Re: [gov2001] Latex figure question

Hi all, In case you are interested, here is a very helpful blog on LaTeX: http://texblog.wordpress.com/. It has a post on how to use "minipage", which is how I was able to get figures to sit side by side: http://texblog.wordpress.com/2007/08/01/placing-figurestables-side-by-side-m inipage/ Cheers, Rachel From: gov2001-l-bounces(a)lists.fas.harvard.edu [mailto:gov2001-l-bounces@lists.fas.harvard.edu] On Behalf Of Andy Hall Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2011 4:17 PM To: Class List for Gov 2001/E-2001 Subject: Re: [gov2001] Latex figure question When ! isn't enough, I also find that strategic placing of \clearpage can help (usually right after the figure in question). If the figure conveniently fills up the lower half of a page, for example, this trick works well. It backfires if the figure doesn't fit on the current page, though, because it leads to an unsightly almost entirely blank page in the document. Also, scaling the figure, using [scale=0.7] for example, can help squeeze the figure in to a spot where before it was getting pushed down to another page. -Andy On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 3:54 PM, Rachel Crouch <rcrouch(a)jd12.law.harvard.edu> wrote: Hi class, Does anyone know how to force figures in Latex into the place in your document that you think they ought to be? They seem to have a mind of their own. We've been able to move them around a little in our paper, and we've gotten somewhere better than the default, but there must be a way to manipulate them more. Is it possible to get a few of the figures to show up side by side? Does anyone know of a good reference on this topic? Thanks! Rachel _______________________________________________ gov2001-l mailing list gov2001-l(a)lists.fas.harvard.edu http://lists.fas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/gov2001-l -- Andrew Hall PhD Student Department of Government Harvard University hall(a)fas.harvard.edu _______________________________________________ gov2001-l mailing list gov2001-l(a)lists.fas.harvard.edu http://lists.fas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/gov2001-l