Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ How to insert figures followed by text

[mazatlanmexico]

Hi:
I am still new using latex but I am able to insert figures and tables without a problem but this one is a bit more challenging. I am trying to insert a 1.5 inches figure at the beginning of the page followed by some text and then another 1.5 inches figure after the text. I could find the way to insert the image but with the picture attached you can see what I am trying to accomplish. Thanks


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[localghost]

See the code below. Replace the \rule commands with your images.

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\documentclass[11pt,a4paper,english]{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[latin1]{inputenc}
\usepackage[includeheadfoot,margin=2cm]{geometry}
\usepackage{babel}

\begin{document}
  \rule{1.5in}{1.5in}\hfill Title here between two figures\hfill\rule{1.5in}{1.5in}
\end{document}

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Best regards
Thorsten

[mazatlanmexico]

Thanks for the prompt reply localghost,
The name of my figures are: bar.jpg and I replaced \hrule with my picture name
but my pictures get printed one on the left upper corner and one on the right lower corner and the text between them dissappears. Also,Since I am going to put the title between
the 2 figures,do I still need to have \maketitle in my document?

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\documentclass[11pt]{article}
\usepackage{longtable,verbatim}
\usepackage{longtable,pdflscape,graphicx}
\usepackage{fmtcount,hyperref} % displaying latex counters
\usepackage[hmargin=1in,vmargin=1in]{geometry}
[color=#0040FF]\title{United States Department of the Interior}[/color]\begin{document}
\includegraphics{bar.jpg}{1.5in}{1.5in}\hfill Title here between twofigures\includegraphics{bar.jpg}{1.5in}{1.5in}
[color=#FF0040]\maketitle[/color]
{end{document}

[mazatlanmexico]

Please disregard my last message, its all good now. One last thing that I would like to ask though,is there a way to align the text between the figures to the middle of the figures. The text gets printed between the bottom part of the figures. Thanks

[gmedina]

Hi,

two possible solutions:

1) Using minipages:

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[hmargin=1in,vmargin=1in]{geometry}

\newlength\mylen
\setlength\mylen{\textwidth}
\addtolength\mylen{-3in}

\begin{document}

\noindent\begin{minipage}{1.5in}
  \rule{1.5in}{1.5in}
\end{minipage}
\begin{minipage}{\mylen}
  \centering
  Title here between two figures
\end{minipage}
\begin{minipage}{1.5in}
  \rule{1.5in}{1.5in}
\end{minipage}

\end{document}

2) Using \raisebox to manually change the vertical alignment:

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[hmargin=1in,vmargin=1in]{geometry}

\begin{document}

\noindent\rule{1.5in}{1.5in}\hfill\raisebox{0.65in}{Title here between two figures}\hfill\rule{1.5in}{1.5in}

\end{document}

[mazatlanmexico]

Thanks gmedina:
I'll go with \raisebox for now. Thanks again for your help.