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From: Dr Engelbert Buxbaum <engelbert_buxbaum@hotmail.com>
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Subject: Re: "Force" location of pictures.
Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2024 07:36:26 +0200
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In article <66A357A4.5AF3D0FA@Berger-Odenthal.De>, Spam@Berger-
Odenthal.De says...
> 
> William Unruh wrote:
> >  Is there some way of forcing the
> >  pictures closer to where I want them in the text?
> 
> Many. You can specify [p] in the \begin{figure} to place two of your
> pictures on a separate page.
> 
> LaTeX dislikes pages with too little text and many pictures. I have this
> in my standard private package loaded with every document:

Another option is the placeins package, you can then set \FloatBarriers 
for example to prevent floats from moving into another section or 
chapter. That is perhaps the gentlest solution to your problem.