Newsgroups: comp.text.tex Date: 1996/02/05
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex Date: 1996/02/05
>How can I include pictures and tables, which exceed 2 one column in the >twocolumn mode? I want LaTeX to generate me a two-columns document, but it >should put some of my images over the two columns. > >I know I can do something with \twocolumn[] code, but this command starts a >new page, leaving too much blank lines in my processed document. What is a >better solution to this problem?
Use the figure* (or table*) environment, which can be used both in twocolumn mode or (usually better) with the multicol package.
Alain Kessi
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex Date: 1997/03/03
> : I would like to
> : include an encapusulated postscript file (which is a
> : figure) across both columns, as shown below.
>
> \begin{figure*}...\end{figure*}
just beware you might need play with float specifiers, etc. to get the order of the figures to be correct (e.g., figure 4 appears before figure 5). the double-column floats and the single-column floats are not "linked" as far as placement is concerned.
bil
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
> Is there a way to put 2 figures side-by-side in a row on the page?
>
> I tried to put \begin{figure} in \begin{tabular}{cc} but seems that
> latex doesn't like it:
>
> ! LaTeX Error: Not in outer par mode.
You could check out the subfigure package. It allows figures side-by-side and even lets you label them individually (a) and (b) for example
Dave
> Is there a way to put 2 figures side-by-side in a row on the page?
In my thesis I used a minipage environment to do that. It looked like this:
\begin{figure} \begin{minipage}[t]{4.5cm} \includegraphics[width=0.9\textwidth]{braun3c.eps} \caption[Geometrical model for 0.65 ML Cs on Cu(112)]{0.65 ML Cs} \label{fig:braun3c} \end{minipage} \hfill \begin{minipage}[t]{4.5cm} \includegraphics[width=0.9\textwidth]{braun4c.eps} \caption[Geometrical model for 1.00 ML Cs on Cu(112)]{1.0 ML Cs} \label{fig:braun4c} \end{minipage} \hfill \begin{minipage}[t]{4.5cm} \includegraphics[width=0.9\textwidth]{braun6c.eps} \caption[Geometrical model for 1.80 ML Cs on Cu(112)]{1.8 ML Cs} \label{fig:braun6c} \end{minipage} \hfill \end{figure}
This gave me the three figures next to each other, with seperate captions, both the short ones in the figure and the longer ones in the table of contents.
Hope this helps.
Carsten
From CTAN, read info/epslatex.(ps|pdf) which tells you all about arranging illustrations.
the figure environment is a float and so won't fit inside a tabular. Instead, put the tabular inside the figure:
\begin{figure} \centering \begin{tabular}{cc} \begin{minipage}{3in} \includegraphics{a}\caption{a} \end{minipage} & second picture \\ \end{tabular} \end{figure}
Peter W.
> I'm trying to place a table right next to a figure and I can't get it to > work. The table and the figure should have their own captions, i.e. "Table > x.x" and "Figure y.y". Does anyone have an idea?
capt-of.sty + minimapge
marc
Look at `Using Imported Graphics in LaTeX2e', p.80, available from CTAN in the info directory as epslatex.pdf or epslatex.ps
Owen
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex Date: 1999/02/01
> I am typesetting a paper using the multicol package (Abstract is full > width, rest of paper is in two columns expect for a few large figures)
No need for multicol.sty. Use
\documentclass[twocolumn]{article}
...
\twocolumn[%
\begin{abstract}
Will be spanning the whole text width
\end{abstract}
]
Now your two-column text starts.
You can use figure and figure* for one resp. two column floats.
Happy TeXing!
Axel Reichert
>Does anyone know of a neat way to include floats (specifically figures) >in a LaTeX2e `multicols' environment?
No. If one was obvious the authors of multicols would have
>I am typesetting a paper using the multicol package (Abstract is full >width, rest of paper is in two columns expect for a few large figures)
This layout can be done with the regular [twocolumn] option… You should not give the [twocolumn] style option, but instead give the \twocolumn command directly with the title and abstract in its optional argument. But there is a trick you have to play:
\document style|class {article} .. \begin{document} \twocolumn[ \begin{@twocolumnfalse} \maketitle \begin{abstract} ... \end{abstract} \end{@twocolumnfalse}
Do you have to use multicols? You could try \twocolumn[your single column title/abstract here] two column stuff afterwards
If you use multicols then putting figures/tables in minipages is the way to go, but also use the ccaption package for your captions inside the minipage. This gives appropriately numbered captions that you can \label. ccaption is on CTAN in tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/supported.
Peter W.