[comp.text.tex] positioning of floating figures

mehlan@sun4 (Ralf Mehlan A ) (09/21/90)

Here is another never ending question from a learning TeX-User.

In LaTeX floating objects (figures and tables) can be controlled via the
[htbp] obtions. However, there are many situations where figures are placed
at the end of a text although the option [h] was given.

1) Is there a possibility to force a figure to appear at a specific point
   in a text? (It has to be a figure or table environment, because the
   captions are needed for the table of figures or tables.)
2) What are the algorithms that actually place a floating object? What can be
   achieved by using \textfraction?

Thanks in advance,



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