Caption
It is usually beneficial to include caption to your images. To do so, simply use the command \caption{'text'}
either below or above your figure (usually below for images and above for tables).
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\begin{figure}[] \centering \includegraphics[width=0.5\textwidth]{CylinderImage.jpg} \caption{Caption written below figure.} \end{figure} \begin{figure}[] \centering \caption{Caption written above figure.} \includegraphics[width=0.5\textwidth]{CylinderImage.jpg} \end{figure} |
List of figures
A list of figures is included in your document by use of the command \listoffigures
. As descriptions in the list of figures, the caption defined for each figure is used.
Supress caption in list of figures
To supress the Figure #: (or Table #: ), simply write your desired text without using the caption command. However, note that this will remove the figure from your list of figures as well.
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\subsection{Caption Supress figure:}
\begin{figure}
\centering
\includegraphics[width=0.5\textwidth]{CylinderImage.jpg} \caption{Caption written using command}
\end{figure}
\begin{figure}
\centering
\includegraphics[width=0.5\textwidth]{CylinderImage.jpg}
Caption written without using command
\end{figure} |
Specified caption in list of figures
If the figure caption is long, it is often desired to define another caption to be used in the list of figures. To do so, use the caption options \caption['short caption']{'long caption'}
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\listoffigures
\begin{figure}
\centering
\includegraphics[width=0.5\textwidth]{CylinderImage.jpg}
\caption[Short caption]{Long caption}
\end{figure} |
Figure environment
Figure EnvironmentThe most comman method to included images is using the Figure environment.
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\begin{figure}[placement specifier] ... figure contents ... \end{figure} |
Placement specifiers
The placement specifiers available when inserting figures are as shown in the table below. This table is taken from LaTeX Floats, Figures and Captions, so check it out for more detailed information.
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h | Place the float here, i.e., approximately at the same point it occurs in the source text (however, not exactly at the spot) |
t | Position at the top of the page. |
b | Position at the bottom of the page. |
p | Put on a special page for floats only. |
! | Override internal parameters LaTeX uses for determining "good" float positions. |
H | Places the float at precisely the location in the LaTeX code. Requires the float package, i.e., \usepackage{float} |
It is also common to use the command \centering
to center the image on the page. For example:
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\begin{figure}[]
\centering
\includegraphics[width=0.5\textwidth]{CylinderImage.jpg}
\end{figure} |
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