How do I force LaTeX to show tables in the section where they are made?

Question

I have the following problem:

My section 7.2 contains a lot of tables. Now it shows 2 tables, and then there is a space left on the page, that is not big enough for the next table. Therefore, section 7.3 starts at that empty space. However, after that, there are still two pages full of tables that belong to section 7.2, so I prefer section 7.3 to start after these tables.

Is this possible?

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Przemysław Scherwentke · Answer 1 · 2013-06-18T19:10:20.797

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Adding ! in arguments of table gives LaTeX more flexibility and \clearpage forces putting all floats before a new page.

For example book.cls sets

\renewcommand\topfraction{.7}
\renewcommand\bottomfraction{.3}
\renewcommand\textfraction{.2}
\renewcommand\floatpagefraction{.5}
\renewcommand\dbltopfraction{.7}
\renewcommand\dblfloatpagefraction{.5}

and ! overrides these restrictions.

edited Jun 18 '13 at 19:10

answered Jun 18 '13 at 18:43

Przemysław Scherwentke

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! gives LaTeX more flexibility? Doesn't this option force LaTeX to put it where you specify? +1 for \clearpage though - this can easily be hooked onto the beginning of \section to provide drop-in functionality. – Sean Allred Jun 18 '13 at 18:48
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@SeanAllred ! is not Here. It omits limits of text part, floats part, etc., given by a style. – Przemysław Scherwentke Jun 18 '13 at 18:51
I'm a bit confused now - will this be in texdoc tabular or the like? – Sean Allred Jun 18 '13 at 18:53
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@SeanAllred I have just added fragments of book.cls and additional comment to my answer. – Przemysław Scherwentke Jun 18 '13 at 19:11

How do I force LaTeX to show tables in the section where they are made?

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