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author | Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org> | 2006-12-14 00:56:47 +0000 |
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committer | Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org> | 2006-12-14 00:56:47 +0000 |
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diff --git a/Master/texmf-doc/doc/english/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-floats.html b/Master/texmf-doc/doc/english/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-floats.html index 9a0b9e86109..3ff95d552b5 100644 --- a/Master/texmf-doc/doc/english/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-floats.html +++ b/Master/texmf-doc/doc/english/FAQ-en/html/FAQ-floats.html @@ -5,40 +5,40 @@ <p>Tables and figures have a tendency to surprise, by <em>floating</em> away from where they were specified to appear. This is in fact perfectly ordinary document design; any professional typesetting -package will float figures and tables to where they'll fit without +package will float figures and tables to where they’ll fit without violating the certain typographic rules. Even if you use the -placement specifier <code>h</code> for 'here', the figure or table will not be -printed 'here' if doing so would break the rules; the rules themselves +placement specifier <code>h</code> for ‘here’, the figure or table will not be +printed ‘here’ if doing so would break the rules; the rules themselves are pretty simple, and are given on page 198, section C.9 of the -LaTeX manual. In the worst case, LaTeX's rules can cause the +LaTeX manual. In the worst case, LaTeX’s rules can cause the floating items to pile up to the extent that you get an error message saying -<a href="FAQ-tmupfl.html">"Too many unprocessed floats"</a>. +<a href="FAQ-tmupfl.html">“Too many unprocessed floats”</a>. What follows is a simple checklist of things to do to solve these problems (the checklist talks throughout about figures, but applies -equally well to tables, or to "non-standard" floats defined by the +equally well to tables, or to “non-standard” floats defined by the <i>float</i> or other packages). <ul> <li> Do your figures need to float at all? If not, consider the <code>[H]</code> placement option offered by the <i>float</i> package: - figures with this placement are made up to look as if they're - floating, but they don't in fact float. Beware outstanding floats, + figures with this placement are made up to look as if they’re + floating, but they don’t in fact float. Beware outstanding floats, though: the <code>\</code><code>caption</code> commands are numbered in the order they - appear in the document, and a <code>[H]</code> float can 'overtake' a float - that hasn't yet been placed, so that figures numbers get out of + appear in the document, and a <code>[H]</code> float can ‘overtake’ a float + that hasn’t yet been placed, so that figures numbers get out of order. <li> Are the placement parameters on your figures right? The default (<code>tbp</code>) is reasonable, but you can reasonably change it (for - example, to add an <code>h</code>). Whatever you do, <em>don't</em> - omit the '<code>p</code>': doing so could cause LaTeX to believe that if you - can't have your figure <em>here</em>, you don't want it + example, to add an <code>h</code>). Whatever you do, <em>don’t</em> + omit the ‘<code>p</code>’: doing so could cause LaTeX to believe that if you + can’t have your figure <em>here</em>, you don’t want it <em>anywhere</em>. (LaTeX does try hard to avoid being confused in this way...) -<li> LaTeX's own float placement parameters could be preventing - placements that seem entirely "reasonable" to you - they're +<li> LaTeX’s own float placement parameters could be preventing + placements that seem entirely “reasonable” to you — they’re notoriously rather conservative. To encourage LaTeX not to move your figure, you need to loosen its demands. (The most important - ones are the ratio of text to float on a given page, but it's + ones are the ratio of text to float on a given page, but it’s sensible to have a fixed set that changes the whole lot, to meet every eventuality.) <pre> @@ -54,13 +54,13 @@ equally well to tables, or to "non-standard" floats defined by the \setcounter{dbltopnumber}{9} </pre> The meanings of these - parameters are described on pages 199-200, section C.9 of the + parameters are described on pages 199–200, section C.9 of the LaTeX manual. -<li> Are there places in your document where you could 'naturally' +<li> Are there places in your document where you could ‘naturally’ put a <code>\</code><code>clearpage</code> command? If so, do: the backlog of floats is cleared after a <code>\</code><code>clearpage</code>. (Note that the <code>\</code><code>chapter</code> command in the standard <i>book</i> and <i>report</i> classes - implicitly executes <code>\</code><code>clearpage</code>, so you can't float past + implicitly executes <code>\</code><code>clearpage</code>, so you can’t float past the end of a chapter.) <li> Try the <i>placeins</i> package: it defines a <code>\</code><code>FloatBarrier</code> command beyond which floats may not pass. A @@ -76,14 +76,14 @@ equally well to tables, or to "non-standard" floats defined by the of putting <code>\</code><code>clearpage</code> <em>after</em> the current page (where it will clear the backlog, but not cause an ugly gap in your text), but also admits that the package is somewhat fragile. Use it as a last - resort if the other possibilities below don't help. + resort if the other possibilities below don’t help. <li> If you would actually <em>like</em> great blocks of floats at the end of each of your chapters, try the <i>morefloats</i> package; - this 'simply' increases the number of floating inserts that LaTeX + this ‘simply’ increases the number of floating inserts that LaTeX can handle at one time (from 18 to 36). <li> If you actually <em>wanted</em> all your figures to float to the - end (<em>e.g</em>., for submitting a draft copy of a paper), don't - rely on LaTeX's mechanism: get the <i>endfloat</i> package to do + end (<em>e.g</em>., for submitting a draft copy of a paper), don’t + rely on LaTeX’s mechanism: get the <i>endfloat</i> package to do the job for you. </ul> <dl> |