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On Mon, 27 Jul 92 10:27:58 MDT, Zdenek Wagner <WAGNER@CSEARN.BITNET> posted:

> I wrote a text in LaTeX using multicol.sty v1.3a dated <90/05/20> and
> doc.sty v1.7d dated <92/04/25>. However, the behaviour was the same with
> newdoc.sty. The file has the following form:
>.....
> \begin{multicols}{2}[\section{section name}]
> Some text
> 
> \begin{figure*}[hp]
> some figure definition commands
> \end{figure*}
> 
> some more text
> \end{multicols}
>.....
> I know that the figure takes the whole page so I would expect it on page 2.
> However, it is moved to the very end of the document. I tried different
> positioning options after \begin{figure*} (also no options) but the result
> was always the some.
> 
> Is there some way to put the figure on the page 2 without the necessity of
> making the adjustment manually?

I don't have the version of multicol you specify, but the newest (to my
knowledge, anyway) version of multicol.doc ( \fileversion{v1.3c},
\filedate{91/04/08}, \docdate {91/03/14}) states in its abstract:
> %   This article describes the use and the implementation of the {\sf
> %   multicols} environment. This environment allows switching between
> %   one and multicolumn format on the same page. Footnotes are handled
> %   correctly (for the most part), but will be placed at the bottom of
> %   the page and not under each column.  \LaTeX{}'s float mechanism,
                                            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> %   however, is partly disabled in the current implementation and will
      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> %   be added in a later version. At the moment only floats contributed

      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> %   outside the scope of the environment will find their way into the
> %   actual output.

What seems to happen in the multicolumn mode is exactly what you report --
the floats are processed, if at all, and put at the end.  I have
successfully used \end{multicols} \begin{float} .... \end{float}
\begin{multicols} a few times and gotten away with it -- however, this only
works for full-page floats in my experiments.  Hopefully, Frank or Rainer
or someone else with more experience in this area will respond (probably
after the TUG meetings, though).

Regards,   George
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