On Sun, Apr 21, 2002 at 02:17:55PM -0600, Kent Kostuk wrote:
> Before I ask my question I want to thank everyone that has helped me
> directly by answering my questions, or indirectly by asking (and solving)
> my questions before I get a chance to ask them. I am nearing the end of my
> graduate school exisitence - I am in the last revision of the PhD thesis
> before submitting it to my committee.
>
> I have used Figure and Table floats throughout. There are times when the
> text refers to a figure or table after it is mentioned in the text. Is
I'm guessing that you mean that the float appears in the DVI output before
the point it appears in the source (the float can only appear at the top of
the page of its source definition)
> there a way to get these to "show up" after they are mentioned? I know
> what I am trying to do is in contrast to the overall philosphy of
> LaTex/LyX but that argument is not the hill I want to die on at this late
> stage in the game. In case you haven't guessed this is a request coming
> from my supervisor, and in his defence, it is entirely reasonable; this
> was the way I was taught to put together a technical document.
>
> So, any suggestions?
Just put \usepackage{flafter} in the preamble.
