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I'm very new to Latex, I'm using MiKTeX with Texmaker on Windows.

When I execute the following code I get the desired result:

\begin{figure}[htb]
\label{fig:MagEngT}

\centering


\includegraphics[scale=0.55]{MagEngTemp.png}

\caption{Words and such}


\end{figure}


\paragraph{}


Yet more words

Correct

However, if I instead choose to position the figure with [htbp] it has some kind of emotional breakdown and sits in the middle of the page by itself, pushing the paragraph below onto the next page.

My understanding was that by using [htbp] I was indicating a preference in position, so I don't see why adding the p explicitly, since, as far as I know, it defaults to that when it's out of options anyway, changes the behaviour? More to the point, why does it change the behaviour to sitting in the middle of a blank page with occupied pages above and below? I thought it was supposed to float to an empty page at the end of the document?

Any help understanding this is appreciated. :)

Also, I just noticed I've made some spelling errors, aha.

V.L. Proud
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  • Here you will find an explanation what these parameters will do. – Roland Apr 09 '21 at 05:28
  • Yes, this is how I thought they worked. Maybe I'm just tired, but this doesn't really explain why explicitly stating that it can fall back to "p" if [htb] all fail, causes it to do this? – V.L. Proud Apr 09 '21 at 05:50
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    It does not fall back to p if no p is present in the [...] list. Normally a new chapter starts with a \clear(double)page which additionally dumps all unprocessed floats before proceeding. Placement via [htb] will fail if the image is of a certain size and will thus keep being pushed on and on taking the rest of the queue with it until the document ends or a clearpage if found. – daleif Apr 09 '21 at 07:40

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