Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ placement of a sideways table

[lieselotter]

Hi,

I made a sidewaystable (it needs 1 whole page), but the table isn't printed where it has to be. If I use [h] or [h!], it is placed at the end of the document.
If I use nothing or [!htbp], than the table is placed 1 page too late. If I put [H], there is no table at all... (I do have the usepackage float). If I use [H] for other tables (normal ones, not sideways), than it is working fine.

\usepackage{float}
...
\begin{sidewaystable}[h!]
\caption{..}
\label{..}
\begin{tabular}{p{3.95cm}p{4cm}p{3.7cm}p{1.28cm}p{1.24cm}p{1.28cm}p{1.24cm}p{1.28cm}p{1.14cm}}
...
\end{tabular}
\end{sidewaystable}

How can I fix this?

Bye, Lieselotter

[localghost]

The sidewaystable environment doesn't accept any placement parameters. It always appears directly on a whole page where declared in the source. This table is always shifted to the next page because it is very unlikely that there is nothing on the current page.


Best regards
Thorsten¹

[lieselotter]

Actually, it skips 1 page.
In stead of placing my table on the next page, there is 1 whole page of text first (that is written after the table in the source...) and than the table

[localghost]

Perhaps an example shows how this works. This may help for better understanding.

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\documentclass[11pt,a4paper,english]{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[latin1]{inputenc}
\usepackage{babel}
\usepackage{lmodern}
\usepackage{rotating}
\usepackage{blindtext}

\parindent0em

\begin{document}
  \blindtext[5]

%  \medskip
%  \blindtext
  \begin{sidewaystable}
    \rule{\textheight}{0.8\textwidth}
    \caption{Dummy}\label{tab:dummy}
  \end{sidewaystable}

  \medskip
  \blindtext
\end{document}

The current page is filled completely. The table is output as soon as possible. Uncomment the lines right before the sidewaystable environment and you will see the effect. I guess that is what's happening to your document.

[lieselotter]

thank you for the explanation! it was very helpful

apparently, the \pagebreak I put before my table was the problem

Greetings,
Lieselotter