{captions} is about captions for figures, tables and other, custom-defined floats or non-floating illustrations which are formatted to look identical to these floats. A popular package is caption.
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Why does an environment's label have to appear after the caption?
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{algorithm}
\begin{document}
\setcounter{section}{54}
\section{A section with no label}
\begin{algorithm}
\label{myalg}
\caption{An algorithm with the label ...
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subcaption vs. subfig: Best package for referencing a subfigure
On this question a comment by Martin H says, that one should forget about the subfigure and subfig packages and use subcaption. As subfig replaces subfigure, no argument there.
I am currently using ...
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Two figures side by side
How can I put two figures side-by-side? Not two sub-figures, but two actual figures with separate "Fig.: bla bla" captions. A figure is supposed to spread over the entire text width, but I have two ...
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Label and caption without float
I’d like to have an environment that works much like a float, except that it doesn’t float.
That is, in fact, I’d like to be able to define an environment that has a label and a caption.
I ...
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Where to put the \label on a figure environment? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Why does an environment’s label have to appear after the caption?
I noticed that when I put the \label command before the \caption command in a figure environment, I get ...
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Why should a table caption be placed above the table?
In the papers I read the caption in figure floats is placed below the figure and in table floats the caption is placed above the table.
I recognize that this is a common style that a lot of people ...
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Table and Figure side-by-side with independent captions
Looking to put a table and a figure side by side so that the table and figure have their own captions. A crude sketch
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TABLE
| a | b | ...
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Change caption name of figures
How can I modify the caption name of a figure? For example I have
\caption{This is a figure.}
and by default the caption appears as
Figure 1: This is a figure.
However I want
Fig.1 - This ...
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Adding word 'Table' before each entry in list of tables
I need to prefix each entry in list of tables and figures with appropriate text - table or figure for each. Also I need to remove chapter numbers from list, because tables are numbered consequently ...
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Caption on the side of a figure
Can anyone tell me how to get my caption on side of my figure, and at the same time aligned with the top of my figure?
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How to remove figure label?
I'm using floatrow package to organise my figures, but then would like to add an image in the preliminary chapters which should NOT contain figure label e.g. Figure 1, but only the caption To my ...
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tikz legend in caption
I have adapted a piece of code that I found on the Q&A forum multiple legends in pgfplots as follows in order to include the legend of a drawing directly into the caption:
EDIT 1
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Create caption without float AND without caption-package?
In the appendix of my thesis, there is a large number of tables and longtables which does not need to float, as they shall appear one after the other just how they fit on the pages (and it is no ...
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Margin Figures/Captions
I have two figure/caption related questions.
Firstly, in many textbooks, it is customary to put thin figures (along with their captions) entirely in the outer margin of the page. What is the most ...
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Using \footnote in a figure's \caption
Maybe this is an easy one, but I struggled with this now too long :)
I want to have a footnote in a caption of a figure, see the example.
\begin{figure}[!ht]
\caption{a figure ...
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How to reduce space between image and its caption?
I m importing one image in latex document. But caption has bigger font than my normal text on page.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\begin{document}
Some text...
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Remove colon in the caption of a figure if the caption is empty
One of my figures should not have a caption, only the normal numbering. To get this, I use this code:
\begin{wrapfigure}{l}{4cm}
\begin{center}
\includegraphics[width=3cm]{graphic.pdf}
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ContinuedFloat, and Subfloat
In my thesis I have a lot of figures with a common caption and multiple subfigures (a,b,c..etc). I wanted to split them between the pages because I don't want to fit them all in one page, therefore I ...
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Center caption in listing
I want to put the caption of my listing in the center but I can't do that. Do you have any idea how I could achieve this? The code:
\documentclass{report}
\usepackage{color}
\usepackage{xcolor}
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How to force table caption on top?
I have a table which works ok...as per example below. But in the thesis, the right column is centered and caption forced to below table. Is there a way I can make it look like?
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Using an image as a table
I have an image containing tabular data and would not like to convert this to a real table. What I do want is for this image to have a proper caption and be included in the listoftables.
Is it ...
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List of Figures - how to add caption label
I'm using the caption package.
In the List-Of-Figures I get only the numbers, but I also want to have the prefix.
It currently looks like that:
List of Figures
1 Caption of Figure 1........1
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Caption at foot of long tables ('longtable' package)
I would like to ask a question about longtable package. I've already posted it in other forums.
I have a long table (a several-pages-long one) using longtable package and I would like to add a table ...
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Space after float with [h]
this is my first time here, and I have this question:
I'm writing my thesis, that includes many tables and figures in a float environment, with the caption at the end of it. I defined the space ...
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Caption parbox 6.0 pt too wide
For my listings, I use this caption setup:
\usepackage{caption}
\DeclareCaptionFont{white}{\color{white}}
\DeclareCaptionFormat{listing}{\colorbox{gray}{\parbox{\textwidth}{#1#2#3}}}
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Cite in the caption of a graphic but not in \listoffigures?
