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  <refmeta>
    <refentrytitle>table.default.position</refentrytitle>
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  <refnamediv>
    <refname><parameter>table.default.position</parameter></refname>
    <refpurpose>Default table float placement policy</refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>
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  <refsection>
    <title>Description</title>
    <para>Default table float placement algorithm. The value
    must contain enclosing square braces (<literal>[]</literal>).
    Order is significant, the first match which produces acceptable
    output is used.</para>

    <para id="float-placement-choices">The meaning of the characters are:
    <variablelist>
      <varlistentry>
        <term><literal>h</literal></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Meaning: <quote>here</quote></para>
          <para>Place the float where it occurs in the DocBook source.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><literal>t</literal></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Meaning: <quote>top</quote></para>
          <para>Place the float at the top of the page.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><literal>b</literal></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Meaning: <quote>bottom</quote></para>
          <para>Place the float at the bottom of the page.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry>
        <term><literal>p</literal></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Meaning: <quote>page</quote></para>
          <para>Place the float on a special page just for floats.</para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
    </variablelist>

    Any of the characters may be followed by an exclamation
    point (<literal>!</literal>) to force LaTeX to be more aggressive
    when trying the placement algorithm.</para>

    <para>The default value is <literal>[htbp]</literal>.</para>
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