In my MWE below, I originally had the figures on one page, but then as I added more text, it became apparent that I had to split the figures across two pages. I wanted to keep the same Figure number for both figures (Figure 1). Is the best practice to use the \renewcommand{\thefigure}{1}
command? Will I have a problem if I then try to reference part A and part B Figures in the document? Thanks for your help.
Here is my code:
\documentclass[11 pt]{book}
\usepackage[draft]{pgf}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\usepackage{float}
\begin{document}
\lipsum[1-2]
\begin{figure}[H]
\centering
\begin{pgfpicture}
\pgftext{\pgfimage[width=13cm,height=7cm]{scratch.png}}
\end{pgfpicture}
\label{fig1_ptA}
\caption{This is the first figure.}
\end{figure}
\renewcommand{\thefigure}{1}
\begin{figure}[H]
\centering
\begin{pgfpicture}
\pgftext{\pgfimage[width=13cm,height=7cm]{scratch.png}}
\end{pgfpicture}
\label{fig1_ptB}
\caption{This is the first figure (continued).}
\end{figure}
\end{document}
\addtocounter{figure}{-1}
between the two figures, perhaps? But that's not really robust enough, in case even more text results in the two parts of the figure ending up on the same page. I think personally, I'd be tempted to reach for the subfigure package and make figure 1a and 1b. It seems the least hacky solution. – Harald Hanche-Olsen Feb 5 '16 at 23:32caption
package, the use of\caption[full toc caption]{caption part A}
and\caption*{caption part B}
might achieve what you desire. – Steven B. Segletes Feb 5 '16 at 23:42