Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ table in a paper

[lonohawu]

Hi. I am fairly confused about putting a table in a paper (article). I have followed the usual instructions but the table seems to be always centered vertically on the page

[Ijon Tichy]

How should be answer this? We do not know, what you are thinking which are the usual instructions. We do not know, what you are doing. We even do not know, if you are talking just about a table in the LaTeX sense of a tabular:

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{mwe}
\begin{document}
\blindtext

\begin{tabular}{lcr}
this & is & an \\
example & of & a \\
tabular & without & sense
\end{tabular}

\blindtext
\end{document}

or about a floating table:

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{mwe}
\begin{document}
\blindtext

\begin{table}
\centering
\begin{tabular}{lcr}
this & is & an \\
example & of & a \\
tabular & without & sense
\end{tabular}
\caption{An example}
\label{tab:extab}
\end{table}

\blindtext
\end{document}

Please, always show a minimal working example of what you are trying. And don't forget to use the shown example to explain what should be different.