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anapaolabraga
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LoF numbers starting with "Figure x"

Post by anapaolabraga »

Hi, I need the numbers of figures, tables etc on my List of Figures, List of Tables etc to look like this:

List of Figures
Figure 1 - Caption of fig 1 .... x
Figure 2 - Caption of fig 2 .... y
Figure 3 - Caption of fig 3 .... z

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List of Tables
Table 1 - Caption of tab 1 .... a
Table 2 - Caption of tab 2 .... b


How do I insert "Figure" and "Table" before the numbers?

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localghost
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LoF numbers starting with "Figure x"

Post by localghost »

I always wonder what else the reader would expect than figures in the LoF and tables in the LoT that makes this prefix necessary. However, I See three possible solutions depending on the used document class.
  1. The tocloft package (for use with the standard classes).

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    Code, edit and compile here:
    \documentclass[11pt,a4paper]{report}
    \usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
    \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
    \usepackage{tocloft}
    \addtolength{\cftfignumwidth}{3em}
    \renewcommand{\cftfigpresnum}{\figurename\ }
    \addtolength{\cfttabnumwidth}{3em}
    \renewcommand{\cfttabpresnum}{\tablename\ }
    \begin{document}
    \listoffigures
    \listoftables
    \chapter{Foo}
    \begin{figure}[!ht]
    \centering
    \rule{6.4cm}{3.6cm}
    \caption{Dummy figure}\label{fig:dummy}
    \end{figure}
    \begin{table}[!ht]
    \centering
    \rule{6.4cm}{3.6cm}
    \caption{Dummy table}\label{tab:dummy}
    \end{table}
    \end{document}
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  2. The classes of KOMA Script have a built-in feature.

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    Code, edit and compile here:
    \documentclass[%
    listof=entryprefix,
    captions=tableabove
    ]{scrreprt}
    \usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
    \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
    \begin{document}
    \listoffigures
    \listoftables
    \chapter{Foo}
    \begin{figure}[!ht]
    \centering
    \rule{6.4cm}{3.6cm}
    \caption{Dummy figure}\label{fig:dummy}
    \end{figure}
    \begin{table}[!ht]
    \centering
    \caption{Dummy table}\label{tab:dummy}
    \rule{6.4cm}{3.6cm}
    \end{table}
    \end{document}
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  3. The memoir class has built-in features very similar to those of the tocloft package.

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    Code, edit and compile here:
    \documentclass[11pt,a4paper]{memoir}
    \usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
    \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
    \addtolength{\cftfigurenumwidth}{3em}
    \renewcommand{\cftfigurepresnum}{\figurename\ }
    \addtolength{\cfttablenumwidth}{3em}
    \renewcommand{\cfttablepresnum}{\tablename\ }
    \begin{document}
    \listoffigures
    \listoftables
    \chapter{Foo}
    \begin{figure}[!ht]
    \centering
    \rule{6.4cm}{3.6cm}
    \caption{Dummy figure}\label{fig:dummy}
    \end{figure}
    \begin{table}[!ht]
    \centering
    \rule{6.4cm}{3.6cm}
    \caption{Dummy table}\label{tab:dummy}
    \end{table}
    \end{document}
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