Is there a way to get LaTeX to place figures in the same page as a reference to that figure

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I am using LaTeX and the figure environment   I am well familiar with the parameters to that environment   htbp   and I am also generally familiar with the strategies that LaTeX takes  by default  to decide where to put each figure  For example  by placing figures at the top or bottom of the page   What I am wondering is whether there is a package  macro  or some commands that I can give so that if I have a single-column document and I mostly have a single in-text reference to a figure  that the figure would be more likely to be placed in the same page of the reference   For example  imagine that I have a long paragraph which in the middle has a  ref FIG X   When rendered  some of the paragraph appears before the page break  and some appears after the page break  I can also place the figure command somewhere before and after the whole paragraph  Is there a way to get it to actually be placed in the same page as the actual reference

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setcounter topnumber  2   setcounter bottomnumber  2   setcounter totalnumber  4   renewcommand  topfraction  0 85   renewcommand  bottomfraction  0 85   renewcommand  textfraction  0 15   renewcommand  floatpagefraction  0 7    http   robjhyndman com researchtips latex-floats

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You can always add the     into your float-options  This way  latex tries really hard to place the figure where you want it  I mostly use  h tb    stretching the normal rules of type-setting   I have found another solution  Use the float-package  This way you can place the figures where you want them to be

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I don t want to sound too negative  but there are occasions when what you want is almost impossible without a lot of  quot artificial quot  tuning of page breaks  If the callout falls naturally near the bottom of a page  and the figure falls on the following page  moving the figure back one page will probably displace the callout forward  I would recommend  as far as possible  and depending on the exact size of the figures    Place the figures with  t   or  h  if you must  Place the figures as near as possible to the  quot right quot  place  differs for  t  and  h   Include the figures from separate files with  input  which will make them much easier to move around when you re doing the final tuning  In my experience  this is a big eater-up of non-available time   -   In reply to Jon s comment  I think this is an inherently difficult problem  because the LaTeX guys are no slouches  You may like to read Frank Mittelbach s paper

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I have some useful comments  Because I had similar problem with location of figures  I used package  wrapfig  that allows to make figures wrapped by text  Something like       usepackage wrapfig   usepackage graphicx       begin wrapfigure  r  53pt   includegraphics width 53pt  cone pdf   end wrapfigure    In options  r  means to put figure from right side   l  can be use for left side

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I don t want to sound too negative  but there are occasions when what you want is almost impossible without a lot of  quot artificial quot  tuning of page breaks  If the callout falls naturally near the bottom of a page  and the figure falls on the following page  moving the figure back one page will probably displace the callout forward  I would recommend  as far as possible  and depending on the exact size of the figures    Place the figures with  t   or  h  if you must  Place the figures as near as possible to the  quot right quot  place  differs for  t  and  h   Include the figures from separate files with  input  which will make them much easier to move around when you re doing the final tuning  In my experience  this is a big eater-up of non-available time   -   In reply to Jon s comment  I think this is an inherently difficult problem  because the LaTeX guys are no slouches  You may like to read Frank Mittelbach s paper

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I solve this problem by always using the  h  option on floats  such as figures  so that they  mostly  go where I place them   Then when I look at the final draft  I adjust the location of the float by moving it in the LaTeX source   Usually that means moving it around the paragraph where it is referenced   Sometimes I need to add a page break at an appropriate spot   I ve found that the default placement of floats is reasonable in LaTeX  but manual adjustments are almost always needed to get things like this just right    And sometimes it isn t possible for everything to be perfect when there are lots of floats and footnotes    The manual for the memoir class has some good information about how LaTeX places floats and some advice for manipulating the algorithm

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Yes  include float package into the top of your document and H  capital H  as a figure specifier    usepackage float    begin figure  H         end figure

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Maybe this will help you    begin center   includegraphics scale 0 5  picture name   end center        I think is better to use the graphics command when your figures run away

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I don t want to sound too negative  but there are occasions when what you want is almost impossible without a lot of  quot artificial quot  tuning of page breaks  If the callout falls naturally near the bottom of a page  and the figure falls on the following page  moving the figure back one page will probably displace the callout forward  I would recommend  as far as possible  and depending on the exact size of the figures    Place the figures with  t   or  h  if you must  Place the figures as near as possible to the  quot right quot  place  differs for  t  and  h   Include the figures from separate files with  input  which will make them much easier to move around when you re doing the final tuning  In my experience  this is a big eater-up of non-available time   -   In reply to Jon s comment  I think this is an inherently difficult problem  because the LaTeX guys are no slouches  You may like to read Frank Mittelbach s paper

