General ⇒ Problem with fitting multiple figures on page

[zomgbroken]

I'm trying to get a few figures to fit onto 1 page, however, unless I make the scale really small, they won't fit, even though visually I can tell that it would definitely fit into 1 page.

The code I'm using is the below, repeated 4 times, for 4 figures.

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\begin{figure}[h]
\caption{}
\begin{center}
\includegraphics[scale=.7]{f.pdf}
\end{center}
\end{figure}

Can anyone help make me fit a few of these figures onto 1 page.

[php1ic]

Try using subfigures instead of four separate figures. Include the subfigure package at the start of your document then input the figures as below

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\begin{figure}[htb]
\begin{center}
\subfigure[$sin(x)$]{\includegraphics[width=0.45\textwidth]{sine.eps}}
\subfigure[$cos(x)$]{\includegraphics[width=0.45\textwidth]{cosine.eps}}\\
\subfigure[$sin^2(x)$]{\includegraphics[width=0.45\textwidth]{ss.eps}}\hfill
\subfigure[$cos^2(x)$]{\includegraphics[width=0.45\textwidth]{cs.eps}}
\caption{An example of subfigures, either normally separated, or forced as far apart as possible.}
\end{center}
\end{figure}

[gmedina]

...Include the subfigure package at the start of your document...

subfigure is an obsolete package and shouldn't be used anymore. In its stead, you can use the subfig package or, better yet, the subcaption package.

Now I am a little busy, but in some hours (if no other user has answered) I can post several alternatives to solve the original problem.

[gmedina]

Hi zomgbroken,

you want the four figures to appear in a specific location, so it doesn't make sense to treat them as floats. You can use a recent version of the caption package and minipages to place the four figures with their corresponding captions; take a look at the following simple example (of course, modify the options for the \includegraphics commands according to your needs):

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{caption}
\usepackage[demo]{graphicx}% demo option to make the example compilable
                           % for every one. Delete the option in your actual 
                           % document
\usepackage{lipsum}% just to automatically generate some text

\begin{document}

\lipsum[1-6]
\clearpage

\noindent\begin{minipage}{\linewidth}
  \centering
  \includegraphics[height=.20\textheight]{image1}
  \captionof{figure}{first figure.}
  \label{fig:fig1}
\end{minipage}
\begin{minipage}{\linewidth}
  \centering
  \includegraphics[height=.20\textheight]{image2}
  \captionof{figure}{second figure.}
  \label{fig:fig2}
\end{minipage}
\begin{minipage}{\linewidth}
  \centering
  \includegraphics[height=.20\textheight]{image3}
  \captionof{figure}{third figure.}
  \label{fig:fig3}
\end{minipage}
\begin{minipage}{\linewidth}
  \centering
  \includegraphics[height=.20\textheight]{image4}
  \captionof{figure}{fourth figure.}
  \label{fig:fig4}
\end{minipage}

\clearpage

\lipsum[1-4]
\end{document}

If you want them to appear as four subfigures, then let me know and I can suggest you some possibilities.

[shankha]

Hi gmedina,

I had similar kind of problem. Since my document has subfigures as well, I would like to know how to use the minipage option (as u mentioned) for efficiently fitting subfigures as well.

Hope to hear from you soon.

[Johannes_B]

Hi and welcome,

can you elaborate a bit? The example code by Gonzalo does not help you? As mentioned, package subcaption can help you a lot here.