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ysn
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Figure caption and a Figure Description

Post by ysn »

Hi,
I want to add a Figure caption and a Figure description for my dissertation in following way,
Image

does anybody know how to do that in side the float environment?
right now i use \caption[short tittle]{long tittle}, that only works for the toc

Thanks,
ysn
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localghost
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Figure caption and a Figure Description

Post by localghost »

Use the caption package as shown in the example below.

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\documentclass[11pt,a4paper,english]{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{babel}
\usepackage[font=small,labelfont=bf,margin=\parindent,tableposition=top]{caption}
\usepackage{blindtext}

\begin{document}
  \blindtext

  \begin{figure}[!ht]
    \centering
    \rule{0.75\textwidth}{0.5\textwidth}
    \caption{Dummy figure}\label{fig:dummy}
    \caption*{\blindtext}
  \end{figure}

  \blindtext
\end{document}

Best regards and welcome to the board
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ysn
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Re: Figure caption and a Figure Description

Post by ysn »

Thanks for the help
\caption{Figure Tittle}
\caption*{Figure description}
solved my problem.

regards,
YSN
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