Floating figures disappearing when using multicols package

[Wolfgang Engelmann]

Am 12.04.21 um 18:34 schrieb Philippe Burden:
> Hi,
> 
> So I am trying to create a document in which the abstract is one column, 
> and the following text is in two columns. I understand I can simply use 
> \onecolumn and \twocolumn to switch between both formats, however, in 
> doing so it seems to create a page break.
> 
> I have gone ahead to use multicols to fix this issue. However, I am 
> aware that floats do not appear in multicols environment. I want my 
> figures to span the width of the column and no the whole document.
> 
> Is there a way around this?
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Phil Burden
> 
> 
in settings > float figure > span columns
Wolfgang