Is it possible to place a figure* (two column figure) on the bottom of the first page of a document? I'm writing an IEEEtran journal.
A figure* is always placed on the next page, so it is not possible to get it on the first page this way. Is there any workaround?
I tried it this way:
\documentclass[journal]{ieeetran}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\usepackage{dblfloatfix}
\author{author}
\title{title}
\begin{document}
\maketitle
\begin{figure*}[b]
\centering
\dashbox{5}(400,100){\huge figure}
\caption{caption}
\end{figure*}
\lipsum[1-7]
\end{document}
Best Answer
This might get you started. It is based on Werner's previous solution How can I place a double-wide figure float (ie, figure*) on the bottom on the first page of a two-column document.
However, using the single column document class option changes some of the other formatting. For example the abstract environment looks different in single column mode.