Hi, my first try to send was not successful, so I repeat: I have set a figure at left side. It approaches the botton of the page. The first line of the next page starts at the mid as if the rest of the figure would be there: ----------------------- | | text text text text text | figure | text text text text text | | text text text text text | | text text text text text | | text text text text text ----------------------- -------------automatic page break---------------- text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text How can I prevent this behavior? My command is simply: \placefigure [left][fig:gub3]{Das Relationsnetzwerk}{\externalfigure[gub3][width=0.45\textwidth]} Gerhard -- Gerhard Kugler Psychotherapeut http://www.psychotherapie-kugler.de