In brief, the [h!] option to override the default float restrictions for tables and figures does not appear to work.
I am trying to insert a table that takes up a whole page. Due to its size, I have had to define it as a sidewaystable
as follows:
\begin{sidewaystable}[h!]
\begin{center}
\begin{tabular}{p{4cm}|p{4cm}|p{4cm}|p{5cm}|}
\hline
Column 1 & Column 2 & Column 3 & Column 4 \\
\hline
\hline
.
.
.
\hline
\end{tabular}
\caption{A Caption}
\end{center}
\end{sidewaystable}
No matter what I try to do, LaTeX always places it at the end of the document, after my bibliography (i.e. references). What's worse is that any table that I define after this, no matter how big or small, is also placed at the end of the document (after the problematic table).
I seem to have a similar problem with figures. While the [h!]
option places some figures immediately after the paragraph I have referenced them in (as expected), LaTeX places other figures one or two pages following the referencing paragraph.
If it helps any, I am using the following document class:
\documentclass[JMC]{degruyter-journal} % Journal of Mathematical Cryptology
I am also using the following packages:
\usepackage[latin1]{inputenc}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{epsfig}
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{amssymb}
\usepackage{mathdots}
\usepackage{color}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{rotating}
\usepackage{epsf}
\usepackage{float}
\usepackage[lined,ruled]{algorithm2e}
\usepackage{pgfplots}
\pgfplotsset{compat=newest}
Best Answer
I've found the following set of instructions works well in the circumstances you describe; I use the
\afterpage
command provided by theafterpage
package.The key is the use of
\clearpage
commands both before and after the sideways{figure/table} environment.