Latex. How to include landscape figures in 2 column article class document?

justlearning2009 · 10-05-2009, 08:53 PM

Hi,

I am creating a document using Latex and I am using the existing article class "\documentclass[twocolumn]{article}"

The paper needs to have a two column format, but I have figures that I would like to include in a landscape orientation, possibly on a new page, (they appear too small even if I have them span either 1 or both columns). Has anyone tried doing this before? Can anyone please give suggestions?

Thanks,

D

lutusp · 10-05-2009, 09:23 PM

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Originally Posted by justlearning2009

Hi,

I am creating a document using Latex and I am using the existing article class "\documentclass[twocolumn]{article}"

The paper needs to have a two column format, but I have figures that I would like to include in a landscape orientation, possibly on a new page, (they appear too small even if I have them span either 1 or both columns). Has anyone tried doing this before? Can anyone please give suggestions?

Thanks,

D

Do you mean "landscape" as in spanning both columns? If so, this needs to be in a separate section, because AFAIK you can't flow the two-column format around the graphic.

More than this I cannot say ... maybe it would be better to browse some online LaTeX until you see an example of what you want, then examine the original raw LaTeX instructions.

I just re-read your post and it occurs to me that you mean one or more landscape-format pages attached to a portrait-format article. Why not create two LaTeX documents, one for text, one for figures?