Page Layout ⇒ Minipages take up whole page

[s_givon]

I have two minipages containing figures. They should appear one after the other at a top of the page and take up only the top half of it. The bottom half should be used for text (twocolumn format). However, the minipages spread across the whole page and are sort of centred. I tried various things but nothing works (either one is position properly and the other isn't etc).
Any advice?

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\begin{figure*}
%\begin{minipage}[position][height][inner-pos]{width}
\begin{minipage}[t]{0.3\linewidth} % A minipage that covers half the page
\centering
\includegraphics[width=6cm]{CFs}
\caption{MSE values for CF methods separately and combined}
\label{fig:cfs}
\end{minipage}
\hspace{0.5cm} % To get a little bit of space between the figures
\begin{minipage}[t]{0.3\linewidth}
\centering
\includegraphics[width=6cm]{cf_alpha}
\caption{MSE scores for combined CF methods across various alpha values}
\label{fig:cf_alpha}
\end{minipage}
\hspace{0.5cm} % To get a little bit of space between the figures
\begin{minipage}[t]{0.3\linewidth}
\centering
\includegraphics[width=6cm]{combs_alpha}
\caption{MSE values for RM and CF combined System across $\alpha$ values}
\label{fig:comb_alpha1}
\end{minipage}
\end{figure*}


\begin{figure*}
\begin{minipage}[t]{0.5\linewidth} % A minipage that covers half the page
\centering
\includegraphics[width=8.5cm]{components}
\caption{MSE for CF, content-based and baseline systems}
\label{fig:comps}
\end{minipage}
\hspace{0.5cm} % To get a little bit of space between the figures
\begin{minipage}[t]{0.5\linewidth}
\centering
\includegraphics[width=8.5cm]{combs}
\caption{MSE for combined systems \textcolor{white}{blah blah blah blah blah}}
\label{fig:comb_mse}
\end{minipage}
\end{figure*}

[localghost]

Start with the right placement parameters for the float environments.

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\begin{figure*}[!ht]
  % figure contents
\end{figure*}

For subfigures you should take a look at the subcaption package that comes with the caption package. It has its own manual and shows how to align the subfigures.


Best regards and welcome to the board
Thorsten

[s_givon]

Works like magic, cheers!