Blindingly obvious trick when optimising figure positioning

[Robert Lauriston]

I single-source to PDF and HTML. The lowest common denominator is
HTML, so the layout is designed so an image is predictably above or
below the adjacent text that refers to it.

I've never worked with a deliverable format that put images on a
separate page. That's awful.

On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 10:02 AM, Steve Rickaby
<srickaby at wordmongers.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> At 09:52 -0700 14/3/13, Robert Lauriston wrote:
>
>>If a figure is close to the cross-reference, why have a cross-reference at all?
>
> Here are some reasons:
>
> . Convention
>
> . Readability
>
> . Discriminating between two or more figures when more than one is visible in a spread
>
> . How else would you refer to the contents of a figure other than saying 'In Figure x.x, the worgle-grommet is positioned next to the thingummy...'?
>
> . Because at some point the book is going to be converted to an e-thing, and this requires a hyperlink because most e-readers have to throw a separate 'page' for the figure.
>
> . Because the client expects it.
>
> . Because I lik emaking work for myself.