Document 672

Message: Too many unprocessed floats

Version: 3.5x, 4.x, 5.x - Scientific WorkPlace & Scientific Word

Problem

This message appears in the LaTeX window and in the .log file:

Too many unprocessed floats.

Explanation

Documents that contain many floating objects may occasionally encounter LaTeX processing problems. When you typeset your document, LaTeX tries to process floating objects as it encounters them, anchoring them throughout the document. However, if it can't place an object because of its size or if float placement options don't fit, LaTeX holds the object and all following floating objects until the end of the document. If there are too many such objects for LaTeX to handle, it generates this error message.

Solution

You can manage the floating objects in several ways:

• Use the \clearpage command.

• Use the float package.

• Use the placeins package.

Last revised 06/15/06