Graphics, Figures & Tables ⇒ Figures with Custom Size and Notes

[lynnlee]

Hello Latex Community,

I want to put figures in the text. The codes are as follows.

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\documentclass[11pt]{article}
\usepackage{subfig}
\usepackage{graphicx}

\begin{document}

\begin{figure}[h]
\begin{centering}
 \subfloat[a]{\label{fig:fig1}\includegraphics[width=0.5\textwidth]{fig1}} 
\\ \subfloat[b] {\label{fig:fig2} \includegraphics[width=0.5\textwidth]{fig2}}
 \caption{my figure \\ \textit{Note: the resource of my figure.} } 
 \end{centering}
\end{figure}
\end{document}

But the two figures are in small size. I'd like it to be larger, actually to occupy the whole page is better. Is it possible to adjust the height of the figure? How to do that?

I also wish the caption in the middle, with "note" left aligned. But the above code shows the "Figure 1: my figure" on the left. I want it to be in the middle. How to do this?

I tried this code.

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\caption{ \textit{Note: the resource of my figure.}}

But the "note" was labeled "Figure 2". How to suppress "Figure 2"?

Any suggestion is appreciated.

Lynn

[Johannes_B]

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\documentclass[11pt]{article}
\usepackage{subfig}
\usepackage[demo]{graphicx}

\begin{document}

\begin{figure}[h]
\begin{centering}
 \subfloat[a]{\label{fig:fig1}\includegraphics[width=0.5\textwidth]{fig1}} 
\\ \subfloat[b] {\label{fig:fig2} \includegraphics[width=0.5\textwidth]{fig2}}
 \caption{my figure} 
 \end{centering}
\textit{Note: the resource of my figure.} 
\end{figure}
\end{document}

Please click on "Open in writeLaTeX" and check, but isn't the caption in the middle? Additionally, I wouldn't left-align the note, this way it doesn't seem to be with the caption. You could try a footnote instead.

Concerning the size of the pics: there is an optional argument called width, you told LaTeX to set the width of the picture equal to the half of the width of the text (0.5 of \textwidth, i.e. 50% of the text width).

Also note the demo option for the graphicx package.

[localghost]

Perhaps something like this.

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\documentclass[11pt]{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{caption}
\usepackage{subcaption}
\usepackage{graphicx}

\begin{document}
  \begin{figure}[!ht]
    \centering
    \subcaptionbox{First\label{subfig-1:dummy}}{%
      \includegraphics[scale=0.75]{example-image-a}
    } \\
    \subcaptionbox{Second\label{subfig-2:dummy}}{%
      \includegraphics[scale=0.75]{example-image-b}
    }
    \caption{Figure caption}
    \label{fig:dummy}
    \captionsetup{font=it,singlelinecheck=off}
    \caption*{Note: The resource of my figure.}
  \end{figure}
\end{document}

For details please refer to the manuals of the involved packages. The rest has already been mentioned by Johannes.


Remarks:

• The subfig package has been replaced by subcaption (from the caption bundle).
• The sample images are part of mwe package.

Thorsten

[lynnlee]

Thanks, Johannes and Thorsten.

Lynn