figure environment and contiguous images

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How do I ensure that figures appear in the section they're associated with?

I have a set of images and I want them all to appear in the same \section of my document, obviously in the section I "defined" them. The problem is that, using the figure environment, some images are spreading inside the next section. Something like this:

*start of section n*
IMG 1
IMG 2
...

*start of section n+1*
IMG N-M
...
IMG N

I want to force all N images on staying inside the n-th section. How can I do this? The code I wrote is something like this:

       \section{n}

       some text

       \begin{figure}[ht]
        ...
       \end{figure}
       \begin{figure}[ht]
        ...
       \end{figure}
       \begin{figure}[ht]
        ... n-th figure here
       \end{figure}

       \section{n+1}

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Thanks. Both that thread and David post helped me to solve it. But now I got another problem and I'll see if David is able to help me again. So please don't close this just yet. — KevinRGT, Oct 10 '12 at 08:41

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 10 '12 at 08:16

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Using [ht] increases the chance that they float to the end of the document so outside the section. Always include p to give LaTeX a chance. If you load the placeins package it has an option to keep floats in each section.

Also if you want a sequence of small figures on the same page you probably want to increase the number of floats allowed on a page which in article is:

\setcounter{topnumber}{2}
\setcounter{bottomnumber}{1}
\setcounter{totalnumber}{3}

answered Oct 10 '12 at 08:16

David Carlisle

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That worked, thanks. But now I have another problem. The last image ended up being alone in a page, and instead of being on the top of the page, it is on the center. I tried using [t] instead of [ht], but it didn't help. Any clues? – KevinRGT Oct 10 '12 at 08:40
it was presumably a p float. Page floats are by default vertically centred but you can change that with \makeatletter\setlength\@fptop{0pt}\makeatother – David Carlisle Oct 10 '12 at 08:50
Another problem... The first image went backwards in the document and ended up in the previous section. Awkward. – KevinRGT Oct 10 '12 at 08:53
flafter package – David Carlisle Oct 10 '12 at 08:55

figure environment and contiguous images

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