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From: Damian.Cugley@prg.ox.ac.uk (Damian Cugley)
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Subject: Re: Wide figures in two-column [LateX] document?
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Date: 15 Feb 91 11:58:28 GMT
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From:		Patrick L. Nolan <pln@egret1.stanford.edu>
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> In a latex document using the twocolumn style, is it possible
> to make double-width figures that span the whole width of
> the page?  Such a figure should co-exist with two-column
> text on the same page.

RTM & use the figure* environment.