[Tex/LaTex] Figure caption runs off page

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How can I get latex to place my figure sufficiently at the top of my page to allow for my caption to nicely fit at the bottom?

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\documentclass{amsart}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\begin{document}


\begin{figure}[htbp]
\makebox[\textwidth]{
  \centering
  \includegraphics{./Figures/chapter7/rel_risk_overall_ss.pdf}}
    \caption{Comparing average risk during care to 3 uninfected patients within single and multibed room relative to \emph{direct care}.  $\alpha=0.069$. }
  \label{fig:rel_risk}
\end{figure}

\end{document}

Best Answer

Most likely your figure is too large (in height) and you should get a warning when compiling. The geometry package can show you the actual available space with \usepackage[showframe]{geometry}. Usually figures are centred vertically on a page if there is no other content. You can align them at the top with

\makeatletter
\setlength{\@fptop}{0pt}
\makeatother

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As Thorsten already mentioned, the fltpage package might be useful here:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[demo]{graphicx}
\usepackage[CaptionAfterwards]{fltpage}
\usepackage{lipsum}

\begin{document}
\begin{FPfigure}
  \centering
  \includegraphics[width=\textwidth,height=\textheight]{figure.pdf}
  \caption{Caption goes here.}
  \label{figurelabel}
\end{FPfigure}
\lipsum
\end{document}

(Please note that currently the fltpage package does not work well with hyperref, at least if you don't use the caption package additionally.)

[Tex/LaTex] Figure caption missing

Meaningless part commented for clarity:

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{here}
\usepackage{graphicx}

\begin{document}

\section{header}

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%\begin{Shaded}
%\begin{Highlighting}[]

%\KeywordTok{library}\NormalTok{(ggplot2)}
%\KeywordTok{ggplot}\NormalTok{(mtcars, }\KeywordTok{aes}\NormalTok{(wt, hp)) +}\StringTok{ }\KeywordTok{geom_point}\NormalTok{()}
%\end{Highlighting}
%\end{Shaded}

%\begin{figure}[H][htbp]
\begin{figure}[H]
\centering
%\includegraphics{figure/model.png}
\includegraphics[width=0.8\textwidth]{it} % PS
\caption{plot of chunk model}
\end{figure}
\end{document}

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Explanation:

[H] suggests that you want to use the package here, forcing the position of your picture. Then [htbp] is garbage. How we can see, your wishes 1, 2, and 3 are accomplished. Well, the first [] was from the commented Highligting.
Probably your image is too big. An optional parameter of \includegraphics scales here the picture to 0.8 of \textwidth. The value is to be chosen, of course. This should solve your 4th problem.

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