[Tex/LaTex] Send a particular figure to the back

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I am writing a double-columned article.
I am having a problem that one particular figure covers some of the text above and another figure across the column. See following picture:

I did a lot of search, but all talk about making the figure "background". Well I don't want to make it background, I would just like to "send it to the back".

How can I make this particular figure "under" the text above, and the figure across the column? Thanks a lot.

Here is my figure insertion code:

\vspace{-1cm}
\begin{figure}[h]
\hspace{-0.9cm}
\vspace{-1cm}
\includegraphics[scale=0.27]{../figures/lin_regression.png}
\caption{Regressions of phase rolls.}
\label{fig_lin_regression}
\end{figure}

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The negative spacing is forcing the overprinting, Also since figure is a float, the \vspace before the figure is completely wrong as if the figure floats the \vspace will still be in that place and cause the following text to overprint the preceding text.

If there is a white margin in the png, trim it with an external graphics editor or use the trim or clip options to \includegraphics also it is almost always best to include p or it is highly likely the float will go to the end of the document, so

\begin{figure}[htp]
\includegraphics[scale=0.27,clip= 20 20 500 500 ]{../figures/lin_regression.png}
\caption{Regressions of phase rolls.}
\label{fig_lin_regression}
\end{figure}

using whatever clip box coordinates make sense in your case.

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\begin{tabular*}{<width>}{<column specification>}

which specifies the width of the tabular environment; in the regular form the width is determined by LaTeX from the contents of the tabular environment. Now, this might only help if you actually want to widen a table/tabular to a specific width. But, in your case you may need to shrink the table/tabular width. For this, there may be some tricks you can employ. However, some of these may be dependent on the journal requirements/specifications. Also, optimal solutions/choice might depend on the degree that your table extends outside the text block. I list a couple here by means of an example:

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\bigskip Resized horizontally (keeping aspectratio) via \verb|\resizebox{<width>}{<height>}|\par
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On a more semantic side of things, here are some suggestions to your code:

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[Tex/LaTex] Move table to the left / change left margin of particular frame

You can box it and then move it; for example:

\documentclass{beamer}

\begin{document}

\begin{frame}
\frametitle{Test slide}

\hspace*{-8pt}\makebox[\linewidth][c]{%
\begin{tabular}[t]{p{5.4cm}p{5.8cm}}
\vspace{0pt} \includegraphics[width=5.3cm]{ctanlion} &
\begin{enumerate}[<+->]
\item This is test text This is test text 
\item This is test text This is test text 
\item This is test text This is test text 
\item This is test text This is test text 
\item This is test text This is test text 
\end{enumerate}
\end{tabular}%
}
\end{frame}

\end{document}

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However, instead of shifting the table to the left, I'd suggest you to consider some alternatives: reducing the intercolumn space, reducing the font, or resizing the table; this last approach can be done using \resizebox:

\documentclass{beamer}

\begin{document}

\begin{frame}
\frametitle{Test slide}

\resizebox{\textwidth}{!}{%
\begin{tabular}[t]{p{5.4cm}p{5.8cm}}
\vspace{0pt} \includegraphics[width=5.3cm]{ctanlion} &
\begin{enumerate}[<+->]
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\item This is test text This is test text 
\item This is test text This is test text 
\item This is test text This is test text 
\item This is test text This is test text 
\end{enumerate}
\end{tabular}%
}
\end{frame}

\end{document}

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CTAN lion drawing by Duane Bibby.

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