THE SCALEBAR PACKAGE Abstract This package creates scalebars for maps, diagrams or photos. It was designed for use with cave maps but can be used for anything from showing a scalebar in kilometers for topographic maps to a scalebar in micrometers for an electron microscope image. To produce the style file run: latex scalebar.ins This will produce scalebar.sty which needs to be copied to a suitable directory under your local texmf directory. To produce the documentation run: latex scalebar.dtx This will produce scalebar.dvi documentation. To produce an index for the documentation: makeindex -s gind.ist scalebar latex scalebar.dtx To produce a change history for the documentation: makeindex -s gglo.ist -o scalebar.gls scalebar.glo latex scalebar.dtx Files supplied in this package: scalebar.ins Batch file, run through LaTeX scalebar.dtx Docstrip archive, run through LaTeX. scalebar_examples.pdf Lots of examples on how to use the macro already formatted for you in PDF format. scalebar_examples.tex LaTeX source for the examples. README This file I hope you find the package useful. Mike mikel@speleonics.com.au