[Tex/LaTex] Forcing figure placement at the top of a particular page

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I need to force an image (compression_strain_map.pdf) to the top of a particular page (document has two columns) and the text under it. It seems like it only works on one column.

Here is the code I'm using:

\begin{figure}[tp]
\centering
\begin{tabular}{rl}
\includegraphics[scale=0.6, trim={0cm 1cm 0.75cm 0cm}, clip]{images/compression_strain_map.pdf}&\raisebox{4cm}{\rotatebox{90}{\textit{local Lagrangian vertical strain}}} 
\end{tabular}
\caption{Local Lagrangian vertical strain fields with the corresponding absolute values of the global strain $\left|\varepsilon\right|$ for a pure compression test.}
\label{fig:compression_strain_maps}
\end{figure}

The problem is when I use \begin{figure*} the figure is placed on the next page, but I want to force the figure being on this one.

Thanks for any suggestions.

Best Answer

figure is one-column, figure* is a two-column span, move it earlier in the source so it comes on the page you want.

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[Tex/LaTex] Is that possible to put one figure in the top and one two-column figure in the bottom of a same page

For two-column figures, use the figure* environment. Also note that the placement of such figures is always delayed by one page (by default). The following MWE shows an arrangement that allows a top-floating one-column figure together with a bottom-floating two-column figure on the same page (with the aid of dblfloatfix):

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\documentclass[twocolumn]{article}
\usepackage{lipsum}% http://ctan.org/pkg/lipsum
\usepackage{graphicx,dblfloatfix}% http://ctan.org/pkg/{graphicx,dblfloatfix}
\begin{document}
\lipsum[1-3]

\begin{figure*}[b]
  \centering\includegraphics[width=\linewidth,height=0.1\textheight]{example-image-b}
  \caption{B caption}
\end{figure*}

\lipsum[4-7]

\begin{figure}[t]
  \centering\includegraphics[width=\columnwidth,height=0.1\textheight]{example-image-a}
  \caption{A caption}
\end{figure}

\lipsum[8-12]
\end{document}

Note that the figure numbering is not ideal. Figure 2 (one-column) is at the top while Figure 1 (two-column) is at the bottom. It is possible to play around with the figure counters in order to obtain a better result. However, this is all because figure*'s difficulty in being placed properly.

\documentclass[twocolumn]{article}
\usepackage{lipsum}% http://ctan.org/pkg/lipsum
\usepackage{graphicx,dblfloatfix}% http://ctan.org/pkg/{graphicx,dblfloatfix}
\begin{document}
\lipsum[1-3]

\begin{figure*}[b]
  \stepcounter{figure}% To correct for figure placement & numbering
  \centering\includegraphics[width=\linewidth,height=0.1\textheight]{example-image-b}
  \caption{B caption}
\end{figure*}

\lipsum[4-7]

\begin{figure}[t]
  \addtocounter{figure}{-2}% To correct for figure placement & numbering
  \centering\includegraphics[width=\columnwidth,height=0.1\textheight]{example-image-a}
  \caption{A caption}
  \addtocounter{figure}{2}% Re-establish correct figure number
\end{figure}

\lipsum[8-12]
\end{document}

[Tex/LaTex] Figure Placement in twocolumn mode

I deleted the markup that was causing warnings in the log, and the floats appear at the top of page 2 as you requested:

enter image description here

\documentclass[twocolumn]{article}

\usepackage{lipsum}

\begin{document}

\title{Article Title Here}
\author{balaji}
\maketitle
\begin{figure*}
\centering\rule{0.8\textwidth}{0.3\textwidth}
\end{figure*}

\begin{table*}[!t]
  \centering
  \begin{tabular}{lcr}
    1 & 2 & 3 \\        4 & 5 & 6 \\        7 & 8 & 9
  \end{tabular}
  \caption{Blabla}
  \label{tab:1}
\end{table*}

% if you want to force both columns empty on the first page
\vspace*{\fill}\pagebreak
\vspace*{\fill}\pagebreak

\lipsum[1-5] 


\lipsum[1-15]

\end{document}

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