Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ Make figure stay in place

[zohar]

I'm using an EG document class for my paper:

http://egmcp1.cgv.tugraz.at/SRM_SGP2010 ... /latex.zip

, and I'm trying to place a 'teaser', a figure which would span two columns before the abstract:

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\maketitle

\begin{figure*}[h!]

\abstract

There's something in this document class which prevents that, and throws the figure to the second page. Does anyone have an idea how it might be done, so I could patch it?

Thanks.

[localghost]

Drop the figure environment.


Best regards
Thorsten

[zohar]

I tried that, it just put it automatically in one column of the first section (after the abstract).