[Journal] Size of images in the journal

[Yves Jacolin]

Le Samedi 26 Mai 2007 20:31, Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo) a écrit :
> On 26-May-07, at 5:21 AM, Micha Silver wrote:
> > Yves Jacolin wrote:
> >> Le Vendredi 25 Mai 2007 22:11, Yves Jacolin a écrit :
> >>
> >> \begin{figure*}[tbp]
> >>    \centering
> >>    \includegraphics[scale=0.5]{topical/ames/WPS_for_OSGeo-short-
> >> img2.png}
> >>    %caption of the figure
> >>    \caption{Suggested communications flow between the client and
> >> the server.}
> >>    %label of the figure, which has to correspond to \ref{}:
> >>    \label{fig:figure2}
> >> \end{figure*}
> >>
> >> Note the * symbol close to {figure}, which wil create a new page
> >> to insert the graph in plain page.
> >
> > Well done! Works beautifully.
> > Have a look at this draft to see the results:
> > http://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/journal/volume_2/case_studies/yann/
> > main_document.pdf
>
> Looks okay, but I think we should use it sparingly and only when
> really needed, since it breaks the reading "flow" when switching from
> 2 columns to 1.
>
> Can we use something like [width=0.5\textwidth] instead of
> [scale=0.5] ?  I think it will help it scale more automatically if
> page size changes.
>
> Thanks Yves,
> Tyler
Hi,
I think you can use a reference to the figure (ie see figure 1 page 45 
"Caption of the figure")  if you use the {figure*} tag.

Y.

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