General ⇒ Change reference labels

[zigga150]

Hey guys,

Just working on my thesis. I am using the book document style and everything is
set out in chapters.

Currently, my appendix is set up as a chapter as well. Everything looks find but
rather than my figures and tables in appendix being captioned with "Table 6.1: blah"
I need them to be labeled "Table A", "Figure A" etc.

As I am using a template for my thesis I am about confused about how the system works. Is there an easy way to change the numbering of references in one particular chapter.

Any help, or a nudge in the right direction would be great.

Regards,

Dan

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi Dan,

if you want to change the numbering I recommend to use the chngcntr package, it allows numbering within sections or chapters and also to remove this behavior.

Further you could modify a counter by yourself using \setcounter:

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\setcounter{table}{5}

You could also reset to 0.

To change the appearance of the table or figure counter redefine \thetable or \thefigure, for example:

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\renewcommand*\thetable{\Alph{table}}

See: LaTeX counters.

Stefan

[ChE]

I assume your appendix is at the very end of your thesis, yes? Can you not just use \appendix on the line before your appendix begins, and then use chapters normally?

So something like this:

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\documentclass[oneside]{book}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[latin9]{inputenc}

\begin{document}

% Normal part

\chapter{Blah}

Blah blah blah

\appendix % Appendix starts here

\chapter{Blah}

\begin{table}
\caption{Blah.}
\begin{tabular}{|c|c|c|c|c|}
\hline 
 &  &  &  & \tabularnewline
\hline
\hline 
 &  &  &  & \tabularnewline
\hline 
 &  &  &  & \tabularnewline
\hline 
 &  &  &  & \tabularnewline
\hline 
 &  &  &  & \tabularnewline
\hline
\end{tabular}
\end{table}
\end{document}

Regards,
ChE

[zigga150]

Hey guys,

Thanks very much for the reply, however I am still having a bit of trouble.

Basically, what I am doing is banging all my figures, listings, tables in chap7.tex

During the other chapters I am using something like:

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 \textit{(see Table \ref{table})}

Basically rather than having it say: (see Table 7.1) I need it to say: (see Table A)

I have tried the \appendix suggestion and I am currently investigating the chngcntr package.

Anymore advise would be appreciated I will let you know if I find the solution

As always, thanks very much.

~ Dan