Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ text coming before tables and images

[skibbereen]

Hi, I'm really new to Latex and I've been having this problem where some text that I type after a table or picture is shown before the table or picture when I typeset. for example:

here's where I write a paragraph of text #1

here's a table

here's paragraph of text #2

when I typeset that, it comes up:

paragraph #1
paragraph #2
table

does anyone know how I can fix this? thank you.

[gmedina]

...does anyone know how I can fix this? thank you.

There's really nothing to fix; I mean, that behaviour is not really a problem; it's one of the useful characteristics of (La)TeX. Some objects float.

Here you can read a brief description:

TeX FAQ - Moving tables and figures in LaTeX.

In that page you will find a link that explains how to prevent figures and tables from floating.

Here you can also find some useful advise:

Prevent floating of figures or tables - TeXblog

[localghost]

You can use special options for placing float objects. Consider the following example.

Code: Select all

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

\begin{document}
  \blindtext

  \begin{figure}%[!ht]   % <--- try these options by uncommenting them
    \centering
    \rule{6.4cm}{3.6cm}
    \caption{Dummy figure}\label{fig:dummy}
  \end{figure}

  \blindtext
\end{document}

Find out the difference by compiling two versions of the code. Once without and once with the options for the float environment (figure here). Your document shows a similar behaviour.


Best regards and welcome to the board
Thorsten