You could also set par(mfrow=c(1,2)) before you run your code in R and then you would have them side by side if that is what you want. Slawa On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 5:03 PM, Rachel Crouch &lt;rcrouch(a)jd12.law.harvard.edu > 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-… > > > > Cheers, > > > Rachel > > > > *From:* gov2001-l-bounces(a)lists.fas.harvard.edu [mailto: > gov2001-l-bounces(a)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> > 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 > > _______________________________________________ gov2001-l mailing list gov2001-l(a)lists.fas.harvard.edu http://lists.fas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/gov2001-l