Placing a figure in the bottom of a page spanning the two columns of an IEEE document

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I am writing an IEEEtran article. I use graphicx for inserting .pdf images. Normally, LaTeX selects a position like A. I want LaTeX automatically find and insert the image to a position like B. How can I do that? This is my code:

\usepackage{graphicx}
\begin{document}
\begin{figure}
  \centering
  % Requires \usepackage{graphicx}
  \includegraphics{Figures/Fig1.pdf}\\
  \caption{hi}\label{hi}
\end{figure}
\end{document}

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<> from http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/39017/how-to-influence-the-position-of-float-environments-like-figure-and-table-in-lat?lq=1 — touhami, Mar 28 '15 at 20:09

score 49 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 28 '15 at 23:36

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You need to use the starred version of the {figure*} environment to enable the figure occupy the two columns. Besides, you also need to load the dblfloatfix package (download from here), which is necessary for placing the figure in the bottom of the page. It allows you the use either of the options [tbp]. Here is a MWE:

\documentclass[conference,hidelinks]{IEEEtran}
\usepackage{dblfloatfix}    % To enable figures at the bottom of page
\usepackage[demo]{graphicx} % [demo] option for empty figure
\usepackage{kantlipsum}     % for random text

\begin{document}
\section{Introduction}
\kant[1-5]
\begin{figure*}[!b]
    \centering
    \includegraphics{MyFigure}
    \caption{My Figure in Two Columns}
\end{figure*}
\kant[6-11]
\end{document}

Which outputs the following:

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answered Mar 28 '15 at 23:36

AboAmmar

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Be aware that as explained in http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/153850/placing-a-two-column-figure-using-ieeetran-class, you may need to declare your figure prior to where you want it to be placed. – Thomas Jun 30 '15 at 09:45
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What is the difference between figure and figure*? – pitosalas Apr 30 '18 at 21:20
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@pitosalas it lets the figure span both columns – João Bravo Nov 06 '22 at 20:03

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 28 '15 at 20:17

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Here is a solution

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[pdftex]{graphicx}
\usepackage{multicol}
\begin{document}
\begin{multicols}{2}
test
\end{multicols}
\begin{figure}[htp]
  \centering
  \includegraphics{Figures/Fig1.pdf}\\
  \caption{hi}\label{hi}
\end{figure}
\end{document}

answered Mar 28 '15 at 20:17

touhami

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Hi you, dear downvoter, please before downvote can you be more helpfull and leave a comment? I don't remember that my answer was so bad in 2000(15). – touhami Sep 09 '21 at 13:01
I did not downvote, but in general on stackExchange pages, you should explain in words what your code does and why it does do what it does. For example, what does [htp] mean in your snippet, where is it defined, etc.? Also: How can I use width and bottom placement in one command (you provided neither of them in your snippet)? – ElectRocnic Apr 22 '22 at 15:11

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