Sometimes I'd like to cite the reference in the caption of a graphic. But I want to avoid that this citation is displayed in the \listoffigures. How can I achieve that?
Fore example with this code:
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How to use a longtable with only one entry in the list of tables
I'm using longtable to spread my table over three pages. Unfortunately the caption is also added three times to the list of tables. Is is possible to have it displayed only once?
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Formating captions in longtable tables
I'm typesetting my dissertation using Springer's svmono class. The class defines its own formatting of table and figure captions. I have a couple of multipage tables which I typesetted using longtable ...
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How to put subcaptions below subtables, and increase gap between subtables with 'subfigure'?
Using 'subfigure', how can I create subtables within a table, such that a) subcaptions are underneath each subtable, and b) there's a reasonable horizontal gap between the subtables? So far I've only ...
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How to build and combine sophisticated layouts in figures
How can I get a layout like the one below in my document?
With this question, I am looking for:
An ...
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How can I inject the proper amount of vertical space between captions and figures?
In my source document, I have an image and a code listing, separated by some text. When I generate PDF using pdflatex, the image is just above the listing, and it looks like the caption for the image ...
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How to put two images next to each other with a) and b) labels?
I want to put two images next to each other and in order to do that I have written these code:
\begin{figure}[h]
\begin{minipage}{16pc}
\includegraphics[width=16pc]{P_1.eps}
\caption{\label{fig4} ...
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putting a tikzpicture inside a \caption{}
I'm attempting to put a small tikzpicture inside a \caption{} belonging to a figure environment. The reason for doing this is fairly simple - to create an in-caption legend for a PGFplot, with ...
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What does “you have forgotten to use \caption” mean?
I'm stumped by an error I'm getting, when I try to render a Tufte-LaTeX document using hypcap and hyperref. For example, even a minimal document consisting of
\documentclass[nohyper]{tufte-handout}
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how to reduce the distance between the picture caption and the picture?
I found that the distance between the picture caption and the picture is a little large, as we can see in the picture
I use the code as follows, thus, how to reduce the distance between the caption ...
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Rotate picture with caption
How can I rotate both a picture and its title in TeX?
Parameter in \includegraphics allows to rotate only a picture.
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Multiple subfigures not appearing on the same line
Multiple figures under a single caption. I have tried a code to put two images in a together under a same caption. The subfigures do not appear on the same line.
The code is :
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How to put an algorithm and a tikz drawing (objects of different type) side-by-side in the same float environment?
I am trying to put an algorithm and a tikz' drawing side-by-side inside a figure environment. I am aware of this question but I would like to have a single caption for them. For instance, in the text, ...
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Replicate Figure w/out Inserting New Entry in List of Figures
I would like to replicate a figure in Chapter 3 within Chapter 6 such that the figure is displayed and optionally, it has the caption and Figure number of the figure in Chapter 3. If that is not ...
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subfigures with memoir
I switched to memoir and stopped including subfig and now all my subfigures interpret the caption as actual text, i.e., "[caption...]" shows up in the document with the square brackets. How do I have ...
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Suppressing figure numbers in KOMA-Script captions
I am in the process of replacing the caption package with KOMA-Script in a long document. Where caption allows me to suppress the figure-number at the start of any caption by using \caption*{text}, I ...
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How to retain figures only with captions in their original positions
The publisher of our book has requested us to modify the source of the book so that only figures with their captions remain retaining their original positions in the document as if the rest of the ...
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How to Label and Caption a Tikzpicture inside a tabular environment
What is the correct way to label and captionize a tkizpicture inside a tabular environment? (Since figures are not allowed inside a tabular)
Excerpt from my .tex:
\begin{tabular}{l r}
&
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Multiple listings styles
In using the listings package, how can I have a distinct \lstlistingname value for each type of listing.
Lets say my document has C++, R and Pseudo listings, and I would like the \lstlistingname ...
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Can I place citations in captions using Tufte?
I'm trying to get Tufte marginal material (citations, footnotes, and captions) to support incorporate citations as they do in the Tufte books. What I'm looking for is the "conversational" style that's ...
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Figures on left pages, text on right ones with class book (cont.)
In addition to the very useful discussion Figures on left pages, text on right ones with class book, numbering only on right pages, I would like to handle 2 other features:
the suppression of blank ...
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Framed text with a float in it
I'd like to frame the text between \startfoo and \stopfoo, but there is a float in it.
\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
\startfoo
\begin{figure}[h]
some float with a \caption{...}
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Index entries duplicated for captions
In document class book, and package caption, creating index with makeidx.
Index entries for the main text and for footnotes collate properly; but those for captions create their own entries.
Example: ...
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Remove colon in the caption of a figure without using caption package
I know that I can Remove colon in the caption of a figure if the caption is empty when I simply use the caption package. But let's say I am using a journal-specific class (e.g. elsarticle) that has ...
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Figure title in List of Figures
I've got a figure which has several annotations on-image. The figure caption explains these:
\caption{Image of my item. (1) Part of the item. (2) Another notable part of the item. (3) Yet another ...
