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<{{cmd>|placefigure</cmd> }} and <{{cmd>|placetable</cmd> }} also accept the same set of options, and allow to create floating figures and captions respectively.
replaced <cmd>
If you search options of e.g. {{cmd|placeexternalfigure}} you must look after {{cmd|placefloat}} in the manual! (same for <tt>\setup...</tt> etc.)
The float types "graphic", "figure", "table" and "intermezzo" are readily defined. If you need more (i.e. if you need another numbering or table of something), you can easily define your own floats with <{{cmd>|definefloat</cmd>}}.
<texcode>
(table copied from the manual)
'''reference'''
\stopplacetable
</texcode>
Both the table caption and the contents will be rotated, but not the page header and footer which remain "upright". Notice that one must set the TABLE textwidth to <{{cmd>|textheight</cmd> }} in order for the table macros to fit properly.
== Floats and section headings ==
By default, section headings don't wrap "around" floating objects. Instead, they will be moved down as far as needed to appear below the float. This behaviour can be controlled using the <tt>aligntitle</tt> option of the <{{cmd>|setupheads</cmd> }} or <{{cmd>|setuphead</cmd> }} commands.
== Captions ==
To change the style of figure(table) captions, use <{{cmd>|setupcaptions</cmd>}}.
To use a different (e.g. abbreviated) caption in the list of floats, you can do:
