Category Archives for Figures and Tables

Floating figures and tables

Centering wide tables or figures

When you want to include an image or a table that’s wider than the text width, you will notice that even when \centering or the center-environment is used this wide object will not be centered in relation to the surrounding … Continue reading

17. September 2008 by stefan
Categories: Figures and Tables | 37 comments

center vs. centering

A frequently seen mistake is to use \begin{center} … \end{center} inside a figure or table environment. This center environment can cause additional vertical space. If you want to avoid that just use \centering instead like in this example: \begin{figure}[ht] \centering … Continue reading

13. June 2008 by stefan
Categories: Figures and Tables | 9 comments