General ⇒ Cross column images

[helpercenter]

Hi!

I have following problem in latex : I want to have a figure which spans over both columns of my document, like here on page 11:

http://www.systems.caltech.edu/dsp/stud ... o_stap.pdf

How should I realize that ?

Thank you very much !

[gmedina]

That depends. Why don't you please post your document settings? I mean at least, provide your preamble.

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi helpercenter,

welcome to the LaTeX Community board!
Have a look here in the UK TeX FAQ: Floats in multicolumn setting

Stefan

[helpercenter]

Hey, thank you!

My preamble is :

\makeatletter
\def\input@path{{\string"/dadas\string"/}}
\makeatother
\documentclass[10pt,french]{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[latin9]{inputenc}
\usepackage{geometry}
\geometry{verbose,a4paper,tmargin=2.5cm,bmargin=2.5cm,lmargin=2.5cm,rmargin=2.5cm}
\usepackage{float}
\usepackage{textcomp}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{setspace}
\setstretch{1.1}

\makeatletter

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% LyX specific LaTeX commands.
\newcommand{\lyxline}[1][1pt]{%
\par\noindent%
\rule[.5ex]{\linewidth}{#1}\par}

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% User specified LaTeX commands.
\usepackage{multicol}
\usepackage{geometry}
\usepackage{wrapfig}

\usepackage{babel}
\addto\extrasfrench{\providecommand{\og}{\leavevmode\flqq~}\providecommand{\fg}{\ifdim\lastskip>\z@\unskip\fi~\frqq}}
\makeatother



However : I used the thing with {figure*}, but it does not work!

it's so strange, and I absolutely need it because I have to finish the document for tomorrow!

[gmedina]

Maybe I was misunderstood when I said "your document settings". I really meant "the relevant parts of your code" (as in a minimal working example).

Just a casual note: twice in this day I've seen this very same article referenced:
http://www.cqf.info/forum/viewtopic.php ... 5aa62a775e

[helpercenter]

\begin{figure*}[H]
\begin{centering}
\includegraphics[scale=0.7]{\string"images Michael/fig7\string".png}
\par\end{centering}

\caption{.}

\end{figure*}

Yep, I found this file I referenced to, because I searched on the forum before and found that this document really describes what I need. The problem in fact is if I use the {figure*}, the images disappears or appears at the end of the document. I use LyX.

Thanks!

[localghost]

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\begin{figure*}[H]
\begin{centering}
\includegraphics[scale=0.7]{\string"images Michael/fig7\string".png}
\par\end{centering}
\caption{Chantier de moulage.}
\end{figure*}

This is not what gmedina expects to be a minimal working example (MWE). And so do I. So, please follow the link and get familiar with creating such a MWE. Otherwise giving specific help becomes very difficult.


Best regards
Thorsten¹

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi,

\includegraphics[scale=0.7]{\string"images Michael/fig7\string".png}

perhaps the grffile package could be useful for you.

Stefan

[helpercenter]

problem solved, thanks!