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Floating Objects (floats) are placed (and numbered) automatically, with a configurable (and optional) caption. They are placed at an appropriate position determined by the TeX float placement algorithm. The algorithm has a number of options that can influence float placement.

If you don't need to refer to your float, you can leave this parameter out.

I will explain the examples in terms of {{cmd|placefigure}} but the same set of options are also valid for other floats.

This does not work correctly at a page boundary. The <tt>line</tt> option leaves the space above the figures empty, while the <tt>hang</tt> option also wraps texts above the figure.

This special case is discussed [[Columns#Floats_and_other_limitations_of_columns|here]].

There’s a way to switch off page headings at full page floats:

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If you have a double-sided document with wide outer margins then you might want your figures to protrude into the margin. In a double-sided document you need to tell ConTeXt to decide whether to make the figure protrude to the left or the right. This can be done as follows:

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Wide tables, for example, can be turned and most likely will need to be put on a separate page.

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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}} in order for the table macros to fit properly.

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}} or {{cmd|setuphead}} commands.

To change the style of figure(table) captions, use {{cmd|setupcaptions}}.

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The command {{cmd|placefloats}} outputs all pending floats.