Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ Force LaTeX to keep table in page

[Ciro]

Hi, I'm placing a set of five images followed for a table, for three times. The first and second set of images followed by its respective tables are placed in the same page, but when trying to place the third set, LaTeX moves the table to the next page, leaving a huge blank space in the bottom. There's plenty of room for the table to fit in, how can I force LaTeX to place this last table in the same page?

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    \documentclass[a4paper,10pt]{memoir}
    \usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc}
    \usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
    \usepackage{booktabs}
    \usepackage{longtable}
    \usepackage{graphicx}
    \usepackage{fix-cm}
    \usepackage[font=scriptsize]{caption}
    \usepackage[margin=0.5in]{geometry}
    \usepackage[normalem]{ulem}
    \graphicspath{ {images/} }
    \setlength{\tabcolsep}{2pt}
    \begin{document}

    \begin{figure}[!tbp]
    \noindent\rule{18.9cm}{0.1pt}
    \newline
    \hspace{10em}\uline{\textsc{Group1}\hfill}
    \break \break \break
    \hfill
    \begin{minipage}[b]{0.18\textwidth}
    \includegraphics[width=\textwidth]{img1}
    \caption*{img1}
    \end{minipage}
    \hfill
    \begin{minipage}[b]{0.18\textwidth}
    \includegraphics[width=\textwidth]{img2}
    \caption*{img2}
    \end{minipage}
    \hfill
    \begin{minipage}[b]{0.18\textwidth}
    \includegraphics[width=\textwidth]{img3}
    \caption*{img3}
    \end{minipage}
    \hfill
    \begin{minipage}[b]{0.18\textwidth}
    \includegraphics[width=\textwidth]{img4}
    \caption*{img4}
    \end{minipage}
    \hfill
    \begin{minipage}[b]{0.18\textwidth}
    \includegraphics[width=\textwidth]{img5}
    \caption*{img5}
    \end{minipage}
    \end{figure}
    \begin{table}[ht]
    \miniscule
    \caption*{Group1}
    \hspace*{-.5cm}
    \scalebox{0.9}{
    \begin{tabular}{p{2.5cm}p{1.2cm}p{1.2cm}p{1.2cm}p{1.2cm}p{1.2cm}p{1.2cm}p{1.2cm}p{1.2cm}p{1.2cm}p{1.2cm}p{1.2cm}p{1.2cm}p{1.2cm}p{1.2cm}p{1.2cm}}
    \toprule
    \field1 & \field2 & field3 & field4 & \textbf{6M} &  \textbf{3M}&  \textbf{1W} &  \textbf{5} &  \textbf{6} & \textbf{7} & \textbf{8} & \textbf{ROE} & \textbf{9} & \textbf{10} & \textbf{1} \\
    \midrule
    Estee & 88.56 & -9.14 & 8.13 & -5.08 & .19 & 1.32 & 33,068 & 29.93 & 1.36 & 19.23 & 30.90 & N/A & N/A & N/A
    \\
    \midrule
    \end{tabular}}
    \end{table}

    \begin{figure}[!tbp]
    \noindent\rule{18.9cm}{0.1pt}
    \newline
    \hspace{10em}\uline{\textsc{Group2}\hfill}
    \break \break \break
    \hfill
    \begin{minipage}[b]{0.18\textwidth}
    \includegraphics[width=\textwidth]{img6}
    \caption*{img6}
    \end{minipage}
    \hfill
    \begin{minipage}[b]{0.18\textwidth}
    \includegraphics[width=\textwidth]{img7}
    \caption*{img7}
    \end{minipage}
    \hfill
    \begin{minipage}[b]{0.18\textwidth}
    \includegraphics[width=\textwidth]{img8}
    \caption*{img8}
    \end{minipage}
    \hfill
    \begin{minipage}[b]{0.18\textwidth}
    \includegraphics[width=\textwidth]{img9}
    \caption*{img9}
    \end{minipage}
    \hfill
    \begin{minipage}[b]{0.18\textwidth}
    \includegraphics[width=\textwidth]{img10}
    \caption*{img10}
    \end{minipage}
    \end{figure}
    \begin{table}[ht]
    \miniscule
    \caption*{Group2}
    \hspace*{-.5cm}
    \scalebox{0.9}{
    \begin{tabular}{p{2.5cm}p{1.2cm}p{1.2cm}p{1.2cm}p{1.2cm}p{1.2cm}p{1.2cm}p{1.2cm}p{1.2cm}p{1.2cm}p{1.2cm}p{1.2cm}p{1.2cm}p{1.2cm}p{1.2cm}p{1.2cm}}
    \toprule
    \field1 & \field2 & field3 & field4 & \textbf{6M} &  \textbf{3M}&  \textbf{1W} &  \textbf{5} &  \textbf{6} & \textbf{7} & \textbf{8} & \textbf{ROE} & \textbf{9} & \textbf{10} & \textbf{1} \\
    \midrule
    test & 155.26 & -40.39 & -27.10 & -16.73 & -5.89 & 2.32 & 1,975 & 23.33 & -- & 19.90 & 18.98 & N/A & N/A & N/A
    \\
    \midrule
    test & 47.44 & -13.04 & -5.30 & -2.18 & .47 & 1.91 & 19,224 & 18.09 & 1.43 & 35.31 & 69.54 & N/A & N/A & N/A
    \\
    \midrule
    Constellation & 166.49 & -1.29 & 28.07 & 10.61 & 7.77 & 1.43 & 33,963 & 33.42 & 0.96 & 32.81 & 17.74 & N/A & N/A & N/A
    \\
    \midrule
    \end{tabular}}
    \end{table}

