placing a figure acrossed both columns in a 2 col. format

M. JACKSON

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Mar 2, 1997, 3:00:00 AM3/2/97

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Hello,

I am using a two-column format to write a lab report
(LaTeX 2.09 version on a NeXT computer). I would like to
include an encapusulated postscript file (which is a
figure) across both columns, as shown below.

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
The figure goes here.
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
%%%%%%%%Column 1%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%Column 2%%%%%%%%
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

How can I do this?

Thanks for the help in advance.

Sincerely,

Mike Jackson
micj...@nmsu.edu

M. JACKSON

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Mar 2, 1997, 3:00:00 AM3/2/97

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Hello,

I am using LaTeX version 2.09 on a NeXT computer. Currently,
there are a number of NeXT computers in our department without
LaTeX installed (or if they have LaTeX installed there are some
slight compiling problems). In addition, I would like to have
the current version, LaTeX2e, up and running. When I was going
through the ftp site at CTAN, I was not sure about which version
to get (in tex/ctan/systems common_tex, unix/ntex, unix/next, etc).
I am also not sure about the version we currently have. When I
compile LaTeX on our computer I get the preamble shown below:

% latex
This is CTeX, NeXT Version 3.141

If anyone has any suggestions please let me know. I will pass
them onto my system administrator so he can download and install
the proper version.

Wolfgang May

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Mar 3, 1997, 3:00:00 AM3/3/97

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M. JACKSON (micj...@nmsu.edu) wrote:
: Hello,

: I am using a two-column format to write a lab report
: (LaTeX 2.09 version on a NeXT computer). I would like to
: include an encapusulated postscript file (which is a
: figure) across both columns, as shown below.

: %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
: %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
: %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
: The figure goes here.
: %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
: %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
: %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%

\begin{figure*}...\end{figure*}

Wolfgang

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Universitaet Freiburg http://www.informatik.uni-freiburg.de/~may/
Institut fuer Informatik D-79110 Freiburg / Germany

william l kleb

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Mar 3, 1997, 3:00:00 AM3/3/97

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Wolfgang May wrote:
>
> M. JACKSON (micj...@nmsu.edu) wrote:
> : I would like to

> : include an encapusulated postscript file (which is a
> : figure) across both columns, as shown below.
>

> \begin{figure*}...\end{figure*}

just beware you might need play with float specifiers, etc. to
get the order of the figures to be correct (e.g., figure 4
appears before figure 5). the double-column floats and the
single-column floats are not "linked" as far as placement is
concerned.

--
bil <mailto:w.l....@larc.nasa.gov>

Lones A Smith

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Mar 4, 1997, 3:00:00 AM3/4/97

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It seems that those who KNOW nowadays all use TeXTeX.
I'm still stuck on NeXTTeX, but hope to switch some day.

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Mark Allman

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Mar 4, 1997, 3:00:00 AM3/4/97

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What you need to do is upgrade the LaTeX macros--your TeX executable
is just fine. The TeX package on the OS distribution is LaTeX 2.09.

Go to (for example--any CTAN site should have the files):

ftp://wuarchive.wustl.edu/packages/TeX/macros/latex

and download that directory's contents (in a work area--not into
your existing TeX directories). Read install.txt for instructions
on how to upgrade to LaTex2e.

I did it on my NeXTstation at home--a piece 'a cake.

-- Mark Allman
-- Sr. Engineer, McDonnell Douglas Aerospace, all...@pat.mdc.com
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