Text Formatting ⇒ Merge two Columns only for a Table or Figure

[21did21]

hello world

i write a document with this form:

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\documentclass[a4paper,10pt,twocolumn]{article}

it's works nice but in the middle of the article i want to merge columns to center my figure and continue on two columns and make a table again on one columns and continue writing on two columns.

How i can perform this please?

[localghost]

Take a look at the cuted package.


Thorsten

[21did21]

thanks for your help

but i am not sure that i have understood this (i am beginner with latex)

1°) i have to install : "stfloats.sty" ?

2°) and i put my picture between this balise : \begin{strip}<. . . >\end{strip} ?

can you show me an example please ?

[localghost]

[…] can you show me an example please ?

Actually this is homework for you. I can't know what you are after. And furthermore at the moment I don't have the time to work out a complete solution. I suggest to do a Forum Search for the cuted package to obtain possible solutions.

Package installation is usually done by the package manager of your TeX distribution. And I don't know why you should have to install the stfloats package in this context.

[21did21]

hello !

i have found this :

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\begin{strip} %with cutted package
\centering\noindent
\rule{0.75\linewidth}{0.5\linewidth}
\includegraphics[scale=0.2]{myfigure.ps}
%\captionof{figure}{\blindtext}
\end{strip}

it almost works : i have a square centered on the page but it's whole black

[localghost]

[…] it almost works : i have a square centered on the page but it's whole black […]

What do you think does the \rule command probably?

[21did21]

now it works why cuted package, thanks

=> i use "strip" environmnent and figure* environment (i don't know why * but it works)