When I first started using LaTeX back in 2009 (I think), there didn't seem to be many ways of controlling where floats end up. Yes, there was the list of adjustments you can make to the parameters (I can't remember where I found that), but either because I was short of time or wasn't too bothered about the exact placement, I went along with what the algorithm decided.
This time round, I needed to put a load of diagrams on one page, and wanted them to appear in specific places, rather than have to refer the reader to "Figure n" or whatever.
In tex.stackexchange.com/questions/19766/how-to-control-the-position-of-floating-images I found a nice solution: \FloatBarrier. You need to use the placeins package, and write \FloatBarrier wherever you want to pin down the position of a float.
Trouble was, the last picture was falling off the bottom of the page, even though there was plenty of room. The cause of this turned out to be the totalnumber parameter, which was set to 4 (so the fifth picture was ending up on page 2). Changing this to a higher number solved the issue. Here is a good description of how the parameters work:
tex.stackexchange.com/questions/39017/how-to-influence-the-position-of-float-environments-like-figure-and-table-in-lat
This time round, I needed to put a load of diagrams on one page, and wanted them to appear in specific places, rather than have to refer the reader to "Figure n" or whatever.
In tex.stackexchange.com/questions/19766/how-to-control-the-position-of-floating-images I found a nice solution: \FloatBarrier. You need to use the placeins package, and write \FloatBarrier wherever you want to pin down the position of a float.
Trouble was, the last picture was falling off the bottom of the page, even though there was plenty of room. The cause of this turned out to be the totalnumber parameter, which was set to 4 (so the fifth picture was ending up on page 2). Changing this to a higher number solved the issue. Here is a good description of how the parameters work:
tex.stackexchange.com/questions/39017/how-to-influence-the-position-of-float-environments-like-figure-and-table-in-lat