diff --git a/symptom_ex_process/topbot.tex b/symptom_ex_process/topbot.tex
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--- a/symptom_ex_process/topbot.tex
+++ b/symptom_ex_process/topbot.tex
@@ -36,6 +36,13 @@ will be found to be faulty.
 A natural fault finding process is thus top~down.
 Top down fault isolation/finding techniques are described in \ref{NETWORKDECOMPOSITION}.
 
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+%% to fool the graphics insertion to make it compatible
+%% with thesis and papaer level directories.
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+%% ln -s . symptom_ex_process
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 %% insert diagram here
 \begin{figure}[h]
  \centering