# [texhax] figure env.

Tom Schneider toms at ncifcrf.gov
Mon Dec 18 22:05:23 CET 2006

> > You're welcome.  I don't know what centerline does (and couldn't find
> > a description with google or in the LaTeX Companion) but I don't use
> > it.  I use the center environment, \begin{center} ... \end{center}
>
> \centerline is one of those command that were imported from plain TeX into
> LaTeX.
>
> See <http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=vertspacefloat> why
> the center environment isn't the best match for the figure environment.

AH!  Thanks!  There's always another trick to learn ...

Tom

Dr. Thomas D. Schneider
National Institutes of Health
National Cancer Institute
Center for Cancer Research Nanobiology Program
Molecular Information Theory Group
Frederick, Maryland  21702-1201
toms at ncifcrf.gov
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