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+<head>
+<title>UK TeX FAQ -- question label textflow</title>
+</head><body>
+<h3>Flowing text around figures in LaTeX</h3>
+<p/>There are several LaTeX packages that purport to do this, but they
+all have their limitations because the TeX machine isn&rsquo;t really
+designed to solve this sort of problem. Piet van Oostrum has
+conducted a survey of the available packages; he recommends:
+<dl>
+<dt><code>floatflt</code><dd> <i>floatflt</i> is an improved version
+ (for LaTeX2e) of <i>floatfig.sty</i>, and its syntax is:
+<blockquote>
+<pre>
+\begin{floatingfigure}[options]{width of figure}
+ figure contents
+\end{floatingfigure}
+</pre>
+</blockquote><p>
+
+There is a (more or less similar) <code>floatingtable</code>
+environment.
+<p/>The tables or figures can be set left or right, or alternating on
+even/odd pages in a double-sided document.
+<p/>The package works with the <code>multicol</code> package, but doesn&rsquo;t work well
+in the neighbourhood of list environments (unless you change your
+LaTeX document).
+<dt><code>wrapfig</code><dd> <i>wrapfig</i> has syntax:
+<blockquote>
+<pre>
+\begin{wrapfigure}[height of figure in lines]{l,r,...}[overhang]{width}
+ figure, caption, etc.
+\end{wrapfigure}
+</pre>
+</blockquote><p>
+
+ The syntax of the <code>wraptable</code> environment is similar.
+<p/> Height can be omitted, in which case it will be calculated by the
+ package; the package will use the greater of the specified and the
+ actual width. The <code>{l,r,<em>etc</em>.}</code> parameter may
+ also be specified as <code>i</code><em>(nside)</em> or
+ <code>o</code><em>(utside)</em> for two-sided documents, and uppercase
+ may be used to indicate that the picture should float. The
+ overhang allows the figure to be
+ moved into the margin. The figure or table will entered into the
+ list of figures or tables if you use the <code>\</code><code>caption</code> command.
+<p/> The environments do not work within list environments that end
+ before the figure or table has finished, but can be used in a
+ parbox or minipage, and in twocolumn format.
+ <dt><code>picins</code><dd> <i>Picins</i> is part of a large bundle
+ that allows inclusion of pictures (e.g., with shadow boxes,
+ various MSDOS formats, etc.). The command for inserting a
+ picture at the start of a paragraph is:
+ <blockquote>
+ <code>\</code><code>parpic</code><code>(width,height)(x-off,y-off)[Options][Position]{Picture}</code><br>
+ <em>Paragraph text</em>
+ </blockquote><p>
+
+ All parameters except the <em>Picture</em> are optional. The picture
+ can be positioned left or right, boxed with a rectangle, oval,
+ shadowbox, dashed box, and a caption can be given which will be
+ included in the list of figures.
+<p/> Unfortunately (for those of us whose understanding of German is not
+ good), the documentation is in German. Piet van Oostrum has written
+ a summary in English.
+</dl>
+<dl>
+<dt><tt><i>floatflt.sty</i></tt><dd><a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/floatflt.zip">macros/latex/contrib/floatflt</a> (<a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/floatflt.tar.gz">gzipped tar</a>, <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/floatflt/">browse</a>)
+<dt><tt><i>picins.sty</i></tt><dd><a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex209/contrib/picins.zip">macros/latex209/contrib/picins</a> (<a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex209/contrib/picins.tar.gz">gzipped tar</a>, <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex209/contrib/picins/">browse</a>)
+<dt><tt><i>picins documentation summary</i></tt><dd><a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex209/contrib/picins/picins.txt">macros/latex209/contrib/picins/picins.txt</a>
+<dt><tt><i>wrapfig.sty</i></tt><dd><a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/wrapfig.zip">macros/latex/contrib/wrapfig</a> (<a href="ftp://cam.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/wrapfig.tar.gz">gzipped tar</a>, <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/wrapfig/">browse</a>)
+</dl>
+<p/><p>This question on the Web: <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=textflow">http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=textflow</a>
+</body>