If I just try to set the figure's size to 0.9\textwidth my figure will just end up on the right column, sized to be two-columns wide.
Has anyone done this before?
2 Answers
From the TUG faq: use the starred versions figure* and table*. Unfortunately, they're somewhat limited in positioning.
Also, the same solution applies to equations. Just include them in a figure* environment. But I don't recommend doing this: it will look ugly and confusing. For an example, see this paper. (sorry, I couldn't find an example in arXiv)
answered Sep 17, 2010 at 1:12
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1How are they limited in positioning? You don't want to put a full-width figure midway down the page, right? Commented Sep 17, 2010 at 2:26
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5@Will, true, but you can't put them at the bottom of a page, either, which you may reasonably want to do. tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=2colfloat Commented Sep 17, 2010 at 3:34
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2Me? No! But someone might conceivably need to, and I think it's a little dangerous to actually make it impossible to do so. Commented Sep 17, 2010 at 5:25
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2@Lev: Oh, I didn't remember that double-width floats can't appear at
[b]! @araujorns: I know of some journals that can make full-width equations across double cols, effectively splitting the page in four; seems like cuted and midfloat can do this. I wouldn't use it for figures, however. Commented Sep 17, 2010 at 6:43 -
This is a screencapture of the mentioned equation example for those who cannot access it: i.imgur.com/pAtbpzL.png Commented Jan 22, 2019 at 9:32
What about using the code below?
\documentclass[11pt,a4paper,twocolumn,english]{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{babel}
\usepackage[font=small,labelfont=bf,tableposition=top]{caption}
\usepackage{blindtext}
\usepackage{cuted}
\title{Two column document with figure underneath title}
\author{abhijit8}
\begin{document}
\maketitle
\begin{strip}
\centering\noindent
\rule{0.75\linewidth}{0.5\linewidth}
\captionof{figure}{\blindtext}
\end{strip}
\blindtext[2]
\begin{strip}
\centering\noindent
\rule{0.75\linewidth}{0.5\linewidth}
\captionof{figure}{\blindtext}
\end{strip}
\medskip
\noindent
\begin{minipage}{\linewidth}
\centering
\rule{0.75\linewidth}{0.5\linewidth}
\captionof{figure}{The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog}
\end{minipage}
\medskip
\blindtext[4]
\end{document}
It is from http://www.latex-community.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=45&t=10661#p41194 and works like a charm for me.
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4Since the example is not minimal, it may be helpful to note that the packages that are mandatory here are cuted (which provides the strip environment) and caption (which provides captionof).– user6853Commented Jun 10, 2016 at 22:43
\begin{figure*}, for example?figure*andtable*are two column figures and tables, respectively.\documentclass[twocolumn]{article}--but usingfigure*[width=\textwidth]sends it to the bottom of the document, not breaking the columns.