Nirmal Govind wrote:
Hi.. I have a figure float in which I've checked the option to span
columns (this is a two-column paper in the article class).. the
placement is set to default placement. For some reason, on the page
preceding the figure, the paragraphs have an extra lineskip between
them... any ideas on how I can get rid of these extra lines? If I
uncheck the span columns option, the spacing between the paragraphs is
fine. The figure doesn't fit in one column width so I need to use the
span columns option...
you can try the option \raggedbottom in the preamble
Herbert