General ⇒ Multicol environment with float help

[persona_non_grata]

Hi,

I am trying to write my masters project in physics and I have come across a problem. I would like my abstract to span two columns, but the body of my document to be in two columns, so i have ended up using the multicol environment.

Now, I want to put a figure in which spans only one column, and appears in the text. When I try the normal \begin{figure} the figure does not appear. However, if I use \begin{figure*} it appears at the top, an improvement but not where I want it. Does anyone know how to make a figure appear in the text in the multicol environment?

I have searched google for a while and found that people have had the same problem, but can't find any sort of solution.

Thanks in advance for your help.

[darckhart]

+1

has confused me for a while too. I have read that the problem is that latex won't "float" them into one column and a possible solution is to force place that fig/tbl in a specific spot.

[persona_non_grata]

I read that too, and I have tired using the placement: \begin{figure}[h] blah blah blah.

However, again this does nothing

[gmedina]

Try using the H option of the \floatplacement command provided by the float package.

[persona_non_grata]

Thanks very much gmedina! That has solved my problem Now I have to get back to actually writting the paper