Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ Page Margins and increasing Figure Height

[latexhelp1]

I want to place two figures on the same page. However, I can only get the combined heights of the figures and the space in the between them to be 7 inches, figuring the caption titles and margins to be no more than another 0.5 inch or so each. Either way, it is clear visually that there is more space between the page number and the last graph that can be exploited although I cannot figure out how.

I would appreciate your help in stretching out the figures so that they are closer to the page number. I am including the .pdf file with the figures so you can see what I mean. I am also including both .eps in the .zip file if you would like them for compiling purposes.

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\documentclass[12pt,english]{article}

\usepackage{times}
\usepackage{setspace} 
\usepackage{numlscape}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[font=large,labelfont=bf,tableposition=top,textfont=bf]{caption}
\usepackage{varwidth}

\begin{document}
     
\singlespace

\begin{figure}[!ht]
\begin{adjustwidth}{2em}{2em}
\centering
\caption{Table 1 Caption}
\begin{varwidth}{5.50in}
\includegraphics[height = 3.35in, width = 5.50in]{Testfig1.eps}
       
\smallskip
\footnotesize
Notes: 

Source:  
\end{varwidth}
\end{adjustwidth}
\end{figure}

\vspace{0.25in}
\begin{figure}[!ht]
\begin{adjustwidth}{}{2em}
\centering
\caption{Table 2 Caption}
\begin{varwidth}{5.50in}
\includegraphics[height = 3.35in, width = 5.50in]{Testfig2.eps}
       
\smallskip
\footnotesize
Notes: .

Source: . 
\end{varwidth}
\end{adjustwidth}
\end{figure}


\end{document}

I would very much appreciate any help you can provide!

[5gon12eder]

Your code requires some packages I don't have. However, I think that the geometry package's \newgeometry macro could help you. It is possible with this macro to make the margins for some pages smaller than usual. After the graphics page, you can restore the geometry via \restoregeometry.

For example:

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{geometry}

\geometry{bottom=3cm, footskip=2cm}

\begin{document}
  top \vfill bottom
  
  \newgeometry{bottom=1cm, footskip=0cm}
  top \vfill bottom
  % Your figures here...
  \restoregeometry
  
  top \vfill bottom
\end{document}

The package offers you a lot of screws to turn on. Please see the manual to decide which one you'd like to adjust.

Best

[latexhelp1]

I really appreciate this! I love this package and your example is tremendously helpful!

One question though. I've been playing around the dimensions endlessly and can't get it the way I would like.

I want there to about a 0.75 inch margin between the very top of the page and the beginning of the text on the first page, its caption. I would like a 0.75 inch margin between the bottom of the page and the bottom of of the text of the page, the second figure's footnotes. I would also like the page number to be about 0.65 inches from the page's bottom, and thus about 0.1 inch from the last line of text.

The following is the best that I can come up with. I am fairly happy with the space from the top of the bottom and top of the page, but would just like the page number elevated a little higher without changing the position of the bottom of the page.

I would very much appreciate your help!

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\geometry{top=0.7in,bottom=0.4in, footskip=0in}

Your code requires some packages I don't have. However, I think that the geometry package's \newgeometry macro could help you. It is possible with this macro to make the margins for some pages smaller than usual. After the graphics page, you can restore the geometry via \restoregeometry.

For example:

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{geometry}

\geometry{bottom=3cm, footskip=2cm}

\begin{document}
  top \vfill bottom
  
  \newgeometry{bottom=1cm, footskip=0cm}
  top \vfill bottom
  % Your figures here...
  \restoregeometry
  
  top \vfill bottom
\end{document}

The package offers you a lot of screws to turn on. Please see the manual to decide which one you'd like to adjust.

Best

[5gon12eder]

I would like a 0.75 inch margin between the bottom of the page and the bottom of of the text of the page, the second figure's footnotes. I would also like the page number to be about 0.65 inches from the page's bottom, and thus about 0.1 inch from the last line of text.

You should get this if you set bottom to 0.75 in and footskip to the estimated height of your footer plus 0.1 in.

[latexhelp1]

Thank you! Your help is just tremendous!!

So in other words:

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\geometry{top=0.75in,bottom=0.75in, footskip=0.1in}  

would give me a 0.75 margin at the top and the bottom of the page with the page number being 0.65 inches from the bottom. That looks spot on!

What is the default footskip that corresponds with a 1-in margin: 0.5in?

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\geometry{top=1in,bottom=1in, footskip=0.5in}  

I am attaching an example of such a page.

You should get this if you set bottom to 0.75 in and footskip to the estimated height of your footer plus 0.1 in.