I have a figure in a whole page, even though I do not intend it to capture a whole page. There is a lot of white space around it, and I definitely think there could be some text surrounding it. Is there a way to force a figure not to use a whole page if there is still some white space around?
(this is a two column document, if that helps. I am using figure* to stretch the figure across the two columns.)
By default, full-width figures are only allowed at the top or at float pages, which obiously is the case for you. Try to solve it using placement options, such as
\begin{figure}[!ht]
Bottom placement is possible using the stfloats package. Further you might have a look at Placing two-column floats at bottom of page in the TeX FAQ.
Ensure that the figure is not too wide. Check if there's white space, if the figure has a margin. This is sometimes overlooked when PDF figures are included.
Check for warnings regarding an overfull \hbox concerning that figure, which may cause that it's been deferred to the next page. If necessary, scale the figure.
figure environment) in a \makebox[h]{\textwidth}{...} macro call. This makes it officially only \textwidth wide and centers it.
– Martin Scharrer
Mar 01 '11 at 18:49
equation or gather or any math environment. What should I do in that case?
– Bakuriu
Mar 22 '14 at 08:28
\makebox) use a {minipage}{\textwidth} environment instead.
– Martin Scharrer
Mar 23 '14 at 19:37
figure,table). – Martin Scharrer Mar 01 '11 at 16:01