Not in outer par mode.

[mark]

dear all,
I'm writing my thesis i got the following message in one of the
appendix figures

Not in outer par mode.!

and then highlighted on
\centering

what i can do?

[mark]

here is the packages
\usepackage{here,epsf,msc,mypig,epsfig,graphicx,graphics,fancyhdr,caption2,subfigure,nomencl,makeidx}
\usepackage{amssymb,amsmath,amsthm,lscape,tabularx,booktabs,xr,multirow,hhline,version}
\usepackage{supertabular,longtable,float,time,appendix,afterpage,listings,array,ifthen}
\usepackage[authoryear]{natbib}
\usepackage[section]{placeins}
\usepackage{rotating}
\usepackage{rotfloat}

and it stops here

\begin{figure}
\centering

[Donald Arseneau]

"mark" <***@gmail.com> writes:

[other message: not in outer par mode]

Post by mark
and it stops here
\begin{figure}
\centering

It stops at \begin{figure} (though it looks ahead for an optional
argument). The problem is earlier, where you forgot an \end{figure}
or \end{minipage} or some such.

[Ulrike Fischer]

Post by mark
dear all,
I'm writing my thesis i got the following message in one of the
appendix figures
Not in outer par mode.!
and then highlighted on
\centering
what i can do?

Don't put figure or table enviroments inside another environment.

[mark]

so how can I centre my figures?

Post by Ulrike Fischer

Post by mark
dear all,
I'm writing my thesis i got the following message in one of the
appendix figures
Not in outer par mode.!
and then highlighted on
\centering
what i can do?

Don't put figure or table enviroments inside another environment.
--
Ulrike Fischer

[Lars Madsen]

Post by mark
so how can I centre my figures?

Post by Ulrike Fischer

Post by mark
dear all,
I'm writing my thesis i got the following message in one of the
appendix figures
Not in outer par mode.!
and then highlighted on
\centering
what i can do?

Don't put figure or table enviroments inside another environment.
--
Ulrike Fischer

as any latex introduction can tell, the basic use for floats is

\begin{figure}[htbp]
\centering
% what ever
\caption{text}
\label{fig:whatever}
\end{figure}

a float is just a special container, so if you want the contents centered inside
the container you have to specify so _inside_ the container.

\centering is prefered over the center environment.