Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ place figure in one full page ?

[rajini]

hello all,
I want to place a big figure perfectly in one full page (A4) such the body text before and after the figure flows smoothly. If i use float package [H] then the text after the figure starts as anew para and the text before figure does not end properly. How to do it? Because when i tried to play with scaling factor (115mm in code below), at one point some how one line of text (from body text) always appear below the figure..So if i increase the size, the figure goes to last page of my document. I just want to scale the figure (along with its caption) to one full page.
My code as follows:

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\begin{figure}[!t]/* i tried h,t,b, etc*/
  \centering
  \includegraphics[width=115mm]{nameos}
\caption{Lorentzian peaks.}\label{fig:catinpy}
\end{figure}

[gmedina]

Hi,

have you tried something like this?

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\begin{figure}[!th]
  \centering
  \includegraphics[height=\textheight]{nameos}
  \caption{Lorentzian peaks.}
  \label{fig:catinpy}
\end{figure}

[rajini]

Hi gemedia,
just now i tried. No use! The figure scales to the full page's height..but caption goes to the extreme end of that page..But still figure does not stay in that place..and goes to end of document somewhere. However i will play with different heights. (figure should be a float but should occupy one full page)
Meanwhile if you have some other idea please inform me.
thanks

[rajini]

Hello,
i got the information. Now i am happy that i solved my problem
Here are the valuable info. Should be helpful for many latex intermediate level ppl.
Although, there are some tip but i like this:
First load the 'afterpage' package in preamble then before \begin{figure}, place a \afterpage{\clearpage}. Thatz it. Only this is you have to place all these figure commands roughly after the text..so that the fig. appears after the same text.

regards, rajini


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