figure
\begin{figure[*]}[placement] figbody \label{label} \caption[loftitle]{text} \end{figure}
Figures are objects that are not part of the normal text, and are instead “floated” to a convenient place, such as the top of a page. Figures will not be split between two pages.
When typesetting in double-columns, the starred form produces a full-width figure (across both columns).
The optional argument [placement]
determines where LaTeX will try
to place your figure. There are four places where LaTeX can possibly
put a float:
t
b
b
is not
allowed for full-width floats (figure*
) with double-column
output. To ameliorate this, use the stfloats
or
dblfloatfix
package, but see the discussion at caveats in the
FAQ: http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=2colfloat.
h
t
is
automatically added. To absolutely force a figure to appear “here”,
use the float
and use its H
placement letter. (That
package also provides other options.)
p
The standard report and article classes use the default placement
tbp
.
The body of the figure is made up of whatever text, LaTeX commands, etc. you wish.
The \caption
command specifies caption text for the
figure. The caption is numbered by default. If loftitle is
present, it is used in the list of figures instead of text
(see Tables of contents).
\floatpagefraction
\floatsep
\intextsep
\textfloatsep
\textfraction
\topfraction