Re: "Force" location of pictures.

William Unruh wrote:

 Is there some way of forcing the
 pictures closer to where I want them in the text?

Many. You can specify [p] in the \begin{figure} to place two of your
pictures on a separate page.

LaTeX dislikes pages with too little text and many pictures. I have this
in my standard private package loaded with every document:

\renewcommand*{\topfraction}{.85}
\renewcommand*{\bottomfraction}{.75}
\renewcommand*{\textfraction}{.15}
\renewcommand*{\floatpagefraction}{.7}
\renewcommand*{\dbltopfraction}{.85}
\renewcommand*{\dblfloatpagefraction}{.7}
\setcounter{topnumber}{6}
\setcounter{bottomnumber}{4}
\setcounter{totalnumber}{9}
\setcounter{dbltopnumber}{4}
\setlength{\@fptop}{5pt}
\setlength{\@fpsep}{12pt plus1fil minus4pt}
\setlength{\@fpbot}{0pt plus3fil}
\setlength{\@dblfptop}{\@fptop} %{5pt}
\setlength{\@dblfpsep}{\@fpsep} %{12pt plus1fil minus4pt}
\setlength{\@dblfpbot}{\@fpbot} %{0pt plus3fil}
\setlength{\floatsep}{12pt plus2pt minus4pt}
\setlength{\dblfloatsep}{\floatsep} %{12pt plus2pt minus4pt}
\setlength{\textfloatsep}{14pt plus1filll minus6pt} %plus8pt
\setlength{\dbltextfloatsep}{\textfloatsep} %{14pt plus1filll minus6pt}
\setlength{\intextsep}{12pt plus6pt minus2pt}

Of course these are my values, tweak them to your likes and needs.

And last take a good look at package
\usepackage[above,below,section]{placeins}
Again, these are my options. Set yours to your taste and needs.


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