[Tex/LaTex] Table position at Top Problem

Question

I am trying to place my table at the top of page but it seems there is something I am missing. First of all here is what my document structure

\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
\section{Introduction}
4 long paragraphs which take exactly one page with this document class.
% Now the actual table starts
\begin{table}
\centering
\caption{Vertical Alignment Test}
\begin{tabular}[t]{ |m{0.85\textwidth}|c| } \hline
Somewhat 20 rows for this table
\end{tabular}
\end{table}
% Table end here
Immediately after table, Same 4 long paragraphs are copied but without \section.
\end{document}

This results in following output document structure

• Page-1: 4 paragraphs
• Page-2: Vertically center aligned table
• Page-3: 4 paragraphs

Problem:
Now my table is not as much long that it should take complete page rather if aligned properly at top of page, 2 paragraphs from bottom can be adjusted on page-2.

Tried Solutions

Here is somewhat related question which discusses the same problem. I tried to understand accepted answer and applied given solutions but no luck.

I tried to move table between paragraphs but it didn't change on output file mean same structure keep on outputting i.e. 4 paragraphs -> table -> 4 paragraphs

I cut some rows and at about half of rows (10) table get positioned at top and I get the effect what I wanted. But I don't want 10 rows I want all 20 rows in one table.

Please let me know if there are any questions regarding my explanation.

Answer 1

_{Just to close this off}

You have to give the position specifiers to the table environment. It is preferrable to give [htb] instead of [!t] so that latex has some room to improve the appearence.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{array,kantlipsum}
\begin{document}
\kant[1-4]
\begin{table}[htb]   %%<<--- give it here
\centering
\caption{Vertical Alignment Test}
\begin{tabular}[t]{ |m{0.85\textwidth}|c| } \hline
Somewhat 20 rows for this table
\end{tabular}
\end{table}
\kant[1-5]
\end{document}