How can I get latex to place my figure sufficiently at the top of my page to allow for my caption to nicely fit at the bottom?
\documentclass{amsart}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\begin{document}
\begin{figure}[htbp]
\makebox[\textwidth]{
\centering
\includegraphics{./Figures/chapter7/rel_risk_overall_ss.pdf}}
\caption{Comparing average risk during care to 3 uninfected patients within single and multibed room relative to \emph{direct care}. $\alpha=0.069$. }
\label{fig:rel_risk}
\end{figure}
\end{document}
totalheight
orwidth
options, for example\includegraphics[totalheight=17cm]
\includegraphics[width=\textwidth]
. Any of these two commands will keep the aspect ratio of the figure. – guillem May 17 '13 at 11:06totalheight
will not scale the figure then? – HCAI May 17 '13 at 11:08totalheight
will scale the figure (keeping the aspect ratio). I think that you could specify both width and height using both options at the same time, and the image aspect ratio will change. There is also thescale
option which can be useful in your case. – guillem May 17 '13 at 11:12