Is there a way to get LaTeX to place figures in the same page as a reference to that figure?

Question

I am using LaTeX and the figure environment.

I am well familiar with the parameters to that environment: [htbp], and I am also generally familiar with the strategies tha

Answer 1

I don't want to sound too negative, but there are occasions when what you want is almost impossible without a lot of "artificial" tuning of page breaks.

If the callout falls naturally near the bottom of a page, and the figure falls on the following page, moving the figure back one page will probably displace the callout forward.

I would recommend (as far as possible, and depending on the exact size of the figures):

• Place the figures with [t] (or [h] if you must)
• Place the figures as near as possible to the "right" place (differs for [t] and [h])
• Include the figures from separate files with \input, which will make them much easier to move around when you're doing the final tuning

In my experience, this is a big eater-up of non-available time (:-)

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In reply to Jon's comment, I think this is an inherently difficult problem, because the LaTeX guys are no slouches. You may like to read Frank Mittelbach's paper.

Answer 2

\setcounter{topnumber}{2}
\setcounter{bottomnumber}{2}
\setcounter{totalnumber}{4}
\renewcommand{\topfraction}{0.85}
\renewcommand{\bottomfraction}{0.85}
\renewcommand{\textfraction}{0.15}
\renewcommand{\floatpagefraction}{0.7}

http://robjhyndman.com/researchtips/latex-floats/

Answer 3

Maybe this will help you?

\begin{center}
\includegraphics[scale=0.5]{picture_name}
\end{center}    

I think is better to use the graphics command when your figures run away.

Answer 4

I have some useful comments. Because I had similar problem with location of figures. I used package "wrapfig" that allows to make figures wrapped by text. Something like

...
\usepackage{wrapfig}
\usepackage{graphicx}
...
\begin{wrapfigure}{r}{53pt}
\includegraphics[width=53pt]{cone.pdf}
\end{wrapfigure}

In options {r} means to put figure from right side. {l} can be use for left side.

Answer 5

You can always add the "!" into your float-options. This way, latex tries really hard to place the figure where you want it (I mostly use [h!tb]), stretching the normal rules of type-setting.

I have found another solution:
Use the float-package. This way you can place the figures where you want them to be.

Answer 6

One way I found that helps with this is to use \include{file_with_tex_figure_commands}

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