I have a longtable that breaks over two pages. It is referenced in a paragraph that also breaks over a page, and continues at the top of the next.
My issue is that I need to make it so the longtable occurs at the top of the page immediately following its reference in the paragraph. That is, I need it to interrupt the paragraph by being the first thing to appear on the second page.
None of the placement options seem to make any difference on where the longtable is being placed.
Here is a minimum example of the table is currently:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{longtable}
\title{test}
\author{John Smith}
\date{December 2014}
\begin{document}
\maketitle
\section{Introduction}
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\begin{longtable}[!t]{l l l}
\caption{Test longtable.} \label{tab:1} \\
% Here are our column headings
\hline
\hline
Header1 & Header2 & Header3 \\
\hline
\endfirsthead
% Here is the caption on other pages
\caption*{\tablename\ \thetable{} (Continued)} \\
\hline
\hline
Header1 & Header2 & Header3\\
\hline
\endhead
\hline
\multicolumn{3}{r}{\textbf{(table continues)}}
\endfoot
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\hline
\end{longtable}
\end{document}
To highlight the problem again: I would need the longtable positioned at the top of page two, displacing the text until after the longtable.
Is this possible?
Thank you.
longtableenvironments do not float. They stay where you put them. So either you need to place at the point in the text you want. Or you need to use a float instead. In general, floats cannot break over pages. So if the table is longer than a page, you cannot use a float.!nottis legal in that optional argument.