Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ Graphics Placement

[mbanghart]

How do I force latex to put graphics in specific locations? Right now I have a bunch of figures, but they do not show up at the places where I put them in my original document. I read somewhere it has to do with the way the graphcis engine works.

Thanks
Marc

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi Marc,

welcome to the board!
Graphics are intended to float to a convenient place from a typographical point of view. If you are using a figure environment you could use optional parameters in order to decide where the graphics should be placed, at top, bottom, in the text or on special float pages.
If you don't want the graphics to float, have a look here: Prevent floating of figures or tables Some methods are described there.

Stefan

[localghost]

How do I force latex to put graphics in specific locations? Right now I have a bunch of figures, but they do not show up at the places where I put them in my original document. [...]

Start with a special list of placement parameters.

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\begin{figure}[!ht]
  % figure contents
\end{figure}

The exclamation mark is the key. It makes the compiler neglect some other (internal) parameters.


Best regards and welcome to the board
Thorsten