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I have an Org-mode document that I am exporting to PDF, and my document contains a table that I would like to rotate on export. I have been able to achieve the rotation with #+ATTR_LATEX: :float sideways. However, this places the table at the very end of the document, whereas I would like it closer to where it appears in the text. One solution I have tried is using #+LATEX: \begin{sidewaystable}[htbp] above the table and #+LATEX: \end{sidewaystable} below it, which is hacky and makes me lose my table caption and the ability to reference the table elsewhere in the text. It does, however, put the table where I want it. Is there a way to specify the location of a sidewaystable when exporting from Org-mode?

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Try to use the :placement [H] modifier like in this example:

 #+NAME: tblSideways #+CAPTION: A sidewaystable #+ATTR_LATEX: :font \footnotesize :float sidewaystable :placement [H] | Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 | Column 5 | Column 6 | |----------+----------+----------+----------+----------+----------| | 1 | 10 | 100 | 1000 | example | result | | 2 | 11 | 101 | 1001 | example | result | | 3 | 12 | 102 | 1002 | example | result | | 4 | 13 | 103 | 1003 | example | result | | 5 | 14 | 104 | 1004 | example | result | | 6 | 15 | 105 | 1005 | example | result | | 7 | 16 | 106 | 1006 | example | result |

Note that this works, even though in the documentation it reads

:placement is ignored for :float sideways tables.

The modifier [H] is observed, as can be confirmed in the resulting LaTeX, as can be seen here:

 \begin{sidewaystable}[H] \caption{\label{tab:orgtable3} A sidewaystable} \centering \footnotesize \begin{tabular}{rrrrll} Column 1 & Column 2 & Column 3 & Column 4 & Column 5 & Column 6\\ \hline 1 & 10 & 100 & 1000 & example & result\\ 2 & 11 & 101 & 1001 & example & result\\ 3 & 12 & 102 & 1002 & example & result\\ 4 & 13 & 103 & 1003 & example & result\\ 5 & 14 & 104 & 1004 & example & result\\ 6 & 15 & 105 & 1005 & example & result\\ 7 & 16 & 106 & 1006 & example & result\\ \end{tabular} \end{sidewaystable}

You can find an example Org file + rendered PDF in my examples at https://github.com/dfeich/org-babel-examples/tree/master/latex

For reference: I am using Emacs version: GNU Emacs 25.1.50.3 and org version: 8.3.3

Cheers, Derek

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    This works to place the table, though I get an Unknown float option 'H' error. Using :placement [hp] works with no error. Thanks for pointing out the discrepancy in the documentation. Commented Feb 24, 2016 at 16:37
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    @KaraWoo The H float option (meaning "really put it here") is defined by the float LaTeX package, so you need to \usepackage{float} to use it. Commented Feb 28, 2016 at 19:50
  • This was very helpful, and the github repository by @dfeich is great for other things as well. As described in the example on github, I had to add #+LATEX_HEADER_EXTRA: \usepackage{rotfloat} to the Org file headers to get the table displayed. Commented Apr 9, 2024 at 13:52

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