[Q] large pictures and tables in two column mode

[Mauro Jorge Atalla]

co...@krtkg1.rug.ac.be (Christophe Colle) wrote:
>Dear LaTeX-gurus
>
>How can I include pictures and tables, which exceed 2 one column in the
>twocolumn mode? I want LaTeX to generate me a two-columns document, but it
>should put some of my images over the two columns.
>
>I know I can do something with \twocolumn[] code, but this command starts a
>new page, leaving too much blank lines in my processed document. What is a
>better solution to this problem?
>
>Any help is welcome!
>
>Thanks.
>
>eg:
>

Try:

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

Mauro
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[Christophe Colle]

Dear LaTeX-gurus

How can I include pictures and tables, which exceed 2 one column in the
twocolumn mode? I want LaTeX to generate me a two-columns document, but it
should put some of my images over the two columns.

I know I can do something with \twocolumn[] code, but this command starts a
new page, leaving too much blank lines in my processed document. What is a
better solution to this problem?

Any help is welcome!

Thanks.

eg:

colle@krtkg1> cat file.tex
here comes a piece of text, which should be put in 2 columns ..... As you
will see the rest of this page will be blank because of the next command. :-(
\twocolumn[\epsfig{file=file.eps, size=\hsize}]

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[Alain Kessi]

co...@krtkg1.rug.ac.be (Christophe Colle) wrote:
>How can I include pictures and tables, which exceed 2 one column in the
>twocolumn mode? I want LaTeX to generate me a two-columns document, but it
>should put some of my images over the two columns.
>
>I know I can do something with \twocolumn[] code, but this command starts a
>new page, leaving too much blank lines in my processed document. What is a
>better solution to this problem?

Use the figure* (or table*) environment, which can be used both in
twocolumn mode or (usually better) with the multicol package.

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