[Tex/LaTex] multicol and figures

Question

I have a two column document (using multicol) and want to insert figures so that they do NOT span columns. I have searched around and the only thing I can find says that only figure* is supported which spans the whole page (both columns). Is there a way to get single column figures in a document using multicols?

Answer 1

\documentclass[a5paper]{article}
\usepackage{multicol,caption}
\usepackage[demo]{graphicx}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\newenvironment{Figure}
  {\par\medskip\noindent\minipage{\linewidth}}
  {\endminipage\par\medskip}
\begin{document}

\begin{multicols}{2}
\lipsum[1]
\begin{Figure}
 \centering
 \includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{foo}
 \captionof{figure}{my caption of the figure}
\end{Figure}

\lipsum[1]
\end{multicols}

\end{document}

Defining a placement option is not possible inside the multicols environment.