[OS X TeX] Float Placement

[Richard J Benish]

It looks like our commands are pretty much the same. I have other 
figures in the same document that work fine using this approach. The 
problem figure is taller than the others, so I guess LaTeX ``doesn't 
want'' to put the body text in the proportionally smaller vertical 
space. I wish it were easier to control. Anyhow, Peter D has 
suggested a document that may shed some light.

Thanks for the suggestions.

RB



>  Perhaps I should have pointed out that I use:
>
>\begin{figure}[htbp]
>\centering
>\includegraphics[width=120mm,height=90mm]{Staff52.jpg}
>\caption{Staff 1952 \tiny{Goulburnia}}
>\end{figure}\\
>
>George
>On 17 May 2008, at 12:58 PM, Richard J Benish wrote:
>
>>I have a float (a pdf figure) that takes up about two thirds of the 
>>height of a two column page. When I place it in the desired column, 
>>however, text above and below the float disappears, leaving a lot 
>>of unwanted blank space.
>>
>>In the "LaTeX Companion" I see that commands such as \intextsep may 
>>correct the problem, but I don't find any specific examples, so 
>>it's not clear exactly what to enter and where. The commands that 
>>result in the behavior described above are as follows:
>>
>>
>>\begin{figure}[htbp]
>>\begin{center}
>>\includegraphics[width=0.48\textwidth]{RelSimGPS-Box-1-May-16-08.pdf}
>>\label{default}
>>\end{center}
>>\end{figure}
>>
>>
>>Any suggestions as to exactly how to use the \intextsep command or 
>>others to fix this problem?
>>
>>Muchas Gracias.
>>
>>Richard Benish
>>
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