Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ Figure before table places table in center of page

[isharp2]

Hi,
I find that if I have a table of an image, before outputting a table of a tabularx, that the second table gets placed on the next page in the center, instead of at the top, though I use [Ht!].

I would like if the two tables appear snuggly together on the second page toward the top of the page.

In order for this minimal working example to work, you will need to download the image a.png into the same directory that you run this .tex from.

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{tabularx}
\begin{document}                  
\section{This}
\subsection{That}
this is something to consider.
\begin{table}[ht!]
\centering 
\includegraphics[width=6.5in]{a.png} 
\end{table}
\subsection{An example}
There are some challenges being faced on the next page.
\begin{table}[!Ht]
\caption{Current Challenges} 
\label{Current Challenges}
\centering 
\begin{tabularx}{6.5in}{ |   p{0.35in} |  X |  }
\hline 
\textbf{Issues} & \textbf{IN THE TABLE} \\ 
\hline 
\label{C1}
C1 & THE EXAMPLE\\ 
\hline 
\label{C2}
C2 & Another issue is this \\ 
\hline 
\label{C3}
C3 & Lastly this is an issue \\ 
 
 
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many thanks,

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi,

very good that you posted a complete test example.

though I use [Ht!]

The options are case sensitive. Write [ht!] instead, I noticed it helps in your example. Or specify even [htb!] for even more flexible placement, or [htbp!] for allowing dedicated float pages as option too.

Stefan

[isharp2]

Hi Stefan,
Thanks for your input - I am finding the second table still in the center of the page though ..

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{tabularx}
\begin{document}                  
\section{This}
\subsection{That}
this is something to consider.
\begin{table}[htbp!]
\centering 
\includegraphics[width=6.5in]{a.png} 
\end{table}
\subsection{An example}
There are some challenges being faced on the next page.
\begin{table}[htbp!]
\caption{Current Challenges} 
\label{Current Challenges}
\centering 
\begin{tabularx}{6.5in}{ |   p{0.35in} |  X |  }
\hline 
\textbf{Issues} & \textbf{IN THE TABLE} \\ 
\hline 
\label{C1}
C1 & THE EXAMPLE\\ 
\hline 
\label{C2}
C2 & Another issue is this \\ 
\hline 
\label{C3}
C3 & Lastly this is an issue \\ 
 
 
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[Stefan Kottwitz]

To get tables and floats in general to be placed at the top on pure float pages, you can put this into your preamble:

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\makeatletter
\setlength{\@fptop}{0pt}
\makeatother
 
 
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It sets the value of this upper spacing to 0.

Stefan

[isharp2]

Thanks Stefan,
You're the man. So I'm posting a working example below:

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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{tabularx}
\makeatletter
\setlength{\@fptop}{0pt}
\makeatother
\begin{document}                  
\section{This}
\subsection{That}
this is something to consider.
\begin{table}[htbp!]
\centering 
\includegraphics[width=6.5in]{a.png} 
\end{table}
\subsection{An example}
There are some challenges being faced on the next page.
\begin{table}[htbp!]
\caption{Current Challenges} 
\label{Current Challenges}
\centering 
\begin{tabularx}{6.5in}{ |   p{0.35in} |  X |  }
\hline 
\textbf{Issues} & \textbf{IN THE TABLE} \\ 
\hline 
\label{C1}
C1 & THE EXAMPLE\\ 
\hline 
\label{C2}
 
 
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