    \begin{figure}[!tbp]
    \noindent\rule{18.9cm}{0.1pt}
    \newline
    \hspace{10em}\uline{\textsc{Group2}\hfill}
    \break \break \break
    \hfill
    \begin{minipage}[b]{0.18\textwidth}
    \includegraphics[width=\textwidth]{img6}
    \caption*{img6}
    \end{minipage}
    \hfill
    \begin{minipage}[b]{0.18\textwidth}
    \includegraphics[width=\textwidth]{img7}
    \caption*{img7}
    \end{minipage}
    \hfill
    \begin{minipage}[b]{0.18\textwidth}
    \includegraphics[width=\textwidth]{img8}
    \caption*{img8}
    \end{minipage}
    \hfill
    \begin{minipage}[b]{0.18\textwidth}
    \includegraphics[width=\textwidth]{img9}
    \caption*{img9}
    \end{minipage}
    \hfill
    \begin{minipage}[b]{0.18\textwidth}
    \includegraphics[width=\textwidth]{img10}
    \caption*{img10}
    \end{minipage}
    \end{figure}
    \begin{table}[ht]
    \miniscule
    \caption*{Group2}
    \hspace*{-.5cm}
    \scalebox{0.9}{
    \begin{tabular}{p{2.5cm}p{1.2cm}p{1.2cm}p{1.2cm}p{1.2cm}p{1.2cm}p{1.2cm}p{1.2cm}p{1.2cm}p{1.2cm}p{1.2cm}p{1.2cm}p{1.2cm}p{1.2cm}p{1.2cm}p{1.2cm}}
    \toprule
    \field1 & \field2 & field3 & field4 & \textbf{6M} &  \textbf{3M}&  \textbf{1W} &  \textbf{5} &  \textbf{6} & \textbf{7} & \textbf{8} & \textbf{ROE} & \textbf{9} & \textbf{10} & \textbf{1} \\
    \midrule
    test & 155.26 & -40.39 & -27.10 & -16.73 & -5.89 & 2.32 & 1,975 & 23.33 & -- & 19.90 & 18.98 & N/A & N/A & N/A
    \\
    \midrule
    test & 47.44 & -13.04 & -5.30 & -2.18 & .47 & 1.91 & 19,224 & 18.09 & 1.43 & 35.31 & 69.54 & N/A & N/A & N/A
    \\
    \midrule
    Constellation & 166.49 & -1.29 & 28.07 & 10.61 & 7.77 & 1.43 & 33,963 & 33.42 & 0.96 & 32.81 & 17.74 & N/A & N/A & N/A
    \\
    \midrule
    \end{tabular}}
    \end{table}
    \end{document}

[Ciro]

I think I found the solution, I've remove the parameters [!htbp] and [ht] when decalring begin figure and table, respectively, and now they're not being moved to the next page.

[Stefan Kottwitz]

If you tweak it that way, maybe you would see later that something doesn't fit again. Such as in the case when your text before changes, or the text in the table.

I cannot reproduce the problem. This code doesn't show the behavior your described. Did you test the code example above? It's not working, it gives errors. \field1 and \field2 and \miniscule unknown, and no images. We cannot test it, we cannot see the effect. A code example should be small, compilable, actually show the problem.

I think, adding a ! to the float options may be sufficient.

Stefan