Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ figure position

[wayne]

Hi,

I have a document written in two columns. At some point, i include a figure over the two columns with figure*.
Unfortunately, the figure is not really centered but a bit shifted to the right.
Is there a way to control its position and shift it to the left?
Thanks!

[localghost]

I can't comprehend the problem.

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\documentclass[11pt,a4paper,twocolumn,english]{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{babel}
\usepackage{blindtext}

\begin{document}
  \blindtext[5]

  \begin{figure*}[!ht]
    \centering
    \rule{0.75\textwidth}{0.5\textwidth}
    \caption{Dummy figure}\label{fig:dummy}
  \end{figure*}

  \blindtext[5]
\end{document}

You may enlighten me with a counterexample.


Thorsten

[wayne]

Thanks but i would like to shift the figure a bit to the left. How should i do that?
cheers

[localghost]

Perhaps you should first check if the image itself is not disarranged. In case of an external graphics file there may be superfluous white margins and the image needs to be cut.

[wayne]

No I think the image is correct (no extra margin). Then, there is no way to tell latex to shift it?

[localghost]

At the moment the problem is not comprehensible with this poor information. Please create a minimal working example (MWE) that shows the problem clearly and upload the concerned image file as attachment to the forum server.