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    From William Unruh@21:1/5 to All on Thu Jul 25 21:19:37 2024
    I have a paper with 6 figures in it. Each picture takes up about 1/2 a
    page. Latex spaces out the pictures so that the second last picture
    it stuck in the middle of the Acknowledgements, and last is in the
    middle of the Bibliography. I would like them spaced closer to where
    they actually occur in the text. Is there some way of forcing the
    pictures closer to where I want them in the text?

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  • From Axel Berger@21:1/5 to William Unruh on Fri Jul 26 10:00:36 2024
    William Unruh wrote:
    Is there some way of forcing the
    pictures closer to where I want them in the text?

    Many. You can specify [p] in the \begin{figure} to place two of your
    pictures on a separate page.

    LaTeX dislikes pages with too little text and many pictures. I have this
    in my standard private package loaded with every document:

    \renewcommand*{\topfraction}{.85}
    \renewcommand*{\bottomfraction}{.75}
    \renewcommand*{\textfraction}{.15}
    \renewcommand*{\floatpagefraction}{.7}
    \renewcommand*{\dbltopfraction}{.85}
    \renewcommand*{\dblfloatpagefraction}{.7}
    \setcounter{topnumber}{6}
    \setcounter{bottomnumber}{4}
    \setcounter{totalnumber}{9}
    \setcounter{dbltopnumber}{4}
    \setlength{\@fptop}{5pt}
    \setlength{\@fpsep}{12pt plus1fil minus4pt}
    \setlength{\@fpbot}{0pt plus3fil}
    \setlength{\@dblfptop}{\@fptop} %{5pt}
    \setlength{\@dblfpsep}{\@fpsep} %{12pt plus1fil minus4pt} \setlength{\@dblfpbot}{\@fpbot} %{0pt plus3fil}
    \setlength{\floatsep}{12pt plus2pt minus4pt} \setlength{\dblfloatsep}{\floatsep} %{12pt plus2pt minus4pt} \setlength{\textfloatsep}{14pt plus1filll minus6pt} %plus8pt \setlength{\dbltextfloatsep}{\textfloatsep} %{14pt plus1filll minus6pt} \setlength{\intextsep}{12pt plus6pt minus2pt}

    Of course these are my values, tweak them to your likes and needs.

    And last take a good look at package
    \usepackage[above,below,section]{placeins}
    Again, these are my options. Set yours to your taste and needs.


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  • From Dr Engelbert Buxbaum@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jul 29 07:36:26 2024
    In article <66A357A4.5AF3D0FA@Berger-Odenthal.De>, Spam@Berger-
    Odenthal.De says...

    William Unruh wrote:
    Is there some way of forcing the
    pictures closer to where I want them in the text?

    Many. You can specify [p] in the \begin{figure} to place two of your
    pictures on a separate page.

    LaTeX dislikes pages with too little text and many pictures. I have this
    in my standard private package loaded with every document:

    Another option is the placeins package, you can then set \FloatBarriers
    for example to prevent floats from moving into another section or
    chapter. That is perhaps the gentlest solution to your problem.

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  • From Holger Schieferdecker@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jul 30 09:18:06 2024
    Am 25.07.2024 um 23:19 schrieb William Unruh:
    I have a paper with 6 figures in it. Each picture takes up about 1/2 a
    page. Latex spaces out the pictures so that the second last picture
    it stuck in the middle of the Acknowledgements, and last is in the
    middle of the Bibliography. I would like them spaced closer to where
    they actually occur in the text. Is there some way of forcing the
    pictures closer to where I want them in the text?

    Besides the already mentioned solutions there is the package "float". It provides an option [H] for floating environments which means to place it exactly at the position it occurs in the input. You have to decide if
    this is a good solution for each individual picture.

    Another possibility is \clearpage before the Acknowledgements. That
    would ensure that all pending floats are printed, afterwards it will
    start a new page. But I don't know if a pagebreak is ok in your case.

    Holger

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  • From Peter Flynn@21:1/5 to Holger Schieferdecker on Thu Aug 29 12:02:08 2024
    On 30/07/2024 08:18, Holger Schieferdecker wrote:
    Am 25.07.2024 um 23:19 schrieb William Unruh:
      I have a paper with 6 figures in it.

    Besides the already mentioned solutions there is the package "float".

    There are also settings which control how much of the available page
    space can be allowed for floats. The defaults are:

    \setcounter{topnumber}{2}
    \newcommand\topfraction{.7}
    \setcounter{bottomnumber}{1}
    \newcommand\bottomfraction{.3}
    \setcounter{totalnumber}{3}
    \newcommand\textfraction{.2}
    \newcommand\floatpagefraction{.5}

    Peter

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