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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>. -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 -<i>float</i> or other packages). -<ul> -<li> Do your figures need to float at all? If not, look at the - recommendations for “<a href="FAQ-figurehere.html">non-floating floats</a>” -<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 - <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 - 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 - sensible to have a fixed set that changes the whole lot, to meet - every eventuality.) -<pre> -\renewcommand{\topfraction}{.85} -\renewcommand{\bottomfraction}{.7} -\renewcommand{\textfraction}{.15} -\renewcommand{\floatpagefraction}{.66} -\renewcommand{\dbltopfraction}{.66} -\renewcommand{\dblfloatpagefraction}{.66} -\setcounter{topnumber}{9} -\setcounter{bottomnumber}{9} -\setcounter{totalnumber}{20} -\setcounter{dbltopnumber}{9} -</pre> - The meanings of these - 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’ - 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 - 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 - package option allows you to declare that floats may not pass a - <code>\</code><code>section</code> command, but you can place <code>\</code><code>FloatBarrier</code>s wherever - you choose. -<li> If you are bothered by floats appearing at the top of the page - (before they are specified in your text), try the <i>flafter</i> - package, which avoids this problem by insisting that floats should - always appear after their definition. -<li> Have a look at the LaTeX2e <i>afterpage</i> package. - Its documentation gives as an example the idea - 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. -<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 allows you to increase the number of floating inserts that LaTeX - can handle at one time (from its original value of 18, in - LaTeX2e). Note that, even with e-TeX’s greater supply of - registers, there is still a modest limit on the total number of - floating inserts (e-TeX increases the total number of registers - available, but inserts don’t work if they are constructed from - registers in the extended range). -<p/> Caveat: if you are using <i>etex</i> to increase the number of - registers available, you need to “reserve” some inserts for - <i>morefloats</i>: something like: - <blockquote> -<pre> -\usepackage{etex} -\reserveinserts{18} -\usepackage{morefloats} -</pre> - </blockquote><p> -<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 - the job for you. -</ul> -<dl> -<dt><tt><i>afterpage.sty</i></tt><dd>Distributed as part of <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/required/tools.zip">macros/latex/required/tools</a> (or <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/required/tools/">browse the directory</a>); <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/afterpage.html">catalogue entry</a> -<dt><tt><i>endfloat.sty</i></tt><dd><a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/endfloat.zip">macros/latex/contrib/endfloat</a> (or <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/endfloat/">browse the directory</a>); <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/endfloat.html">catalogue entry</a> -<dt><tt><i>etex.sty</i></tt><dd><a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/etex-pkg.zip">macros/latex/contrib/etex-pkg</a> (or <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/etex-pkg/">browse the directory</a>); <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/etex-pkg.html">catalogue entry</a> -<dt><tt><i>flafter.sty</i></tt><dd>Part of the LaTeX distribution -<dt><tt><i>float.sty</i></tt><dd><a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/float.zip">macros/latex/contrib/float</a> (or <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/float/">browse the directory</a>); <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/float.html">catalogue entry</a> -<dt><tt><i>morefloats.sty</i></tt><dd><a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/morefloats.zip">macros/latex/contrib/morefloats</a> (or <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/morefloats/">browse the directory</a>); <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/morefloats.html">catalogue entry</a> -<dt><tt><i>placeins.sty</i></tt><dd><a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/placeins.zip">macros/latex/contrib/placeins</a> (or <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/placeins/">browse the directory</a>); <a href="http://mirror.ctan.org/help/Catalogue/entries/placeins.html">catalogue entry</a> -</dl> -<p/><p>This question on the Web: <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=floats">http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=floats</a> -</body> |