Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ Multirow image floating too low

[barnhillec]

Greetings, first post.

I have set up what seems to me a pretty straightforward table, with a 2-row image of height 4 cm followed by 2 rows of images of height 2cm. However my document starts the multi-row image very low and it ends up covering the caption. I am wondering if there is an obvious reason why this table does not line up right that I cannot see. If it helps I can post a pic of the current situation as rendered in pdflatex too...but would have to take it back down rather quickly as it's an image for an upcoming scientific conference.

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\begin{figure}
   \begin{center}
   \begin{tabular}{c|c|c|c|c|c|c}
	\multirow{2}{*}{\includegraphics[height=4cm]{vastus-mask.png}} &
	\includegraphics[height=2cm]{control-movie-medialis/vastus-1.png} &
		\includegraphics[height=2cm]{control-movie-medialis/vastus-2.png} &
		\includegraphics[height=2cm]{control-movie-medialis/vastus-3.png} &
		\includegraphics[height=2cm]{control-movie-medialis/vastus-4.png} &
		\includegraphics[height=2cm]{control-movie-medialis/vastus-5.png} &
		\includegraphics[height=2cm]{control-movie-medialis/vastus-6.png}\\
	& \includegraphics[height=2cm]{control-movie-medialis/vastus-7.png} &
		\includegraphics[height=2cm]{control-movie-medialis/vastus-8.png} &
		\includegraphics[height=2cm]{control-movie-medialis/vastus-9.png} &
		\includegraphics[height=2cm]{control-movie-medialis/vastus-10.png} &
		\includegraphics[height=2cm]{control-movie-medialis/vastus-11.png} &
		\includegraphics[height=2cm]{control-movie-medialis/vastus-12.png}\\
   \end{tabular}
   \end{center}
   \caption[vastus] 
   { \label{fig:vastus} Vastus muscle of same subject across multiple acquisitions.}
\end{figure} 

Thanks for any help!

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi,

welcome to the board!

In such cases you could simply use a dummy image of the same size, or make one as a placeholder by \rule, such as \rule{2cm}{2cm}, or even simpler load graphicx with demo option:

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\usepackage[demo]{graphicx}

Just note, that posting compilable test code improves the chance to get a working solution.

In your code, you could fix it using an optional argument for vertical adjustment, such as:

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\multirow{2}{*}[1.7cm]{\includegraphics[height=4cm]{vastus-mask.png}} &

Stefan