Latex provides the wrapfig package which lets you wrap text around figures. In not only saves place, but also embeds the figure nicely into your text. Add the wrapfig package in your preamble: And place the figure where you want to have it: and similarly for tables: Number of lines (optional) “r” for right and … [Read more…]
Everyone knows the problem, in Latex a figure or table takes the whole width of a page. Even though you can have several figures/tables next to each other (see posts on minipage and subfigure), with none of these techniques it is possible to have floating text around a figure or table. Here is how you … [Read more…]
Pictures do not necessarily have to be placed inside the figure environment, but can perfectly be included inside table cells. The advantage is, you can without any effort arrange a series of images in a matrix and individually scale them. Or, you could combine text with images in a table. And here is how: You … [Read more…]
Usually figures are placed where there is enough space, e.g. for begin{figure}[ht] at the beginning of the next page. Sometimes, some or all figures are placed at the end of the document. What if you want to place the figure within your text, because you have other figures which you do not want to place … [Read more…]
Remark: The subfigure package has been replace by subfig and is therefore obsolete. Please see my post on that topic. There are two different ways to place two figures/tables side-by-side. The subfigure package provides functionality to arrange figures and tables next to each other, within the usual figure-floating-environment. You can find a post on the … [Read more…]