[texhax] Placement of figures

[Reinhard Kotucha]

when harry met sally writes:

 > \documentclass[12pt]{article}
 > \usepackage{graphicx,natbib}
 > 
 > Even though I am placing figures with \begin{figure}[htbo], all the
 > figures appear at the end of the dvi/ps file. What can I do to make
 > the figures appear near the text they are referred to?

latex already tries to do what you want.  There are some variables you
might want to change.

  http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/epslatex/english/epslatex.pdf

explains this in detail.

  Look at section 18 (Customizing Float Placement).

Regards,
  Reinhard
 
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