Placement and scaling of figures with LaTeX and the graphicx package

fig.tex

%%% Figure placement and scaling with LaTeX and graphicx.
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%%% Sarah Mount.
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%%% Replace all UPPERCASE text with your own.
%%% To change scaling, replace the "0.6\columnwidth" with your preferred size.
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%%% "Hhtbp" is the preference of the author for figure placement:
%%%         Place _H_ere > Place _h_ere if possible > place at _t_op of page > 
%%%                        place at _b_ottom of page > place on a _p_age of figures.
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\begin{figure}[Hhtbp]
\begin{center}
{\centering \resizebox*{0.6\columnwidth}{!}{\includegraphics{FILENAME}} \par}
\caption{\label{LABELNAME} CAPTIONTEXT}
\end{center}
\end{figure}