]
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; [[Scaling Rotating Mirroring Clipping]]: Old Content (2010)
* [[Image Database|Image database]]
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; [[Gantt charts]]
* [[Flow Charts|FlowCharts]]
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* [[Chemistry|Chemical Structure Formulae]] with PPCHTeX
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= Layers and stacks =
* [[MetaPost]] & [[MetaFun]]
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; [[Layers]]:  ConTeXt's mechanism for absolute positioning and advanced techniques like background / foreground, switch on / off.
* [[TikZ]]/PGF
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; [[Overlays]]: ConTeXt's mechanism to stack  local snippets.
* Data plotting with [[Gnuplot]]
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* Data plotting with TikZ/[[Pgfplot]]
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; [[Infinite Paper]]
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= Specific topics and examples =
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* [[Including pages from PDF documents]]
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* [[Image Database|Image database]] with XML
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* [[Image Placement|Image size for their placement]]: if you’re using ConTeXt for complex layout tasks, you may need to calculate with image sizes.  Often it makes sense to use Lua functions.
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* [[Drop_shadows|Code to play with for Drop shadows]]
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* [[Example photo page layout]] (Old Content)
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* [[Animation]], page mainly dealing with JavaScript animations.
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* [[Speech bubble]]
  
 
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Revision as of 20:21, 8 June 2020

Basics

Using graphics
insert image, apply transformations, and advanced stuff.
Floating objects
to place and number floating objects like figures, tables, paragraphs, etc.
Combinations
adjusted images placement in rows and columns

Build your graphics

MetaPost
the graphical programming language
MetaFun - MetaPost in ConTeXt
ConTeXt graphical programming language, extension of MetaPost.
Sharing graphics
Export MetaPost drawings as PDF, import MetaPost drawings into MS Office, LibreOffice, etc.
The graph module
Data plotting module, and some alternatives: TikZ (2016), Gnuplot (2012), Pgfplot (2009).
Flow Charts
Scaling Rotating Mirroring Clipping
Old Content (2010)
Gantt charts

Layers and stacks

Layers
ConTeXt's mechanism for absolute positioning and advanced techniques like background / foreground, switch on / off.
Overlays
ConTeXt's mechanism to stack local snippets.
Infinite Paper

Specific topics and examples