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One way I found that helps with this is to use  include file with tex figure commands    not input

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Yes  include float package into the top of your document and H  capital H  as a figure specifier    usepackage float    begin figure  H         end figure

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I solve this problem by always using the  h  option on floats  such as figures  so that they  mostly  go where I place them   Then when I look at the final draft  I adjust the location of the float by moving it in the LaTeX source   Usually that means moving it around the paragraph where it is referenced   Sometimes I need to add a page break at an appropriate spot   I ve found that the default placement of floats is reasonable in LaTeX  but manual adjustments are almost always needed to get things like this just right    And sometimes it isn t possible for everything to be perfect when there are lots of floats and footnotes    The manual for the memoir class has some good information about how LaTeX places floats and some advice for manipulating the algorithm

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Maybe this will help you    begin center   includegraphics scale 0 5  picture name   end center        I think is better to use the graphics command when your figures run away

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You can always add the     into your float-options  This way  latex tries really hard to place the figure where you want it  I mostly use  h tb    stretching the normal rules of type-setting   I have found another solution  Use the float-package  This way you can place the figures where you want them to be

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One way I found that helps with this is to use  include file with tex figure commands    not input

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You can always add the     into your float-options  This way  latex tries really hard to place the figure where you want it  I mostly use  h tb    stretching the normal rules of type-setting   I have found another solution  Use the float-package  This way you can place the figures where you want them to be

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I solve this problem by always using the  h  option on floats  such as figures  so that they  mostly  go where I place them   Then when I look at the final draft  I adjust the location of the float by moving it in the LaTeX source   Usually that means moving it around the paragraph where it is referenced   Sometimes I need to add a page break at an appropriate spot   I ve found that the default placement of floats is reasonable in LaTeX  but manual adjustments are almost always needed to get things like this just right    And sometimes it isn t possible for everything to be perfect when there are lots of floats and footnotes    The manual for the memoir class has some good information about how LaTeX places floats and some advice for manipulating the algorithm

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setcounter topnumber  2   setcounter bottomnumber  2   setcounter totalnumber  4   renewcommand  topfraction  0 85   renewcommand  bottomfraction  0 85   renewcommand  textfraction  0 15   renewcommand  floatpagefraction  0 7    http   robjhyndman com researchtips latex-floats

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If you want force this behaviour on all of your figures try       usepackage float   floatplacement figure  H

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I have some useful comments  Because I had similar problem with location of figures  I used package  wrapfig  that allows to make figures wrapped by text  Something like       usepackage wrapfig   usepackage graphicx       begin wrapfigure  r  53pt   includegraphics width 53pt  cone pdf   end wrapfigure    In options  r  means to put figure from right side   l  can be use for left side

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I don t want to sound too negative  but there are occasions when what you want is almost impossible without a lot of  quot artificial quot  tuning of page breaks  If the callout falls naturally near the bottom of a page  and the figure falls on the following page  moving the figure back one page will probably displace the callout forward  I would recommend  as far as possible  and depending on the exact size of the figures    Place the figures with  t   or  h  if you must  Place the figures as near as possible to the  quot right quot  place  differs for  t  and  h   Include the figures from separate files with  input  which will make them much easier to move around when you re doing the final tuning  In my experience  this is a big eater-up of non-available time   -   In reply to Jon s comment  I think this is an inherently difficult problem  because the LaTeX guys are no slouches  You may like to read Frank Mittelbach s paper

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I solve this problem by always using the  h  option on floats  such as figures  so that they  mostly  go where I place them   Then when I look at the final draft  I adjust the location of the float by moving it in the LaTeX source   Usually that means moving it around the paragraph where it is referenced   Sometimes I need to add a page break at an appropriate spot   I ve found that the default placement of floats is reasonable in LaTeX  but manual adjustments are almost always needed to get things like this just right    And sometimes it isn t possible for everything to be perfect when there are lots of floats and footnotes    The manual for the memoir class has some good information about how LaTeX places floats and some advice for manipulating the algorithm

User · Answer

You can always add the     into your float-options  This way  latex tries really hard to place the figure where you want it  I mostly use  h tb    stretching the normal rules of type-setting   I have found another solution  Use the float-package  This way you can place the figures where you want them to be

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If you want force this behaviour on all of your figures try       usepackage float   floatplacement figure  H

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