Jean-Marc,Aah, now it is clear! Although I had read that section in the User Guide, I had missed the subtle point. If I override default behaviour with say "htb", if Lyx cannot place the figure here, top, or bottom, it then places it at the *top* of the next page, with text allowed to flow beneath. Yes, that is what I want. Thanks for the feedback. Regards, Barry Kauler > Barry> The problem is that the figure that is moved to the middle of > Barry> the next page is not big enough to fill the whole page. This > Barry> leaves gaps above and below. I experimented and found that a > Barry> fairly small figure can be in this situation, that is, it won't > > Barry> fit on the current page because of another big figure above it. > > Barry> For a book, these large white spaces are not good. Surely Lyx > Barry> could be modified to place the figure at the top of the next > Barry> page with text below. > > Again: this is controled by the Float Placement option of > Layout->Document. Did you read section 4.1.3.2 of User's Guide??? > > JMarc
